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: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-...

Smithsonian, similar (if older): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...

Ancient.eu: https://www.ancient.eu/Gobekli_Tepe/

https://www.ancient.eu/article/234/go...

Official website of the German Archaeological Institute: https://www.dainst.org/en/projekt/-/p...

Website of the dig team: https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-tele...

National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ma...

Why its probably not the product of a forgotten, hyper-advanced civilization: https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...

Skull cult: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ne...

Astronomy: https://www.newscientist.com/article/...

Comet: https://www.newscientist.com/article/...

Paper by the dig-team, why Gobekli Tepe is not an observatory: http://maajournal.com/Issues/2017/Vol...