Göbekli Tepe's circular structures and T-shaped pillars are more than 12,000 years old, predating both agriculture and pottery.
Sources
- World's Oldest Temple to Be Restored | National Geographic (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.historyhit.com/locations/gobekli-tepe/ (historyhit.com)
- https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2018/08/03/turkeys-gobekli-tepe-is-this-the-worlds-first-architecture (theartnewspaper.com)
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