Göbekli Tepe Interesting Facts

Göbekli Tepe is considered to be the oldest known man-made cult center, estimated to be _______ years old.

• 12,000

• 10,000

• 5,000

• 2020

Sanliurfa is known, among other things, .........................

• for a particular image of Christ - the Mandylion,a kind of acheiropoietos, an image of a figure created in a supernatural, miraculous way rather than by human hand

• for the theological school of Ephrem the Syrian - saint, preacher, poet and commentator on the Holy Scriptures.

• as Edessa in ancient times.

• was the center of Syrian Christianity.

The name of this site translated from Turkish means "bulging hill" because the entire area where the excavations are located is _________.

• bumpy

• flat

• hilly

The excavations began in 1995 and were directed by _______ _______, a student of the archeologist Harald Hauptmann, who initiated the excavations at the prehistoric site of Gobekli Tepe.

The findings made Schmidt realize that dozens or even hundreds of people had worked at the site thousands of years ago. Schmidt continued the excavation until his death in ___________when his team took over.

• 2013

• 2014

• 2015

• 2016

When the circles of pillars were uncovered, geomagnetic soundings showed that at least ________circles, grouped in one place still need to be unearthed.

• 10

• 20

• 30

• 40

Gobekli Tepe was built during the ________ period.

• • Paleolithic (c. 53000 – 10000 BCE).

• • Mesolithic (c. 10000 – 6500 BCE).

• • Neolithic (c. 6500 – 4000 BCE, upto c. 2000 BC in some areas)

• • Chalcolithic (c. 4000 – 2000 BCE).

The excavated area comprises a cluster of stone circles, each surrounded by a high wall intersected by pillars, which are made of limestone columns in the shape of giant beams or a capital letter _______.

• I

• Y

• L

• T

In the center of the circles are two monolithic columns, five meters high, covered with mysterious reliefs depicting _________ silhouettes

• human

• animal

• alien

Archaeologists found no traces of the inhabitants there (such as houses or graves,) only thousands of gazelle and tortoise bones, which the builders must have eaten. What can this mean?

Answer explanation

It seems to have been a place of some cult, a ceremonial center.