Bonzo the Cat
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Edited Mar 06, 2010, 09:19
Oldest temple in the world (built 11,500 years ago) dug up in Turkey
Mar 06, 2010, 08:04
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/233844
yeah, this is what I call a funky excavation:
"The site isn't just old, it redefines old: the temple was built 11,500 years ago—a staggering 7,000 years before the Great Pyramid, and more than 6,000 years before Stonehenge first took shape. The ruins are so early that they predate villages, pottery, domesticated animals, and even agriculture—the first embers of civilization. In fact, Schmidt thinks the temple itself, built after the end of the last Ice Age by hunter-gatherers, became that ember—the spark that launched mankind toward farming, urban life, and all that followed."
arf!
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faerygirl
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Re: Oldest temple in the world (built 11,500 years ago) dug up in Turkey
Mar 06, 2010, 14:06
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If you look at the pictures on Wiki, there is one pillar at Gobekli Tepe that has the same picture as the Easter Island Birdman Cult pictures. Also, Churchward writes about the giant 'T' shaped structure as a Mu symbol
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StoneGloves
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Re: Oldest temple in the world (built 11,500 years ago) dug up in Turkey
Mar 06, 2010, 20:14
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Mu-Mu, more like. But also - don't forget - the Egyptian pyramids haven't been carbon dated. Nor has the Sphinx ...
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tjj
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Re: Oldest temple in the world (built 11,500 years ago) dug up in Turkey
Mar 06, 2010, 20:45
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StoneGloves wrote: Mu-Mu, more like. But also - don't forget - the Egyptian pyramids haven't been carbon dated. Nor has the Sphinx ...
Any excuse ... and it is Saturday night.
Mu Mu Land
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Bonzo the Cat
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Edited Mar 06, 2010, 21:22
more on wikipedia
Mar 06, 2010, 21:21
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göbekli_Tepe
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olly
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cheers Bonzo the cat- this is the most intersting thing ive read here for a while. If the human brain has reportedly been at its current shape size and form for around 80,000 years then theres no doubt that people were capable of making permanent structures in the mesolithic period. Why does the enlightenment notion of historical linear progression still underpin the dominant historical narratives? I could mention the mayans apparent rejection of civillisation but historians keep coming up with new "reasons" why their civilisation "failed". Could also mention that history is written and societies that dont write- dont write history- and therefore get written out by societies that do
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BuckyE
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Re: Oldest temple in the world (built 11,500 years ago) dug up in Turkey
Mar 23, 2010, 05:13
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After putting it off for years, Loie says maybe we'll go in 2011.
I can't figure out how to search this forum, so can't give a link. But we talked about going there in a thread here years ago. Sigh. So many places, so little time!
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juamei
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Re: Oldest temple in the world (built 11,500 years ago) dug up in Turkey
Mar 23, 2010, 08:50
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I tried for last year, but honeymooning elsewhere won out! maybe in a few years time...
Re searching, I tend to use google. Stick inurl:themodernantiquarian.com/forum at the start of your seach term, then what you want to search for at the end.
For instance:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=85J&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&q=inurl%3Athemodernantiquarian.com%2Fforum+gobekli&meta=&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
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BuckyE
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Re: Oldest temple in the world (built 11,500 years ago) dug up in Turkey
Mar 29, 2010, 16:32
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Whew. There must be an easier way to search this forum!
Congratulations on the honeymoon.
In the thread "The Modern Antiquarian. 2000-2010" Jane mentions resolutions for 2010. How about a resolution for 2011: "Gobekli Tepe or Bust!"?
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baza
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Re: Oldest temple in the world (built 11,500 years ago) dug up in Turkey
Mar 30, 2010, 00:48
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BuckyE wrote: Whew. There must be an easier way to search this forum!
There is.
Go here:
http://www.headheritage.co.uk/headtohead/tma/
and use the search box.
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