Two ancient burial sites may explain mystery of Göbeklitepe's scattered human bones

Filed by Elara Myst

Since 1995, archaeologists have excavated hundreds of human bones from Göbeklitepe, an archaeological site in southeastern Türkiye. The ancient remains are around 10,000 years old and date to a time when humans were beginning to settle into permanent farming communities.What makes the find unusual is that the bone fragments were scattered across the site, including in its monumental buildings. Why they ended up there has puzzled scientists. Did these ancient people scatter the remains as p