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Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple? ( massive carved stones about 11,000 years old )
Smithsonian magazine ^
| November 2008
| # Andrew Curry # Photographs by Berthold Steinhilber
Posted on 11/11/2008 5:08:14 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization
Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our time: massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people who had not yet developed metal tools or even pottery. The megaliths predate Stonehenge by some 6,000 years. The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it's the site of the world's oldest temple.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
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To: blam; SunkenCiv
Saw this at the Health Center today as I was waiting for my Doctor’s Appointment.
Great photos in the Magazine....
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
You’re right, impressive indeed.
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posted on
11/11/2008 5:13:15 PM PST
by
colorado tanker
("I just LOVE clinging to my guns and my religion!!!!" - Sarah Palin)
To: All
Not seeing the map on the website that is in the magazine article....location is above the Syrian border and a bit west of the Syrian / Iraqi / Turkey border point.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This can’t be real, afterall the world is only 6,000 years old.
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posted on
11/11/2008 5:16:32 PM PST
by
strider44
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
hey, it happens every now and then.
Gobekli Tepe site:freerepublic.com
Google
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posted on
11/11/2008 5:16:42 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: strider44
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11/11/2008 5:17:14 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Urfa is historically presumed to be the home of Abraham of Genesis fame.
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11/11/2008 5:17:36 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
And the First "WORLD TEMPLE" - The Obamopolis!
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posted on
11/11/2008 5:19:49 PM PST
by
Old Sarge
(For the first time in my life, I am ashamed to be an American)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it's the site of the world's oldest temple.The oldest we've found, but if they were building something this elaborate 11,000 years ago, there have to have been simpler sites even earlier, even if they have not survived. (I'm thinking of the "monolith to El" in Michner's The Source.)
To: nkycincinnatikid
Urfa is historically presumed to be the home of Abraham of Genesis fame.I think that is Ur (in present-day Iraq), not Urfa (in Turkey).
To: SunkenCiv
Egad man! You should fined for posting that!
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posted on
11/11/2008 5:30:07 PM PST
by
Islander7
(This Atlas is shrugging! ~ I am Joe!)
To: SunkenCiv
What did you do....you destroyed the sanctity of this thread...../s
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Enoch was a grandson of Adam, his son built the first city and named it after his father. There was a temple there. Is it because they have not found it, only stories of it and this is the oldest they “found”.
Need to dig a little deeper.
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11/11/2008 5:33:30 PM PST
by
edcoil
(Looking for a new tagline - do you have one I can use?)
To: Islander7; Ernest_at_the_Beach
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11/11/2008 5:34:56 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
11/11/2008 5:35:48 PM PST
by
edcoil
(Looking for a new tagline - do you have one I can use?)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
11/11/2008 5:36:27 PM PST
by
Islander7
(This Atlas is shrugging! ~ I am Joe!)
To: SunkenCiv
I don’t get the Helen Thomas pic. Guess I’m too slow for that rapier wit. I was kidding about the age of the Earth. It’s probably more like 7000 years. Sorry.
To: strider44
I use the Helen Thomas pic when people try to start up a cr/evo war on a GGG thread. OTOH, I also do this under other circumstances:
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11/11/2008 5:47:03 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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