Sunrise, lakes and snowcovered peaks.

Arrived at Göbeklitepe.

Over 11500 years old.

Stonehenge and Giza pyramids are about 4500 years old.

About 15 km (10 miles) north of Sanliurfa.



The oldest human prehistoric megalithic center found so far.

4 circular structures.

Structure C.











Structure D, the largest.

Waited a while for this.

Is that some kind of text?!







Structure B.





Structure A, the smallest.







Sanliurfa city.



The largest museum in Turkey.



World's oldest statue, "the Urfa man", 11000 years old.





Hmm, phallic.

Man carrying a leopard.



Göbeklitepe replica.





Rare neolithic depiction of a woman, very nice.

Sections for more recent history.



Man on a deer.

Roman era.





Man-cut caves.

Mosaic museum.



Huge depiction of Achilles' life from birth to war.



The man himself.

Not from Anatolia.

Greek Goddess Ktisis.





The Amazons hunting big cats.

4 Amazons: Melanippe, Hippolite, Thermodosa, Penthesileia.

JC.

Balikligol area.

Garden of Abraham.



Rizvaniye mosque.

The pool of sacred fish.



The evil King Nimrod.



Urfa castle.

Mevlidi Halil mosque.









It is claimed that Abraham was born in a cave here.



Urfa kebap.

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