Göbeklitepe
Built 6,000 Years Before Stonehenge, Gobekli Tepe Is The Oldest Temple In The World. Gobekli Tepe is a massive, ancient temple built out of pillars organized into great stone rings. The pillars are decorated with intricate sculptures of lions, scorpions, and vultures, twisting around their sides, but they’re more than just beautiful works of art. They’re the foundations to a structure, holding up heaving blocks that, some of which weight more than 10 tons.
The artwork and the engineering is incredible. That anyone could have lifted up 10-ton stones and placed them atop a foundation strong enough to hold them in place is an incredible feat in any time.
But what makes Gobekli Tepe so unbelievable is that it was built in 10th century BC – more than 11,500 years ago – and is actually the oldest temple in the world.
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