Göbekli Tepe in Turkish means "the Hill with a belly", and is located about 15 kilometers (about 9 miles) northeast of Sanliurfa province. It was first discovered in 1963 by American and Turkish anthropologists but the excavations started in 1995 by Germans. The archaeological site, which is excavated by a German and Turkish team was run by Dr. Klaus Schmidt until his death in 2014, brought a great mystery to the history of Anatolia displaying the development of human societies. What makes this site unique is not just the size or the beauty of the monuments, but the date when they were built; approximately twelve thousand years ago, dating back to the Mesolithic Age and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Age (Mid Stone ages). In other words, 10.000 years before the founding of the Roman Empire, 8.000 years before the Hittites, 7.000 years before the Great Pyramids in Egypt and the Stonehenge in UK. Gobeklitepe is the oldest place of worship yet discovered, it's the World's First Temple, and it was settled before Catalhoyuk. Gobeklitepe was not a site used for hunting and shelter, but it was a cult center used for religious and spiritual needs. It's also said that these people have started the first agriculture in the history even though they were hunters and gatherers, not farmers. Some even mention that this could be the "Garden of Eden" of Adam and Eve.