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.

A sharp cold spell began about 12,900 years ago, with a platinum spike in Greenland ice at its start: Established A comet impact or airburst caused the cold sp ...

On the night of its discovery in September 2010, a unique limestone statue depicting a human head topped by a predatory bird ...

Enclosure F at Göbekli Tepe contains pillars deliberately taken from older structures, with animal carvings systematically ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient stone structures and pillars at Gbekli Tepe Turkey. Researchers identified Göbekli Tepe's first intact burials, including ...

The German Archaeological Institute announced a new study by Julia Gresky and Lee Clare in PLOS One. The research concerns two burials dated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period in the middle of the ...

Some scientists believe the sheer number of stars, planets and potentially habitable environments in space makes extraterrestrial life plausible. But plausibility is not proof. Despite decades of ...

The ancient site is known for massive carved stone pillars, but was once thought to be “the center of a death cult” Bilal Seckin / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Researchers identified Göbekli ...

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Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field known outside our solar system. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Radio waves ...