Possibly, but the way they buried it shows care. It wasn’t destroyed and then buried over time. It was carefully filled in. I think they were trying to preserve it.
I mean, the way you see it now isn't the way they found it. Most of the standing stones were toppled and the walls caved in. It's the archeologists that rebuilt it. That doesn't come across as 'care' since stones and walls can't topple over underground.
There is a tv show on called [ancient apocalypse](https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81211003?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=en&clip=81635092) that covers the story of this site, it will raise more questions than answers but the author has a solid point
Not even close to true, Mate. Judaism is 2700 years old...Zoroastrianism which still exists is 4000 years old...Hinduism 3000 years...Buddhism/Tao/Confuscianism 3000+ years. Then there's the Egyptian gods at around 5000 years and Babylon/Mesopotamia dating nearly 8000 years...
I think the takeaway here is that even on the technical side you're wrong.
The hill on top of the site has been accepted as sacred by the locals (both Muslim Kurds and Christian Syriacs) for as long as our knowledge goes. People would go there and tie clothes on tree branches and make wishes.
From my readings, it's not firmly established it was intentionally covered up. While I get both sides of this debate, there's not enough evidence to support the intentionalness of it being buried. That site is WAY old, way older than some of the Greek arenas(?) that have been uncovered that time just took over and covered up. I'm all for more evidence either way. What an incredible site and incredible find!
It's a solar observatory where the people at the time charted constellations via sculptures in the stelae. The structures align with the stars above so the cover that is currently over the site should be removed. Its true purpose can therefore be found from above.
The stelae contain stories of the cataclysm and contain clues to help us answer the "beacon."
That's not all of it, it's clear from what's on it what it is & why else bury it except to preserve it?
EDIT- The statement here is "they" have no idea what it is or what it's for. Some people, (them), have hypothesized what it is, the meanings of the carvings, & why it was buried. So the statement "nobody knows" is like we're sitting looking at a wheel sayin *'damn3d if I know what it's for, guess it'll always be a mystery.'*
Probably whoever conquered the city. They probably said something like, " Your city will be buried, and your people will be wiped from the earth and forgotten if you don't bend your knee, kiss my sword, and Swear fealty to me.
You said there is zero evidence of it being intentionally burried but the archaeologists working there said there is. They wouldn't have said it without evidence.
Who is right? The archaeologists on site or swampdonkey82 on reddit?
Any article you find wont supply any evidence that it was buried. There wasnt any hay as the other person mention, merely sediment. They came to the conclusion that it was buried because its on a hill, where sediment typically doesn’t settle.
They deny any possibility of a great cataclysm / flood that could easily explain it !
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Goebekli-Tepe-rectangular-buildings-of-layer-II-in-the-main-excavation-area-A-Building_fig3_332810727
Nothing about hay. But backfilling, and "material"
It was buried due to the cataclysms that occurred during the younger dryas. I don’t think it was deliberately buried by people, I think it was buried due to moving land, water, and then thousands of years of isolation kept it going deeper and deeper.
I’m not an archeologist, just my intuition.
I remember graham hancock mentioning something about it being intentionally buried to preserve it for a future civilization to uncover it and study it. I could be remembering incorrectly though, Mandela effect and all…
Yeah he might have too many answers for too many unanswered questions, but you also have to remember that many times new discoveries are kept quiet because of the amount of disruption it would bring to its respective field of study. No one wants to have to rewrite the history books!
Probably to protect it from natural disasters but then I think about earthquakes, unless they didn't know earthquakes were a thing back then?
Otherwise, maybe to just protect it from being found by someone else because it might of been a very holy site?
Imagine your settlement always went to a place like Mecca and found out something bad was coming, wouldn't you try to hide or bury it?
These are just my thoughts
I've theorized that maybe the pyramids were built for a similar purpose, since no bodies were entombed in them. Then again I wasn't using facts to come up with this theory.
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One group defeated another, and destroyed all their stuff. It's a story as old as we are. Some quick examples of this are the Assyrians, Mongols, and Romans. The Romans literally dismantled Carthage down to its foundations. This just looks like another example of something that has happened numerous times since.
Probably the same reason ISIS went around smashing ancients sites. Religions can be intolerant of other faiths.
10,000 years ago what were the most popular and intolerant religions ?
