Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey contains T-shaped limestone megaliths, some exceeding 16 feet (5 metres) in height and weighing up to 50 tons.
Notes on verification
Height and weight figures corroborated by UNESCO, DAI (excavating institution), and Smithsonian Magazine reporting on excavation director Klaus Schmidt's findings. [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
- Gobekli Tepe | Neolithic, Prehistoric, Monument, & Map (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? - Smithsonian Magazine (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/05/03/how-did-they-do-it-making-and-moving-monoliths-at-gobekli-tepe/ (corroboration)
- https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1572 (corroboration)