No one can agree on who built Gobekli Tepe, and to make things worse, I have a brand new theory. OK, before you dismiss this theory is being bonkers, I first need to show you why I'm unsure of the other theories and also why somebody else is trying to hide the evidence.
Let's put theory #1 to the test that primitive hunter gatherers built Gobekli Tepe. In October 1994, in a little town in Turkey, a local farm was plowing his feet when suddenly he found an unusual shaped stone peering through the ground. The farmer looked closer, brushed away some of the dirt, only to realise that it might be part of a much larger structure
that was beneath the ground. Word quickly spread until the highly esteemed German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt arrived with a team and began excavating the area. But what he found stunned the entire world. Guys, you've got to get this to understand why it's so fascinating to discover who built Gobekli Tepe. As Schmidt and his team began to dig, they found 4 circular enclosures covering 4000 square feet of lamp. Each was made-up of monoliths and T shaped pillars weighing
between 40 to 60 tons. Some of these pillars reached impressive heights as large as 6 meters. So take all of that into your mind and now let this fact, all four of these massive structures are angled perfectly to the brightest star in the sky, Sirius. Wait a second, am I the only one who wants to know how primitive people who our school teachers would tell us they were only capable of operating stone tools?
How is it that these guys had the knowledge of mathematics and astronomy to line up all of these pillars to the star of Sirius? And also, how did they have the strength to lift one of these monoliths from the nearest limestone quarry at the bottom of the hill all the way to the top of the peak? That would be a journey that would take 50 men at least one week to transport each pillar.
Oh, and by the way, this was all done without a wheel, because the invention of a wheel only came 4000 years later. I hear you though. It's not impossible. But for me personally, the intricate carvings do offer a different perspective of who built Gobekli Tepe. But we'll come to that a little later.
I wonder whether I should tell you this because for reasons I am later going to disclose, I very much doubt the accuracy of the dating of Gobekli Tepe. However, this does prove that something is a little off here with the hunter gatherer theory.
When Klaus Schmidt conducted radiocarbon dating on the stone structure, his results claimed that the monoliths were 11,600 years old, which is absolutely insane when you remember that mainstream experts believe that hunter gatherers emerge from the Ice Age. Then discovered farm and only built settlements in ancient Mesopotamia 6000 years after the supposed date that Gobekli Tepe was built. OK, I can hear exactly what some of you are thinking is that? Really. The earliest evidence.
Of the first civilization. Well, yes, it is. But there's also a proposed theory that 20 kilometers away from the Potbelly Hill, which by the way is the translation of Gobekli Tepe. Well, here, in this supposed location here, apparently it was the first evidence of some kind of agriculture. But even this was 1000 years after our mysterious structure was meant to have been built. Now, do you see why the dates just aren't adding up?
Well, there's more I'll say on this later, but right now, isn't it kind of difficult to believe that this primitive civilization is responsible for building Gobekli Tepe when the builders clearly understood advanced technology and mathematics, but somehow they didn't know at the same time how to simply farm a field? I was really taken aback when I also found out that even the man himself, Klaus Schmidt, had no idea what Gobekli Tepe was used for.
Except he knew one thing. It wasn't a domestic settlement. So let's go over to Schmidt's friend Graham Hancock, and let's hear his theory on who he thinks builds the Potbelly Hill. I can't help feeling that's precisely what Gobekli Tepe is. It's a, it's a time capsule, it's a memorial to a lost time. And and I think that what we're looking at in that whole, the whole area is the outcome of contact with an earlier largely
lost civilization. I think it passed on its cultural genes right there in that, in that area of Turkey and down into the Jordan Valley. That the creature, whatever it is, Jamie, that one that's sort of black and white, that image in the center says Visual Arts Cork. Yeah, that one's amazing. It's amazing they cut away the whole pillar to leave to leave that creature there, which itself is hard to identify. Is it a crocodile? How do they speculate that these people did this stuff?
