University of Chicago and Istanbul University researchers examined Göbekli Tepe in the 1960s but dismissed the hill as an abandoned medieval cemetery after finding broken limestone slabs.
Sources
- Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? - Smithsonian Magazine (smithsonianmag.com)
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