Gobekli Tepe

Will the excavations around Göbekli Tepe shed light on the dark eras of the history of mankind? Do you think the historians will have to re-write the history of mankind?

One of the most mysterious human structures ever discovered, Göbekli Tepe was probably built in 10,000 BCE. It is located in today's southern Turkey. A series of nested, circular walls and steles, or monoliths were carved evocatively with animals. At that time, the place probably served as a temple for nomadic tribes in the area. It was not a permanent residence although it is possible that a few priests lived there all year. It is the first permanent human-built structure that we have ever discovered so far. The place probably represented the pinnacle of the local Mesopotamian civilization of its era. What were people worshiping there? When did they come? Were they there to do something other than worship? We may never know, but archaeologists are working hard to find out.