Graham Hancock

11,600 years ago, if they don't find older materials, marks the end of the Younger Dryas. But the beginning of the Younger Dryas, we're already seeing the stirrings of the kind of culture that manifests in full form at Gobekli Tepe. And After the construction of Gobekli Tepe, in fact, even during the construction of Gobekli Tepe, we see agriculture beginning to be adopted.

11,600 years ago, if they don't find older materials, marks the end of the Younger Dryas. But the beginning of the Younger Dryas, we're already seeing the stirrings of the kind of culture that manifests in full form at Gobekli Tepe. And After the construction of Gobekli Tepe, in fact, even during the construction of Gobekli Tepe, we see agriculture beginning to be adopted.

11,600 years ago, if they don't find older materials, marks the end of the Younger Dryas. But the beginning of the Younger Dryas, we're already seeing the stirrings of the kind of culture that manifests in full form at Gobekli Tepe. And After the construction of Gobekli Tepe, in fact, even during the construction of Gobekli Tepe, we see agriculture beginning to be adopted.

The people who created Gobekli Tepe were all hunter-foragers at the beginning. But by the time Gobekli Tepe was finished, and it was definitely deliberately finished, closed off, closed down, deliberately buried, covered with earth, covered with rubble, and then topped off with a hill, Which is why Gobekli Tepe is called what it is. Gobekli Tepe means pot-bellied hill or the hill of the naval.

The people who created Gobekli Tepe were all hunter-foragers at the beginning. But by the time Gobekli Tepe was finished, and it was definitely deliberately finished, closed off, closed down, deliberately buried, covered with earth, covered with rubble, and then topped off with a hill, Which is why Gobekli Tepe is called what it is. Gobekli Tepe means pot-bellied hill or the hill of the naval.

The people who created Gobekli Tepe were all hunter-foragers at the beginning. But by the time Gobekli Tepe was finished, and it was definitely deliberately finished, closed off, closed down, deliberately buried, covered with earth, covered with rubble, and then topped off with a hill, Which is why Gobekli Tepe is called what it is. Gobekli Tepe means pot-bellied hill or the hill of the naval.

For a long time, Gobekli Tepe was thought to be just a hill that looked a bit like a pot belly.

For a long time, Gobekli Tepe was thought to be just a hill that looked a bit like a pot belly.

For a long time, Gobekli Tepe was thought to be just a hill that looked a bit like a pot belly.

Well, Gobekli Tepe is, first of all, the oldest fossil. fully elaborated megalithic site that we know of anywhere in the world. It doesn't mean the older ones won't be found, but it is the oldest so far found. The part of the site that's been excavated, which is a tiny percentage of the whole site, we do know.

Well, Gobekli Tepe is, first of all, the oldest fossil. fully elaborated megalithic site that we know of anywhere in the world. It doesn't mean the older ones won't be found, but it is the oldest so far found. The part of the site that's been excavated, which is a tiny percentage of the whole site, we do know.

Well, Gobekli Tepe is, first of all, the oldest fossil. fully elaborated megalithic site that we know of anywhere in the world. It doesn't mean the older ones won't be found, but it is the oldest so far found. The part of the site that's been excavated, which is a tiny percentage of the whole site, we do know.

My first visit to Gobekli Tepe was in 2013, and Dr. Klaus Schmidt, the late Dr. Klaus Schmidt, who died a year later, was very generous to me and showed me around the site for over a period of three days. And he He explained to me that they've already used ground-penetrating radar on the site, and they know that there's much more Gobekli Tepe still underground.

My first visit to Gobekli Tepe was in 2013, and Dr. Klaus Schmidt, the late Dr. Klaus Schmidt, who died a year later, was very generous to me and showed me around the site for over a period of three days. And he He explained to me that they've already used ground-penetrating radar on the site, and they know that there's much more Gobekli Tepe still underground.

My first visit to Gobekli Tepe was in 2013, and Dr. Klaus Schmidt, the late Dr. Klaus Schmidt, who died a year later, was very generous to me and showed me around the site for over a period of three days. And he He explained to me that they've already used ground-penetrating radar on the site, and they know that there's much more Gobekli Tepe still underground.

So anything is possible in terms of the dating of Gobekli Tepe. But what we have at the moment... is a series of almost circular but not quite circular enclosures which are walled with relatively small stones and then inside them you have pairs of megalithic pillars and the archetypal part of that site

So anything is possible in terms of the dating of Gobekli Tepe. But what we have at the moment... is a series of almost circular but not quite circular enclosures which are walled with relatively small stones and then inside them you have pairs of megalithic pillars and the archetypal part of that site

So anything is possible in terms of the dating of Gobekli Tepe. But what we have at the moment... is a series of almost circular but not quite circular enclosures which are walled with relatively small stones and then inside them you have pairs of megalithic pillars and the archetypal part of that site

is enclosure D, which contains the two largest upright megaliths, about 18 feet tall and reckoned to weigh somewhere in the range of 20 tons, if I have my memory correct. They're substantial, hefty pieces of stone. It isn't some kind of extraordinary feat to create a 20-foot tall or 20-ton megalith, nor is it an extraordinary feat to move it. There's nothing magical or really weird about that.

is enclosure D, which contains the two largest upright megaliths, about 18 feet tall and reckoned to weigh somewhere in the range of 20 tons, if I have my memory correct. They're substantial, hefty pieces of stone. It isn't some kind of extraordinary feat to create a 20-foot tall or 20-ton megalith, nor is it an extraordinary feat to move it. There's nothing magical or really weird about that.