Ancient Aliens and Gobekli Tepe
The “Ancient Aliens Theory” holds that at some point in our distant past extraterrestrials interacted with human beings. These ancient aliens taught humanity about medicine, mathematics, science, astronomy and much more. The evidence out there that extraterrestrials did in fact visit and interact with human beings is immense. The mysterious structures unearthed at Gobekli Tepe may have been planned and constructed with the help of ancient aliens or some as-of-yet forgotten/undiscovered technology used by mankind in our distant past.
Gobekli Tepe is certainly an interesting place and whether you believe in ancient alien involvement or not this is a fascinating glimpse into our own ancient past. ~ David Slone
Gobekli Tepe: The Greatest Story Finally Told?
Gobekli Tepe Map
The beginning of civilized humankind has been studied by archaeologists, historians, and theologians for centuries. Generally though, it has been assumed that civilizations began to evolve long after the advent of the Neolithic Period (sometimes called the New Stone Age). There is evidence of human habitation during the Stone Age of course, but it has been believed to be a period of survival and self preservation. Civilizations, which consist of human beings living in societies of religious worship, scientific advancements, and a political process have previously been thought to go as far back as the Sumerians (around 5000 BC). In 1994 however, a chance discovery by a Kurdish shepherd and the forgotten notes of a previous archaeological survey led German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt to the find of a lifetime. A series of megaliths located in Southeastern Turkey known as Gobekli Tepe indicate civilization may have existed much earlier than previously thought.
Gobekli Tepe Megalith
These megaliths are not just random stones, but rather shaped and sculpted into pillars pointing toward the sky. Engravings and carvings depict animals both familiar and unknown, and there is some indication of cuneiform style writing. Carbon dating, a method that determines the age of something by measuring how much of the radioisotope Carbon-14 is remaining, places the earliest time of construction at 11000-12000 years ago. That being the case, civilization has quite possibly existed much longer than previously speculated.
Gobekli Tepe, which literally translates to “potbelly hill” is located on a mountain ridge just northeast of Sanliurfa, Turkey. Looking south, one can see the border of Syria, which was once part of ancient Mesopotamia, or the Fertile Crescent. Did humankind evolve from the top of this hill? More than fifteen years of excavation and study haven’t brought us much closer to the secrets of this structure that challenges every theory presented in modern history.
Gobekli Tepe Megaliths
Klaus Schmidt has been overseeing the excavation of this area since the German Archaeological Institute was contacted by the Sanliurfan Museum in 1994. A shepherd had discovered the tip of a buried stone structure, and upon seeing the extent of what appeared to be underneath, he informed the museum. It didn’t take long to see that this would be a major undertaking to dig and find what was underneath. Further investigation showed an American archeological survey had been done of the area in 1964, and had noted the stones underneath were not natural. For reasons unknown, there was no further attempt to find out what lay beneath, outside of a few speculations. Before that chance encounter by the shepherd who just happened to glance down at the right time, there was no further consideration given to the area.
Since the discovery, there have been many theories about what these megaliths have to tell us. Was it a temple of some ancient religion? Did the pillars that remain once support roofs to house the people in the area? What of the animal carvings on nearly every surface? Many of them show animals and humans interacting along with depictions of snakes and reptiles that appear menacing. Upon closer inspection, there is writing on the stones that grace the hilltop. This writing includes several dingirs, an ancient cuneiform sign of the star. Were the stones engraved with this writing at a time later than its construction, or has the writing been around longer than originally thought? Do the star signs in the carvings speak of the gods and goddesses this temple may have been built to worship? To take it even further, is it possible that the writing tells more of the Sumerian beliefs in extraterrestrials?
Ancient Structures Gobekli Tepe
As with other ancient structures such as Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid, there is the question of how the building could have possibly been done with what was available at the time. One theory has been that humans didn’t build these monuments, but rather a race of extraterrestrials that had marked certain areas of the Earth for habitation. The late Zechariah Sitchen believed he had translated the Sumerian texts to reveal that humans were created by the Annunaki or “those who came from the heavens” If the translations are correct, the Sumerians believed the Annunaki came to Earth to mine its resources. They created human beings for the purpose of doing the work and the building. Could this structure have been orchestrated by these beings, using humans as slave labor?
