Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey, dating back over 11,000 years, predates Stonehenge as the world's oldest known monumental temple. Around 8000 BC, its builders deliberately filled enclosures with thousands of cubic meters of stone, soil, and debris. LiDAR and geophysical surveys have revealed dozens of buried circular and rectangular structures, most left unexcavated. 🏺
Göbekli Tepe enclosures deliberately buried around 8000 BC with more still underground
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Key facts
- Located in southeastern Turkey, dating back more than 11,000 years
- Considered the world's oldest known monumental temple complex, built before Stonehenge
- Excavations began in the 1990s; only a small portion of the site uncovered
- Around 8,000 BC, builders deliberately filled enclosures with thousands of cubic meters of stone, soil, animal bones, and debris
- LiDAR scans and geophysical surveys have revealed dozens of buried circular and rectangular anomalies extending beyond excavated monuments
- Archaeologists have chosen not to excavate most of these buried enclosures
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Göbekli Tepeen.wikipedia.org
It is known for its large circular structures that contain large stone pillars – among the world's oldest known megaliths. popularly described as the "world's ...
Göbekli Tepe: The Mysterious Site Older Than Stonehengehistory.com
More than 11,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers built a monumental stone complex that is thought to be the world's first temple.
Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple?smithsonianmag.com
Predating Stonehenge by 6000 years, Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization.
Göbekli Tepewhc.unesco.org
Located in the Germuş mountains … erected by hunter-gatherers in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic age between 9,600 and 8,200 BCE. about 11,500 years ago.
Gobekli Tepe - The 11000 Year Old Site and The Worlds ...youngpioneertours.com
While Gobekli Tepe is considered to be one of the oldest sites of worship in the world - estimated to have been created 11000 years ago!
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