Göbekli Tepe - Wikipedia
WEBGöbekli Tepe (Turkish: [ɟœbecˈli teˈpe], [2] 'Potbelly Hill'; [3] Kurdish: Girê Mirazan or Xerabreşkê, 'Wish Hill' [4]) is a Neolithic archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The settlement was inhabited from around 9500 BCE to at least 8000 BCE, [5] during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic.
Göbekli Tepe - Encyclopedia Britannica
WEBSep 13, 2024 · 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.
Göbekli Tepe - History and Facts | History Hit
WEBOlder than Stonehenge by 6,000 years, 7,000 years older than the Great Pyramids, and 1,000 older than the walls of Jericho, formerly believed to be the world’s most ancient monumental structure, Göbekli Tepe in south-eastern Turkey has …
Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple? | Smithsonian
WEBPredating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey’s stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization. Andrew Curry.
Lost Civilisations of Anatolia: Göbekli Tepe
WEBDec 8, 2020 · 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...
Gobekli Tepe - the World's First Temple?
WEBMay 4, 2011 · 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.
Göbekli Tepe - World History Encyclopedia
WEBMay 7, 2015 · “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”.
Göbekli Tepe — Google Arts & Culture
WEBGöbekli Tepe, regarded as one of the world’s oldest archaeological ruins discovery and its oldest temples, was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2018 under the following criteria (i):...
Göbeklitepe: A Mystery for the Ages — Google Arts & Culture
WEBLocated 15 km northeast of Şanlıurfa city center, Göbeklitepe has an impressive view of the Harran Plain in the south, the East Taurus Mountains in the north and the Karacadağ volcanic massif in...
Göbekli Tepe: The Temple That Hints at What Humans ... - HowStuffWorks
WEBGöbekli Tepe is thought to be a possible archaeological bridge between nomadic hunter-gatherer societies and stable, settled agricultural communities that built temples and produced art.
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