According to Daily Sabah, the Turkish government has just announced the discovery of 11 mysterious artificial hills about 15 meters high and 300 meters in circumference that were found around the ancient site of Göbeklitepe. Inside each hill is a cluster of structures identical to Göbeklitepe, creating a chain of 12 mysterious relics located in Southeast Türkiye.
According to Mehmet Ersoy, Türkiye's Minister of Culture and Tourism, the 11 artificial hills are scattered along a 100-kilometer route that runs around Göbeklitepe. "For now, the area will be called the 12 Hills Monument, or even the 'pyramid' of southeastern Türkiye," Ersoy said.
Göbeklitepe dates back more than 12,000 years, about 7,000 years before the Egyptian Pyramids appeared (Photo: Reuters)
The Göbeklitepe site was recognized by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage Site in 2018. The temple was first discovered in 1963, when researchers from the universities of Istanbul and Chicago came to work there.
Göbeklitepe is an architectural complex consisting of a majestic megalithic monument hidden inside an artificial hill, dating back about 12,000 years ago, about 7,000 years before the appearance of the Egyptian Pyramids. The architecture consists of a circle of rectangular stone pillars up to 6 m high, weighing from 7.7 to 11 tons, with two largest stone pillars in the middle, shaped like the letter T.
The stone pillars are carved with images of many animals and mysterious hieroglyphs (Photo: Internet)
The stone pillars are carved with images of many animals such as foxes, scorpions, vultures and lions (animals that inhabited the green valley at that time) and mysterious hieroglyphs.
The purpose of Göbeklitepe and the other 11 “pyramids” remains a mystery. The most widely accepted theory is that they were built as a pilgrimage site, used by ancient worshippers as a place to commune with the gods.
