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 ...

Göbekli Tepe is often referred to as the first temple in the world ... that is located near the historical city of Urfa. The stone pillar contains 365 V-shaped symbols. It is believed that ...

the animals on the great pillars seeming to move in flickering torchlight. Surely there were feasts; Schmidt has uncovered stone basins that could have been used for beer. The temple was a ...

A stone pillar inscribed with "The Tomb of Zhao Lie ... Surrounded by a vermilion wall, the temple occupies 56 mu of land. Just inside the temple is a quiet and secluded courtyard planted with ...

The central pillar is connected to the outside walls by the flooring of the internal corridors. The flooring is formed by two layers of slabetone with a facing of stone strips and supported by ...