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Period: 9600 BCE to
Göbeklitepe
Göbekli Tepe – Short Timeline 9600 BC: World’s oldest temple was built by hunter-gatherers. 8000 BC: People buried and left the site. 1963: Found by scientists, but not understood. 1994: Klaus Schmidt saw its real importance. 1995+: Excavations started. 2018: Became a UNESCO site. Today: Still being studied. It changed history.