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 ...

In a cave older than Gobekli Tepe, archaeologists uncovered a small figurine made of baked clay — a sign of fire use that no one expected this early.

GOBEKLI TEPE, Turkey — Tour guide Sabahattin Alkan herds curious tourists through the scorching afternoon heat, luring them with the promise of something far stranger than your typical vacation snap. ...

Pseudoscience and genuine archaeological mysteries surround humanity's oldest known temple. But was it the world's first astronomical observatory? Earth's Northern Hemisphere was covered in enormous ...

At first glance, the V-shaped symbols carved onto the pillars at Gobekli Tepe — an archaeological site in southern Turkey — don’t look like much compared to the adjacent animal shapes depicting the ...

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 ...

This photo taken on Oct. 9, 2023 shows a relic at the Gobekli Tepe archeological site in Sanliurfa province, Türkiye. Gobekli Tepe in southeastern Türkiye, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, dates back to ...

Earth's Northern Hemisphere was covered in enormous Ice Age glaciers when a group of hunter-gatherers in southern Turkey began constructing the world’s first known temple. The site, called Gobekli ...