I just got this idea and its been bugging me. On first thought it would seem the places have nothing to do with each other, but I started realizing that there are some striking similarities.
The main one I can think of right now would be the story of its construction. According to the Bible the Tower of Babel is built by a united humanity in the generations following the Great Flood. This seems to fit the timeline of the construction of Gobekli Tepe in reference to the cataclysm Graham brings up in his work. Then in the aftermath of God confusing the speech of the builders they scatter around the world and the project is abandoned. Gobekli Tepe has been deliberately buried. And considering it was built fairly soon after the flood it's size is fairly enormous. Only 5% has been excavated so far. It sounds like you would need quite some manpower to build such a thing, but where would so many people come from "shortly" after a cataclysm?
I guess the obvious incompatibility is the "Tower" part, but I am considering this could happen due to translation (Especially regarding something from a time where there's no such thing as towers, at least we haven't found any). I could also imagine the name was adjusted to fulfill a metaphorical role. The tower was to be built tall enough to reach heaven. Gobekli Tepe on the other hand "points" at the heavens for example through its depictions of constellations.
I've only just discovered this and will do some more reading on my part but I wanted to write a post to get a potential discussion rolling.
The main one I can think of right now would be the story of its construction. According to the Bible the Tower of Babel is built by a united humanity in the generations following the Great Flood. This seems to fit the timeline of the construction of Gobekli Tepe in reference to the cataclysm Graham brings up in his work. Then in the aftermath of God confusing the speech of the builders they scatter around the world and the project is abandoned. Gobekli Tepe has been deliberately buried. And considering it was built fairly soon after the flood it's size is fairly enormous. Only 5% has been excavated so far. It sounds like you would need quite some manpower to build such a thing, but where would so many people come from "shortly" after a cataclysm?
I guess the obvious incompatibility is the "Tower" part, but I am considering this could happen due to translation (Especially regarding something from a time where there's no such thing as towers, at least we haven't found any). I could also imagine the name was adjusted to fulfill a metaphorical role. The tower was to be built tall enough to reach heaven. Gobekli Tepe on the other hand "points" at the heavens for example through its depictions of constellations.
I've only just discovered this and will do some more reading on my part but I wanted to write a post to get a potential discussion rolling.