Rather than just being an awkward talking point with your family, there’s a reason why so many statues depict the human body nude - and it’s rooted in ancient traditions and culture. According to ...

When it was made: Circa 9500 B.C. Over 11,500 years ago, people in what is now southern Turkey began crafting life-size human statues for the first time. Urfa Man, also known as the Balıklıgöl statue, ...

Excavations at the ancient site of Göbeklitepe in the southeastern province of Urfa have uncovered a human statue embedded inside a wall, lying on its back. The find was announced by the Culture and ...