Göbekli Tepe: Dating back to around 9600 BCE, this temple complex in Turkey predates Stonehenge and the pyramids by millennia. Composed of massive T-shaped limestone pillars carved with animal reliefs, it challenges the belief that complex societies emerged only after agriculture. Göbekli Tepe suggests hunter-gatherers had the organization and skill to build monumental architecture. Its purpose likely religious, it may have been a gathering site for rituals. The site was deliberately buried around 8000 BCE. Its discovery revolutionized understanding of early human development, raising questions about lost cultural knowledge and the origins of civilization.
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