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

Before farming, before cities, before written history, a forgotten people carved animal reliefs into towering stone pillars and raised monuments to gods whose names are lost forever. This is the story ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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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.

The first graves found at Göbeklitepe suggest many of its 928 scattered human bone fragments slid downhill from graves under homes.

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 ...