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First Women-only Mall in Turkey

Emaar Square Mall at Turkey. ASDAA/Handout via Thomson Reuters Zawya
Emaar Square Mall at Turkey. ASDAA/Handout via Thomson Reuters Zawya
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First Women-only Mall in Turkey

Emaar Square Mall at Turkey. ASDAA/Handout via Thomson Reuters Zawya
Emaar Square Mall at Turkey. ASDAA/Handout via Thomson Reuters Zawya

Istanbul has saw the opening of the first “women- only” mall. Its owners expect it to be a center of attraction for Turkey’s visitors, especially women from the Middle East.

The ZERUJ Mall in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu district includes a total of 126 stores reflecting conservative Turkish women’s fashion.

After the opening announcement, social media platforms witnessed a wide debate on this new trend, and some said that men would be banned from visiting it. However, Mall CEO Zehra Özkaymak denied those reports, stressing that everyone, including men are invited to this center, noting "we have created an atmosphere to enjoy for all the family."

Özkaymak thanked all store owners and women entrepreneurs who have come to this path by believing in and trusting it, starting small-scale production in their homes five years ago.

She also suggested that the mall could become an “apple of the eye” among many countries in of the Middle East.

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Remains of 5,000-year-old Noblewoman Found in Peru Dig

An ancient artifact found in a recently discovered burial site at the Aspero archaeological complex, belonging to the Caral civilization, during a press presentation at the Ministry of Culture in Lima on April 24, 2025. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
An ancient artifact found in a recently discovered burial site at the Aspero archaeological complex, belonging to the Caral civilization, during a press presentation at the Ministry of Culture in Lima on April 24, 2025. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
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Remains of 5,000-year-old Noblewoman Found in Peru Dig

An ancient artifact found in a recently discovered burial site at the Aspero archaeological complex, belonging to the Caral civilization, during a press presentation at the Ministry of Culture in Lima on April 24, 2025. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
An ancient artifact found in a recently discovered burial site at the Aspero archaeological complex, belonging to the Caral civilization, during a press presentation at the Ministry of Culture in Lima on April 24, 2025. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP

Archaeologists in Peru said Thursday they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, revealing the important role played by women in the oldest center of civilization in the Americas.

"What has been discovered corresponds to a woman who apparently had elevated status, an elite woman," archaeologist David Palomino told AFP.

The mummy was found in Aspero, a sacred site within the city of Caral that was a garbage dump for over 30 years until becoming an archaeological site in the 1990s.

Palomino said the carefully preserved remains, dating to 3,000 years BC, contained skin, part of the nails and hair and was wrapped in a shroud made of several layers of fabric and a mantle of macaw feathers.

Macaws are colorful birds that belong to the parrot family.

The woman's funerary trousseau, which was presented to reporters at the culture ministry, included a toucan's beak, a stone bowl and a straw basket.

Preliminary analyses indicate that the remains found in December belong to a woman between 20 and 35 years old who was 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall, and wearing a headdress that represented her elevated social status.

Palomino told reporters the find showed that while "it was generally thought that rulers were men, or that they had more prominent roles in society" women had "played a very important role in the Caral civilization."

Caral society developed between 3000 and 1800 BC, around the same time as other great cultures in Mesopotamia, Egypt and China.

The city is situated in the fertile Supe valley, around 180 kilometers (113 miles) north of Lima and 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Pacific Ocean.

It was declared a UN World Heritage Site in 2009.