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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Teebombs on 2025-09-11 03:32:19+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that there was a civilization older than the culture of The Sumerians. It’s located at The Göbekli Tepe Archaeological Site in Upper Mesopotamia, (modern-day Turkey). It’s estimated that it goes back to 9500 BCE! Over 11,500 years ago and over 6,000 years before the founding of Sumer!