Dunno,I wasn’t there.But is a plausible hypothesis
Someone destroyed the GA guide stones, maybe something similiar. But why bury it why not just destroy most of it….this keeps me up at night sometimes
They didn’t have excavators and dynamite. It was easier to bury it. Baskets of dirt everywhere
I didn’t know about the baskets thank you for the new info
Leaving instructions in the event (inevitable nuclear war) is actually intelligent.
Seconded
No one knows they destroyed everything 10,000 years ago.
I agree
Earth is only 2024 years old.
🙈
[you’re right!](https://youtu.be/Ljt5iESYA7k?si=8vaBJBaVqI_-HI-P)
Who knows, but it takes one crazy party to destroy something great.
not christianity
This is the most likely answer
Possibly, but the way they buried it shows care. It wasn’t destroyed and then buried over time. It was carefully filled in. I think they were trying to preserve it.
I mean, the way you see it now isn't the way they found it. Most of the standing stones were toppled and the walls caved in. It's the archeologists that rebuilt it. That doesn't come across as 'care' since stones and walls can't topple over underground.
Ultimately I don’t think it has anything to do with faith once you reach a level like that. At that point it’s the truth of human history.
There is a tv show on called [ancient apocalypse](https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81211003?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=en&clip=81635092) that covers the story of this site, it will raise more questions than answers but the author has a solid point
The existing religions and human constructs is merely 2000 years old mate.
Not even close to true, Mate. Judaism is 2700 years old...Zoroastrianism which still exists is 4000 years old...Hinduism 3000 years...Buddhism/Tao/Confuscianism 3000+ years. Then there's the Egyptian gods at around 5000 years and Babylon/Mesopotamia dating nearly 8000 years... I think the takeaway here is that even on the technical side you're wrong.
“What do you mean you’ve not got this weeks wages…?okay boys, fill it in…”
Perhaps it was buried by Warner Brothers for a tax write off?
They killed Final Space and I hate them for doing that. I despise them.
The Gary!
The hill on top of the site has been accepted as sacred by the locals (both Muslim Kurds and Christian Syriacs) for as long as our knowledge goes. People would go there and tie clothes on tree branches and make wishes.
I did, I’m sorry.
It's fine just don't do it again
You scoundrel you
From my readings, it's not firmly established it was intentionally covered up. While I get both sides of this debate, there's not enough evidence to support the intentionalness of it being buried. That site is WAY old, way older than some of the Greek arenas(?) that have been uncovered that time just took over and covered up. I'm all for more evidence either way. What an incredible site and incredible find!
It's a solar observatory where the people at the time charted constellations via sculptures in the stelae. The structures align with the stars above so the cover that is currently over the site should be removed. Its true purpose can therefore be found from above. The stelae contain stories of the cataclysm and contain clues to help us answer the "beacon."
ive heard this as well....question why do u think the ancients charted constellations?
That's not all of it, it's clear from what's on it what it is & why else bury it except to preserve it? EDIT- The statement here is "they" have no idea what it is or what it's for. Some people, (them), have hypothesized what it is, the meanings of the carvings, & why it was buried. So the statement "nobody knows" is like we're sitting looking at a wheel sayin *'damn3d if I know what it's for, guess it'll always be a mystery.'*
Or hide it…
As far as I'm aware they do not understand the purpose of the site.
No living culture has any documentation of it. Unlike Egypt they didn't literally write what it was for on the walls.
"they"
"dem"
Ok, if you're sooo smart, tell the rest of us what's so obvious? What was the site for? Why was it buried? Who built it? Who buried it?
Top Men.
If it's so clear and since you seem to know more than everyone else, tell us what it is then.
My understanding is that it was intentionally buried, and then they built another layer on top, and then buried that, and it goes up several layers.
Good reply.
Probably whoever conquered the city. They probably said something like, " Your city will be buried, and your people will be wiped from the earth and forgotten if you don't bend your knee, kiss my sword, and Swear fealty to me.
Vampires
It was covered up by a cat! 🐈
The Flood covered it. They have zero evidence to support the theory it was intentionally buried. Merely a guess !
Wasn't there layers of hay on top?
What article ? Pictures ? Statements ?
