Göbekli Tepe
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Title
Göbekli Tepe
Description
Göbekli Tepe is a Neolithic archeological site near the city of Şanlıurfa in Eastern Turkey. The site dates back to between 9500 and 8000 BC and is one of the oldest megalithic structures in the world.
The site consists of several large circular structures supported by massive stone pillars, most of which were decorated with anthropomorphic details, clothes, animals.
Göbekli Tepe was first mentioned in 1963 in survey conducted by Istanbul University and the University of Chicago, but the importance of the site was understood much later, in 1990s, when Klaus Schmidt suspected that the stone slabs found on the site weren`t graves. His theory was supported by further excavations that he continued to make until his death in 2014.
Göbekli Tepe was declared a UNESCO world heritage sight in 2018 for its value as "one of the first manifestations of human-made monumental architecture"
Source
wordlheritage2022
Contributor
dv43
Type
Site
Identifier
382
Date Submitted
06/04/2022
Date Modified
04/06/2022 06:15:09 pm
Extent
cm x cm x cm
Spatial Coverage
current,37.223089,38.92243;
Europeana
Europeana Data Provider
Göbekli Tepe
Object
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1572/
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Institutional nature
Archaeological
Place
near Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Prim Media
604
Contact
dv43@st-andrews.ac.uk
Citation
“Göbekli Tepe,” STAGE, accessed December 13, 2025, https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/602.
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