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Göbekli Tepe

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"Göbekli Tepe (Turkish: [ɡøbe̞kli te̞pɛ], "Potbelly Hill") is an archaeological site at the top of a mountain ridge in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, approximately 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Şanlıurfa. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (984 ft) in diameter. . . . It was excavated by a German archaeological team under the direction of Klaus Schmidt from 1996 until his death in 2014.

The tell includes two phases of ritual use dating back to the 10th-8th millennium BCE. During the first phase, pre-pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and a weight of up to 20 tons. . . . 

The purpose of the structures is not yet clear. Excavator Klaus Schmidt believed that they are early neolithic sanctuaries."
  • Text from Wikipedia entry for "Gobleki Tepe" (accessed 10/12/2015)
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Blog Posts and Articles
  • "How Did They Do It? Making and Moving Monoliths at Göbekli Tepe" (Oliver Dietrich, 5/3/2016)
  • "Ancient Aliens in Bulgaria! Plus: A German Interview with Jens Notroff on Pseudohistory at Gobekli Tepe" (Jason Colavito, 11/16/2015)
  • "Andrew Collins Claims to Have Found the Earliest Depiction of Gobekli Tepe in Art" (Jason Colavito, 9/17/2015)
  • "Andrew Collins Reclaims Gobekli Tepe for Europeans" (Jason Colavito, 6/10/2015)
  • "The Myth of Gobekli Tepe: What the Archaeological Fringe Isn’t Telling You" (Michael Heiser, 10/16/2014)
  • "Fortean Times Book Reviews: Nick Pope Lies, Andrew Collins Thinks Nephilim Built Gobekli Tepe" (Jason Colavito, 7/20/2014)
  • "Nick Redfern on Bigfoot's UFOs and Andrew Collins on Prehistoric Anatolian Cygnus Worship" (Jason Colavito, 6/7/2014)
  • "Gobekli Tepe: The Oldest Megalithic Mystery" (Martin J. Clemens, 3/18/2013)
  • "Robert Schoch's Wacky Easter Island-Gobekli Tepe Theory: The Hypocrisy of Alternative Dating" (Jason Colavito, 8/15/2012)

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