Mendiktepe: Older than Göbekli Tepe & Karahan Tepe!
During my recent tour of Turkey, I learned about a new discovery, yet another Pre-Pottery Neolithic site and for some reason this hasn’t permeated the Western Media.
It is even older than both Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe and it’s a site that nobody is talking about – well, until today. It’s called Mendiktepe.
I learned about this from Anyextee, whose channel I’ve linked here: / @anyextee , and now that I’m home I’ve been able to research the subject as much as I can.
There really isn’t a lot written, and there are not a lot of pictures or video published, but in this video, I’ll be telling you and showing you everything we know about what the Turkish Media are calling the oldest Taş Tepeler site in southeastern Anatolia.
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Contents:
0:00 Introduction
0:26 My Tour of Turkey
1:16 New Taș Tepeler Site
2:04 Exploring Mendiktepe
3:14 Excavations at Mendiktepe
3:56 Dating Mendiktepe
4:31 Architectural Discoveries
6:57 The First Settlers
9:05 Where Did They Come From?
10:16 Concluding Remarks
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Kültür Ve Turizm Bakanliği,
Şanliurfa Kültür Varliklarini Koruma Bölge, Kurulu, 2021
Recep Topcu Instagram Video: / receptopcu
Maria Archaeology Instagram: / maria_archaeology
Urfa Değişim Gazetesi: https://x.com/urfadegisim63/status/18...
Yaşamın İçinden | Mendik Tepe kazılarında ortaya çıkan bulgular: https://www.youtube.com/live/lk_Eh4qV...
https://www.gapgundemi.com/profdrbair...
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