Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced that a T-shaped pillar featuring a human face has been uncovered at the archaeological site of Karahantepe in Urfa. Ersoy stated that the ...

Archaeologists at Karahantepe in southeastern Turkey unearthed a limestone pillar bearing a human face with a sharp nose, deep-set eyes, and a faint smile. “Until now, we believed the stones we were ...

A discovery in Turkey has suggested that ancient humans had a stronger concept of individual human identity and artistic realism much earlier than previously thought. Archaeologists working at ...

A 12,000-year-old T-shaped obelisk from the early Neolithic era features a carving of a human face. Discovered in modern-day Turkey at the Karahantepe site, it could be the first-ever carved depiction ...

ŞANLIURFA, TURKEY—A T-shaped pillar carved with a face on its upper section has been discovered in southeastern Turkey at the Neolithic site of Karahantepe, according to a Türkiye Today report.