UNESCO · 2018
Göbekli Tepe
Cultural Şanlıurfa i | ii | iv
Overview
UNESCO sites and what they mean
Göbeklitepe is a 9,600-year-old monumental site built by hunter-gatherers before farming, pottery or writing. The T-shaped pillars and animal reliefs are not a proto-city; they are evidence that ritual and community came first.
Göbeklitepe is a Neolithic ritual site of T-shaped limestone pillars carved with animal reliefs, older than Stonehenge and the pyramids. The covered excavation area is compact, but the scale of the site’s meaning is not; take the shuttle from the visitor centre and allow time for the museum. It is easily combined with Şanlıurfa’s old town.
UNESCO
2018
Cultural
i | ii | iv
Getting there
Practical information
Province
Airports
- GNY · Şanlıurfa GAP Havalimanı
Top attractions
HalfetiUlu CamiiBalıklıgölArabi CamiÇakeri CamiUrfa KalesiTuzeken CamiKadıoğlu Cami
Local flavours
Çiğ KöfteUrfa Ciğer KebabıUrfa Şıllık TatlısıUrfa Yumurtalı KöfteUrfa (şanlıurfa) Külünçesi
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Hours, ticket prices and transport schedules change. Verify with the official venue before you go.
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