Schmidt believes that for this to have been done by human beings, it would have taken a minimum of 500 workers who would have had to have supplies brought in from elsewhere. There have been intact huts found inside Gobekli Tepe, which indicate possible housing for laborers working on the structure. It would have taken hundreds of years to complete, and the construction shows that time and intricacy was put into its creation. It is possible for humans to have built this monument, however it should be noted that at this time, no remains of tools have been found to show how it was constructed. It’s simply there, a testament to a time that changes everything we thought we knew about “how it all began”.
As the excavation continues, the question of why it was buried in the first place has also puzzled many. Very shortly after the last of the structure was built, it seems that it was buried deeply enough to hide its very existence for thousands of years. What would cause the builders of this ancient temple that obviously took a lot of work and detail to bury it so far beneath the ground that it could not be seen? Theories range from the structure being hidden from the Annunaki out of fear of their return… or an attempt to preserve the site in case they did. Burying the temple certainly succeeded in preserving it. After 10,000 years, the pillars and engravings are still in very good condition.
Gobekli Tepe
In modern history, we have struggled to understand what these structures could possibly mean or who was responsible for building them. Our minds automatically look for what similarities and common threads they all have. They all seem to be built in circular patterns, and they are all built high above the ground, as if the intent was to be seen from the sky. Were these specific points possibly marking territories or energy grids? What of the possibility of landing strips? Such large structures with little evidence showing how they were built ask far more questions than they answer.
Many of these ancient monuments have carvings on them that indicate at the very least a belief in life outside the earthly realm. If that belief was a reality, perhaps the knowledge of physics that these beings may have possessed could actually reverse magnetics, nullifying gravity and thus making the enormous stones easily maneuvered. That is simply a theory of course, and the very discovery of this structure proves that previous theories were wrong. It may be we have underestimated what people of the Neolithic period were capable of doing.
Gobekli Tepe was the only one of these monuments that seemed to be deliberately hidden. Why? How did it remain undiscovered for so long? The survey that was done in 1964 by the University of Chicago (along with the University of Istanbul) did note that there was something underneath the ground, but they had no reason to suspect anything other than an ancient cemetery or a possible former monastery. For thirty more years, the mysteries of its existence stayed underground until a shepherd, a museum, and a dedicated archaeologist started the journey to unearth what could be the first religious oriented structure of civilized man. Or… another piece to the extraterrestrial puzzle.
It will be many years to come before the excavation of Gobekli Tepe is completed. Schmidt doubts highly he will see the end of it in his lifetime and has left some of it intentionally untouched for future archaeologists with more sophisticated equipment to work with. Perhaps when all is said and done, more answers will be revealed as to how humans evolved, and what (if any) connection there is to planets outside Earth.
Written by Angela Sangster, Copyright 2011 AlienUFOTruth.com all rights reserved.
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I Like your article;
Just some thoughts to share. What if neolithic people came upon theses structures. ( no construction tools found so far on site)
Were neolithic people capable of understanding the flow of political events among populations
and groups. (Beliefs and moral structures change.) Were they capable of foreseeing deconstructive or hostile events tearing at the fabric of their beliefs?
Were the monuments buried for preservation from a society incapable of what the monuments represent. Therefore was it buried by neolithic people or the beings of construction.
Were neolithic people capable of performing an enormous burial event? Did the constructors see changes and determined they must be buried and preserved for another millennium of greater intellect and understanding.
Seems the greatest concern was preservation. A thought and idea not considered or advanced in a society that was structured around survival.
Could it be that history is completely wrong and intentionally hid from us as it was at Gobekli Tepe. Are we advanced enough to truly understand the emotional and intellectual gestalt that will result.
