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Verified enclosures in Turkey · Mysteria

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Verified enclosures in Turkey

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith

Göbekli Tepe

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.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith

Karahan Tepe

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.