Dust storm overlooking the Harran Plain below site of early Neolithic Gobekli Tepe, Sanliurfa Province, Mesopotamia South East Turkey

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This unique site, dating from ,500 years revealed the earliest form of megalithic sculptures on a man-made hill facing the Mesopotamian Harran Plain. Seen here is a depression on the south eastern flank.

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Size: 5400px × 3508px
Location: Gobeklitepe, Gobekli Tepe, Sanliurfa, Province, south, east, Turkey
Photo credit: © Marion Bull / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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