SHOTLIST ESKISEHIR, TÜRKİYE (MAY 24, 2025) (ANADOLU-ACCESS ALL) 1. DRONE SHOT OF ESKISEHIR MUNICIPALITY BREAD FACTORY 2. VARIOUS OF INGREDIENTS OF BREAD ON TRAYS 3. VARIOUS OF WORKERS MAKING DOUGH 4. VARIOUS OF WORKERS PLACING DOUGH ON PANS 5. WORKER PLACING PAN ON LARGE TRAY BEFORE BAKING PROCESS 6. WORKER PUSHING WHEELED SHELF CONTAINING TRAYS INTO CHAMBER (2 SHOTS) 7. WORKERS TAKING SHELF OUT OF CHAMBER 8. CLOSE SHOTS OF LOVAES OF BREAD IN BASKET (2 SHOTS) 9. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) ARCHAEOLOGIST AND DIRECTOR OF THE EXCAVATION PROF. DR MURAT TURKTEKI SAYING: "As an organic material, it is very valuable to us. More than just its discovery, what it tells us—its story—is what matters most.” 10. WHITE FLASH 11. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) ARCHAEOLOGIST AND DIRECTOR OF THE EXCAVATION PROF. DR MURAT TURKTEKI SAYING: “We found a loaf of bread buried under red-colored soil at the threshold of a back room. Of course, this was a surprising discovery. It was carbonized but had been preserved intact." 12. WHITE FLASH 13. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) ARCHAEOLOGIST AND DIRECTOR OF THE EXCAVATION PROF. DR MURAT TURKTEKI SAYING: "So far, only two examples have been found in Anatolia. The first is the one discovered at Catalhoyuk. Actually, the Catalhoyuk bread was an unbaked loaf found a few years ago. Apart from that, there are no other known examples. We can say Kulluoba bread is the second. There is no such example from the Bronze Age, and this is a rare find even worldwide—there aren’t many ancient bread specimen. There are some fragments, but they are considered bread-like products. Researchers can’t definitively call them bread. Ours, however, is a first—both in terms of its intact form and the fact that it was baked." 14. WHITE FLASH 15. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) ARCHAEOLOGIST AND DIRECTOR OF THE EXCAVATION PROF. DR MURAT TURKTEKI SAYING: “It may have also been part of a ceremony, perhaps for ritual purposes.” 16. WHITE FLASH 17. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) ARCHAEOLOGIST AND DIRECTOR OF THE EXCAVATION PROF. DR MURAT TURKTEKI SAYING: "A piece had been broken off, burned, and buried in the ground. Otherwise, it would never have survived to reach us. In this sense, it appears to have been produced for ritual purposes." ESKISEHIR, TÜRKİYE (MAY 21, 2025) (ANADOLU-ACCESS ALL) 18. VARIOUS OF CARBONIZED ANCIENT BREAD ON DISPLAY IN MUSEUM 19. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) ARCHAEOLOGIST AND DIRECTOR OF THE EXCAVATION PROF. DR MURAT TURKTEKI SAYING: “This is the first intact specimen ever found - a leavened and baked bread whose form we can clearly identify." ESKISEHIR, TÜRKİYE/ MAY 21-242025: In a unique fusion of archaeology and gastronomy, Türkiye has successfully recreated a 5,000-year-old bread recipe discovered at the Kulluoba archaeological site near the central Anatolian city of Eskisehir, reviving an ancient culinary tradition. The project, a collaboration between archaeologists and Eskisehir's Metropolitan Municipality, marks the first time an excavated ancient bread specimen has been reproduced for modern consumption. The original bread was unearthed during excavations at the Kulluoba mound in Seyitgazi, where archaeologists found the carbonized loaf remarkably preserved under red soil at a Bronze Age house threshold. Scientific analysis revealed it was made from emmer wheat (gernik) and lentils - ingredients now carefully replicated in the revived recipe. Detailed laboratory analysis revealed the bread was crafted from nutrient-rich emmer wheat (known locally as gernik) and lentils, creating a low-gluten, high-protein food source. Advanced electron microscopy confirmed the ancient baking process - the dough had been fermented, thoroughly kneaded, and baked at approximately 150°C before being ritually broken, charred, and buried. The modern version, produced by Eskisehir's Public Bread Factory, maintains the original's flat, round shape (12 cm diameter) and is currently sold at local markets for 50 TL (1,28 $). The carbonized original, dating to around 3,300 BC, is displayed at Eskisehir Archaeological Museum. Murat Turkteki, archaeologist and director of the excavation, emphasized the exceptional nature of the find, noting that bread rarely survives in archaeological contexts. Turkteki emphasized the broader significance: “As an organic material, it is very valuable to us. More than just its discovery, what it tells us—its story—is what matters most.” The treatment of the bread suggests significant ritual importance. Turkteki explained that the deliberate sequence of breaking, burning and burial points to ceremonial use, possibly as an offering or fertility rite during house construction. The discovery holds special significance as only two other ancient bread specimens have ever been found in Anatolia. "The first was an unbaked loaf from Catalhoyuk discovered years ago," said Prof. Turkteki. Kulluoba bread represents only the second example, and remarkably, it's the world's oldest intact baked bread specimen from the Bronze Age, according to Turkteki. Reporting by Yavuz Emrah Sever Writing by Sibel Uygun