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World's oldest temple built to worship the dog star
New Scientist ^ | Friday, August 16, 2013 | Anil Ananthaswamy

Posted on 08/17/2013 4:28:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

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To: JCBreckenridge

What is amazing to me is that they were able to do this so long ago, just barely after coming out of the hunter/gatherer stage of things (about 1000 years earlier??). Although I suppose with the growing of crops, the knowledge of seasons and time became much more important to them.

BTW - all of this development (agriculture, communities, large structures, etc.) was possible due to Global Warming.


41 posted on 08/17/2013 4:19:03 PM PDT by 21twelve ("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
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To: JCBreckenridge

Satan foreshadows, echos and mocks...


42 posted on 08/17/2013 4:47:13 PM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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To: 21twelve

We know precious little of the age and their capabilities. I believe the research in this thread here is original. 9100 BC appears to herald the first rising of Sirius in more than 800 years over this particular area. The Long Year appears to be well understood by the Egyptians and Babylonians after so it does not seem to be a coincidence that this temple was built to herald the occasion.


43 posted on 08/17/2013 5:45:18 PM PDT by JCBreckenridge
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To: Flag_This

In the days before TV or books and when artificial light was either unreliable or very expensive, the nighttime “show” was in the sky. And there is lots to see with no urban light pollution.


44 posted on 08/19/2013 4:48:12 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: existentially_kuffer

Exactly. Pre-islamic Arab pagans worshipped the Moon God & daughters of Allah—Allat, Uzza, and Manat.


45 posted on 11/16/2013 6:12:57 AM PST by existentially_kuffer
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