Long before the famous civilizations of Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Maya, prehistoric communities were already ...

On April 20, 2026, as spring unfolds in southeastern Türkei, Göbekli Tepe continues to captivate visitors with its 12,000-year-old mysteries just outside Sanliurfa. This UNESCO site challenges ...

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 ...

The villagers of Göbekli Tepe likely didn't belong to a creepy skull cult—although a fascination with skulls definitely was a thing during the Neolithic.

September 2026 brought a remarkable series of archaeological discoveries, beginning with two ancient burials at Göbekli Tepe ...

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 ...

We used to think agriculture gave rise to cities and later to writing, art, and religion. Now the world’s oldest temple ...

Foxes, boars, birds, and snakes are carved into the limestone pillars. Some pillars even feature human arms, hands, and belts ...

The human was born a traveling animal. For over 100,000 years we walked across the great Savannas, made way through the jungles, camped in Arctic tundra, and hunted and foraged in the forests of this ...

The 11,500-year-old archaeological site was unharmed in the disaster, which has killed over 35,000 people and destroyed thousands of buildings. Reading time 2 minutes The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that ...