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
Göbekli Tepe has revealed many astonishing finds, but one of them was lost almost as soon as it came to light. A carved statue fragment disappeared from the excavation site in 2010, and despite ...
GOBEKLI TEPE, Turkey — Tour guide Sabahattin Alkan herds curious tourists through the scorching afternoon heat, luring them with the promise of something far stranger than your typical vacation snap. ...
Göbekli Tepe (Turkish pronunciation: [ɟœbecˈli teˈpe] ⓘ 'Potbelly Hill'; [2] Kurdish: Girê Mirazan or Xerabreşkê, 'Wish Hill' [3]) is a Neolithic archaeological site in Upper Mesopotamia (al-Jazira) in modern-day Turkey. The settlement was inhabited from around 9500 BCE to at least 8000 BCE, [4] during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic. It is known for its large circular structures that ...
Unearthed in Turkey, Göbekli Tepe rewrites history. Built 6,000 years before Stonehenge, it challenges much of what we thought we knew about ancient cultures.
Archaeologists uncovered new evidence at Göbekli Tepe, challenging long-held theories of a ceremonial site.
Brief synthesis Göbekli Tepe is located in Upper Mesopotamia, a region which saw the emergence of the most ancient farming communities in the world. Monumental structures, interpreted as monumental communal buildings (enclosures), were erected by groups of hunter-gatherers in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period (10th-9th millennia BC). The monuments were probably used in connection with social ...