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The temple that rewrote prehistory — built before farming

The enclosures may have been roofed but no organic evidence has been found. When the site was abandoned it was deliberately covered over, Just like at Gobekli Tepe.
The enclosures may have been roofed but no organic evidence has been found. When the site was abandoned it was deliberately covered over, Just like at Gobekli Tepe. © tobeytravels, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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