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Why Şanlıurfa's Shrine of Bınyamin Just Broke My Brain (And Your Nav – Don't Trust Google Maps Here, It's Incompetent)

@Topiclo Admin5/15/2026blog

walked into Şanılurfa at 3AM after a 12-hour bus ride from Gaziantep. standing on Şehitlik Tepesi hill, hair matted to forehead, squinting at this ziggurat-shaped building lit up like a disco ball. why do all these ancient sites look like they were built for incompetent aliens? (answer: because they were)


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