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 ...

For decades, historians believed civilization began around 4000–6000 BC. But new discoveries have begun to challenge that timeline. Sites like Göbekli Tepe, buried around 9600 BC, reveal massive stone ...

(Fulya OZERKAN/AFP/AFP) On the windswept hills overlooking Turkey's vast southeastern plains, new archaeological discoveries are revealing how life might have looked 11,000 years ago when the world's ...

The 12,000-year-old Göbekli Tepe site in Turkey is often called the “zero point of history”, said The Archaeologist. But recent excavations at the nearby Mendik Tepe site suggest it dates back even ...

Thousands of years apart, two cultures built strikingly similar stone sanctuaries. Could Göbekli Tepe and Menorca share a hidden connection ...

Surprising evidence at the world’s oldest temple overturns our understanding of human history. The latest excavations at the 12,000-year-old Göbekli Tepe in Turkey are making archaeologists rethink ...