Many people know that Paris and Brasilia are planned cities.
But urban planning existed long before there were Brasilians or even Parisians. Last week, scholars announced that they have unearthed another planned city of that same early vintage. Titris Hoyuk, as the site is known, was an ancient Levittown. A stone mold for casting figurines and debris from large-scale knife making suggest there were factories. And vast basins with wine residues are signs of viniculture.