Göbekli Tepe had already been located in a survey in 1964, when the American archaeologist Peter Benedict mentioned the site as a possible location of stone age activity, but its importance was not recognised at that time. Excavations have been conducted since 1994 by the German Archaeological ...
Gobeklitepe provides a unique window into a period before the advent of agriculture, highlighting the collaboration and organisation of Stone Age people in the creation of this extraordinary temple complex.Mehmet Ugur GURKAYNAKMilling and GrainMilling and Grain...
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 Göbek
Gobekli Tepe was first examined—and dismissed—by University of Chicago and Istanbul University anthropologists in the 1960s. As part of a sweeping survey of the region, they visited the hill, saw some broken slabs of limestone and assumed the mound was nothing more than an abandoned medieval ...
Gobekli Tepe is the oldest human-made place of worship yet discovered. Until excavations began, a complex on this scale was not thought possible for a community so ancient. The massive sequence of stratification layers suggests several millennia of activity, perhaps reaching back to the Mesolithic...
With this application, you can get detailed information and listen about all the artifacts of Göbeklitepe, which is the world's first temple. With QR code sup…
Further research on Gobekli Tepe may change the current understanding of the site’s importance. Even its age is not clear -archaeologists are not certain they have reached the bottom layer. Two new mysteries come up for every one that has been solved. Twenty years ago everyone believed civiliz...
People first came to this site some 12,000 years ago and men and women, who lived there as hunters and gatherers, achieved a great deal with very little. Without metal tools, the skilled artisans of Gobeklitepe carved T-shaped pillars from local limestone. ...
The megalithic enclosures of Gobekli Tepe (Urfa, Turkey) are the most ancient stonebuilt sacred structures known so far, dating back to the 10th millennium
With this application, you can get detailed information and listen about all the artifacts of Göbeklitepe, which is the world's first temple. With QR code sup…