Göbekli Tepe's largest enclosure, Building D, measures at least 65 feet across and contains two freestanding limestone pillars each 18 feet tall and weighing an estimated 8 tons.
Notes on verification
Matches original Archaeology Magazine reporting verbatim; corroborated by Templeton.org, Smithsonian Magazine, and the German Archaeological Institute's excavation blog. Minor variance in weight estimates (8-10 tons) across sources, but the 8-ton figure is directly supported by primary excavation source.
Sources
- Features - Last Stand of the Hunter-Gatherers? - Archaeology Magazine - May/June 2021 (archaeology.org)
- Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? - Smithsonian Magazine (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/05/03/how-did-they-do-it-making-and-moving-monoliths-at-gobekli-tepe/ (dainst.blog)
- https://www.templeton.org/news/gobekli-tepe (templeton.org)