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Compare Gedikkaya Cave vs Göbekli Tepe

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Use this tool when you want a fast scholarly side-by-side: which site is older, which spans more centuries, which carries more confirmed vs debated claims, and how far apart they sit on the map. Pick famous pairs such as Göbekli Tepe and Stonehenge, Pompeii and Herculaneum, or Angkor Wat and Borobudur — or build your own classroom set. Every card links back to the full site article with sources, excavations, and the interactive atlas.

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Gedikkaya Cave is about 5 millennia older than Göbekli Tepe.

Oldest

Gedikkaya Cave

14500 BCE – 4500 BCE

Longest span

Gedikkaya Cave

14500 BCE – 4500 BCE

Most popular

Göbekli Tepe

90 / 100

Distance apart

804 km

Gedikkaya Cave → Göbekli Tepe

UNESCO World Heritage

  • Gedikkaya CaveNot listed
  • Göbekli TepeListed

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Timeline

14500 BCE4500 BCE
Gedikkaya Cave
14500 BCE – 4500 BCE
Göbekli Tepe
9600 BCE – 8000 BCE

Popularity

Gedikkaya Cave
16/ 100
Göbekli Tepe
90/ 100W 167K · G 78

Evidence & Interpretation

Gedikkaya Cave5 items
Göbekli Tepe8 items
Confirmed Inferred Debated
Gedikkaya Cave
Gedikkaya Cave
Turkey, Northwestern Anatolia
Göbekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe
Turkey, Southeastern Anatolia
Date Range14500 BCE – 4500 BCE9600 BCE – 8000 BCE
ProvinceBilecikŞanlıurfa
RegionNorthwestern AnatoliaSoutheastern Anatolia
Popularity16 / 10090 / 100
ErasPaleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, ChalcolithicNeolithic
Civilizations—Pre-Pottery Neolithic
Evidence & Interpretation3✓ 1? 1✗4✓ 2? 2✗
Wikipedia—166.9K views/mo
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