Sep 24, 2025 05:25 PM
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https://thedebrief.org/archaeologists-ha...bekli-tepe
EXCERPTS: Such discoveries, along with the architecture already being unearthed at the site, would be significant since they are believed to be at least 10,000 years old, but could potentially even predate the construction of Göbekli Tepe, dated to approximately 12,000 years ago, as well as other enigmatic archaeological sites nearby like Karahan Tepe.
[...] With excavations having launched last year, Baird’s investigations at Mendik Tepe are still in their relatively early stages, although the initial efforts have revealed several buildings of varying sizes, which the research team is studying to understand their possible uses and reasons for their varying size.
Notably, although some of the structures unearthed at Mendik Tepe do include pillars, the iconic use of monumental architecture seen at Gobekli Tepe and its massive stone “T-shaped” pillars are absent at new site. Such differences may suggest that the builders of Mendik Tepe possessed a different ideology from the builders of Göbekli Tepe, or at least that it was constructed for different purposes in mind than its more famous counterpart... (MORE - missing details)
Sites OLDER than Göbekli Tepe Discovered? (Mendik Tepe & Çakmaktepe)... https://youtu.be/Fxr1-aDPAuY
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Fxr1-aDPAuY
EXCERPTS: Such discoveries, along with the architecture already being unearthed at the site, would be significant since they are believed to be at least 10,000 years old, but could potentially even predate the construction of Göbekli Tepe, dated to approximately 12,000 years ago, as well as other enigmatic archaeological sites nearby like Karahan Tepe.
[...] With excavations having launched last year, Baird’s investigations at Mendik Tepe are still in their relatively early stages, although the initial efforts have revealed several buildings of varying sizes, which the research team is studying to understand their possible uses and reasons for their varying size.
Notably, although some of the structures unearthed at Mendik Tepe do include pillars, the iconic use of monumental architecture seen at Gobekli Tepe and its massive stone “T-shaped” pillars are absent at new site. Such differences may suggest that the builders of Mendik Tepe possessed a different ideology from the builders of Göbekli Tepe, or at least that it was constructed for different purposes in mind than its more famous counterpart... (MORE - missing details)
Sites OLDER than Göbekli Tepe Discovered? (Mendik Tepe & Çakmaktepe)... https://youtu.be/Fxr1-aDPAuY