You can't. You can't do stuff with stone tools. So they use harder stone to carve this stone. That's the argument. And they is there evidence of these stones? No, not that I'm aware of. There are, there are there are some so-called pounding stones, but I find it difficult to see how pounding stones, how pounding away could have created this very fine result. It doesn't make a whole a whole lot of sense to me. Theory #2 Gobekli Tepe was built by some lost ancient civilization.
One thing you and I can be sure of, and it's this. We know very little about these huge pillars. After all, the entire structure has only been known to the archaeological community for the last 50 years, and yet the area has been steeped in tradition for centuries. Take a look at this. This is the top of the Potbelly Hill, and it is here that local communities have performed A ritual where they'd walk around the tree several times, each
with a piece of cloth. They then take their cloth and they tie it to one of the branches. Each cloth was meant to represent a wish that they would like to be granted. So again, I'll ask you, what goes through your mind when you hear that? I think it obviously points to some ancient mystical beliefs. And something I did forget to mention is that Gobekli Tepe is actually 6000 years older than Stonehenge, which is also believed to be a place of mysticism.
This has LED some people to claim that Gobekli Tepe is the world's oldest temple. Have you thought about? This though so. The mainstream opinion is that the primitive builders constructed this structure, and yet the same people who hold this view are very hesitant to uncover more of Gobekli Tepe to make a solid conclusion.
I mean, this really baffles me. How can anyone say for sure what it is when only 10% of this site has been excavated, but geophysical surveys show us the presence of 20 or more large enclosures buried beneath the ground? Are you imagining this right now? 90% of the entire monument is still underground, and there have been no real advancements in archaeological digs since 2014. I am going to choose my words
carefully now. But out of the 43 pillars that have been excavated, what is it that leads Graham Hancock and other guests on the Joe Rogan podcast to state that Gobekli Tepe was likely built by an ancient civilization? Well, it's because of these intricate carvings. It's essentially. You remember once again that the belief of mainstream academia is that hunter gatherers, they could produce interesting cave art, But megalift structures
with a solar calendar? Well, for those guys, it was believed that that would be way too advanced for them to accomplish. Now, for people who actually do believe that the people before us weren't as smart, this for them is very perplexing. And in 2024, researchers proposed that certain carvings on Pillar 43 at Gobekli Tepe were actually trying to record a comet impacts around 10,840 BC. Hey, do I need to remind you that I have big question marks about this? But it's OK, I will get to that
later. Right now, however, listen to one of the most incredible things about Quebecly Tepe. The most advanced and the most intricate carvings are actually on the oldest pillars. As the pillars get newer, the designs get less complex. I am sorry I never told you this earlier, but archaeologists quick realized different enclosures were built at different times.
The newest ones uncovered they claim are 10,500 years old and that is why they believe that Gobekli Tepe was built strategically for a purpose and they also believed it was used for a time period of around 1000 years. So what does all this mean? Well, according to their dating system, and again, I do have some reservations, but what they are proposing is that these intricate carvings came 6000 years before the invention of writing.
This obviously leads Graham Hancock and others to speculate that there was an ancient civilization with a lost form of knowledge or technology, especially in the realm of astronomy. Kind of similar to what we previously discussed in our videos on the pyramids. OK, so let's ask the obvious question here. Is there any evidence to support such a claim? We'll take a look at Pillar 43. It points to the Scorpius
constellation. And when you even just glance at the drawing, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that they are depicting a scorpion here. Now watch carefully, because if we put the same drawings on a star map with the sun of the vulture's wings in the same placement as our sun in the night sky, we can suddenly see all of the constellations fall into place, perfectly lining up with incredible precision.
Between you and me, if I had to choose which was my second favorite theory for who built Gobekli Tepe, it would be this one. And I would not be surprised whatsoever if these guys were the ones who really were responsible for this megalith structure and that is the Goliath like creatures theory. So over to you. Do you think our third theory giants are responsible for building Gobekli Tepe? Do you think that that could
make any possible sense? Well no one can deny that whoever built this site were what we call antediluvians, meaning they existed before the worldwide judgement that fell on the earth. Every ancient culture talks about water covering the face of the earth and they also speak of huge figures that also want wronged are very earth.
