Whether built by humans or shaped by nature, Gunung Padang has sparked a conversation that goes far beyond its remote ...

The immensity of the undertaking at Gobekli Tepe reinforces that view. Schmidt says the monuments could not have been built by ragged bands of hunter-gatherers. To carve, erect and bury rings of ...

From the enigmatic pyramids dotting Egypt to the perplexing formation of Stonehenge, we may never fully understand how they were built or why. This rings especially true regarding Gobekli Tepe ...

Criterion (i): The communities that built the monumental megalithic structures of Göbekli Tepe lived during one of the most momentous transitions in human history, one which took us from ...

The Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt, built around 2,630 BC ... alongside other sites like Turkey’s Gobekli Tepe, imply that advanced construction existed long before established agricultural ...

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Located in the Germus mountains, near the Syrian border, Gobekli Tepe consists of massive stone circles with T-shaped pillars carved from limestone. These structures were built by hunter ...