The year was 1963. As Peter Benedict turned the flint over in his hand he recognized it as an artifact from the Aceramic Neolithic, but he did not foster much hope that this red hill protruding from a grey plateau would hold world-changing discoveries. He was, indeed, very wrong about that.

Thirty years later, Gobekli Tepe would become one of the most astounding discoveries in archaeology since the Rosetta Stone or the Kish Tablet. This site, this “potbelly hill” in Turkey, would turn our idea of pre-agricultural humanity on its head. After discovering this extremely ancient megalithic structure, scientists have been forced to rethink the capabilities of our hunter/gatherer ancestors.

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