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The World's First City - An article including images by Shane, Orrin C. III, and Mine Küçuk.
Catal Hoyuk - Copiously illustrated article on the oldest and largest Neolithic city found.
Mysteries of Çatalhöyük - An interactive tour of an archaeological dig in Turkey. Includes a timeline and photographs of the project, and details of the techniques used.
Çatalhöyük - An article providing and overview of the cultural findings and religion
The Goddess Uncovered - An essay on new discoveries by Alvino DeMeo.
The Goddess from Anatolia: An Updated View of the Catal Huyuk Controversy - Polemic article in defense of the theory that the designs of Anatolian kilims are original art of the weavers, and not reproductions from Neolithic wall paintings. From the Oriental Rug Review. Author: Marla Mallett.
Çatalhöyük, Turkey - A 2005 progress report by the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and Dr. Ian Hodder, Stanford University.
Why Settle Down: The Mystery of Communities - An article about the first cities with possible answers to questions by Michael Balter.
Çatalhöyük - Official site on the excavations carried out at this neolithic site in Turkey and newsletters on the work of the international team of archaeologists.
Catal Huyuk, Temple City of Prehistoric Anatolia - An article by William C. Eichman on the first true city, including speculations on the religious and esoteric philosophy suggested by its artworks and burial customs.

Proto-city - Proto-city is a term usually used to describe large villages of the Neolithic Period such as Jericho and Catal Huyuk, but also any prehistoric settlement which has both rural and urban features. Predynastic Egypt and Ubaid Sumeria featured what some call proto-cities.