Widely believed to be the oldest temple in the world, Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Türkiye dates back a whopping 12,000 years. Ever since archaeologists first surveyed the site in 1963, researchers ...

Excavations at Göbekli Tepe continue to yield findings. Researchers found living quarters of an ancient civilization, which disproved earlier theories that the site served solely as a ceremonial ...

Göbekli Tepe is located in Upper Mesopotamia, a region which saw the emergence of the most ancient farming communities in the world. Monumental structures, interpreted as monumental communal buildings ...

Known as Göbekli Tepe (pronounced Guh-behk-LEE TEH-peh), the site is vaguely reminiscent of Stonehenge, except that Göbekli Tepe was built much earlier and is made not from roughly hewn blocks ...

Göbekli Tepe is a 12,000-year-old site on the UNESCO World Heritage List, famous for its T-shaped monolithic pillars adorned with wild animal figures. Göbekli Tepe is a 12,000-year-old site on ...

The world's ten oldest landmarks are remarkable testaments to ancient civilizations. Here’s a list of some of the oldest ...

Pillar 43 from Göbekli Tepe depicting a vulture with its wings spread. Vultures were not only the most important birds in the iconography of Early Neolithic hunter-gatherer groups, they were also ...

Enclosure D with T-shaped pillars at Göbekli Tepe, south-east of present-day Turkey. This archaeological site includes the world's oldest known temple.

A recent research paper has revealed startling details about Indonesia's Gunung Padang.The Guinness World Records recognizes ...

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A member of Melbourne’s Turkish community, İsmail Metin, wrote a book about the 12,000-year-old religious centre Göbekli Tepe, located in Turkey. The site is believed to be the first building ...