alt_history Ancient Origins 2026-10-15

Neolithic Real Estate Execs Shocked to Find People Actually Lived in Rectangular Houses at Göbekli Tepe

Archaeologists working at the perpetually baffling Göbekli Tepe site in southeastern Turkey have uncovered unexpected rectangular buildings just beneath the surface in a newly opened sector. Dating back roughly 10,000 years, these domestic-style structures belong to a secondary phase of occupation that completely complicates the orthodox narrative of the site as a purely isolated, ritual-only gathering hub built exclusively by nomadic hunter-gatherers.

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