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This is incredible. This archaeological find predates Stonehenge and the Great pyramids by 6,000 years and makes Stonhenge look like rubble in comparison to this 12,000 year old find. It's before stoneage man had agriculture, before the wheel, a time of hunter gatherers. This site brings up so many questions and completely undoes what we believed about early humans.
The National Geographic special will be repeated http://natgeotv.com.au/tv/cradle-of-the-gods/episodes.aspx You should watch if at all posible.
You can see some of the site here, just click on the circles to advance.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=30706129&page=1
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg441/scaled.php?server=441&filename=gobeklitepe.jpg&res=medium
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/gobekli-tepe.html#ixzz1nvW5k281
The National Geographic special will be repeated http://natgeotv.com.au/tv/cradle-of-the-gods/episodes.aspx You should watch if at all posible.
You can see some of the site here, just click on the circles to advance.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?c=y&articleID=30706129&page=1
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg441/scaled.php?server=441&filename=gobeklitepe.jpg&res=medium
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/history-archaeology/gobekli-tepe.html#ixzz1nvW5k281
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