Articles for tag: Ancient History, archaeology, Göbekli Tepe, Neolithic Age

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Göbekli Tepe: The World’s Oldest Temple Reshapes Human History

Suhail Ahmed

High on a limestone ridge in southeastern Türkiye, a ring of carved stone pillars has quietly overturned one of archaeology’s most comfortable stories about how civilization began. For decades, schoolbook history suggested that permanent settlements, large-scale architecture, and organized religion emerged only after farming took hold. Göbekli Tepe, built long before domesticated crops and cities, ...