Thank you so much for your comment, canton..and you bring up some very good points. I’ve often wondered if a structure such as Gobekli Tepe was intentionally hidden. I have also thought of the possibility of a huge sandstorm that could have buried it as well. So much has been lost to time though, and it really is speculation..but you have brought a lot of good points up to speculate on! Thanks for reading!
Yes, all these artifacts which have been unearthed in that particular vicinity (Sumeria in particular) over the past few years along with findings and legendary stories which originate from the ancient natives in South America point to visitations by men or gods from the sky in ancient times. These gods taught the earthlings many things including more advanced methods of crop cultivation. In addition, certain stone tablets which were found in Sumeria contained ancient scripts which were deciphered. There’s mention of an advanced race of people who are in orbit -- who by-pass planet earth every 3600 years and whilst in the vicinity of our planet earth they drop by to see our progress and impart more knowledge for our further advancement.
The ancient natives of South America also had legendary stories whereby the gods specifically created little black headed beings for the purposes of mining minerals in the bowels of the earth, and, when mankind developed, (being a product of those created and possibly a mix with the natural earth inhabitants), the black headed ones felt as they were the direct descentants of the gods, they had dominion over the others and felt they shouldn’t be doing the work and passed the hard mining work onto the earthlings. How much of this is fact -- is the big question. There seems to be a mixture of stories about the creation of mankind, however one thing seems to be clear, we were the creations of ‘gods’ from the sky. Note the plural in the word ‘gods’ and according to the Christian bible in Genesis -- “Let ‘us’(plural) make man in our own image and likeness”, and to me it is logical to assume we were genetically created by these gods (extraterrestials). This poses many questions for the conventional religious teachings about mankinds original ancestral parents -- Adam and Eve and their first sons -- Cane and Abel. When Cane killed his brother Abel, God threw him out of the garden of eden where he seemed to have some protection against ‘those’ outside of the garden of eden. Apparently, Cane said to God, please don’t throw me out because those others will kill me if they see me, and God said, alright -- I will put a mark on your forehead so that no one will kill you. (Who were those others outside the garden of eden, who by the way -- Cane did take one of them as a wife and multiplied the human race). If Adam and Eve are our ancestral parents, who were the others and where did they come from. Could Adam and Eve have been a creation of one group of the sky gods and their offspring(the Israelites) as mentioned in genesis, whereas the ‘others’ a genetic blend of pre-historic )neolithic) men and other lesser creations? I ask the question because the offspring of Adam and Eve seemed to be favoured by their creators and, it seems
some of them even walked with and kept company with the ‘Lord’ for a while, obviously, they were being instructed in the art survival and many other aspects of life.
Thank you for your incredibly thought out comment..it is obvious you have done a lot of research on this, pat, and I respect that a lot. To me, it has always seemed that with all the answers religions try to provide, they all have similar elements and stories. This tells me that they all have their interpretive pieces to a much bigger puzzle. Thanks for reading!
This article is amazing. I really enjoy reading the comments posted. I myself have been observant to these ancient civilizations, crop circles, prophecies, and messages. Even in religion, everything seems to be connected. To reveal that our understanding is not obsolete on the age civilization shows how much we do not know. We should be open to putting time and energy into looking into these matters as priority of all nations. I am very aware that every religion talks about we were created from the god(s) in the sky. To think that we were merely created for labor, is a bit daunting. I wander though why would they care to educate us if we were workers?
Hi Amber, the ‘little black haired’ people, who no longer reside on this planet, were created by the ‘gods’ explicitly, to work underground or as was stated -- in the bowels of the earth (in my view -- mining). These stories are legendry/mythical. I believe many of these mythical stories (which weren’t taken seriously in the past) are being unearthed by authors with enquiring minds today and, examined in the light of the possibility mankind is being tampered with and manipulated by mysterious & illusive beings (ETs).
