Göbeklitepe

Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, is one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our time: massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people who had not yet developed metal tools or even pottery.

The megaliths predate Stonehenge by some 6,000 years. Believed to be the world’s oldest temple, Göbeklitepe tumbled the world chronology we know of upside down.