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01-17-08, 10:15 AM
The world's oldest temple, dating back around 12,000 years, is located on Göbekli Hill in Turkey's province of Sanliurfa. The name means "hill with a navel".
The temple stands around 15 meters in height and 300 m in diameter, and located on a 800m high hill upon which a single tree stands.
The site is located 15-km northeast of Urfa on the top of a range of limestone-hills that forms the south-eastern extension of the Taurus-mountains.
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Latitude: 37°13'25.69"N Longitude: 38°55'18.81"E
The temple stands around 15 meters in height and 300 m in diameter, and located on a 800m high hill upon which a single tree stands.
The site is located 15-km northeast of Urfa on the top of a range of limestone-hills that forms the south-eastern extension of the Taurus-mountains.
IMAGE (http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/2874/gbeklitepeqd3.jpg) (66kb, 800 x 494)
Latitude: 37°13'25.69"N Longitude: 38°55'18.81"E