Ofcourse, it’s not a pleasant thought that certain ‘godly’ creations of early earthly human creatures were made to toil underground but let’s ask ourselves this question -- What are we doing on this earth and, REALLY why were we created? We spend most of time CREATING/WORKING to provide for ourselves and families. We prepare for this eventuality from very young, being educated in school, then onto tertiary education and training for what? TO WORK and mostly for somebody else!! What’s the difference Amber, creating little ‘black haired’ humanoid creatures to mine underground and creating mankind to procreate and produce people to eventually work to survive and then die. At least, according to myth, the little ‘black haired’ creations did in fact join their creative ‘gods’ in the sky leaving the lessor creations -- modern human beings to continue working in order to survive.
I found this whole article very interesting and because humans are the only species on this planet that are capable of advancing in technology aside from all other life on Earth then I have to say that there has had to be some intervention from a more advanced alien race at some point. To think we were created by aliens to do hard labor work is not to difficult to accept. My biggest question to this article and others that I have read about Gobekli Tepe is why would anyone or any group of beings would want to bury this site? Think about it. Of all the acient sites around the world, why was this one buried intentionally. Are archeologist certain that it was in fact intentionally buried or is it possible that after 12,000 years floods and drifting sands did not naturally bury Gobekli Tepe? Let’s be honest, a lot of changes can occur on a particular location of land over a period of 12,000 years. All I want to know is how have they come to this conclusion that it was buried intentionally?
It has to be speculation, deliberately burying these sites makes no sense at all, my opinion is floods or a massive flood at some time in the past. I believe there is ample information to uphold this theory.
Yes I to agree with the massive flood or multiple floods theory that could have occurred in the past twelve thousand years. Do you think if that was the case is there a good chance that this could be the reason why they found no tools that were used to build this site during the excavation process due to them being washed away? Let’s be realistic; when a large body of water washes over a part of land many smaller objects and also large objects are relocated to other locations usually very far from their original location.
I’m not an expert in this field but large quantities of water can do this. It’s easy to relate to this due to tsunamis and floods that have occurred in the 21st century and seeing the effects of man made objects being relocated. So maybe there could be a chance that these tools used to build this site are several miles away buried under tons of sand at another location that have not been found and if they were found maybe there is a chance that no one has made the connection with these tools and the Gobekli Tepe site. Please let me know what you think. Thanks for responding back.
Just a thought Cord, why would the tools be expected to be in the vicinity or washed away, surely when the buildings are complete, the tools are removed with their craftsmen onto another site for further usage, maybe many miles away.
An example in modern-day construction is, when buildings are complete in a newly built housing estate, all the tools and construction equipment are removed with the construction company and their workers to another site -- maybe 10 miles away or even 100 miles away. So when/if a devastating flood occurs, the building tools wouldn’t be found in the vicinity -- would they?
Your probably right but if you dig down into the ground far enough on residential and commercial properties, you will likely find pieces of or broken tools that were left behind along with materials that were discarded.
I myself have found this digging around in backyards of properties I lived on in the past. Sure there is always a clean up process during and after the modern day construction process but not everything is completely picked up. For instance, archaeologist have found tools buried deep in the sand that were used to build the Egyptian pyramids. Sand can easily bury small objects very quickly. All that it takes is wind which will blow sand over small objects and eventually cover them up creating a time capsule if they are buried deep enough.
From all the photos I have seen of Gobekli Tepe it appears that there is quite a bit of sand in that particular area of
Turkey. Also the documentary done by Discovery pointed out how strange it was that no tools were found around the sites. So I do think maybe it is very possible that a great flood or multiple floods did in fact possibly wash away any tools and materials left behind.
There could be other logical explanations however but many sites that were built all over the world by the ancient peoples usually have tools found somewhere near the site buried deep in the ground or sands.
So why would Gobekli Tepe be any different unless massive flooding did occur?
Cord
And I’m in full agreement with you Cord, I was merely sticking a spoke in the wheel basically to say -- yes a flood or floods in the past is the most likely explanation, however the craftsmen removing ‘most’ of the tools could’ve been another.
