Göbekli Tepe covers 25 acres and contains at least seven stone circles.
Notes on verification
The 'at least seven stone circles' figure is well corroborated across sources. The '25 acres' figure matches the original Archaeology Magazine article but differs from the more commonly cited ~22 acres (9 hectares) used by Smithsonian and the German Archaeological Institute, suggesting a minor rounding or sourcing discrepancy rather than an error in substance. [tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]
Sources
- The World's First Temple - Archaeology Magazine Archive (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? - Smithsonian Magazine (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/faq/ (corroboration)
- https://www.historicmysteries.com/archaeology/gobekli-tepe/324/ (corroboration)