![]() Each ring has a roughly similar layout: in the center are two large stone T-shaped pillars encircled by slightly smaller stones facing inward. Beyond, on the hillside, are four other rings of partially excavated pillars. In the pits, standing stones, or pillars, are arranged in circles. We follow a knot of workmen up the hill to rectangular pits shaded by a corrugated steel roof-the main excavation site. Thirty minutes later, the van reaches the foot of a grassy hill and parks next to strands of barbed wire. when his van picks me up at my hotel in Urfa. The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it's the site of the world's oldest temple. ![]() The megaliths predate Stonehenge by some 6,000 years. Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our time: massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people who had not yet developed metal tools or even pottery. ![]()
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