Some T-shaped limestone megaliths at Göbekli Tepe weigh up to 50 tons.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by History.com, Live Science, and German Archaeological Institute excavation blog, which provides technical grounding via quarry evidence of an unfinished pillar of comparable projected weight. [cascade flags: aggregator_dropped_primary_exists | 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
- Gobekli Tepe | Neolithic, Prehistoric, Monument, & Map (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://www.history.com/articles/gobekli-tepe (corroboration)