Göbekli Tepe

National Geographic introduced Göbekli Tepe in 2011. Most of us probably missed that one. Recently, more articles are coming out about this site in South East Turkey (just a few miles north of Syria). According to National Geographic, the site is to be restored.

What makes this site important? It happens to be the oldest known monument in the history of humanity. How old, you ask? The "elaborately carved stones and distinctive, T-shaped pillars are more than 12,000 years old"

Let's repeat that again; "older than 12 thousand years." That is way older than pyramids; even 6,000 years older than Stonehenge. The pillars in the monument are carved out of stone during a time when humans did not have any tools, or so we thought...

Göbekli Tepe is actually forcing archeologists to make 'adjustments' to what we have known about human civilization's evolution.

Related: Wikipedia on Göbekli Tepe