You may want to write this down for further research, but a few months ago we did a deep dive on the antediluvian structures like Stonehenge, the Callanish Stones and the Great Pyramids. And you guys, well at least the vast majority of you, you agreed with my position that these giant like creatures or the watchers may be responsible for who built these structures, which is of course contrary to what we're all commonly taught.
But if you do study the Bible and the accounts from ancient cultures around the world, it's not hard to imagine that these guys existed. And it explains how these impossible structures were built. And if you want to find out why this makes total sense, you really should check out the video on this topic. And I've left a link in the description.
Hey, big news everyone. Quebecly Tepe is even older though than all of the these antediluvian structures, with many archaeologists claiming it's the older structure on earth now. That doesn't answer the question though. Why do people believe that giants built it? Well I'm so glad you asked. A popular theory by archaeologists is that Gobekli Tepe was purposely built and then it was buried.
Some people believe that giants were responsible for this because they wanted to preserve what was on it. Some even state that this site was used for post Edenic worship, place of idol worship and ritual. Now I find this fascinating but there is a story about the Callanish stones on the Isle of Lewis and that is that they were once giants who refused to accept Christianity and then they were judged and thus turned to stone.
This obviously is bonkers but a similar folk tale is told about the large T shaped pillars at Quebecli Tepe that they were once human deities. Now, please don't misunderstand me. I obviously don't think that that was true, but I do think that a plausible explanation for its building could involve some kind of massive creature like a giant. Why? Well, the unavoidable conclusion is this. Gobekli Tepe is 7000 years older than the accepted date for the
pyramids. It's twice as old as Stonehenge, and it's 50 times larger, spanning an impressive 20 acres. So if there's mystery around Stonehenge, how? Much more. Mystery then surrounds the Potbelly hill. But wait, there's more. The site contains at least 20 huge circular enclosures, and as you know, only four have been uncovered. But an estimated 200 T shaped limestone pillars remain buried.
Using geophysical surveys, they've calculated that these pillars are all 20 feet tall, with some fallen pillars in the ground weighing as much as 50 metric tons. I mean, come on, guys. Yes, of course it's possible that primitive humans built this structure without a wheel or machinery or even the knowledge of farming.
But when you consider the size, the weight and the mathematics of this project, do you not think that they might need something else to help them build it, like a supernatural creature which is mentioned in the Bible? And yes, I will say, as I often say in my videos, I could be way off with this. But the question does need. To be asked. How do we untangle all of this? Well, let's see if our final theory provides an answer on who built Beckley Tepe the Jimmy Corsetti theory.
Jimmy Corsetti from Bright Insight YouTube channel has really made me think. He believes they are deliberately slowing down excavation on the site. How can he make such a statement? Well, the official owners of Gobekli Tepe have planted orchard after orchard of a protective kind of olive tree, which cannot just be cut down by anybody.
And you can imagine the archaeological community, they were very concerned about thousands of trees being planted over the older structure on earth because as we've talked about already, 90 to 95% of it is still hidden underground. And the roots of these trees would surely damage or accelerate the decay of these ancient structures below the earth. Now, am I the only one here who finds all of this a little bit baffling?
After all, you don't need a degree in horticulture to know that these roots are highly destructive. And they can cut through, they can grow through stone or even concrete. So here's the answer we all want to know. Why are they doing this and why are they being so slow to excavate the rest of Gobekli Tepe? Well, the fact is, this guy's no real progress has been made since 2014 when Klaus Schmitz
first completed his excavation. I mean, how do we not know that one artifact hidden below the ground out of the 90% that is totally buried? How do we not know that this could be the one greatest discovery that we've ever found? It could explain so much about our ancient history.
