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FACTS ABOUT TURKEY A. Hidden Heritage
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3 & Read the text and write true (T), false (F) or not stated (NS).
........ 1. Prof. Schmidt was the frst 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 fgures say.
........ 5. Around 50 pillars have been excavated so far.
........ 6. All the scientists agree that the site was used for religious activities.
4 & Read the text again and put the events in the chronological order.
........ a. Prof. Schmidt stopped leading the excavations.
........ b. The Pyramids of Giza were built.
........ c. An old shepherd informed the authorities about the site.
........ d. The temples were built in Göbeklitepe.
........ e. The excavations started.
5 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 performed. ..........................
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. ..........................
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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 fnd out the meanings of the symbols and animal fgures 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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