Roughly 12,000 years ago, seminomadic peoples created an incredible structure on the summit of a high plateau known today as Gobekli Tepe. Located about 300 kilometers east of Çatalhöyük, the site is populated with over 200 T-shaped stone pillars, some towering 5.5 meters high. It’s slightly reminiscent of Stonehenge, but far more elaborate. The pillars are crawling with reliefs and carvings of wild animals, many of them dangerous or poisonous.
