Nevalı Çori
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Appears to be the second oldest ceremonial structure after Göbekli Tepe dating to about 10,620 years ago.
Description
Nevalı Çori is located in Turkey
Nevalı Çori was an early Neolithic settlement on the middle Euphrates, in Şanlıurfa Province, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. The site is famous for having some of the world's oldest known temples and monumental sculpture. Together with the earlier site of Göbekli Tepe, it has revolutionised scientific understanding of the Eurasian Neolithic.
References
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevalı Çori
- Tobolczyk, M. 2016, The world's oldest temples in Gobekli Tepe and Nevali Cori, Turkey in the light of studies in ontongenis of architecture: Procedia Engineering, v. 161, p. 1398-1404.
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