Turkish Ruins Older than the Great Pyramid
Have you heard of Gobekli Tepe? It was discovered by a shepherd who noticed oblong shaped rocks that appeared to be arranged in a pattern. Excavation started in 1994.
Stonehenge was built 5000 years ago in 3,000 BC and the pyramids of Giza in 2,500 BC. Carbon dating of organic matter adhering to the megaliths of Gobekli Tepe reveal it to be 12,000 years old, meaning it was built around 10,000–9,000 BC.
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The ruin is older than the start of human settlement, writing, pottery and the wheel.
Who made this ancient ruin? Citizens from Atlantis?
Even stranger than its antiquated date, is the discovery that about 8,000 BC, the inhabitants of Gobekli Tepe purposefully buried all their megalithic rocks. That is the reason the ruins have been overlooked for so long. They looked to most people, including archeologists before the shepherd noticed the regular pattern of the rocks, like hills.
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