Were someone to ask you what is the oldest monument known to mankind, most people would say the Pyramids of Egypt or perhaps, Stonehenge. However, Gobekli Tepe predates Stonehenge by 7,000 years and ...

Now seen as early evidence of prehistoric worship, the hilltop site was previously shunned by researchers as nothing more than a medieval cemetery. Berthold Steinhilber Six miles from Urfa, an ancient ...

Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe are often shown as open-air monuments, with freestanding T-shaped pillars exposed to the sky. But is this portrayal accurate? This video examines whether the circular ...

Göbekli Tepe is one of the most important archaeological discoveries ever made. Dating back around 11,500 years, its monumental stone pillars and intricate relief carvings challenge long-held ...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the German Archaeological Institute has found long, deliberate marks carved into ancient skulls found at the Göbekli Tepe dig site. In their paper published on ...

The worlds of archeology and architecture have collided in the discovery of a Neolithic Temple that dates back 6,000 years before Stonehenge, leaving researchers with many questions to ponder. Göbekli ...

At around 12,000 years old, Göbekli Tepe in south-east Turkey has been billed as the world’s oldest temple. It is many millennia older than Stonehenge or Egypt’s great pyramids, built in the ...

It has long been considered the world's oldest temple and even thought by some to be the site of the Garden of Eden. But a scientist has claimed that the Gobekli Tepe stones in Turkey, built in 9,000 ...

Photo taken on June 13, 2020 shows part of the Gobekli Tepe archeological site in Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey. Gobekli Tepe, inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List in 2018, has become a ...