# Skulls were removed, carved and displayed; bodies were not buried on the mound.

> Disputed: Skulls were removed, carved and displayed; bodies were not buried on the mound.

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# Skulls were removed, carved and displayed; bodies were not buried on the mound.

Skulls were removed, carved and displayed; bodies were not buried on the mound.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Only modified crania and scattered bone, never intact burials.

## What would rule it out

- Intact burials on the mound.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Three skull fragments with deep deliberate incisions and a drilled hole.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/evidence/EVD0D9576QE2N37/three-skull-fragments-with-deep-deliberate-incisions-and-a)

Established

FOR

[Two intact burials of mid-9th millennium BC date were found in 2026.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/evidence/EVD0D9576Z83AHW/two-intact-burials-of-mid-9th-millennium-bc-date-were-found)

Established

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[How were the dead treated at Göbekli Tepe?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/questions/QST0D956WFA3PPH/how-were-the-dead-treated-at-gobekli-tepe)

Part of [What were the pillar buildings of Göbekli Tepe for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe/questions/QST0D956VG255C1/what-were-the-pillar-buildings-of-gobekli-tepe-for)

Most likelyPeople were buried in the settlement; scattered bone in the enclosures came from burials displaced downslope,…

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Skulls were removed, carved and displayed; bodies were not buried on the mound. [Answer ANS0D9576FM00A7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D9576FM00A7
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**ANS** 0D9576FM00A7

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