The overall consensus among pseudoarchaeologists is that Gobekli Tepe was built by the survivors of a lost city, who lived through a global catastrophic event that eliminated all traces of human civilization prior to the ice age. There are two popular versions of this pseudoarchaeological claim: the first being that Gobekli Tepe was created by the survivors of Atlantis, and the second being that the biblical story of Noah’s Ark describes carrying the survivors of the large catastrophic event to Gobekli Tepe. Graham Hancock, a popular author & pseudoscientist, is a prominent proponent of the theory that Gobekli Tepe was built by the survivors of the lost city of Atlantis 11,600 years ago. Hancock claims that the people of Atlantis survived a comet striking the earth at the end of the last ice age, eliminating all traces of advanced civilizations, and that the survivors of Atlantis then settled among the hunter-gatherers in Turkey and together built Gobekli Tepe. Similarly, the Noah’s Ark theory also describes a comet striking the earth in the end of the last ice age, causing cataclysmic flooding and sea level rise. In the biblical story of Noah’s Ark, Noah was instructed by God to build an ark for all species of animals so that the species may survive an incoming cataclysmic flood. Those who believe that the descendants of Noah’s Ark settled in Gobekli Tepe believe that the biblical flood was caused by a comet, and that “the mountains of Ararat” described in the biblical story refer to Gobekli Tepe. Furthermore, the Noah’s Ark story describes the creation of an altar, which some believe refers to the stone structures in Gobekli Tepe.
(Feb. 13, 2017) Gobekli Tepe, Noah’s ark, & lost Atlantis. Western Armenia TV, https://westernarmeniatv.com/en/10934/gobekli-tepe-noahs-ark-lost-atlantis.
London Real (Sep. 19, 2016) The mystery of Gobekli Tepe – Graham Hancock on London Real. Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K5NvCiYGEI.