New evidence shows that the mound really did experience a devastating flood 5,000 years ago. This supports the biblical account of a flood covering the region between 3000 and 5500 BC.

Ancient communities ... The area of modern-day Turkey during the Bronze Age was understood to be a “small-scale, egalitarian setting,” but new analysis of 5,000-year-old burials shed doubt ...

Archaeologists and scientists in Turkey have ... around 3300 BC. The latest analysis of the materials found at the Durupinar formation suggests they date back between 3500 and 5000 years, placing ...

5,000-year-old burials in Turkey suggest teens took part in a ritualistic rite of passage, researchers said. Wengrow, et al (2025) Cambridge Archaeological Journal. Throughout human history, the ...