Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey contains T-shaped limestone megaliths, some exceeding 16 feet (5 metres) in height and weighing up to 50 tons.
Sources
- Gobekli Tepe | Neolithic, Prehistoric, Monument, & Map (britannica.com)
- Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? - Smithsonian Magazine (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/05/03/how-did-they-do-it-making-and-moving-monoliths-at-gobekli-tepe/ (dainst.blog)
- https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1572 (whc.unesco.org)
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