The megaliths predate Stonehenge by some 6,000 years. The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it's the site ...

This rings especially true regarding Gobekli Tepe, an archaic complex in the heartlands of southeastern Turkey that could radically reconfigure our understanding of early human societies.

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 ...