Göbekli Tepe covers about 22 acres (roughly 9 hectares) and contains at least seven stone circles.
Sources
- The World's First Temple - Archaeology Magazine Archive (archive.archaeology.org)
- Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? - Smithsonian Magazine (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/faq/ (dainst.blog)
- https://www.historicmysteries.com/archaeology/gobekli-tepe/324/ (historicmysteries.com)
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