Mysterious Monolith Pops Up Near Turkish World Heritage Site

Turkish authorities are investigating the appearance of a mysterious monolith in southeastern Turkey.

The metal block was found by a farmer on Friday in Sanliurfa province with old Turkic 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 named Gobekli Tepe, which has megalithic structures dating to the 10th millennium B.C., thousands of years before Stonehenge.

Turkish media reported Sunday that gendarmes were looking through CCTV footage and investigating vehicles that may have transported the monolith.

Other mysterious monoliths have popped up and some have disappeared in numerous countries in recent months.

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[emrebilgintm]

The monolits about Turkish Space mission

[gokurocks]

What does the monolith look like at night? "Look at the moon."

[leslieanne]

What a fun distraction! I love it ! Nod to banksy

[sky-eotz]

They scratched it this time when they were carrying it,

[raydoncarroll]

So created by an art group it’s made of metal which you can buy and some expert welder could easily looked up the Turkic alphabet and welded those words on there it’s just a continuing tread from last year

[ndrsg]

Just some rich nerds playing some prank... ;) ... I would do the same