Göbekli Tepe: The Dawn of Civilization

Thousands of years before anyone thought to construct pointy Egyptian tombs or arrange mysterious stone circles, there was Göbekli Tepe: a 20th century archaeological discovery in Turkey that predates civilization itself.

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Source/Further reading:

Discover Magazine, in depth: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-astronomical-observatory

Smithsonian, similar (if older): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/

Ancient.eu: https://www.ancient.eu/Gobekli_Tepe/

https://www.ancient.eu/article/234/gobekli-tepe---the-worlds-first-temple/

Official website of the German Archaeological Institute: https://www.dainst.org/en/projekt/-/project-display/21890

Website of the dig team: https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/the-research-project/

National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/06/gobeki-tepe/

Why its probably not the product of a forgotten, hyper-advanced civilization: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-there-wasnt-an-advanced-civilization-12-000-years-ago/

Skull cult: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/06/skulls-cult-turkey-archaeology-neolithic-gobekli/

Astronomy: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929303-400-worlds-oldest-temple-built-to-worship-the-dog-star

Comet: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2128512-ancient-carvings-show-comet-hit-earth-and-triggered-mini-ice-age/

Paper by the dig-team, why Gobekli Tepe is not an observatory: http://maajournal.com/Issues/2017/Vol17-2/Matters%20arising%2017%282%29.pdf

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