On a low rise in southeastern Turkey, a ring of towering stones has quietly rewritten the story of civilization. Göbekli Tepe, a ritual complex dating back roughly 12,000 years, predates pottery, ...

On a low rise in southeastern Turkey, a ring of carved stone pillars has forced archaeologists to rethink how civilization began. The site, known as Göbekli Tepe, is roughly 12,000 years old, which ...

Now seen as early evidence of prehistoric worship, the hilltop site was previously shunned by researchers as nothing more than a medieval cemetery. Berthold Steinhilber Six miles from Urfa, an ancient ...

Göbekli Tepe may be the oldest temple ever discovered, carved by hunter-gatherers 6,000 years before Stonehenge.

When pilot and adventurer Barry Billcliff arrived in southeastern Turkey last November, he expected to uncover history. However, he didn't expect to question how it was being told. Billcliff, whose ...