Daily tours to Gobekli Tepe, Eastern Turkey. In Urfa you will be met by our representative.
We will travel to the on-going archaeological dig at Gobekli Tepe. Although this site is not so widely known it is one of the most important archaeological digs currently being undertaken anywhere in the world - this site represents a major shift in our understanding of man's cultural evolution. Drive back to Urfa. Visit the newly opened archeological mosaic museum, which is the largest museum complex in Turkey. Then onto Abraham Holy Pools and the Cave where local tradition says the Prophet Abraham was born. Transfer to Urfa airport. Göbekli Tepe. ARCHAEOLOGY - Göbeklitepe ancient site attracts interest of notables. ŞANLIURFA - Anatolia News Agency AKP Istanbul deputy Nimet Baş was one of the visitors to Göbeklitepe.
AA Photo. BBC Documentary; 10000 BC, Göbekli Tepe. The Day Pictures Were Born.Gobekli Tepe/Girê Navokê The world's first temple. Mr.President Abdullah Gül at Göbekli Tepe. Gobekli Tepe. Lost Civilization (Gobekli Tepe; 12.000 years ago) [National Geografic] Explorer. Ancient Cappadocia to Gobekli Tepe. Magazine Prof. Dr Klaus Schmidt: Göbekli Tepe. Göbeklitepe. Göbeklitepe habertürk yaşadıgım şehir 25.11.2012. DERS TARIH M O 12000 GOBEKLI TEPE YERYUZUNDE KI ILK MABET TAPINAK SANLUURFA CILALI TAS DEVRI 1. Eastern Turkey’s ancient wonders. Article created on Saturday, December 29, 2012 This article titled “Eastern Turkey’s ancient wonders” was written by Kevin Rushby, for The Guardian on Friday 21st December 2012 22.45 UTC Given the power to travel in time, which period would you choose for your tour?
Well, here’s one to consider: the early Holocene. Not grabbing you? Well, to be more precise 9,600BC in what is now eastern Turkey. It was during this time that certain plants and animals were domesticated, which led to the farming revolution and permanent changes in human technology, culture and diet. Ancient Beer Breweries Unearthed. As people ring in the New Year with dancing and a bit of bubbly, they can consider themselves part of an ancient human tradition.
Several new archaeological finds suggest that alcohol has been a social glue in parties, from work festivals to cultic feasts, since the dawn of civilization. In the December issue of the journal Antiquity, archaeologists describe evidence of nearly 11,000-year-old beer brewing troughs at a cultic feasting site in Turkey called Göbekli Tepe. And archaeologists in Cyprus have unearthed the 3,500-year-old ruins of what may have been a primitive beer brewery and feasting hall at a site called Kissonerga-Skalia.
GOBEKLI TEPE (10,000 BC) AND UNDERSTANDING HUMAN CIVILIZATION. V.S.Gopalakrishnan 11 Jan 2013.
Feasting, beer, and the emergence of the Neolithic. This is a very interesting paper which suggests that collective work accompanied by feasting played an important role in the creation of Göbekli Tepe.
The site taxed hunter-gatherer resources, since it required the combined labor of many people from a wide area to erect. Pillars of Gobekli Tepe...an explanation. I believe it's possible to arrive at a definative answer as to what the Pillars of Gobekli Tepe represented to their constructors, which i shall explain and demonstrate here.
In general i'll be going along with the current best explanation which is that the animals seen upon them were in some way totemic spirit guides of a shamanic type religious practise, but in particular i'll address the formal geometric structural qualities, for which there is no offered reason, other than they served to hold the roof up.. In essence what i suggest is that the pillars represented the Underworld. terrestial plane, and the upper/Heavenly realm, the essential inter-connectivity between these realms and the totemic animals that served such.
Ancient surprises in Turkey. By Gary Vey for viewzone So often we think of primitive humans as being crude and clumsy, grunting to each other while wearing animal skins and living in caves.
We see them as reactive -- struggling against nature and barely winning the battles to survive. While this is true for much of human antiquity, around 9000 BC something dramatic happened. Radio interview-Klaus Schmidt; Göbekli Tepe-The Worlds Oldest Temple. 10 More Incredible Archaeological Discoveries. Our World Mankind has always been fascinated by the past.
From obscure farmers who uncover old remnants from wars among the Ancient Greeks, to the professionals who continue to unearth Pompeii—we all love to think of the lives of those who passed through the world long before we were given the chance. Following on from an older list, here are ten more of the most important archaeological discoveries. Göbekli Tepe.
Göbekli Tepe Archeology. Lately, I've come across a number of stories in the news about very ancient archeological sites, which pre-date the Egyptian Pyramids by a fair bit.
Although some very ancient sites are known (for example, the oldest remains in Jericho have been dated to about 9000 BC), I was under the impression that these were very fragmentary (perhaps known only by a hearth fire or a few stone structures), and little detailed information exists. Göbekli Tepe: How does the Göbekli Tepe find change our view of human history. The Beginning of the End for Hunter-Gatherers. Prawled before us today in the thirsty mid-morning heat of early September are dozens of megalithic monuments two to three meters high (6½-10'), arranged Stonehenge-like in four separate circles 10 to 30 meters (33-100') across.
In the center of each stand two taller monoliths, their flat and faceless heads staring southeast over the vast Mesopotamian plain, where, it is generally accepted, the planet’s first agriculture bloomed. Sculpted onto most of the monuments are effigies of foxes, bulls, vultures, snakes, boars and spiders; one bears a highly artistic rendering of a feline resembling a lion. Chair-high rock benches link most of the standing stones and there are bowl-sized depressions in front of a few of the stones, possibly for offerings. His ardor is no surprise. Back in 1993, Schmidt was fresh from excavating the site Nevali Çori, 30 kilometers (19 mi) to the northwest, a rescue project now underwater behind the giant Atatürk Dam on the Euphrates. What was going on here? Lascaux 3, Göbekli Tepe / Indus Seals / Divine Hind and Bull Valley. 3; Göbekli Tepe, Indus Seals, Divine Hind and © 2009 by Franz Gnaedinger, www.seshat.ch lascaux.htm / lascaux2.htm / lascaux3.htm / lascaux4.htm / lascaux5.htm.
Göbekli Tepe. Rectification of recent press reports On February 28th the Daily Mail published an article by Tom Cox, in which Prof. Dr. Online Photo and Video Hosting. Gobekli. Göbekli Tepe. Syria’s civil war has been going on for 19 months now. An estimated 33,000 people have died—mostly civilians. Mortar rounds stray across the border into Turkey. Come winter, there could be as many as 700,000 refugees crossing as well if something isn’t done to end this conflict. How ironic that a mere thirty-five miles north of the Syrian border’s cluster bombs is what may very well be earth’s oldest sacred site. Göbekli Tepe. Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple? Gobeklitepe - The World's First Temple Trailer. Göbekli Tepe Temple in Turkey Predates the Pyramids of Giza. Just caught news of this temple from Newsweek and thought I’d share. I don’t know much about it, in fact this is the first time I read about it.
But I am asking my friend and colleague in Turkey about it… so I’ll fill you in with any additional details as they come. The Newsweek article portrays this as a newly discovered finding but in fact research and excavations started in 1994. Bottom line, it is 11,500 years old. g That’s 7,000 years before the Pyramids of Giza and 6,000 years before Stonehenge. I’ve posted before how some of the first evidence of animal domestication and pottery occurred in Turkey, but these sophisticated pillars were assembled before those prehistorical landmarks… in fact they predate villages, pottery, domesticated animals, and even agriculture.
Göbekli Tepe.