Beycesultan Höyük

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4,000 Years of Innovation: Indigo-Dyed and Nålbinding Textile Discovered at Beycesultan Höyük

23 February 2026

Excavations carried out between 2016 and 2018 at Beycesultan Höyük (Beycesultan Mound) in western Anatolia have yielded an extraordinary discovery:...

4,000 Years of Innovation: Indigo-Dyed and Nålbinding Textile Discovered at Beycesultan Höyük

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