{"id":3922404,"date":"2025-10-20T09:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/12000-years-ago-a-mysterious-culture-built-the-first-temple-on-earth\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:04:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:04:20","slug":"12000-years-ago-a-mysterious-culture-built-the-first-temple-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/12000-years-ago-a-mysterious-culture-built-the-first-temple-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"12,000 Years Ago, A Mysterious Culture Built The First Temple On Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Located 2,500 feet above sea level at the top of a mountain ridge in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, some 15 kilometers (9 mi) northeast of the town of \u015eanl\u0131urfa lie the breathtaking ruins of G\u00f6bekli Tepe; a Neolithic sanctuary built some 12,00 years ago by a mysterious people.<\/p>\n

This ancient site was found by accident when an old Kurdish shepherd named Savak Yildiz discovered the ruins in October 1994. According got accounts,\u00a0Savak Yildiz spotted something protruding from the ground, and as he brushed away the dust to expose the mystery object, he came across a large oblong-shaped stone. Little did he know that he had found a long-lost ancient sanctuary built thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n

Later that year, news reached archaeologist Klaus Schmidt from the\u00a0Deutsches Arch\u00e4ologisches Institut\u00a0who traveled to the location and eventually inspected the site, soon realizing it was Neolithic in origin.<\/p>\n

\"Gobekli<\/p>\n

Some called the discovery of G\u00f6bekli Tepe as the discovery of the century. Now we know that this ancient site is around 12,000 years old, it was built by an unknown population and was most likely buried on purpose by its builders. Archaeological surveys have shown that the ancient site is around 7,000 years older than\u00a0Mesopotamia\u2019s Fertile Crescent, which has long been heralded as the cradle of\u00a0civilization.<\/p>\n

The age of G\u00f6bekli Tepe is of great importance. Archaeologists firmly believe it is several thousand years\u00a0older than Stonehenge\u00a0and The Great Pyramid of Giza.<\/p>\n

To get an idea of its importance, if we take a look at biblical tradition, the world\u00a0began in 4000 BC, yet here we have a monument that was built more than 12,000 years ago. This points not only to the fact that 12,00 years ago advanced civilizations existed on Earth, but they were also capable of erecting some of the most impressive structures on the surface of the planet.<\/p>\n

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\"GobekliTepe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

At\u00a0G\u00f6bekli Tepe\u00a0we have historic evidence that contradicts our\u00a0normal understanding of the\u00a0evolution of civilization and therefore mankind as we know it.<\/p>\n

However, what is perhaps even more mind-bending is that after more than 20 years of excavations and research,\u00a0archaeologists\u00a0exploring the ancient site\u00a0have failed to recover a single\u00a0stone-cutting\u00a0tool.<\/p>\n

This makes you wonder, how can you create massive, 19-foot-tall,\u00a0perfectly-sculpted columns that\u00a0are up to 12,000 years old,\u00a0and not find any evidence whatsoever of tools used to\u00a0accomplish\u00a0this?<\/p>\n

The builders of G\u00f6bekli Tepe created a work of art in stone. At the site, we can find depictions of\u00a0creatures like\u00a0armadillos, wild boars, and\u00a0geese, animals that are not indigenous\u00a0to the region.<\/p>\n

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\"G\u00f6bekli<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What is\u00a0interesting\u00a0is that located less than\u00a0350 Miles from G\u00f6bekli Tepe is\u00a0the\u00a0site many biblical scholars\u00a0believe to be the resting place\u00a0of Noah\u2019s ark, so the animal\u00a0carvings of Gobekli Tepe suggest\u00a0a time in the region\u2019s history\u00a0when the indigenous animal\u00a0population may have been of a different\u00a0anthropological origin. We have to ask the question, could\u00a0G\u00f6bekli Tepe and Noah\u2019s ark be connected in a way?<\/p>\n

After decades of exploration, we have learned very little about this archaeological site, and its builders. Despite the fact that progress has been made, we still do not know the answers to some of the most important questions like, who built\u00a0G\u00f6bekli Tepe? To what purpose? And how was\u00a0G\u00f6bekli Tepe\u00a0preserved\u00a0until today? Researchers point that\u00a0G\u00f6bekli Tepe was \u201ccarefully\u201d placed underneath the sand, as its builders made sure the whole site was buried. But\u2026 why would the builders\u00a0bury\u00a0such an incredible site? To protect it? To\u00a0preserve\u00a0it?<\/p>\n

Why would ancient\u00a0man\u00a0build these\u00a0massive\u00a0structures around the world? Many of them are similar if not identical in design. Is there a connection? A\u00a0pattern\u00a0around the globe?<\/p>\n

G\u00f6bekli Tepe is considered as an archaeological discovery of the exceptional importance since it could deeply change our understanding of a crucial stage in the evolution of human societies. \u201cG\u00f6bekli Tepe changes everything,\u201d says Ian Hodder of Stanford University. David Lewis-Williams, professor of archaeology at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, says that \u201cG\u00f6bekli Tepe is the most important archaeological site in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

At present, G\u00f6bekli Tepe raises more questions for\u00a0archaeology\u00a0and\u00a0prehistory\u00a0than it answers. We do not know how a force large enough to construct, augment, and maintain such an abundant complex was mobilized and rewarded or fed in the conditions of pre-sedentary society.<\/p>\n

We cannot \u201cread\u201d the pictograms, and do not know for certain what meaning the animal reliefs had for visitors to the site; the variety of fauna depicted, from lions and bears to birds and insects, makes any single explanation problematic.<\/p>\n

Is there something more to\u00a0G\u00f6bekli Tepe? Could these ruins have an extraterrestrial connection? Was\u00a0G\u00f6bekli Tepe built so that the \u201cSky Gods\u201d could admire it from the sky? Or was\u00a0G\u00f6bekli Tepe built to\u00a0commemorate\u00a0an important event in ancient man\u2019s history?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Located 2,500 feet above sea level at the top of a mountain ridge in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, some 15 kilometers (9 mi) northeast of the town of \u015eanl\u0131urfa lie the breathtaking ruins of G\u00f6bekli Tepe; a Neolithic sanctuary built some 12,00 years ago by a mysterious people.<\/p>\n

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