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Reference no. 1572. Region. Western Asia. Göbekli Tepe ( Turkish: [ɟœbecˈli teˈpe], [2] 'Potbelly Hill'; [3] Kurdish: Girê Mirazan or Xirabreşkê, 'Wish Hill' [4]) is a Neolithic archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The settlement was inhabited from c. 9500 to at least 8000 BCE, [5] during the Pre-Pottery ...
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Aug 16, 2021 · An immense mystery older than Stonehenge. (Credit: mfatih5er/Getty Images) Reshaping previous ideas on the story of civilisation, Gobekli Tepe in Turkey was built by a prehistoric people 6,000 ...
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May 7, 2015 · Definition. “Göbekli Tepe” (“Hill with a Navel”, or “Potbelly Hill”) is found approximately 16 km (10 miles) northeast of Şanlıurfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey once named “Edessa” and known as “the City of the Prophets”. While this nearby city has a rich religious history, just how far back religion stretched ...
Jan 31, 2011 · The researchers suspect people would fill in the outer ring with debris before building a new circle within. T-shaped limestone blocks line the circles, and at their center are two massive pillars about 18 feet (5.5 m) tall. Statues and reliefs of people and animals were carved on these blocks and pillars.
Karahan Tepe. / 37.09250°N 39.30361°E / 37.09250; 39.30361. Karahan Tepe ( Kurdish: Girê Keçel) [1] [2] is an archaeological site in Şanlıurfa Province in Turkey. The site is close to Göbekli Tepe and archaeologists have also uncovered T-shaped stelae there and believe that the sites are related.
Turkey's 12,000-year-old stone circles were the spiritual center of a nomadic people. It is likely the megaliths at the Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey once supported roofs....
Dec 8, 2022 · Staff from the stunning Sanliurfa Archaeology Museum confirmed that these wall components are indeed Neolithic artifacts. And it was in this village that what may be the earliest narrative wall relief in the Near East was discovered, created around 11,000 years ago, Prof. Eylem Ozdogan reported Thursday in the Journal of Antiquity.
