# The Göbekli Tepe "totem pole"

> The Göbekli Tepe "totem pole"

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**ART** 0D957A4T46RF·Artifact · object

# The Göbekli Tepe "totem pole"

PhotographCC BY-SA 4.0Layer II, 9th millennium BC

[Cite][Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/798e4368665ea22afde79c0abcb525679cd9ef346e1e1e36e92affe279e55b04)

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Dosseman. CC BY-SA 4.0

## Copies 5

**Photo** Dosseman · commons.wikimedia.org · 2019-09 · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urfa_museum_Totem_sept_2019_4807.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/798e4368665ea22afde79c0abcb525679cd9ef346e1e1e36e92affe279e55b04)

**Picture** Dosseman · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urfa_museum_Totem_sept_2019_4807.jpg)

**Photograph** Teomancimit · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 3.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe,_Urfa.jpg)

**Photograph** German Archaeological Institute, photo E. Kücük · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_archaeological_site_of_G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe_-_main_excavation_area.png)

**Photograph** Creator:Rolfcosar · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 3.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Şanlıurfa province](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D956QB845Q2/sanlurfa-province) · Province

## Sources 1

- [Göbekli Tepe – the Stone Age Sanctuaries. New results of ongoing excavations with a special focus on sculptures and high reliefs](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D956FH8663D/gobekli-tepe-the-stone-age-sanctuaries-new-results-of)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Göbekli Tepe "totem pole" [Artifact ART0D957A4T46RF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D957A4T46RF
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Key

**ART** 0D957A4T46RF

Kind

Object

Held by

Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum

Dated

Layer II, 9th millennium BC

Licence

CC BY-SA 4.0

Place

[Şanlıurfa province](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D956QB845Q2/sanlurfa-province)

Part of

[Göbekli Tepe](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gobekli-tepe)

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