Interest program last night about
Gobekli Tepe.
Quote:
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.
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...#ixzz1y7oEbeX8
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It predates the time of when we moved from Hunter Gathers to Farmers. They have recently found the remains of an older temple than this one they estimate was built 15,000 years ago.
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