"The first year, we went through 15,000 pieces of animal bone ... Hodder is fascinated that Gobekli Tepe's pillar carvings are dominated not by edible prey like deer and cattle but by menacing ...

They’ve documented a similar motif on other statues at Göbekli Tepe. Researchers suspect that the carvings, which depict both lunar and solar cycles, represent a lunisolar calendar. If so ...

Carvings at Göbekli Tepe are thought to represent the world's oldest calendar. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!