11,000 years ago, our ancestors were still in the stone age, and had yet to develop agriculture. So, how did they come to build a massive stone structure overlooking the plains of the cradle of civilisation in modern day Turkey?  

Göbekli Tepe is impossibly old, given our understanding of civilisation, but there it stands for all to see. Who built it and what for? Most intriguingly of all, why was it deliberately buried about a thousand years after its construction?  

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Y0Y is created by Matt Hartless and AJ Hill. The theme tune is composed by Matt Hartless and the episode artwork is created by AJ Hill. The Y0Y logo is created by Shelli Le Fay. The desert stock video is by Philip Chan from Pexels. All creators own the copyrights to their material.  

Sources and further reading:  

History of the Fertile Crescent: https://www.history.com/topics/pre-history/fertile-crescent#:~:text=The%20Fertile%20Crescent%20is%20the,and%20the%20use%20of%20irrigation.  

Periods of ancient history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_periods  

Smithsonian articles about the site: 

About the comet swarm possibly depicted at GT: https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-carvings-in-turkey-show-a-comet-hitting-earth-changing-civilisation-forever  

Theories on deliberate internment: https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/monumental-cover-why-did-gobekli-tepe-end-dirt-008355  

Tepe Telegrams: https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/faq/  

The Genesis Secret: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Genesis_Secret.html?id=1jRoSgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y