Göbekli Tepe

12,000-year-old pillar with human face discovered in Türkiye

A T-shaped pillar carved with a human face has been discovered at the Karahantepe archaeological site in southeastern Türkiye, marking the first time a Neolithic-era human facial representation has been found on such a monument. Turkish Minister of Culture and…

Rare 12,000-year-old human statue found in wall of world’s oldest temple

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare 12,000-year-old human statue embedded horizontally within a wall at Göbekli Tepe, the world's oldest known temple complex in southeastern Turkey. The discovery, announced on September 19 by Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy…