The first written evidence of the soul leaving the body in Anatolia: Kuttamuwa Stele
In the 8th century BC, a rich and powerful man named Kuttamuwa lived in the Gaziantep region of modern-day Turkey. Kuttamuwa served as a royal official. The basalt Kuttamuwa Stele, which Kuttamuwa inscribed while he was alive, gives us information about the belief system of the time. The inscription is written in Aramaic and Sam’al