OK let's just slow down for a minute because there is actually one suggestion question and we could just give them the benefit of the doubt Because they say one reason they are not excavating is because in 150 years time they do plan to do another archaeological dig. And they say the reason for this is they will have better technology that could protect the ruins from getting damaged as they seek to unearth this
ancient structure. Whilst that does seem like a genuinely good reason, it doesn't explain the massive amount of olive trees that they have planted over the sites and also so it doesn't explain the giant tourism centre which again with its huge roof covers and prevents further excavation. 1 cynical view has a very different reason for why all of
this has happened. They say it's all about money because in 2018 70,000 visitors went to Gobekli Tepe, but by 2024 that number had increased to nearly 1,000,000 visitors. Well, of course tourism, it makes money, but archaeology on the flip side, that costs money and that is why tourism seems to remain the priority and also. Perhaps why they are. Keeping parts of it buried because it builds the plot and it increases the mystery of Gobekli Tepe.
On the 12th of June 2024, Jimmy Corsetti released a post on Twitter pointing out this issue and since then the site owners have admitted that the tree roots were indeed damaging the ruins below and so they have carefully uprooted 1000 trees and planted them in an area away from Gobekli Tepe.
Jimmy also has a very interesting theory of who he believes built Gobekli Tepe, and I want to take it even further than where Jimmy took it. However, if Noah's ark existed, many believe that it was crashed onto Mount Ararat, which is also in Turkey. And something fascinating is that in the Bible, in Genesis 820, some of the first verses after Noah emerged from the flood is that he was said to have constructed an altar to the Lord where he sacrificed some of
every clean animal and some of every clean bird. Gobekli Tepe is in Turkey, and every single one of those pillars annotates animals. And some have suggested that it could be Noah's altar. Now that could be one reason why they won't want to excavate it. It's absolutely critical you understand just how much animals feature in the artwork of the structure. There are two big limestone pillars facing each other, and on the various other pillars are carvings of animals of nearly every kind.
There are wild donkeys, gazelles, snake, scorpions, foxes, big cats, vultures, wolves, wild boars, lizards and fish. And by the way, many of these animals are not indigenous to the area, which suggests a knowledge of faraway places or even that the builder himself knew each of these animals personally. So let me ask you a question. Have you pieced our puzzle
together yet? Jimmy Corsetti believes Noah may have built Gobekli Tepe. Wow, that's a plot twist and a half, Joe. Well, it it is, but would you like to hear why Jimmy makes such a claim?
Well, apart from all of the carved animals being seen as symbolic of the animals of Noah's Ark, we know that the Bible teaches that Noah's Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat and what is 300 miles South of Ararat in Turkey itself, Gobekli Tepe. So Cassetti argues that it could have been built as a place of remembrance. And he even cites Bible verses on the Joe Rogan podcast.
So just a minute here on the largest podcast in the world, they are suggesting the oldest structure on earth could have been built by Noah in the Bible. Well, I do have to say this. Now, there is a contradiction here, which I do want to come to in just a second. But first I want you to take a look at this particular pillar. Again, this is pillar 43, perhaps the pillar with the most speculative theories surrounding it. So here's the thing.
When I heard Jimmy and Rogan discussing this, it made me think entirely differently about Quebecli Tepe. I mean, what if Noah was trying to preserve the story of what happened to him for future generations? And what if he really did carve out those images of Quebecli Tepe? After all, he'd know how to use tools after building an ark. OK, let me stop you right there though, because I want you to know we really must tread very
carefully here. This is of course not to be taken as gospel truth, and like I said earlier, we could be way off about all of this. But when you do consider this theory, it does put a different perspective on Pillar 43, for instance, at the bottom of the pillar, do you notice that, man? I mean, is that a picture of death? Then at the top, you tell me. What do you see at the top of
the pillar? Some say that these are just three handbags, but I think it looks an awful lot like an arc or even waves crashing over on the creatures. The same can be said about pillar 56 where you can see waves again and then it seems like the animals are running and then on pillar 53 you can see. Waves at the top and then waves at the bottom, almost surrounding one creature. But again, these are just opinions of mine.
I do wonder though, this creature here that's represented on pillar 43, is that meant to be the dove that flew out of Noah's? Ark and brought back. An olive branch again, I'm not so sure, but it is interesting to dwell on just for a moment. There is another theory relating to the Book of Revelation that I'd like to hear your opinion on. But first, let's talk about the dating systems. And why is is there a contradiction between Noah's alter?
