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12,000-Year-Old Human Statue Found at Göbeklitepe Redefines Neolithic Beliefs
Archaeologists at Göbeklitepe, the world’s oldest known temple complex in southeastern Turkey, have uncovered a striking 12,000-year-old human statue embedded within a wall. The discovery is expected to reshape our understanding of Neolithic rituals and belief systems. Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced the find during his visit to the site,…
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Unique Neolithic Collective Tomb Discovered in Oman’s Nafūn Valley: Holocene Wet Period Rituals Revealed
Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable Neolithic tomb complex in Oman’s Nafūn Valley that combines monumental stone architecture with the collective burial of individuals from multiple Neolithic communities. Dating to the early 5th millennium BCE, the discovery provides unprecedented insight into Holocene Wet Period rituals, subsistence strategies, and social networks in South Arabia. Monumental Architecture The…