Tag: megalithic ruins

Mysterious Gobekli Tepe

June 30, 2023

Sanliurfa, Turkey June 30, 2023 A few miles from Sanliurfa, among the intensively cultivated farmlands is a hill called Gobekli Tepe in local parlance which translates to bellied hill. It is here that an astonishing discovery was made almost sixty years ago, upended the then-held views on ancient megalithic structures. Excavations that followed unveiled a … More Mysterious Gobekli Tepe

Fat Ladies Again

January 22, 2019

Gozo, Malta Jan 21, Malta Flying in from Tunis, I had barely a day in Malta before returning home and I knew just what I wanted to do. The Gigantija temple called and so a here I was on sparkling blue waters, heading to the island of Gozo on the ferry. Tall church spires, narrow … More Fat Ladies Again