Archaeologists working in southeastern Turkey have recovered a T-shaped pillar carved with a human face at Karahantepe, a site the Turkish government dates to roughly 12,000 years ago. The discovery, ...
Carved into stone over 12,000 years ago, the enclosures of Gobekli Tepe preserve a lost mythological world of wild beasts, death imagery, and shamanic ritual that predates all known civilization. From ...
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. ...