Gobekli Tepe

In southeastern Turkey lay a temple so old that it has rewritten our understanding of human history. Known as Gobekli Tepe, this temple is nearly 12,000 years old and has quite literally confounded experts since its discovery in 1994. It simply should not exist. Why, you ask? For the sake of brevity, we’ll quickly mention just several reasons.

Its construction is generally considered to be dated as pre-civilization, the precise craftsmanship is thousands of years ahead of its time, the weight of the stacked pillars range between 20 and 60 tons which would be a Herculean task to move for even modern humans, no one can explain how the stones were brought there and the quality of the three-dimensional drawings and animals are extremely elaborate and way ahead of their time. And did we mention this was completed during a period in time where humanity was still considered hunter-gatherers?