ancient food

Archaeologists at Seyitömer Höyük in western Türkiye have recovered eight charred pieces of bread from a room containing an oven and shelf remains. Anadolu Agency reported the find on November 5, 2026, while Arkeonews places the discovery in the 2025 excavation season. The rescue excavations in Kütahya's lignite field are led by archaeologist Sevgi Gürdal, director of the Kütahya Archaeology and Mining Museum. According to Anadolu Agency, digging continues in Middle Bronze Age and Early Bronze Age layers, and Gürdal said the finds date back nearly 5,000 years, to the first quarter of the Early Bronze Age. That dating is the excavator's assessment as reported by Anadolu Agency, and the English reports do not publish a radiocarbon measurement for the