{"id":5770,"date":"2017-05-20T17:57:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T15:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tepetelegrams.wordpress.com\/?p=5770"},"modified":"2019-02-19T11:44:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T10:44:39","slug":"re-opening-of-goebekli-tepe-announced-for-july-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/2017\/05\/20\/re-opening-of-goebekli-tepe-announced-for-july-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-opening of G\u00f6bekli Tepe announced for July this year."},"content":{"rendered":"

Since last June the archaeological site of G\u00f6bekli Tepe is closed to visitors due to the construction of\u00a0two permanent shelters above the excavated areas at G\u00f6bekli Tepe\u2019s south-eastern and north-western\u00a0hollows (see here<\/a>). Originally, completion of this work was scheduled for the end of last year, but construction work took longer than expected and the excavation still remains closed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile work made good progress and shelter construction is moving forward. In a recently published note,\u00a0the Turkish General Directorate of Cultural Assets and Museums announced that the site will be closed until mid-July 2017\u00a0[external link<\/a>].<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shelter construction at G\u00f6bekli Tepe, work in progress. (Photo: H. Yildiz)<\/p><\/div>\n

As reported in various Turkish media,\u00a0\u015eanl\u0131urfa Culture and Tourism Director Ayd\u0131n Aslan stated that the site is meant\u00a0be re-opened to public visitors this summer again (here quoted from arkeofili.com<\/em> [external link<\/a>], translated):<\/p>\n

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“As of July 15 2017, the shelter constructions\u00a0will be completed and the site opened to visitors again.<\/span>\u00a0All work is carried out to balance preservation\u00a0and further study of G\u00f6bekli Tepe<\/span>. Our primary concern is its protection and G\u00f6bekli Tepe could be preserve best. The superstructure shelters cost about 600,000 Euros, funded by the Turkish State and the European Union. Concluding, we think it is important work for the preservation and accessibility of G\u00f6bekli Tepe minimising damage in the future.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It is our\u00a0pleasure having the chance to contribute to this work and help offering visitors the chance to return to G\u00f6bekli Tepe and experience the early Neolithic monuments again as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Update 02.08.2017: Unfortunately the shelters are still under construction as of yet and the site remains closed to public visitors for the moment. Hopefully all work will be finished and the site re-opened later that year in autumn.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since last June the archaeological site of G\u00f6bekli Tepe is closed to visitors due to the construction of\u00a0two permanent shelters above the excavated areas at G\u00f6bekli Tepe\u2019s south-eastern and north-western\u00a0hollows (see here). Originally, completion of this work was scheduled for the end of last year, but construction work took longer than expected and the excavation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50283,19994,840,75972],"class_list":["post-5770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-closed","tag-construction","tag-site","tag-visiting","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5770"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7442,"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5770\/revisions\/7442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/the-tepe-telegrams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}