The recently discovered footprints at Tell Kurdu have made headlines! You can watch the news in English here and in Turkish here. Mr. Mehmet Ersoy, the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism, himself shared the news about Tell Kurdu on his social media accounts, which can be viewed here.
The Tell Kurdu Excavation Project investigates a large settlement site dating from the sixth and fifth millennium BCE in the Amuq Plain in the southern province of Hatay. The excavations are co-directed by Rana Özbal (Koç University) and Fokke Gerritsen (Netherlands Institute in Turkey). The excavations have been ongoing since 2022. You can read more about the recent work at the site here.