Obviously there are still many unanswered questions about Gobekli Tepe that one day will hopefully be answered to unravel the mysteries behind it. Perhaps, many years from now when the excavation process is complete, many of them will be answered. There being no tools found at the site is just one of many mysteries. Thank you for your input.
Hello Cord. Personally I do not think it a natural situation for there to be no tools found. Contractors taking their tools with them, water flooding moving them, etc and so on would not account for the complete absence of tools. Of course there is still a lot of excavating left to be done (as you said) so it is a bit too early to really say what happened but I would never think that the complete absence of tools would be a natural situation.
Hi Alien UFO Truth Seeker, you must have personal thoughts or ideas on the question of the absence of tools, surely any remnants of tools should be found more-or-less on the same level where excavation has taken place -- What are your thoughts on the subject?
What I meant to say above was that I DO think that tools should have been found. But I also say that we havent excavated enough yet to be able to say whether or not tools are absent. So far none have been found but that doesnt mean there are none to be found.
I have read all the inputs about what possible reasons why there could have been no ancient tools found at are around the sight. I am no expert in this field but here is one question I have and I hope someone can answer it: Of all the ancient megalithic sights around the world, has there ever been a documented recording in archeological history indicating no ancient tools are parts of tools being found at a particular archeological sight at some point during an excavation process? If there has not been a case with exception to Gobekli Tepe then obviously there is something very strange about this. Someone please let me know if there has ever been a documented case of this occurring somewhere else.
Perhaps if ancient aliens did use their technology to build Gobekli Tepe then they were very thorough at removing all their tools so that their technology would never be discovered by the much less advanced humans existing in that time frame or future
more technological advanced humans that could have hijacked this technology and used it for themselves at some point. A prime example of this is present with current government technology being classified to the general public to avoid it falling in the hands of our enemies that could eventually lead to it being used against us. If one day human astronauts travel to another world and discover a less advanced intelligent race of beings it’s almost certan that we would teach them some things but not too much to the point that they could learn our technology and possibly use it against us or eachother which could lead to an early extinction of their species. With great technology comes great responsiblity.
Of course again this is only a theory.
Hi Cord,
I wouldn’t fret too much about whether tools have been found in the vicinity because if the Gobeki Tepe structures were that advanced, it would follow the tools would have been more valuable to the craftsmen and therefore carried away by them as in modern construction sites, however, in the case of less sophisticated ancient structures where rather crude and some-what primitive tools were used, one would find remnants of these during excavation.
Do you have some idea lurking in the back of your mind Cord as to what you really think happened to these tools -- other than possible floods or their removal by the craftsmen?
Hello Alien UFO Truth Seeker,
For some reason, this sight has been abandoned -- but why? I thought it was very lively.
Where is everybody???
Hello Pat, I dont know. The traffic on the site is normal, that is there are a lot of people visiting and reading but the regular commentors dont seem to be present or active. Perhaps it is because we need some new articles… Thanks for your comment
Remember the story of the tower of babel? when Zacheria Sitchin recounted the sumerian version, the people were not trying to make a ‘name’ for themselves, but a SPACE craft!
If you look at photos and drawings of this
temple, you can see that the circular structures are the size and shape of ‘flying saucers’! they are missing their domes roofs. The center pillars would have held the domed roofs and allowed them to taper down and meet the side pillars. The entrance to the structures looks like the ramps to enter the craft. I think the gobekli structures ate an attempt by the humans at the time to create their own crafts based on what they had seen landing around them. I think perhaps several had been allowed to enter te real crafts. They even put entrance ‘portals’ on the floors of their creations which would have been under a real craft. They were buried by the ‘gods’ because, as the bible and other writings state, ‘god’ did not want the humans even thinking about going into space.
I would love to comment more on this mystery of no ancient tools being discoverd but I really cannot until someone can comment on the fact if there has ever been a documented case in archeological history where no ancient tools were ever found at other ancient sites around the world. Can anyone accurately answer this question? If Gobekli Tepe is the only site that this has occurred at then this is very strange.
