Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed an 11,000-year-old statue of a man who appears to be clutching his penis. It was found alongside several other statues, including that of a life-size boar. The ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed a nearly 11,000-year-old statue that may depict a giant man clutching his penis, along with a life-size wild boar statue. The two statues come from the ...

New announcements from Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe in December 2025 have added unexpected depth to both sites. Recent ...

Before the tools touched the earth, before the pillars were revealed — this is what Karahan Tepe looked like. These rare images and footage capture a once-hidden prehistoric site that’s rewriting the ...

AFP — On the windswept hills overlooking Turkey’s vast southeastern plains, new archaeological discoveries are revealing how life might have looked 11,000 years ago when the world’s earliest ...

One of the earliest examples of human sculpture has been found in Turkey at prehistoric sites believed by some to have ties to ancient biblical accounts. The digs were carried out by the Turkish ...

Archaeologists in south-east Turkey have made an extraordinary find—a prehistoric stone face that might turn everything we believe about the origins of art and self-awareness on its head. In the early ...

Even as a boy, Ismail Can, a Turkish shepherd, knew that the large mound outside his village, known as Karahan Tepe, contained wonders. Flint fragments, once used as tools, littered the mountainous ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered ancient statues, dating back 11,000 years, that challenge our understanding of pre-agricultural communities. The statues include a life-sized sculpture of a ...