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![July 7, 2017 - Falcon Heights, MN, US - As people held up lanterns and cell phone flash lights Paster Danny Givens addressed the crowd at the Unity and peace event for Philando Castile Friday, July 7, 2017, at the Falcon Heights City Hall in Falcon Heights, MN. Looking on is Valerie Castile, Philando's mother, center, and Allysza Castile, Philando's sister, left.]......DAVID JOLES • david.joles@startribune.com..........Unity & Peace Lantern Release (Credit Image: © David Joles/Minneapolis Star Tribune via ZUMA Wire)](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000vJ2bpmRoa74/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000vJ2bpmRoa74.jpg)
![September 4, 2017 - Falcon Heights, MN, USA - Sam Hunt performed at the Minnesota State Fair on Monday night..... .. .. .. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.com - September 4, 2017, Falcon Heights, MN, Minnesota State Fair, Sam Hunt (Credit Image: © Carlos Gonzalez/Minneapolis Star Tribune via ZUMA Wire)](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000h.GOJBaBfU4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000h.GOJBaBfU4.jpg)
![June 17, 2017 - Falcon Heights, MN, USA - United States - Flowers and messages pile up Saturday, July 17, 2017, in Falcon Heights, MN, near the site where Philando Castile was fatally shot during a traffic stop by St. Anthony police Officer Jeronimo Yanez last July. Yanez was acquitted of all charges in a verdict at the Ramsey County Courthouse Friday.]......DAVID JOLES • david.joles@startribune.com ......Yanez aftermath**Amy Brisbane,cq (Credit Image: © David Joles/Minneapolis Star Tribune via ZUMA Wire)](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000drppejknPZc/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000drppejknPZc.jpg)
![May 26, 2019 - Falcon Heights, MN, U.S.A - SZA performed on the St. Paul stage during her set Sunday evening. ] JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@startribune.com ....The 12th annual Soundset festival was held Sunday, May 26, 2019 at the Minnesota Fairgrounds. (Credit Image: © Jeff Wheeler/Minneapolis Star Tribune via ZUMA Wire)](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000antXz2Vfrn4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000antXz2Vfrn4.jpg)
![October 2, 2018 - Minneapolis, MN, USA - Officers stood at attention as fellow members of the Honor Guard marched out of Fort Snelling Memorial Chapel following Tuesday's funeral of Oak Park Heights correctional officer Joe Parise. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com ....A funeral was held for Oak Park Heights correctional officer Joe Parise Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 at Fort Snelling Memorial Chapel in Minneapolis. Parise died on Sept. 24, shortly after rushing to rescue a colleague under attack from an inmate. It marks the second line-of-duty death of an officer since July. (Credit Image: © Anthony Souffle/Minneapolis Star Tribune via ZUMA Wire)](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000PY168R.5odE/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000PY168R.5odE.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000zYU9igU0wq4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000zYU9igU0wq4.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000CXu6gMaekoI/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000CXu6gMaekoI.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000XYwrMDVQzvU/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000XYwrMDVQzvU.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000lJ6bPBmsQVA/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000lJ6bPBmsQVA.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000.ngh7P8a2aM/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000.ngh7P8a2aM.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I00000HbSjEKVKE4/fill=/fit=250x250/I00000HbSjEKVKE4.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000JZNcaZHy.O4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000JZNcaZHy.O4.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000f8_3Y84Hu4s/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000f8_3Y84Hu4s.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000cmeORc1QsA0/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000cmeORc1QsA0.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000t2Fd_JPFHJI/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000t2Fd_JPFHJI.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000Qk70NqHrHI4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000Qk70NqHrHI4.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000zPa13fdQwEU/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000zPa13fdQwEU.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000BGjB6j0iM8Y/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000BGjB6j0iM8Y.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I00005QzHlsyzEOY/fill=/fit=250x250/I00005QzHlsyzEOY.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I000041PrpuU.UA0/fill=/fit=250x250/I000041PrpuU.UA0.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000XFg.7W3.Zdw/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000XFg.7W3.Zdw.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000P7fOIYvba4s/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000P7fOIYvba4s.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000e2dlcVQBCyE/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000e2dlcVQBCyE.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000SzjkgkNuX.0/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000SzjkgkNuX.0.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000TqnChaWMn_M/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000TqnChaWMn_M.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000j6GOkWwQPfo/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000j6GOkWwQPfo.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000Np_v5Bv78KI/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000Np_v5Bv78KI.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I00006oPmn4m8fWI/fill=/fit=250x250/I00006oPmn4m8fWI.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000iVEkOrOptvk/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000iVEkOrOptvk.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000LXSKwIRhBGA/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000LXSKwIRhBGA.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000uUF6QdywwmM/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000uUF6QdywwmM.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000UnMi8sX7eFw/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000UnMi8sX7eFw.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000wRXuTN05f4o/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000wRXuTN05f4o.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000XUjVc3jKkIQ/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000XUjVc3jKkIQ.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000ifL3amsDmzc/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000ifL3amsDmzc.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000t3I32f5j31s/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000t3I32f5j31s.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I00009U5zyURhhrw/fill=/fit=250x250/I00009U5zyURhhrw.jpg)
![General view of Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Sanliurfa, Turkey, on July 27, 2019. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest, biggest, and most mysterious archaeological site on the planet. Gobekli Tepe is the oldest megalithic structure ever found on earth. Discovered in modern-day Turkey, and still yet to be fully excavated, it dates to a baffling 12,000 years old. Its not just the oldest site; its also the largest. Situated on a flat, barren plateau, the site is a spectacular 90,000 square meters. Thats bigger than 12 football fields. Its 50 times larger than Stonehenge, and in the same breath, 6000 years older. The mysterious people who built Göbekli Tepe not only went to extraordinary lengths they did it with laser-like skill. Then, they purposely buried it and left. The site is located close to the Syrian border, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Åanlıurfa. Göbekli Tepe means in English, Pot-Belly Hill. The tell has a height of 15 m (49 ft) and is about 300 m (980 ft) in diameter. It is approximately 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level. The tell includes two phases of use, believed to be of a social or ritual nature by site discoverer and excavator Klaus Schmidt, dating back to the 10th8th millennium BCE.[4] During the first phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA), circles of massive T-shaped stone pillars were erected the world's oldest known megaliths. More than 200 pillars in about 20 circles are currently known through geophysical surveys. Each pillar has a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and weighs up to 10 tons. They are fitted into sockets that were hewn out of the bedrock. In the second phase, belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB), the erected pillars are smaller and stood in rectangular rooms with floors of polished lime. The site was abandoned after the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). Younger structures date to classical times. The details of the structure's functi](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000mELCX_hdw_k/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000mELCX_hdw_k.jpg)
