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Stone Age Temple May Be Birthplace of Civilization
foxnews.com ^
| November 14, 2008
Posted on 11/14/2008 7:46:29 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
It's more than twice as old as the Pyramids, or even the written word. When it was built, saber-toothed tigers and woolly mammoths still roamed, and the Ice Age had just ended.
The elaborate temple at Gobelki Tepe in southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, is staggeringly ancient: 11,500 years old, from a time just before humans learned to farm grains and domesticate animals.
According to the German archaeologist in charge of excavations at the site, it might be the birthplace of agriculture, of organized religion — of civilization itself.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: anatolia; catalhoyuk; catalhuyuk; gobeklitepe; godsgravesglyphs; prehistory; sanliurfa; turkey
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To: Free ThinkerNY
So, they have found the Garden of Eden? ;-)
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posted on
11/14/2008 7:48:44 PM PST
by
doc1019
(We are now an Obamanation. Palin 2012)
To: doc1019
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posted on
11/14/2008 7:52:00 PM PST
by
blam
To: doc1019
No, this German archeology shows that this temple pre-dates the Garden of Eden... in fact, it pre-dates God. Archeology has been a science of lies in some respects. The carbon dating methods make global warming science look respectable.
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posted on
11/14/2008 7:53:01 PM PST
by
DBCJR
(What would you expect?)
To: doc1019
So, we know where Civilization was born, but no one knows for sure where President Elect Barak Obama was born. What gives?
To: rovenstinez
Great point! Great question! ;-)
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posted on
11/14/2008 7:55:38 PM PST
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doc1019
(We are now an Obamanation. Palin 2012)
To: DBCJR
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11/14/2008 7:56:26 PM PST
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doc1019
(We are now an Obamanation. Palin 2012)
To: blam
Fox worshipers are a new one for me. Do you have any info regarding the fox as having status in any of the world’s many religions?
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posted on
11/14/2008 8:00:42 PM PST
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Just mythoughts
(Isa.3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.)
To: Just mythoughts
" Do you have any info regarding the fox as having status in any of the world’s many religions?" No.
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11/14/2008 8:07:04 PM PST
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blam
To: Just mythoughts
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Fox worshipers are a new one for me. Do you have any info regarding the fox as having status in any of the world’s many religions? I don't know how religious she was, but there was a girl I knew in college who was a fox and I'll tell ya, I worshiped her. Status? Yeah, she had status. Pair of 'em, in fact... ;-)
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11/14/2008 8:07:22 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: doc1019
The archaeologist in charge of the dig believes that this artwork has connections with the Eden story. The archaeologist is Klaus Schmidt; the site is called Gobekli Tepe
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11/14/2008 8:09:43 PM PST
by
TheDon
To: Free ThinkerNY
To: Just mythoughts
Do you have any info regarding the fox as having status in any of the world’s many religions? C'mon, think about it. This story's from Fox News.
To: Free ThinkerNY
“According to the German archaeologist in charge of excavations at the site, it might be the birthplace of agriculture, of organized religion — of civilization itself.”
Probably found an inscription that says so, but like old coins, the date is a little hard to make out.
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posted on
11/14/2008 8:13:13 PM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: dayglored
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posted on
11/14/2008 8:15:01 PM PST
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Just mythoughts
(Isa.3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.)
To: Bernard Marx
C'mon, think about it. This story's from Fox News. Yes, I read that part, maybe they will change their logo.
The art work is very good for that time frame, there is no question about what is being depicted.
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11/14/2008 8:20:41 PM PST
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Just mythoughts
(Isa.3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.)
To: Roscoe Karns
LOL! I didn’t know the Gore family went back that far.
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posted on
11/14/2008 8:30:37 PM PST
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Free ThinkerNY
((((Truth to a Liberal, is like a crucifix to a vampire))))
To: doc1019
Yawn...the thing was probably built in the 1600s. -smirk
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posted on
11/14/2008 8:37:48 PM PST
by
VaBthang4
("He Who Watches Over Israel Will Neither Slumber Nor Sleep")
To: VaBthang4
About the same time the Shroud of Turin was forged.
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11/14/2008 8:43:15 PM PST
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doc1019
(We are now an Obamanation. Palin 2012)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
11/14/2008 8:43:39 PM PST
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Daffynition
("A gov't big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.)
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