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Efforts at the ancient site of Göbeklitepe, known as the world's oldest temple, now must focus on conservation rather expanding excavation, said Turkish and German archeologists working at the 12,000-year-old dig site in southeastern Turkey.

With an infinite probability, inherited to all humanity and may have traces of all our common distant past, Göbeklitepe in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, a site from 10th and 9th millennia B.C., promises being in a timeless moment which we cannot know until we get there.

An 8,000-year-old pearl that archaeologists say is the world's oldest will be displayed in Abu Dhabi, according to authorities who said Oct. 20 it is proof the objects have been traded since Neolithic times.

The Kahin Tepe excavations in the northern province of Kastamonu's Araç district have unearthed findings such as a grinding stone and ornaments belonging to the Aceramic Neolithic period.

Archaeological excavations have begun in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa's Karahantepe ancient site, which is home to more than 250 Neolithic-era T-shaped obelisks similar to the ones in the world-famous Göbeklitepe.

German archeologist Professor Klaus Schmidt, who shed light on the history of humanity in Göbeklitepe, known as the "zero point in history" in southeastern Turkey, is commemorated on the fifth year of his demise.

Göbeklitepe, the prehistoric site situated 15 kilometers away from the city of Şanlıurfa in southeastern Turkey represents a reset in terms of our knowledge about civilization, according to an expert. It is more evidence that Anatolia's contribution to the rise of civilization is much greater than we thought, said Nezih Başgelen.

A DNA research carried out in the wake of findings excavated in Çatalhöyük, a Neolithic settlement located in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, has revealed a genetic affinity between the people of Anatolia and Europe.

Archaeologists have uncovered an 8,000-year-old figurine of a woman's upper body in a dig in northwest Bulgaria, reports Euronews. 

A team of archaeologists made the discovery near a prehistoric settlement located in the Vidin District, close to the River Danube.

In Harran, which is in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa and one of the world’s oldest settlements, women provide support to archaeological excavations. Click through for the story in photos...