Göbekli Tepe's largest circular structures were dated to at least 11,000 years ago, making them the earliest known monumental structures built by humans at the time of their discovery.
Sources
- Features - Last Stand of the Hunter-Gatherers? - Archaeology Magazine - May/June 2021 (archaeology.org)
- Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? - Smithsonian Magazine (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1572 (whc.unesco.org)
- https://www.history.com/articles/gobekli-tepe (history.com)
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