New statues found in Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe
Oct 3, 2023 · According to a recent press announcement by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered several new monumental statues and architectural elements at Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe.
New Statues and Fresh Insights from Karahan Tepe and Göbekli Tepe
Oct 2, 2023 · Astounding fresh archaeological revelations from Karahan Tepe and Göbekli Tepe in southeast Turkey. Remarkable new discoveries are coming out of the ground in southeast Turkey, bringing both Gobekli Tepe (9600 BC) and Karahan Tepe …
New monumental statues discovered at Göbeklitepe and …
Oct 2, 2023 · Recent excavations, which are part of the “Stone Hills Project” (“Taş Tepeler Projesi”), have uncovered new architectural elements and monumental statues, with the most notable being a painted boar statue at Göbeklitepe decorated with red, white, and black pigment.
Eight New Sister Sites to Göbekli Tepe Have Been Identified, …
Jun 18, 2024 · Eight new archaeological sites that appear to be connected to the deeply ancient sites of Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe have been identified by archaeologists, potentially expanding the 12,000-year-old megalithic network to no less than 20 known sites. News of the new sites was announced by Türkiye’s Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri ...
An immense mystery older than Stonehenge - BBC
Aug 16, 2021 · Atop a limestone plateau near Urfa called Gobekli Tepe, Turkish for "Belly Hill", Schmidt discovered more than 20 circular stone enclosures. The largest was 20m across, a circle of stone with...
Carvings at Göbekli Tepe might be world’s oldest calendar
Aug 6, 2024 · A series of carving on stone pillars at Göbekli Tepe could be an astronomical record of an event that triggered a key shift in human civilisation. Göbekli Tepe is a temple complex and multi-phase tell, located in the South-eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey.
Unprecedented Carved Skulls Discovered at a Stone Age …
Jun 29, 2017 · Archeologists at a Stone Age temple in Turkey called Göbekli Tepe have discovered something straight out of Indiana Jones: carved skulls. The deeply chiseled human craniums are the first of their...
Ancient Calendar, Recently Discovered, May Document a Long …
Aug 10, 2024 · A researcher at the University of Edinburgh has discovered what he believes is the earliest calendar of its kind at Gobekli Tepe, an archaeological excavation site in what is now southern Turkey...
Earthquake in Turkey Did Not Damage 11,500-Year-Old …
Feb 14, 2023 · The ancient site Göbekli Tepe was not damaged in the wake of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in south-central Turkey and northern Syria.
'World's oldest calendar' discovered carved into ancient monument
Aug 8, 2024 · "Ancient people may have created these carvings at Göbekli Tepe to record the date a swarm of comet fragments hit Earth nearly 13,000 years ago — or 10,850 BCE," the University of Edinburgh in...