 Gobekli Tepe, located at the top of a mountain ridge in the southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey, has been dated at over 12,000 years old, largely academically accepted as the oldest known temple in the world. It still possesses megalithic pillars weighing upwards of 60 tons, still standing trilathons, intricate depictions of animals carved into stone, and the uncannily similar symbology to that of another extremely ancient people, the Aborigines of Australia, a curious similarity we have covered in the past. However, the world has since been outraged by the Turkish government's activities at the site, in what appears to be a cover-up, masquerading as a quote, conservation effort. Tremendous damage has been incurred, not only by the tracks of heavy machinery, but by them filling in many areas of the ruin with modern concrete, this causing permanent damage to this most fascinating of ancient sites, and causing us to lose the opportunity to investigate these areas any further in the future. Hurry at Daily News reported that heavy equipment was being used at the site. These activities undertaken under the pretense of constructing a new visitor center, which includes a concrete walkway to assist the disabled and elderly. These activities claim to have been undertaken in order to improve the chances of the site being included in UNESCO's World Heritage List. However, this clear vandalism of specific areas of the ancient relic are in direct opposition to the goals of UNESCO, which is to preserve ancient and historic sites. The question is, what were these dramatic efforts really undertaken for? Why would the Turkish authorities damage the site, claim to be in an effort for it to be included within an organization whose mission it is to preserve them? Were they trying to hide something? If so, what could this discovery have been? If indeed a cover-up, it would seem that it was something that even modern man was incapable of moving and instead made the decision to cover up such discoveries with modern concrete. It is an action which we find highly disappointing.