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670 places in the atlas, 53 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · Hunter-gatherer (PPN A/B)
Hilltop Pre-Pottery Neolithic sanctuary with 8+ circular enclosures defined by T-shaped limestone pillars up to 5.5 m, carved with foxes, vultures, aurochs.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tumulus
Early Bronze III (2800–2300 BCE) · Early Bronze Pontic–Anatolian
Early Bronze III (2800–2300 BCE) tumulus of Early Bronze Pontic–Anatolian in Tokat Province, Erbaa Plain (c.2600 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Late Classical to Hellenistic (350–133 BCE) with Roman upkeep to 600 CE · Ionian Greek (Milesian) and Hellenistic Attalid
Alexander-dedicated Athena temple 334 BCE by Pytheos and pristine Hippodamian grid city.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A–B · Taş Tepeler PPN
Tektek summit acropolis with round terrazzo building and T-pillars, 7 km from Karahan Tepe.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · Taş Tepeler Karahan
Karahantepe Stone Pillars Karahan at Şanlıurfa, Tek Tek, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic temple complex of the Taş Tepeler Karahan tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A–B · Taş Tepeler / Upper Mesopotamian PPN
Taş Tepeler PPN sanctuary with narrative leopard-human-phallus reliefs matching Karahan Tepe phallic imagery.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPNA–PPNB) · Taş Tepeler
Tektek ridge T-pillar sanctuary linking Karahan and Harbetsuvan, ~5 ha with twin enclosures.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
PPNA to PPNB · Taş Tepeler
Kocan Tepe West Tek Tek Ridge at Şanlıurfa, Tek Tek West, Turkey is a PPNA to PPNB temple complex of the Taş Tepeler tradition, built c. 9200 BCE for uninvestigated t-pillar ridge quarry.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A to early PPNB · Taş Tepeler / Upper Euphrates PPN
Taş Tepeler megasite (14 ha) with T-pillars 30 km west of Şanlıurfa, unexcavated Göbekli-contemporary.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
PPNB · Taş Tepeler
Yayvan Tepe Central Tek Tek at Şanlıurfa, Yayvan Tepe, Turkey is a PPNB temple complex of the Taş Tepeler tradition, built c. 8300 BCE for central stone hill plaster floors stair.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
PPNA · Taş Tepeler
Kurt Tepe South Stone Hills at Şanlıurfa, Kurt Tepe, Turkey is a PPNA temple complex of the Taş Tepeler tradition, built c. 9500 BCE for southernmost stone hill lion statue.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
PPNB · Taş Tepeler
Sefer Tepe PPN Quarry Hill at Şanlıurfa, Sefer Tepe, Turkey is a PPNB temple complex of the Taş Tepeler tradition, built c. 8700 BCE for quarry and unfinished t-pillar hill.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
PPNA to Early PPNB · Upper Tigris PPN (Göbekli sphere northern fringe)
Upper Tigris PPNA village with three T-pillar buildings and skull cult, salvage-saved from Ambar Dam.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Roman 313 BCE–558 CE · Greek (Milesian) and Roman Imperial
Giant unfinished oracle temple with 19.7 m columns and Sacred Way to Miletus.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Dolmen de Howe Ras in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600–8000 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Karahan Tepe — Urfa Plain in Şanlıurfa Province, Tek Tek Mountains, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600–8000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
PPN (9600–8600 BCE) · Göbeklian
Tek Tek pillar site excavated since 2019, part of 12-site Taş Tepeler, yielding giant human figure holding phallus and vulture pillar.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600–8200 BCE) · PPN hunter-gatherer (Göbeklian)
Germuş hill excavated by Schmidt 1995–, 20 enclosures with T-pillars and animal reliefs,intentionally backfilled 8200 BCE.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
PPN (9000–8500 BCE) · Göbeklian
Sayburç 2021 discovery just S of Göbekli, relief 5-figure panel with leopard and ithyphallic man excavated by Özdoğan.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
PPN A/B 9600–8000 BCE · Taş Tepeler PPN
Umbrella for 12 PPN hilltop sanctuaries (Karahan, Göbekli, Sayburç, Çakmaktepe, Sefer Tepe etc.) being excavated 2019-present, revealing 250+ T-pillars region-wide, reshaping Neolithisation model.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · Taş Tepeler PPN
Major Taş Tepeler sister site to Göbekli Tepe, ~15 ha with quarries, 266 T-pillars and special building with 11 pillars and phallic/human-head statuary. Reveals 12-site hilltop sanctuary network.
