Karahan Tepe
Karahan Tepe
Karahan Tepe is located in Turkey
Karahan Tepe
Shown within Turkey
Karahan Tepe is located in Near East
Karahan Tepe
Karahan Tepe (Near East)
Karahan Tepe is located in Eastern Mediterranean
Karahan Tepe
Karahan Tepe (Eastern Mediterranean)
LocationKarahan Tepe, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey
Coordinates37°05′33″N 39°18′13″E / 37.09250°N 39.30361°E / 37.09250; 39.30361
History
PeriodsPre-Pottery Neolithic A to B

Karahan Tepe (Kurdish: Girê Keçel)[1][2] is an archaeological site in Şanlıurfa Province in Turkey. The site is close to Göbekli Tepe and archaeologists have also uncovered T-shaped stelae there and believe that the sites are related. According to Daily Sabah, "The excavations have uncovered 250 obelisks featuring animal figures" as of 2020. Additionally, the site may be the earliest known human village, predating the construction of Göbekli Tepe, dating to between 9,000-11,000 BCE.[3][4]

The site is located near Yağmurlu and roughly 46 kilometers east of Göbekli Tepe, which is often called its sister site.[4][5][6] It is part of the Göbeklitepe Culture and Karahantepe Excavations project. The area is known as “Keçilitepe” by local people. It is part of a region of similar sites now being uncovered known as the Taş Tepeler.[4][7]

  1. ^ "GIRÊ KEÇEL / QÛÇA KEÇEL KARAHAN TEPE - Europe's history is wrong it will be re-written - Heredotus should hear this !!". www.saradistribution.com. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Girê Miraza'nın kardeşi Girê Keçel ören yeri statüsüne alındı". www.rudaw.net. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. ^ Agency, Demirören News (27 November 2020). "New Karahantepe settlement may be older than Göbeklitepe". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Thomas, Sean (8 May 2022). "Is an unknown, extraordinarily ancient civilisation buried under eastern Turkey?". Spectator Magazine. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  5. ^ Spray, Aaron (31 October 2021). "Karahan Tepe is Called The 'Sister Site' Of Gobekli Tepe In Turkey (And Is Just As Old)". TheTravel. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  6. ^ Collins, Andrew. "Karahan Tepe: Göbekli Tepe's Sister Site - Another Temple of the Stars?". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "Karahantepe on way to be new face of Turkey". Hürriyet Daily News. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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