Who Built Göbekli Tepe? | Historian Tatyana Kornienko | Scientists vs. Myths 25-4

Göbekli Tepe—was it truly the oldest temple complex, and is it true that the discovery of the monument changed scientists’ understanding? Could people 12 thousand years ago build such complex and large-scale structures? If you have questions, leave them in the comments and the speaker will answer during the live stream.

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The scientific and educational forum “Scientists Against Myths. One Million Years Before the End of the Film” will take place on October 18–19, 2025. Episode 4: “Could hunter-gatherers build ‘huge temple complexes’? Myths about Göbekli Tepe and its surroundings.”
The speaker is Tatiana Korniyenko, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign History at Voronezh State Pedagogical University, author of the book “The First Temples of Mesopotamia” and more than 120 scientific works.
The “Dangerous Opponent” is Natalia Petrova, Candidate of Historical Sciences, researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IA RAN), author of about 70 scientific articles, head and participant in research and expeditions in archaeology and ethnography of the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.

Timcodes: 00:00 start; 00:55 voting “Which animals were not depicted in Göbekli Tepe?”; 02:01 how Göbekli Tepe was discovered; 13:30 myth #1 — “Göbekli Tepe as the oldest temple complex of people who moved toward settled life”; 24:52 myth #2 — “the ancient[est] observatory”; 30:27 myth #3 — “the only such early monument of this type”; 33:17 bibliography; 34:01 voting results; 34:38 discussion with Natalia Petrova; 46:44 voting about the opponent’s score; 46:55 answers to viewers’ questions; 57:56 choosing the best question; 58:37 voting results; 58:58 sketch by Yulia Rodina; 59:05 announcement of Polina Korotchkova’s talk “Destroying myths about Indian temples.”

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