# Lost Civilisations of Anatolia: Göbekli Tepe — WHE Article Discussion (2-1580)

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**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/lost-civilisations-of-anatolia-gobekli-tepe-whe-article-discussion-2-1580/17611 "2020-12-08T09:58:31Z")\
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Göbekli Tepe is the world's oldest example of monumental architecture; a 'temple' built at the end of the last Ice Age, 12,000 years ago. It was discovered in 1995 CE when, just a short distance from the city of Şanliurfa in Southeast Turkey, a Kurdish shepherd noticed a number of large, embedded stones, stones which had clearly been worked - and which turned out to be the most astonishing discovery.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at [https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1580/lost-civilisations-of-anatolia-gobekli-tepe/](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1580/lost-civilisations-of-anatolia-gobekli-tepe/)._

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