Göbekli Tepe's stone circles range from 30 to 100 feet in diameter and are enclosed by rectangular stone walls about 6 feet high.
Sources
- The World's First Temple - Archaeology Magazine Archive (archive.archaeology.org)
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/1103.5600 (arxiv.org)
- https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/gobekli-tepe-0015981 (ancient-origins.net)
- https://atlasanatolia.com/site/gobekli-tepe (atlasanatolia.com)
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