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Thousands of years before anyone thought to construct pointy Egyptian tombs or arrange mysterious stone circles, there was Göbekli Tepe: a 20th century archaeological discovery in Turkey that predates civilization itself.
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Source/Further reading:
Discover Magazine, in depth: www.discovermagazine.com/the-...
Smithsonian, similar (if older): www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...
Ancient.eu: www.ancient.eu/Gobekli_Tepe/
www.ancient.eu/article/234/go...
Official website of the German Archaeological Institute: www.dainst.org/en/projekt/-/p...
Website of the dig team: www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-tele...
National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com/ma...
Why its probably not the product of a forgotten, hyper-advanced civilization: www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
Skull cult: www.nationalgeographic.com/ne...
Astronomy: www.newscientist.com/article/...
Comet: www.newscientist.com/article/...
Paper by the dig-team, why Gobekli Tepe is not an observatory: maajournal.com/Issues/2017/Vol...