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This is Renegade Files Episode 98, Göbekli Tepe: The Out of Place Civilization.

On this episode of Renegade Files, we travel to Göbekli Tepe, the ancient hilltop site that overturned everything we thought we knew about the dawn of civilization. Carved from limestone twelve thousand years ago and then mysteriously buried, this temple complex challenges the very order of human history. Who built it? Why was it sealed? And what forgotten knowledge might lie in its stones?

In Part One, we uncover the story of discovery, Klaus Schmidt’s 1990s excavation that revealed the world’s earliest known temple and sparked a scientific revolution. Part Two dives into the competing academic interpretations: the hunter-gatherer sanctuary, the proto-settlement, and the intentional burial that defies all precedent. Then, in Part Three, we open the door to the theories that live beyond the dig site, from lost civilizations and suppressed discoveries to the possibility that Göbekli Tepe encodes a sacred message for humanity itself.

The story of Göbekli Tepe blends archaeology, myth, and open-minded investigation into one unforgettable journey through deep time.

So put on your dessert hat, grab your field gear, and join me on an expedition into the past as we try to decide whether these ancient builders were our hunter-gatherer ancestors, or the race of advanced tech builders who came well before us all. This time on Renegade Files, it’s Episode 98, Göbekli Tepe: The Out of Place Civilization.

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