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Archaeologists discovered 5,000-year-old opium poppy and chickpeas at the thermal power plant site

Archaeologists find 5,000-year-old poppy and chickpea grains at thermal power plant site

Turkish archaeologists discovered 5,000-year-old chickpeas and opium poppy seeds in a structure from the Early Bronze Age during rescue excavations at the Seyitömer Mound, located at the thermal power plant site. Beneath Seyitömer Mound, there are 12 million tons of lignite reserves. Rescue excavations were initiated before coal extraction began. The excavations, which started in