Strange Mysteries At World’s Oldest Megalithic Site
Located in Southeastern Turkey is one of the most important archaeological discoveries ever made. Gobekli Tepe is the name of the site and it is the oldest place of worship ever found. The site dates back to more than 11,500 years ago and has turned the historical record upside down. Archaeologists never thought our hunter gatherer ancestors were capable of building such a complex monument during this time period and exactly how the building was put up and organized is a question that troubles the historical record. But this is not the only question that troubles archaeologists with the Gobekli Tepe site, there is also the problem of why the site was abandoned and then buried many thousands of years ago.
Scientists and researchers have put up many possible explanations of why Gobekli Tepe was abandoned and then completely buried and these range from everything to protection of the monument, to new beliefs systems replacing the old and burying the site was necessary to purge the old beliefs.
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