TIL that Göbekli Tepe in Turkey is the world’s oldest known megalithic structure, dating back to 9500 BCE.

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TIL that Göbekli Tepe in Turkey is the world’s oldest known megalithic structure, dating back to 9500 BCE. Built by hunter-gatherers 6,000 years before Stonehenge, it challenges the theory that agriculture was a prerequisite for the construction of complex monumental complexes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe
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