Weekend in Konya I: Çatalhöyük

Sorry for the lack of posts. Things are busy here, especially as the course winds down. The weekend before last, Aaron let me join him on a trip to visit his friend Aydin in Konya, a city south of Ankara. The long overnight bus ride was worth it, as we had a great time.

Konya is famous for a number of things. It is the birthplace of St. Luke of biblical fame, but before that, the area around Konya had been inhabited for thousands of years. Çatalhöyük is a famous archaeological site dating to the neolithic period. The site is fascinating, and well worth the visit. Boeing was one of the main sponsors of the work there, which was fun to see a small bit of Seattle in the middle of the plains of Anatolia. Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalhoyuk


the dig site, and a statue of the Mother Goddess