Berthold Steinhilber Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has ... The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working ...

Gobekli Tepe, an ancient site in southeastern Turkey, is believed to be the world's oldest known building, dating back at least 11,500 years. That makes it twice as old as Stonehenge, which was ...

1. Gobekli Tepe, Turkey (9600-8200 BCE): Considered the oldest structure in the world made by humans, this neolithic settlement features large, standing stones in circles ...

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Göbekli Tepe is located in Upper Mesopotamia, a region which saw the emergence of the most ancient farming communities in the world. Monumental structures, interpreted as monumental communal buildings ...

Enclosure D with T-shaped pillars at Göbekli Tepe, south-east of present-day Turkey. This archaeological site includes the world's oldest known temple.