Göbekli Tepe in Türkiye contains 22 circular and oval enclosures dating to roughly 9600–8200 BCE. Its largest central T-shaped limestone pillars stand about 5.5 metres high and weigh roughly 8–10 metric tons; smaller examples are around 3–4 metres and 5–7 tons. The limestone came from nearby quarries. Göbekli Tepe covers substantially more ground than Stonehenge, although exact area ratios depend on the boundaries used. Stonehenge's main construction began around 3000 BCE, about 6,500 years after Göbekli Tepe's earliest enclosures. The Great Pyramid of Giza, built around 2600 BCE, is closer in time to us than to Göbekli Tepe's end. Reliefs and incised signs depict lions, snakes, foxes, vultures, scorpions and birds, with related motifs found across Neolithic Anatolia and northern Mesopotamia.
Göbekli Tepe is larger than Stonehenge and predates its construction by millennia
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Key facts
- Göbekli Tepe's central T-shaped limestone pillars reach about 5.5 metres and weigh roughly 8–10 metric tons; smaller surrounding pillars are about 3–4 metres and 5–7 tons.
- The pillar limestone was quarried nearby, so significant-distance transport is not supported.
- Göbekli Tepe covers more ground than Stonehenge, but the ratio depends on the boundaries used. UNESCO lists 21.59 hectares for Göbekli Tepe and 4.25 hectares for Stonehenge, about a 5:1 ratio.
- Stonehenge's main construction began around 3000 BCE, roughly 6,500 years after the earliest Göbekli enclosures.
- The Great Pyramid of Giza, built around 2600 BCE, is closer in time to the present than to the end of Göbekli Tepe's construction around 8200 BCE.
- Reliefs and incised pictograms include lions, snakes, foxes, vultures, scorpions and birds; related motifs recur across Neolithic Anatolia and northern Mesopotamia.
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