Gobekli Tepe: Garden of Eden?

Since the dig began in 1994, experts have made the journey to Kurdish Turkey to marvel at these 40-odd standing stones and their Neolithic carvings.

Klaus Schmidt says: "Gobekli Tepe is staggeringly old. It dates from 10,000BC, before pottery and the wheel. By comparison, Stonehenge dates from 2,000BC. Our excavations also show it is not a domestic site, it is religious - the world's oldest temple. This site proves that hunter-gatherers were capable of complex art and organised religion, something no-one imagined before."

Digging for history in Turkey - An archaeological dig tells us more about the Garden of Eden, says Sean Thomas.

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Gobekli: your questions answered
Sean Thomas answers some FAQ.