00:00While plowing his field, a shepherd
00:02spots a strangely shaped stone protruding from the ground.
00:07After brushing away the dirt, he realizes the stone
00:10may be part of an ancient ruin.
00:13He reports his find to the local museum
00:16and is visited by Klaus Schmidt from the German
00:19Archaeological Institute.
00:22It wasn't until German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt
00:25visited the site and began digging that they realized
00:29what was really at this site.
00:32It is the first archaeological site in the world
00:36that proves its age dating as far back as 12,000 years,
00:43around 10,000 BC.
00:45The discovery and the official acceptance
00:48of Gobekli Tepe's dating has changed the history
00:54of archaeology.
00:56All of this suggests an understanding of technology,
01:03of masonry, of art, of carving.
01:05At the end of the last ice age, we realize
01:08that there is some great culture,
01:12possibly even a high civilization that existed here
01:16as much as 11,000 years ago.
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