Göbeklitepe
Dating back 11,500 years to the end of the Stone Age, Göbeklitepe plays in important part in the understanding of the Stone Age man. The site’s T-shaped pillars with animal carvings, huge stone rings, and many rectangular rooms are believed to make up the world’s oldest religious complex known to modern man. Some claim that the complex was used for rituals and sacrifices and is often compared to the Garden of Eden, or the origin of religion. The site is also perhaps the world’s oldest architectural structure, because before its discovery there was no evidence of hunter-gatherers erecting large monuments.
Göbeklitepe, Dağeteği, Şanlıurfa Merkez, Turkey

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