Embark on a day tour of Sanliurfa and Gobeklitepe to discover the oldest known human-made religious site in the world and through an area of immense spiritual significance to both Christians and Muslims. You will also see and explore some interesting ancient architecture in an equally ancient tow...
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
But, Peters and Schmidt say, Gobekli Tepe's builders were on the verge of a major change in how they lived, thanks to an environment that held the raw materials for farming. "They had wild sheep, wild grains that could be domesticated—and the people with the potential to do it," Schm...