Göbekli Tepe's circular structures and T-shaped pillars are more than 12,000 years old, predating both agriculture and pottery.
Notes on verification
Well-corroborated by archaeological consensus and multiple independent sources (Wikipedia, History Hit, The Art Newspaper). Minor variance in exact age (11,450-12,000 years) due to rounding conventions, but core claim about predating agriculture and pottery is robustly supported. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]
Sources
- World's Oldest Temple to Be Restored | National Geographic (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.historyhit.com/locations/gobekli-tepe/ (corroboration)
- https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2018/08/03/turkeys-gobekli-tepe-is-this-the-worlds-first-architecture (corroboration)