A statue that tests conclude was likely present at Sebasteion in the ancient city of Bubon, Turkey will depart the Cleveland ...

Recent excavations at Başur Höyük, a Bronze Age settlement dating to around 3300 BCE, uncovered royal burial tombs that contained burial items and evidence of human sacrifice. Researchers ...

DNA study of Bronze Age tombs in Turkey reveals teenage human sacrifices, challenging ideas about early Mesopotamian society.

In the case of the Bronze Age burials in Turkey, this "age set" of adolescents could represent initiates into an ancient cult or victims of inter-group competition or violence, the researchers ...