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4,000-Year-Old Seeds of Ankara's Endemic 'Love Flower' Found in Hittite Pot
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4,000-Year-Old Seeds of Ankara's Endemic 'Love Flower' Found in Hittite Pot

Archaeologists in Ankara, Turkey, discovered the oldest known seeds of the endemic 'Sevgi Çiçeği' (Love Flower), which today only grows in Gölbaşı, Ankara. The seeds were found inside a 4,000-year-old Hittite pot during excavations at the ancient city of Külhöyük.

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