NEXT MEETING: Jennifer Stein Gobekli Tepe February 11, 2023	1300 N. College Ave. Tempe, AZ. February 11, 2023 12 pm - 3 pm DIRECTIONS Admission $15 CASH ONLY.

Jennifer Stein will present an overview with slides & film clips on the archeological site in Turkey known as Gobekli Tepe.  Jennifer traveled to Turkey in 2012 with Boston University Professor Robert Schoch, along with Linda Moulton Howe, and other researchers to study & explore this site firsthand. Jennifer will provide a power point on this site including some short film clips of these travels that include both Robert Schoch and Professor Klaus Schmidt, the chief archeologist on the site from 1995 until his death in 2014. Jennifer will provide insights into why this ancient site plays a significant role in our ever-evolving understanding of human history.

Gobekli Tepe is an ancient site in southeastern Turkey. Excavated in-depth since 1994 by German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt, it is a series of deliberately buried Stone Circles, forming a mysterious complex. Central sanding stones have an anthropomorphic façade, making archaeologists question if they are to be interpreted as artistic renderings of tall humans looking towards the sky. Some of the unique carvings on the standing stones at Gobekli reflect similar aspects found in other significant sites in Greece, Easter Island, and India. These standing stone circles have been dated back to 10,000 BC when it was thought human civilization was only a hunter-gatherer civilization (the “pre-pottery - pre-writing” stage of human development). The mere existence of the site and the carbon dating from materials found next to the stones makes us question our understanding of human history possibly pushing the dates for advanced human civilization much further back in time.

Jennifer Stein holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Arizona, in textiles. She is an entrepreneur, activist & award-winning documentary filmmaker. Jennifer has been reading, researching, and traveling to ancient sites for 10 years for firsthand exploration and examination. Jennifer is the founder of Main Line MUFON PA, a chapter of the International Mutual UFO Network dedicated to providing monthly educational programing. She has been a State Section Director and a trained field investigator for the MUFON PA. She has recently accepted the post of Director for Sedona MUFON now that she has relocated to Arizona.