History and archaeology / Mound (höyük)
Karahantepe
Haliliye, Şanlıurfa
A Neolithic settlement in the Tek Tek Mountains contemporary with Göbeklitepe, with a ritual structure with a human head carved into the bedrock and hundreds of pillars.
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Its story
Discovered in 1997 by Bahattin Çelik of Harran University, Karahantepe is on a limestone rise near Kargalı within the Tek Tek Mountains National Park; local people call it 'Keçilitepe'. Excavations that began in 2019 uncovered special structures contemporary with Göbeklitepe, T-shaped pillars and a human statue carrying a leopard on its back. The most striking structure is a ritual space carved into the bedrock measuring 8×6 meters, from whose wall a human head with a snake-like neck emerges, with phallus-shaped pillars lined up opposite it. It is one of the sites within the 'Taş Tepeler' (Stone Hills) project and has been opened to visitors with walkways and information panels.
Key facts
- Period
- Pre-Pottery Neolithic (10th millennium BC)
- Admission
- Müzekart valid
- Getting there
- Near Kargalı; ~55 km from Şanlıurfa
- Visit duration
- 1 hour
Trip purpose
- Photography
- Day trip
Location
37.09152, 39.30269
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karahantepe | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karahan_Tepe | https://muze.gov.tr/muze-detay?SectionId=KRH01&DistId=MRK | https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur/karahantepe-bu-yil-ziyaretci-kabulune-baslayacak/3511014 | https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/989126381