Compare History
Two places, one timeline.
First monument
Second monument
c. 9600 BC
Göbeklitepe
Türkiye
Massive stone pillars erected by hunter-gatherers, thousands of years before agriculture and settled life.
c. 2560 BC
Pyramids Of Giza
Egypt
The only one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world still standing.
Approximate interval
7,040
Elsewhere In This Interval
c. 7300 BC · Argentina
Cueva De Las Manos
Two thousand hand stencils, nine thousand years old, and almost every one is a left hand.
c. 3200 BC · Ireland
Newgrange
Once a year, for seventeen minutes, the sun reaches the floor of a five-thousand-year-old room.
c. 3000 BC · United Kingdom
Stonehenge
Bought at auction for £6,600 in 1915, then given away three years later.
c. 2600 BC · Peru
Caral
The oldest city in the Americas; they built pyramids before they made pots.