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A. Hidden Heritage FACTS ABOUT TURKEY FACTS ABOUT TURKEY A. Hidden Heritage
THEME 7 THEME 7

3  Read the text and write true (T), false (F) or not stated (NS).

1. Prof. Schmidt was the fi rst person who discovered Göbeklitepe.
2. Göbeklitepe has changed our knowledge of prehistory.
3. Göbeklitepe is about 12,000 years old.
4. The archaeologists can understand what all the symbols and fi gures say.
5. Around 50 pillars have been excavated so far.
6. All the scientists agree that the site was used for religious activities.

4 Replace the underlined words with the highlighted ones in the text. Make necessary changes.
1. Artefacts and fossils must be excavated with great care. ..........................
2. The lost city of Atlantis is still a mystery waiting to be solved. ..........................
3. A successful project should be planned before it is executed. ..........................

4. The age of old stones can be discovered by carbon-dating. ..........................
5. The discovery of the ancient site destroyed what we used to know about the history of the
humanity. ..........................
..

RewrIte the HIstory: GobekliTepe

It was just another ordinary boiling hot day in 1994 when an old shepherd noticed strange rectangular
stones on a bumpy hill called Göbeklitepe. He thought this discovery might be important and informed
the museum in Şanlıurfa. After the curator of the museum got in touch with the German Archaeological
Institute, the archaeologist Prof. Klaus Schmidt came to Göbeklitepe. Excavations
have been carried out since then. Prof. Schmidt, who led the excavations
for 18 years, always believed that this prehistoric site was a gold mine of
information. The discovery of Göbeklitepe has wiped out everything that was
previously known true because it was built in pre-settlement time and people
didn’t even start farming.
Göbeklitepe is believed to be the oldest temple of the world. Carbon-dating
shows that it was built around 10,000 BC by the hunter-gatherers. Remember
that Stonehenge was built in 3,000 BC and the pyramids of Giza in 2,500 BC.
The site consists of hundreds of T-shaped pillars changing from 3 to 6 meters
and 40 to 60 tonnes. The archaeologists are scratching their heads to fi nd out
the meanings of the symbols and animal fi gures on each pillar. Only a small
number of the T-pillars have been dug out so far, and this is just the tip of the
iceberg.
Prof. Schmidt puzzled out the fact that these T-shaped pillars had been mainly used for religious
purposes. His view has been backed up by all the scientists and the site is described as extraordinary
and unique. However, the planners and the building techniques of this ancient
temple are still a big secret and no one has been able to crack the
code yet. Göbeklitepe raises more questions for prehistory than
it answers. One thing is certain that this mysterious site will keep
blowing our minds and the history will be rewritten.

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