Göbekli Tepe predates Stonehenge by approximately 6,000 years and is estimated to date to the 9th–10th millennium BCE.
Sources
- Gobekli Tepe | Neolithic, Prehistoric, Monument, & Map (britannica.com)
- Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? - Smithsonian Magazine (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1572 (whc.unesco.org)
- https://www.saexpeditions.com/blog/post/the-massive-turkish-ruin-thats-6000-years-older-than-stonehenge (saexpeditions.com)
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