https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSG1MsQSo_A
Thousands of years before anyone thought to construct pointy Egyptian tombs or arrange mysterious stone circles, there was Göbekli Tepe: a 20th century archa

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1580/lost-civilisations-of-anatolia-gobekli-tepe/
Göbekli Tepe is the world's oldest example of monumental architecture; a 'temple' built at the end of the last Ice Age, 12,000 years ago.It was discovered in 1995 CE when, just a short distance from the city of Şanliurfa in Southeast Turkey, a Kurdish shepherd noticed a number of large, embedded stones, stones which had clearly been worked - and which turned out to be the most astonishing

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/the-gobekli-tepe-ruins-and-the-origins-of-neolithic-religion/
On a hill known as Göbekli Tepe ("Potbelly Hill") in southeastern Turkey, excavations led by Klaus Schmidt uncovered several large megalithic enclosures that date between 10,000 and 8000 B.C.E., the dawn of civilization and the Neolithic age. Each of these circular enclosures, which many have described as Turkey's "Stonehenge," consists of 10 to 12 massive stone pillars surrounding

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Explore the enigmatic Göbekli Tepe, a site that predates Stonehenge by millennia and redefines our understanding of early civilizations. This video delves in

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/gobeki-tepe
Every now and then the dawn of civilization is reenacted on a remote hilltop in southern Turkey. ... Known as Göbekli Tepe (pronounced Guh-behk-LEE TEH-peh), the site is vaguely reminiscent of

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/
The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it's the site of the world's oldest temple. "Guten Morgen," he says

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe
Göbekli Tepe (Turkish: [ɟœbecˈli teˈpe], ' Potbelly Hill '; Kurdish: Girê Mirazan or Xirabreşkê, 'Wish Hill') is a Neolithic archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The settlement was inhabited from c. 9500 to at least 8000 BCE, during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic.It is famous for its large circular structures that contain massive stone pillars - among the

https://www.worldhistory.org/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe/
Found in the cradle of civilization, "Göbekli Tepe" (Potbelly Hill in English) is rightfully named.As you drive through the surrounding villages (Derman Köyü, Göktepe Köyü, and Örencik Köyü) - one of two ways to get to the site - you are directed to the ancient temple by signs spray-painted on the wall.Then you slowly drive up the hills in between fields that have been worked

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In this video, join us on an intriguing journey as we delve into the mysteries surrounding Göbekli Tepe, an ancient archaeological site that provides a glimp

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/234/gobekli-tepe---the-worlds-first-temple/
A Description of the Göbekli Tepe Site. Göbekli Tepe (Turkish for the 'hill of the navel') is a 1000 foot diameter mound located at the highest point of a mountain ridge, around 9 miles northeast of the town of Şanlıurfa (Urfa) in southeastern Turkey. Since 1994 CE, excavations conducted by Klaus Schmidt of the Istanbul branch of the German

https://www.britannica.com/place/Gobekli-Tepe
Göbekli Tepe, Neolithic site near Şanlıurfa in southeastern Turkey.The site, believed to have been a sanctuary of ritual significance, is marked by layers of carved megaliths and is estimated to date to the 9th-10th millennium bce.. At Göbekli Tepe (Turkish: "belly hill"), near the Syrian border, a number of T-shaped limestone megaliths, some of which surpass 16 feet (5 metres) in

https://globalheritagefund.org/2017/11/03/gobekli-tepe-discovering-worlds-oldest-religious-site/
Göbekli Tepe: Discovering the World's Oldest Religious Site. Archaeologists and preservationists are discovering and conserving deep human history at a site that is reshaping our understanding of the first whispers of early civilization. This article originally appeared on Popular Archaeology. "This is the first human-built holy place

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/gobekli-tepe-0016102
Archaeological excavations at Göbekli Tepe (Rolfcosar / CC BY-SA 3.0) Discovering Gōbekli Tepe. Up until 1994, when German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt discovered the site now called Göbekli Tepe, part of the Taş Tepeler complex, it was assumed that the geography and the order of events that preceded modern-day civilization were clear cut

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/civilization-and-religion-0013512
Göbekli Tepe was almost certainly built by hunter-gatherers as a religious ritual center. Klaus Schmidt, director of excavation until his death in 2014, called it "the first human-built holy place." He believed that evidence clearly seemed to indicate that it was religion that led to the Agricultural Revolution, rather than the other way

https://artincontext.org/gobekli-tepe/
Göbekli Tepe (c. 9500 BCE); Creator:Rolfcosar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Significance of Göbekli Tepe. It is remarkable not just because it is the first example of monumental construction made by an ancient Turkish civilization, but also because it has the potential to revolutionize our knowledge of early human history.

https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/in-the-beginning-religion-at-the-dawn-of-civilization/
From Göbekli Tepe ("Potbelly Hill") in southeastern Turkey, you can see 50 or more miles in all directions, including the sites where some of the earliest evidence of agricultural plant domestication has been discovered. Now, these stone circles may be turning the established theory about the origins of religion and civilization on its head.

https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/gobekli-tepe-mystery-new-chapter-in-history-robert-adam-schneiker/
According to the most prominent of alternative archaeologists, Graham Hancock, "No, the problem at Göbekli Tepe is the pristine, sudden appearance, like Athena springing full-grown and fully armed from the brow of Zeus, of what appears to be an already seasoned civilization so accomplished that it "invents" both agriculture and monumental architecture at the apparent moment of its birth

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Embark on a journey 12,000 years into the past to explore Göbekli Tepe, a mysterious archaeological marvel that rewrites our understanding of human history.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/12/19/the-sanctuary
The Sanctuary. By Elif Batuman. December 11, 2011. The megaliths at Göbekli Tepe were erected by hunter-gatherers around 9000 B.C. Illustration by Jorge Colombo. Late one October evening, I flew

https://www.oxfordinterfaithcenter.org/event-details/gobekli-tepe-the-dawn-of-faith-with-zeynep-premdasi-yilmaz
Discovery of Gobekli Tepe, a 12,000-year-old archeological site in Southeast Turkey, has changed our understanding of evolution of civilization and our understanding of faith. Gobekli Tepe is an ancient sanctuary and cult center, predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years and pyramids by 7,000 years. When these large megaliths (20 ft high, weights 16 tons) were erected, humans still lived as hunter

https://historycalender.com/gobekli-tepe-the-enigmatic-dawn-of-civilization/
The world's oldest known temple Göbekli Tepe, is located in southeastern Turkey and dates back over 11,000 years. Early hunter-gatherer civilizations built it before agriculture, and it consists of colossal T-shaped limestone pillars with complex animal and symbolic carvings within circular and oval enclosures.

https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/gobekli-tepe-the-untold-story-of-dawn-of-civilization
Zoom. Located in southeastern Turkey, Göbekli Tepe is an archaeological site that has been dubbed the "Dawn of Civilization.". It is considered to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 21st century, offering a glimpse into the lives of our ancient ancestors and the birth of human civilization. Read more.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/5-fascinating-historical-tours-of-europe-you-need-to-plan-for/ar-AA1jNRbU
5. Göbekli Tepe, Turkey. Göbekli Tepe is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Turkey's Mount Germuş. Many consider Göbekli Tepe one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the

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Göbekli TepeLocated in modern-day Turkey, Göbekli Tepe is considered the world's oldest known temple complex, dating back to 9600 BCE. Its discovery in the 1