File:Wall painting.png

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Wall_painting.png(201 × 72 pixels, file size: 43 KB, MIME type: image/png)

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Rendering by project artist John Swogger of a wall painting discovered at Shrine 14 during the original excavations of Çatalhöyük by British archaeologist James Mellaart in the 1960s. A popular interpretation of this painting is that it is the oldest map in the world , representing the plan of the houses in their neat rows at Çatalhöyük, nestling in the shadow of Hasan Dag, the erupting double-peaked volcano that lies to the northeast of the mound. There are many arguments against this interpretation, and some alternative plausible interpretations, but it is the one that sparks the imagination of all who see it.

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2007

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User:Okapi~enwikiversity

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current19:23, 16 October 2007Thumbnail for version as of 19:23, 16 October 2007201 × 72 (43 KB)Okapi~enwikiversity (discuss | contribs)Rendering by project artist John Swogger of a wall painting discovered at Shrine 14 during the original excavations of Çatalhöyük by British archaeologist James Mellaart in the 1960s. A popular interpretation of this painting is that it is the oldest m

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