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This is the oldest temple unearthed
anywhere on this planet. [music]
It was built 11,500 years ago by Hunter
Galleries.
That's 6,000 years earlier than
Stonehenge. And yet somehow our
ancestors were capable of making this
This is Geek [music] Leappe.
[music]
Incredible T-shaped pillars which you
could imagine would have been holding up
a huge roof. And then if we look at
them, they're covered in these
engravings.
So, this is a fox. There's vultures
here. There's bear. There's wild boar.
And here,
this one just has to be my favorite. And
look at these incredible teeth. And it's
hunting one of those wild bo.
And yet, this incredible feat of [music]
architecture
is not the most revolutionary thing
about this place.
>> [music]
>> Gobecletepe is not simply a temple. It
is a marker of a species [music] in the
midst of change. Similar sites have been
found across the region. [music]
>> [music]
>> In many ways, these prehistoric builders
lived as their [music] ancestors had for
thousands of years.
Their days spent [music] foraging and
hunting to feed their families.
>> [music]
>> But they'd made one fundamental change.
After [music] thousands of generations
spent as nomads following the herds they
hunted
at places like [music] Gbeclete
they began to settle