Gobekli Tepe

Gobekli Tepe Summary
[8/23/09]

In 1994 excavations began at the Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Turkey. This site has produced upwards of 45 Stonehenge-type rock carvings from approximately 12,000 years ago. The artifacts are particularly inconsistent with prevailing theories about the development of primitive man, specifically that around 12,000 years ago primitive man was just beginning to evolve culturally from being a hunter-gatherer to a herder-farmer. However, they are altogether consistent with The Urantia Book’s assertion that a well developed herder-farmer civilization existed in this area during this time period and for over 10,000 years previously.

Adding to the intrigue of this site is the fact that the evidence supports the conclusion that this site was intentionally buried approximately 8,000 years ago. This peculiar aspect of the discovery parallels The Urantia Book’s assertion that at around this time inferior tribes drove out the more peaceful and advanced civilization.

Gobekli Tepe: Class A Report
[8/23/09]

The Gobekli Tepe archaeological site in Turkey, which dates back to approximately 12,000 years ago, while mysterious to scholars, is especially consistent with the history of humanity provided in The Urantia Book for that region. The numerous carved stone structures placed on a hill were intentionally buried about 8,000 years ago. The 12,000 year old carved stones reflect a degree of cultural development and organization that is especially inconsistent with the prevailing theories, which suggest that around 12,000 years ago human beings were just beginning to evolve from being hunter-gatherers to herder-farmers. The archaeological evidence at Gobekli Tepe is not only are consistent with The Urantia Book’s assertion that a superior culture lived in this region 12,000 years ago and more, but also is consistent with its depiction of how this superior and peaceful civilization was eventually driven out by an inferior and more barbaric tribes. Because this site is especially consistent with specific historic information uniquely portrayed in The Urantia Book about human conflicts in this area that occurred so long ago, because the site itself is especially inconsistent with prevailing theories about the development of primitive cultures but consistent with The Urantia Book, and because of the close, and therefore mutually supportive, relationship this has with the Adam and Eve Report and the Garden of Eden Report, this is a Class A Report.