Hey man there were tools found. Lots and lots actually. You should read the nat geo article by Charles Mann. He interviews klaus schmidt who actually has been there for 15 years excavating. If anyone is worth listni g to it’s this guy. The one thing they actually didn’t find was any evidence of permanent dwellings, the one thing that the above article says there was. To date they have unearthed no firepits, hearths, houses, postmolds, or any other sign of a house. A little research goes a long way bro
Well Mardha, thus far the ‘gods’ have failed to ‘totally’ curb the capabilities of mankind -- haven’t they? We managed a few trips to the moon and have other space vehicles travelling far and wide transmitting photos of planets and other activities on route through deeper space back to Earth -- that’s quite an achievement.
Having said that, they (the ‘gods’) must’ve known this would be a possibility in time when these words were uttered by their leader ‘the Lord’ -- “Here they are, one people with a single language and now they have started to do this; henceforward nothing they have a mind to do will be beyond their reach”. (genesis ch.11 vs.6 -- I take it he meant, mankind has now matured to a point where they can only advance technologically in areas they choose.
It was hidden to cover up the real history of Earth. Aliens came here and found an existing advanced civilization and went to war with the real HUMANS and won. We were more than we are now and that’s the biggest secret!!! They didn’t help us evolve they shut all our natural gifts off and made us weak and easy to kill. It’s basically the same idea as taking a wolf and breeding it down to a poodle, we got ef’d over. Don’t believe the lies…
Well Shadow Crow, they aren’t killing us having weakened us as you assert, they even allowed us to visit the moon and even send robots to Mars and, explore our solar system and beyond. And still, they remain hidden from us. I always thought when you subjugate a people, you make sure you have a strong physical presence to maintain control.
If what you say is true, they have imprisoned earthlings for eons allowing us immense freedom without actually harming us -- that must be a good thing at least. There must be a very good reason for holding us- puny earthlings prisoner, I wonder what it could be???
last comment July 4th any one here?
Yes Sue -- still around skulking in the dark awaiting interesting stories on UFO’s.
Well I’m sorry to say but there are many incorrect statement in your article. Sounds like somebody needs to do more research. The site was actually burried because they continuously rebuilt over the old, and funny enough they kept getting worse. There were many stone tools found on the site along with flint knaps and chips. There were actually more stone and flint tools found in and around gobekli tepe in a square meter than many other Neolithic sites total. And remember this is 6,000 years before written language. The sumarians had nothing to do with this. I am actually a supporter of the AA theory, but reading articles like the above only hurt the cause. We get people running around spouting false truths and it just makes us look like idiots. I urge you to read manns article the birth of religion, in nat geo, and there’s a good article in smithsonian mag online. Both have good interviews with klaus Schmidt who has been excavating for over 15 years on site. They have only excavated maybe 10% of the site and ground penetrating radar shoes another 16 stone ring patterns under 22 acres of surrounding land yet to be unearthed. Just check it out please.
I think excavations have clearly shown Gobekli tepe was deliberately and systematically covered up, not buried by sandstorm or flood.
I have read you’re postings and find them interesting. I have studied the subject of UFO’s/aliens for 65 years now. I have had contact with some young aliens in the Mormon Church, I have had contact with a female alien who made claims her planet is on the other side of our sun. Recenly our governments have found this paticular planet. What I gather is this: Aliens like humans have the good and the bad. It is thought that a war is currently going on between the good and the bad ones. If you have night vision scopes (green lighted type) series number three you can look to the skys and see this war going on. Coast to Coast Show George Noory has seen UFO’s using this number three latest series of scope like the military uses. I seen several years ago a smaller UFO chasing a larger one that looked like Shell Gas logal both white color this was in the summer time. Over 15 years ago. Yes, I read you’re postings you can put my name in UFO alien Jerry Biddle then down load it.