Gobekli Tepe

Digging For Truth: How Deep Are You Willing to Go?

Levi Ben-Shmuel | Posted 10.10.2011

Levi Ben-Shmuel

As archaeologists dig deeper into the earth to uncover new truths about the past, their findings have the potential to upend our understanding of religion and the role of God in its unfolding.

Did Religion Create Civilization?

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 07.25.2011

Brad Hirschfield

In Gobekli Tepe, we have strong evidence that people's need/desire to gather for worship is what created civilization, not the reverse, as was previously assumed.

World's Oldest Temple Discovered In Turkey, Archaeologist Claims (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post via Smithsonian Magazine | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

A German archaeologist by the name of Klaus Schmidt has claimed discovery in Turkey of the world's oldest temple. Called Gobekli Tepe, it predates St...