Globeke Tepe Research Paper

Different materials from the past can give historians and archaeologists a look into what the past was like in the places they were found. Although any pieces of evidence are valuable, some are more helpful than others to develop a better idea of the past than others. Physical evidence has been found in the Neolithic Era through Globeke Tepe, in Phoenicia through the shipwreck of Uluburun, and in Egypt through temples and mummies. Globeke Tepe is a structure that was built in the Neolithic Era. It is made up of a series of circular structures and is covered in complex carvings and features. It has been discovered through excavations that Globeke Tepe dates around 200 years earlier than most of the Neolithic structures (@). This tells historians that the people of the Neolithic Era were very advanced, even though they were from very early in human history. Since there is no evidence of Globeke Tepe being residential, some are led to believe the people of the Neolithic were hunter-gatherers. There is much that is still unknown about this structure and the rest of the Neolithic Era. The true function of the structure is something that is still being questioned. Some believe it is a temple, shrine, or …show more content…
It has been found that the bodies of the pharaohs were mummified and placed deep inside the pyramid along with funerary materials (@). Even more information has been revealed about the pharaohs themselves from searching through the pyramids. For example, after King Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered, materials were found that gave insight into his life. Over five thousand artifacts and several other mummies were found inside his tomb. The cause of Tutankhamun’s death was also determined to be malaria (*). What is left to be discovered about the pyramids is how the pyramids were built and how the people who built them came up with a design that has stood as long as it has