9,000-Year-Old Mining Workshop Discovered in Turkey's Diyarbakır

Archaeologists in Diyarbakır, Turkey, have unearthed a 9,000-year-old mining workshop dating back to 6900-6800 BC. The discovery at Çayönü Tepesi reveals a continuous mining tradition in the region for approximately 2,000 years, with evidence of copper and malachite use dating back to 9100 BC.