Joe Rogan Experience #2546 - Michael Button · Aired Aug 26, 2026
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Gobekli Tepe is approximately 50 times larger than Stonehenge.
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Gobekli Tepe is genuinely much bigger than Stonehenge. Its tell covers about 8 hectares versus Stonehenge's earthwork enclosure of roughly 1 hectare, which by standard site area figures works out to something like 8 to 10 times larger, not 50 times.
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Is it true that Gobekli Tepe is approximately 50 times larger than Stonehenge?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Gobekli Tepe is genuinely much bigger than Stonehenge. Its tell covers about 8 hectares versus Stonehenge's earthwork enclosure of roughly 1 hectare, which by standard site area figures works out to something like 8 to 10 times larger, not 50 times. Michael Button said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2546 - Michael Button, aired Aug 26, 2026, at 23:22. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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