Karahantepe

Karahantepe is one excavation area in the Taş Tepeler project, which TurkeyTurkeyTurkey is a modern country including Anatolia and territory in southeastern EuropeGlossary · Click to read the explanation’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism describes as work in southeastern AnatoliaAnatoliaAnatolia is the region occupying the Asian part of present-day TurkeyGlossary · Click to read the explanation. On 6 October 2025 the ministry announced that a T-shaped pillar with a human face on its upper section, deep eye sockets and a broad nose, had been uncovered, and presented it as the first example then announced of a face on this kind of pillar.

That is the wording of the official announcement, not a detailed archaeological publication of the context. The photograph is an excavation view taken by Vincent Vega on 22 August 2024. Its ropes are modern work equipment, and the pillar in the frame is not the faced pillar announced in 2025. ^{[1] [2]}