Episode description

Join us as we start a new book looking at four ancient cities, how they developed and, ultimately, why they died.

We start of by taking a look at the world's oldest "city" Çatalhöyük! We get a chance to dispel some common myths about the city, see how the community operated, how people had to figure out how to live around so many strangers, and we get a detailed peek at what life might have been like for a woman who lived 9,000 years ago!

The book:

Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age

by Annalee Newitz

#archaeology #Çatalhöyük