The Kahin Tepe excavations in the northern province of Kastamonu's Araç district have unearthed findings belonging to the Neolithic period in the the oldest place of worship found in the Black Sea.... Düzce University head of the Protohistoric and Near Eastern Archaeology Department, Nurperi Ayengin... said that they started the excavations in the region two years ago for a dam rescue project near Basköy village... "We discovered the settlement dating to the Aceramic Neolithic period, which lasted between 12,000 and 7,000 BC." ..."We think that this is a sacred area where people came at certain times of the year to...