Göbekli Tepe
"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."
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)
