Göbekli Tepe

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An archeological site in Southeastern Turkey. Göbekli Tepe is a settlement dating to c. 9,500-8,000 BCE and is famous for its “monumental architecture” of large circular structures containing stone pillars (megaliths) decorated with reliefs. The structures were built by hunter-gatherers during the pre-pottery Neolithic and represent one of the first examples of monumental architecture.