Şanlıurfa, Turkey · Tradition
Prehistoric sacred sites in Şanlıurfa, Turkey
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Çakmaktepe
Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Çakmaktepe is the oldest known settlement in the Taş Tepeler cluster of Şanlıurfa — predating even Göbekli Tepe by roughly a thousand years....
Harbetsuvan Tepesi
Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Harbetsuvan Tepesi is a small-scale Pre-Pottery Neolithic B cult centre in the Tek Tek Mountains, 53 km east of Şanlıurfa, excavated 2017–2019....
Karahantepe
Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Karahantepe is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic site in southeastern Turkey's Tek Tek Mountains, open to visitors since 2025, whose Pillar Shrine contains 11 T-shaped pillars...
Sayburç
Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Sayburç holds the oldest known narrative artwork in human history: a 3.7-metre stone bench relief depicting a man holding his phallus, flanked by leopards, followed by a...
Sefertepe
Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Sefertepe is the easternmost site of Turkey's Taş Tepeler Neolithic network, and among the most revelatory for understanding how ancient communities managed the transition...
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