A video survey of Sayburç shows a neglected 9th-millennium-BCE site beside a road: blocks are scattered, litter covers the ground, and a modern steel beam crosses a standing Neolithic pillar. There are no barriers, and people and animals move through the ruins. Olive trees grow over Sayburç’s ancient enclosures; the video reports that their roots are damaging the remains and must be removed before full excavation. Sayburç lies near Göbekli Tepe and is one of the world’s earliest known monumental Neolithic complexes.
Sayburç survey shows neglect and a steel beam through a Neolithic pillar
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Key facts
- Sayburç is a nearby Şanlıurfa Taş Tepeler site with Pre-Pottery Neolithic A structures from the 9th millennium BCE, broadly contemporary with Göbekli Tepe and Karahantepe; Roman-period material was also found at the site in 2020.
- The site was registered after the 2020 finds and excavated beginning in May 2021.
- A video survey shows scattered blocks, heavy litter, a modern steel beam crossing a standing Neolithic pillar and no barrier at the location; it also shows people and animals moving freely through the ruins.
- The olive trees over the ancient enclosures, their root damage and the need to remove them before full excavation concern Sayburç, not Göbekli Tepe.
- Calling Sayburç or Göbekli Tepe the "oldest temple complex ever discovered" is too absolute; the evidence supports "one of the earliest known monumental ritual complexes."
Sources
Gobeklitepe controversy leads to removal of trees—here is whyturkiyetoday.com
Workers relocate olive trees at Göbeklitepe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sanliurfa, Türkiye, to protect ancient artifacts from potential ...
Gobeklitepe moves olive trees to safeguard ancient artifactsaa.com.tr
Gobeklitepe moves olive trees to safeguard ancient artifacts. 'As trees grew, their roots began to damage remains beneath surface,' says ...
Göbeklitepe moves olive trees to safeguard ancient artifactshurriyetdailynews.com
The trees are carefully uprooted using a technique that exposes their roots without causing harm. Once removed, the trees are handed over to the ...
10 Soruda Sayburçstonemounds.app
6. Göbeklitepe, Karahantepe gibi yerleşmelerde görülen özel yapılara Sayburçta da rastlanıyor mu? Sayburç'ta yürütülen kazı çalışmaları sonucu ...
Sayburçen.wikipedia.org
Sayburç is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9th millennium BCE) archaeological site in Şanlıurfa, Turkey. The site is in the same geographical region as Göbekli ...
How Does Sayburç Connect to Göbekli Tepe?sayburc.net
Sayburç sits about an hour from Göbekli Tepe, in the cluster of Neolithic sites across Şanlıurfa that archaeologists call Taş Tepeler — "the Stone Hills" — or ...
Göbeklitepe'nin komşusu Sayburç dünya basınındakarar.com
Şanlıurfa'daki Taş Tepeler bölgesinin önemli alanlarından biri olan Sayburç, Göbeklitepe ve Karahantepe ile benzer bir tarihsel döneme ait izler ...
Sayburçtastepeler.org
Sayburç was registered as a second-degree archaeological site after the discovery of Roman findings in 2020 fast forward to May 2021,
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