And yet at the same time, when we think about the age of Gobekli Tepe, mainstream archaeologists will tell you that Gobekli Tepe is 11,600 years old, and that figure comes mainly from radiocarbon dating. The idea is simple. On the surface, living things absorb carbon from the atmosphere, including tiny amounts of radioactive carbon 14. When they die, they stop absorbing it and the carbon 14 starts to decay. This is because we know that it only has a half life of around
5700 and. 30 years meaning. Half of it decays in that time. Scientists measure how much is left, and then they estimate how long ago it was that the Organism died. It sounds clever, right? But here's the thing. That whole system relies on some major assumptions. It assumes that the rate of decay has never changed and that the amount of carbon 14 in the atmosphere has always been stable, and also that we know exactly how how much was in the
sample to begin with. But what if those assumptions were wrong? What if the conditions in the past were dramatically different? That would totally throw off the results. And if something started with much less carbon 14, or if decay rates were faster due to atmospheric factors that we don't fully understand well, it would look way older than it really is. So when they say Gobekli Tepe is 11,600 years old, I do take that with a very large pinch of salt.
From a biblical perspective, I believe human history only stretches back about 6000 years, maybe 10,000 years at a stretch, which means this site could perhaps fit in with that time frame. And I can see some of you are shaking your head right now, but it actually does make a lot of sense when you look at it this way. You've got early humans right after a huge reset in history, settling down, rebuilding and producing incredibly sophisticated structures far earlier than secular history
allows for. We also know that the first proper civilizations in summer in southern Mesopotamia emerged around 4000 BC, which lines up quite nicely with the biblical timeline to sites like Gobekli Tepe. They don't challenge the Bible. They actually fit into the picture of ancient people spreading out and restarting society with the knowledge that they already had. OK, while you're busy making up your mind on the age of Gobekli Tepe, I'm going to add a bonus thing theory to our list.
It is almost unbelievable, but some people are stating that Gobekli Tepe could be one big cartoon. Cut out a cartoon which is proclaiming future prophecies listed in the Bible. How can such a statement be made? We'll observe pillar 27 in enclosure C. You probably already know that this is the most intricate carving at Gobekli Tepe. But did you know that a minority.
And I will just stop here and say I'm not buying this personally, but a minority believe it might be depicting a creature described in Revelation 13 verse two. OK, you guessed it. We've got to go back to the infamous pillar 43. So what's the deal with this pillar and Revelation according to this small group of people?
Well, I've heard it proposed by someone that the Vulture that seems to be holding a ball could be representing A vulture holding a hailstone or even an Angel holding a hailstone. And this is the hailstone that we hear about, which will fall on the. Earth when the Angel. Blows his first trumpets. Another theory is that the scorpions that are seen on this pillar and on the other pillars could be the scorpions that are described in Revelation 9 verse 3. Have you heard this before
though? They also claim that the Vulture could represent the birds that fly in the midst of heaven which will be called down at one point to feast on the remains which is mentioned in Revelation 19. Whilst that could be a possibility guys, I. Really do find it hard to. Believe. But I beg you. Please tell me what? Do you think about these different theories? Was the Book of Revelation carved out on the? Potbelly Hill years.
Before it was written as a sort of prophecy, was it put there as a warning of impending doom that was going to come down? On the earth or do you believe that it was an. Altar built by Noah and his family after they emerged off the mountains of Ararat? Or was it built by smart people like a lost ancient civilization? Or was it? Even laid there by the watchers, right? If you really push me in a corner and you asked. Me what is my? Opinion on what? Theory do I think?
Is most credible. Well, supposing the dates are wrong about Gobekli Tepe, which I personally think they are, I think maybe, just maybe, they could be a few thousand years out. After all, as a young earth creationist, earth could be anywhere from 6000 to 10,000 years old. Well. If. That is the case. I personally. Wouldn't be surprised. If it was built. By Noah.
