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Travel back in time to 10,000 BCE on a Private Gobeklitepe from Istanbul. The tour is perfect for history-buffs and Indiana Jones fans who want to dive deeper into the region’s ancient history.
Hotel transfer, round-trip airfare, and private ground transportation ensure that your archaeological adventure is comfortable and stress-free. Your guide also takes you to the Sanliurfa Archeological and Mosaic Museum, Sogmatar Antic City.
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Duration: 2 days
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Category: Air, Helicopter & Balloon Tours >> Air Tours
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Travel back in time to 10,000 BCE on a Private Gobeklitepe from Istanbul. The tour is perfect for history-buffs and Indiana Jones fans who want to dive deeper into the region’s ancient history.
Hotel transfer, round-trip airfare, and private ground transportation ensure that your archaeological adventure is comfortable and stress-free. Your guide also takes you to the Sanliurfa Archeological and Mosaic Museum, Sogmatar Antic City.
Itinerary
Day 1: A flight from Istanbul, Izmir or Ankara and mysterious Gobekli Tepe visit!
Stop At: Sanliurfa Archeology and Mosaic Museum, Camlik Caddesi, Sanliurfa 63200 Turkey
Built on a very large area, this museum, which contains traces of the civilizations that lived in the Urfa region from 10000 BC to the present day, has been beautifully designed and you are traveling in time by going up to the upper floors, starting from the first ages of humanity. It is an awesome and impressive museum that shows the way of life of people of all ages.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Gobekli Tepe, Dağeteği Mahallesi, Sanliurfa 63290 Turkey
There are grounds to claim that the most significant archaeological discovery of the 21st century is the Göbekli Tepe as it dates back to 12 thousand years ago which makes it approximately 8 thousand years older than the Egyptian pyramids and 7 thousand years older than Stonehenge in England. Göbekli Tepe is even older than the human transition to settled life, so, therefore, proving the existence of religious beliefs before the establishment of the first cities.
The findings of researchers at Göbekli Tepe show that a religious class existed at such early ages and division of society into social classes took place well before the assumed dates, and maybe the first agricultural activity has been conducted in the region.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Balikligol, Eyyubiye, Sanliurfa 63200 Turkey
On the Balıklıgol Plateau, there is the cave where Abraham, who is considered the ancestor of three monotheistic religions, was born.
According to the legend, Nimrod had immolated Abraham on a funeral pyre, but God turned the fire into water and the burning coals into fish. The pool of sacred fish remains to this day.
There are visits to this cave in every season of the year from every religion, every country, and every city. Right next to the cave where Prophet Abraham was born, there is also the tomb where Beddiüzaman Said Nursi, who was the religious scholar of the period he lived, was first buried after his death.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Sanliurfa, Sanliurfa, Sanliurfa Province
Visit the Kizilkoyun Necropolis, the newly excavated tombs dated between the 2nd and 4th century AD. Over 61 excavated tombs were formed by carving into the bedrock limestone.
Duration: 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight stay in a central located Sanliurfa hotel.
Day 2: Sogmatar and Suayip: The Cities of Prophets
Stop At: Sumatar (Sogmatar), Yagmurlu Village, Sanliurfa Turkey
Arrive at Soğmatar Ancient City. Dating to the Roman period (2nd century A.D.), the region was located in the Tektek Mountains region of the Harrans during the Abgar Kingdom; It has been scientifically determined that it was a cult center where they worshiped the moon and planet gods. Soğmatar cult site; A cave where the moon god Sin is worshiped (Pognon Cave), a hill with god reliefs and inscriptions engraved on the ground (Sacred Hill), 6 square and circular mausoleums (The Holy Hill), an inner castle, and a multitude of tombs carved into the main rock.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Han El Barur, Goktas Koyu, Harran 63510 Turkey
Han el Ba’rur The remains of the Ayyubid dynasty Han el Ba’rur, a Caravanserai was built in 1228 to service the local trade caravans on the way of the Silk Road.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Suayip Sehri, Suayipsehri Mahallesi, Sanliurfa 63510 Turkey
The ancient city of Suayip, which is thought to have been inhabited by the Prophet Suayip. The existing architectural remains in this city belong to the Roman period.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
