Posted on 03/17/2012 10:44:00 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Gobekli Tepe is located in southern Turkey near the modern-day city of Urfa. It contains at least 20 stone rings (circles within a circle) that date back more than 11,000 years. T-shaped limestone blocks line the circles and reliefs are carved on them. Long ago, people would fill in the outer circle with debris before building a new circle within... Ancient blades made of volcanic rock that were discovered at what may be the world's oldest temple suggest that the site in Turkey was the hub of a pilgrimage that attracted a cosmopolitan group of people some 11,000 years ago. The researchers matched up about 130 of the blades, which would have been used as tools, with their source volcanoes, finding people would have come from far and wide to congregate at the ancient temple site, Göbekli Tepe, in southern Turkey...
Only a tiny portion of Göbekli Tepe has been excavated so far, but what has been unearthed has been hailed by archaeologists as astounding for its great age and artistry. The site contains at least 20 stone rings, one circle built inside another, with diameters ranging from 30 to 100 feet (10 to 30 meters)...
T-shaped limestone blocks line the circles, and at their center are two massive pillars about 18 feet (5.5 m) tall. Statues and reliefs of people and animals were carved on these blocks and pillars...
Even more puzzling is what has not been found. The buildings contain no hearths and the plant and animal remains there show no signs of domestication. Also, so far there have been no buildings found that archaeologists can confirm were used for everyday living.
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Hah!
(that’s from Puya Punto, something like that?)
That sounds good.
Ideally, I could live on a yacht and just sail from port to port on the islands and mainlands of the Med. That would be good for a couple of years I think.
My pleasure.
And it’s amazing how many earlier topics there are about this site. :’) No, really, try clicking the keyword.
That’s also an interesting aspect to the Catal Huyuk site elsewhere in Turkey — it had no open market areas (apparently, the site iis 33 acres and only partly excavated) and no streets — the ingress and egress was across the roofs, and the entraces to the homes was through the smoke-hole.
The new Islamic government of Egypt is talking about burring the pyramids in wax. It would be better then blowing them up.
I’d like to see how long that wax lasts! LOL!
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