Or if it wasn't built by Noah, it could have at least been built by someone who knew Noah or wanted to recount the narrative of God's judgment on the earth. Especially since the earliest books of the Old Testament are full of descriptions about animals. So it would make sense. That these builders also put an emphasis on animals too. Something else that I really should have told you about earlier is a recent white paper
by researchers. They were analyzing Gobekli Tepe, and it suggests that Pillar 18 May contain the earliest written word in human history. And remarkably, that word simply could be God, carved at the very center of the enclosure and distinct from all of the animal symbols around it. The inscription that led some to speculate that Gobekli Tepe wasn't just a ceremonial site.
But it was actually. A place of worship or even a dedicated altar, perhaps supporting the theory or the connection that we've talked about of the huge biblical event involving Noah. So just take all of that into your mind. That Gobekli Tepe. Might be the oldest. Structure on earth, and it might hold the first word that was ever to be written on earth, the word God. You almost couldn't write this
stuff, if you catch my drift. But another option is what my friend suggested that once mankind emerge from Eden, that they would have a supreme intelligence, that they would be even smarter than we are today. He actually put it like this. He said technology has made us less smart. For instance, most people 70 years ago could figure out what sqrt 1600 was, and they could do that without using any type of
technology. But if I ask you right now, without using any technology, can you tell me what sqrt 1600 is? I'd imagine many of you can't, and neither can I. So maybe that's why the Pyramid, Stonehenge and Gobekli Tepe were built in such interesting ways. But of course, let's not rule out the what as builders either. But here's one. Question that will stomp you for hours and hours if you don't know the answer and it's this, who builds you? So after all the.
Theories, the symbols, the carvings, the timelines, the talk of Noah and lost civilizations. We come to that final huge question, Who built you? It's a simple question, but so many don't know the answer because when you pull back all of the. Speculation. All of the. Stones. All of the science. This isn't just about Gobekli Tepe anymore. It's actually about you. Are you a product of randomness, cosmic chants? Or were you designed? Loved and formed. For a purpose.
The Bible gives a stunning answer. It says, I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. You are not an accident. You were handcrafted by a God who knows you deeply and who wants to be known by you. And that changes absolutely everything. Because whiles Gobekli Tepe may carry echoes of long lost worship or judgment or survival, we have something they didn't. We have the gift of Jesus Christ, the revealed Savior of the world. We don't need to carve our stories into stone.
God himself stepped. Into history. Not with cryptic animal symbols or mysterious monuments, but in flesh and blood. Jesus came to reveal who God is, not just as Creator, but as rescuer. Because here's the truth. Every single one of us has turned away from the God who made us. That's what the Bible calls sin. And like in the days of Noah, there is a judgment coming. But God didn't leave us hopeless. Just as Noah was given an ark, we've been given a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus lived the life. We. Couldn't he died the death that we deserved? And he rose again so that we could have eternal life, not just later, but right now? Forgiveness. New life, peace. With the one who? Built you not through being religious, not through doing rituals, not by building altars, but by trusting in Jesus Christ, the Bible says in John 316. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
And that invitation is for you. You don't need to stand at an ancient altar to meet God. You just need to bow your heart to Christ, the Son of God who took the judgment we deserved for our wrongdoing. He died in our place so that we wouldn't have to face that judgment ourselves. Our friend and Lord stepped in and took our place for us, being the substitute for our sin. And now? Because of what he. Did we can be.
Forgiven and know God. Personally, just by believing in Him and asking him to save us and make us one of his children. So let me leave you with just one question one more time. And it's not about the ruins. It's about your soul who built you. And more importantly, will you trust in Him today? If the answer's no, it's simple. Just bow down right now and call on the name of Jesus Christ and
say save me, wash away my sins. I know you made me, I know you love me, but I also know I need to be forgiven and saved. And only you can do that. And if you pray that prayer or something along those lines, the God who hears all things will save you instantly. Hey. But if you are already a Christian, or if you do need a little bit more convincing, well, there is some more breathtaking and even more baffling antediluvian structures
that I told you about earlier. If you still haven't seen that video, you better click here right now.