Archaeologists convey discovered novel temples in addition to standing stones inwards Göbeklitepe, an archaeological site located inwards Turkey’s southeastern Şanlıurfa province.
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Göbeklitepe has lately been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
“As archaeological excavations proceed inwards the coming years, nosotros volition come upward across novel constructions,” said Önal. He noted that the excavations inwards Göbeklitepe are estimated to proceed for at to the lowest degree 150 years.
Göbeklitepe has been on UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List since 2011. It was discovered inwards 1963 when researchers from Istanbul in addition to Chicago universities were working at the site. Since then, the excavations convey never stopped.
The High German Archaeological Institute in addition to Şanlıurfa Museum convey done articulation live at the site since 1995 in addition to convey constitute T-shaped obelisks from the Neolithic era criterion 3 to half dozen metres (10 to xx feet) high, in addition to weighing xl to lx tons.
During the excavations, various historical artefacts similar 65-centimetre-long human statues dating dorsum 12,000 years were too discovered.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 4,000-square-metre steel roof was erected to protect the site during preparations for its candidacy.
After beingness temporarily unopen to visitors due to restoration work, Göbeklitepe partially reopened inwards February.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News [July 15, 2018]
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