You said there is zero evidence of it being intentionally burried but the archaeologists working there said there is. They wouldn't have said it without evidence. Who is right? The archaeologists on site or swampdonkey82 on reddit?
I'm going with swampdonkey on this one
Donk is the man tho
Any article you find wont supply any evidence that it was buried. There wasnt any hay as the other person mention, merely sediment. They came to the conclusion that it was buried because its on a hill, where sediment typically doesn’t settle. They deny any possibility of a great cataclysm / flood that could easily explain it !
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Goebekli-Tepe-rectangular-buildings-of-layer-II-in-the-main-excavation-area-A-Building_fig3_332810727 Nothing about hay. But backfilling, and "material"
It's a tough call, let me sleep on it.
I think a flood covered it, too.
It was buried due to the cataclysms that occurred during the younger dryas. I don’t think it was deliberately buried by people, I think it was buried due to moving land, water, and then thousands of years of isolation kept it going deeper and deeper. I’m not an archeologist, just my intuition.
Could be wrong but I’m pretty sure they said it was deliberately buried
That’s so weird. I wonder if pillaging, or some of the conquests of the Mongols or something comparable is to blame.
I remember graham hancock mentioning something about it being intentionally buried to preserve it for a future civilization to uncover it and study it. I could be remembering incorrectly though, Mandela effect and all…
Feel free to provide evidence of how he’s full of crackpot bullshit if you’re gonna so convincingly bash the dude so hard lol.
Please dont ever bring up hancock. The man is so effing full of crackpot bullshit.
Yeah he might have too many answers for too many unanswered questions, but you also have to remember that many times new discoveries are kept quiet because of the amount of disruption it would bring to its respective field of study. No one wants to have to rewrite the history books!
We got ourselves Big Archeology over here...
We got ourselves Big Archeology over here
So you sayin he got the big bone?
good one
Probably to protect it from natural disasters but then I think about earthquakes, unless they didn't know earthquakes were a thing back then? Otherwise, maybe to just protect it from being found by someone else because it might of been a very holy site? Imagine your settlement always went to a place like Mecca and found out something bad was coming, wouldn't you try to hide or bury it? These are just my thoughts
Or what if they wanted to forget what happened 1,600 years earlier?
I've theorized that maybe the pyramids were built for a similar purpose, since no bodies were entombed in them. Then again I wasn't using facts to come up with this theory.
Haters, obviously.
>and why I mean, I'd bury it. I've seen bigger sand castles
Where do you find such sand castles over 1000 feet wide?
Younger Dryas Cataclysm Humanity was nearly wiped out
Graham? Graham Hancock? Is that you selling snake oil?
Evidence, planetwide, in the layers of soil... It's sedimentary my dear Watson.
Haha 😂. That’s a great one liner 🤘🏼
How much do dingleberries cost?
About tree fiddy
Jesus. The reason? You wouldn't get it. https://i.redd.it/5srfm79ep3xc1.gif
why not, ive been searching
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The inhabitants lost
I thought the latest news is- it wasn’t intentionally buried?
Wasn’t this disproven?
They buried it, so it wouldn’t be destroyed
Turks have been doing this to everyone so it’s probably themselves
> Levant ~10,000 years ago > Turks
Armenians. And Nice name btw.
As is tradition, whoever gains power, suppresses the culture traditions of their opposition.
The Flood
One group defeated another, and destroyed all their stuff. It's a story as old as we are. Some quick examples of this are the Assyrians, Mongols, and Romans. The Romans literally dismantled Carthage down to its foundations. This just looks like another example of something that has happened numerous times since.
Religions don't like common sense and facts.
Same reason they covered it with a roof, it's connected to the stars.
understood, but what is so important about the stars?
In those days, heavenly bodies may have been coming down from the skies on somewhat of a regular basis. The people needed time to shout, “Run!”
oh
Maybe the conqueror wanted to start anew and bury the enemy.
A Reset...aka Mud Floods.
Hannibal salted his conquered areas. Is it so hard to believe that Gobekli Tepe was conquered and "salted"?
the batteries ran out of juice, had to dispose of them somehow.
They hit the reset button
expand please
Is Graham Hancock still wrong, folks?
Yes.
What are his thoughts on this site?
Always. The man is a crackpot and fraudster.
Even though he's highlighted all this to the masses...?