Göbekli Tepe

10,000 B.C. What is thought to be your stereotypical cavemen and the discovery of fire period was well underestimated. Especially after the discovery of the world’s oldest temple, Göbekli Tepe, by German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt. Göbekli Tepe was an astonishing discovery to archaeologists regarding intellect about the Neolithic Revolution; due to the remarkable advancement and ability of foragers to build such a large monument in a period yet to develop metal tools. This Revolution took place in 10,000 B.C and was thoroughly examined by researchers for signs of technological advancements, civilization, religion, and agriculture; with Göbekli Tepe being one of those signs. The two provided resources portray different theories and information…

Gobekli Tepe: The Original Eden In the chapter of Genesis, the creation story of the bible, the first man and woman had been created in the likeness of God within the Garden of Eden; along with a diversity of animals that would co-exist under the dominion of the “first ever” recorded humans, Adam and Eve. However, the question remains; where was this elusive Garden of Eden? Was it an actual physical location on this earth, or did it exist within an otherworldly dimension? Perhaps the answer…

discovered farming, they were able to settle down and get their food from farming. According to popular belief, farming that had allowed them to settle down let them form religion for which they built temples around which cities formed. But now, due to an archeological site located in Turkey, the education systems need to reconsider what kids learn. The site is named Göbekli Tepe, or pot-bellied hill, and was discovered in Turkey over…

1. Gobekli Tepe is located in southeastern Turkey and it is a temple that is arranged with massive stone pillars into ring sets. The pillars are created from “cleanly carved limestone pillars splashed with animal remains” (Mann 1). Scattered around the area of the pillars, Klaus Schmidt, a researcher, found many Neolithic tools, such as choppers, projectile points, and knives which was used by the many people needed to establish and carve the pillars. Many people would’ve needed to came…

An ancient group of structures rests quietly on a hill about 40 miles north of the Syria-Turkey border. The distance from Urfa, the city to the southwest with a population of half a million, to the hill is only a few miles. This Turkish site is called Göbekli Tepe and was first discovered in 1963 by an archaeologist from the University of Chicago, Peter Benedict. Benedict saw the tops of what we now know to be pillars, but believed them to be gravestones. Subsequently, he dismissed the site as…

Spatial patterns will be compared between the different sites of the Neolithic and Greek Cultures. The Greek cultures all have a very similar floor plan. The temple of Hera the Precinct at Isthmia and the Sanctuary at Asklepieion both have almost the same exact floor plan. Both a rectangular base and foundation with columns surrounding outside of the area. The entrances of the three sites is where the differences begin to occur. Some of the buildings had only a front entrance within the…

the growth of others. Australian natives learned to build traps that would capture eels. All this information and technologies came into existence because the agricultural revolution gave people a new way to survive (Strayer 51-53). The first place to experience the agricultural revolution was the fertile crescent of Southwest Asia. In Turkey, due to a mutation in the wild grains that made it possible to harvest. It is believed that this population was the first to taste bread and…

Pre-Agricultural Religion Here are three pre-agricultural examples of religion. The Upanishads, Gobekli Tepe and the Ainu/Jomon tradition. All date roughly 14,000 years ago. Dawn of the Upanishads “Like radii of the same circle, all these traditions indicate a common center… long before the India of the Vedas, before the Iran of Zoroaster, in the early dawn of the white race, one sees the first creator of the Aryan religion emerging from the forests of ancient Scythia.” (-Schure, The Great…

All three of these examples are feats of engineering that humans of the era, that we do not understand, and many think, could not have possibly done. The Marib Dam is twice as long as the Hoover Dam and sustained the largest city in ancient southern Arabia for more than a thousand years. The dam was 50 feet high and 1950 feet long. It even had two complex passage ways that had the ability to irrigate up to 25,000 acres. The Gobekli Tepe is the oldest temple in the world dating back roughly…

health issues later in life. If religion is making more people happy and gives them something to live for, then it is beneficial for everyone. Since the the beginning of humanity, religion has had a central role in many tribes and early civilizations. For thousands of years, people have been brought together and societies have been united by the belief in a god or some other spiritual being. For The National Geographic, researcher Charles C. Mann writes about Göbekli Tepe, a temple in…