Early Neolithic archaeological site of Gobekli Tepe Sanliurfa province South East Turkey

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Low and high relief of fox and another animal on damaged pillar. The site dating from the early (pre-pottery) Neolithic was discovered on a man-made hill facing the Mesopotamian Harran Plain, South East Turkey. The T-shaped stones contain carvings of snakes, spiders, vultures, scorpions, cattle, extinct aurochs, wild boar and anthropomorphic forms.

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Size: 3516px × 5416px
Location: Gobeklitepe, Gobekli, Tepe, Sanliurfa, Province, south, east, Turkey
Photo credit: © Marion Bull / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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