The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, meeting in Manama on June 24, nominated a new Turkish cultural site for inclusion on the landmark list, reports Touristic Hotels & Investors Association.
Thus, the archaeological complex will be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List Göbekli Tepe, located at the top (about 760 m above sea level) of a mountain range in the southeastern part of the Anatolian Peninsula, about 6 km from Şanlıurfa.
Excavations at this site have been conducted since 1996 by a team of German archaeologists.
According to scientists, Göbekli Tepe is a mountain sanctuary that has survived since the Stone Age, the oldest religious site ever explored by science.
At Gobekli Tepe, archaeologists discovered a gigantic complex of circular structures and stone pillars with carved reliefs on a hill. Only a small portion of the complex has been excavated, but the unusually large size of the sanctuary can already be appreciated. It consists of four distinct temples, surrounded by a low stone wall. Of particular interest are the T-shaped monoliths with partially preserved reliefs.
Source: trn-news.ru