Göbekli Tepe and the Vulture Stone Prophecy We are the descendants of an ancient civilization; one which mastered technology, ...

Humans and our ancestors have been creating tools, art, and everyday objects for millions of years, and each unexpected ...

I am standing in a drizzly square where a man is eating a quiche. A girl cycles past in a red raincoat, talking quietly on her phone. Everything is mild, ...

Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient civilization.

Prior to writing this article, I had hailed Malta’s Ggantija megalithic temple complex as the oldest structure in the world. In reality, it’s only the second-oldest religious manmade complex in the ...

Göbekli Tepe, a massive archaeological site nestled in the rolling plains of southeastern Turkey, is considered the world’s oldest known temple complex, predating Stonehenge by approximately ...

But we only really know what things were used for once people start writing. Writing started around 2,500 BC in Mesopotamia, and even they were talking about opium—they called it a “joy plant.” ...

“As far as I know, it is generally thought that proto-writing first developed out of economic activity (trading) in regions neighboring Turkey around 6-7000 BC.” “Göbekli Tepe shows evidence of an ...

Pillars at the archaeological site of Gobekli Tepe in Sanliurfa, Turkey, are seen in May 2022. Located on a rocky hill in southeastern Turkey, overlooking the plateau of ancient Mesopotamia ...

1 of 2 Pillars at the archaeological site of Gobekli Tepe in Sanliurfa, Turkey, are seen in May 2022. Located on a rocky hill in southeastern Turkey, overlooking the plateau of ancient Mesopotamia ...