ISTANBUL – Turkish authorities are investigating the existence of a mysterious monolith in southeastern Turkey.
The metal block was found Friday by a farmer in Sanliurfa province with an old Turkish script reading “Look at the sky, see the moon.”
Turkish police officers guard a monolith, found in an open field near Sanliurfa, southeastern Turkey, on Sunday, February 7, 2021. The metal block was found Friday by a farmer in the province of Sanliurfa with an old Turkish script that reads’ Look at the sky, see the moon. ‘The monolith, 3 meters high (about 10 feet), was discovered near the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gobeklitepe with its megalithic structures dating from the tenth millennium BC. Turkish media reported on Sunday that gendarmes were watching CCTV footage and investigating vehicles that may have been transporting the monolith. . Other mysterious monoliths have emerged and some have disappeared in numerous countries since 2020. (Bekir Seyhanli / IHA via AP)
The monolith, 3 meters high (about 10 feet), was discovered near the UNESCO World Heritage Site named Gobekli Tepe, which has megalithic structures thousands of years before Stonehenge dating from the 10th millennium BC.
Turkish media reported on Sunday that gendarmes were watching CCTV footage and investigating vehicles that may have been transporting the monolith.
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Other mysterious monoliths have surfaced and some have disappeared in numerous countries over the past few months.