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Göbekli Tepe: ancient structures with ritual significance
Автентичний рельєф стовпа27, огорожаC, Гебеклі-Тепе; сучасне фото археологічного предмета / Authentic Pillar27 relief, EnclosureC, Göbekli Tepe; a modern photograph of an archaeological object. Credit: Kerimove; CC0. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=199898802
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UNESCO dates Göbekli Tepe’s monumental structures to approximately 9600–8200 BCE. Pillars and their decoration indicate complex communal and ritual life. The site cannot, however, be treated as the proven beginning of all religion or evidence of precisely identified gods: archaeologists interpret material traces rather than reading these communities’ recorded doctrines.