[blam]

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[boomop1]

Incredible

[Enchante]

Fascinating..... but age alone does not make anything the "cradle of civilization" - it all depends upon whether there is transmission of cultural and technical knowledge that led to later, greater civilizations. There may be lots of twigs, branches, and dead ends in human history and pre-history which have no connections to the truly great civilizations which developed in other places......

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam. This is fascinating, not least considering that writing older than Sumerian cuneiform was discovered in Anatolia. :')

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[tet68]

According to an article titled “Holy Hill of the Hunters,” the temple was discovered by German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt, standing around 15 meters in height and located on a hill upon which a single tree stands.

So Klaus Schmidt is 15 meters tall?

Wouldn't this be better?

According to an article titled “Holy Hill of the Hunters,” the temple,standing around 15 meters in height and located on a hill upon which a single tree stands, was discovered by German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt .

[Dustbunny]

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[Fedora]

The grassy knolls around the site suggest that the locals hunted and farmed in olden times.

So what'd they find behind the grassy knolls?--maybe we can finally resolve this JFK thing :-)

[jimtorr]

I just love how some archaeoligist finds some old site, and in the media in instantly becomes the oldest, biggest, most important, most sacred, etc., etc.

Researchers and newspapers will now say anything for money, I guess.

I'd like to hear some real information about this site, though. Sounds interesting, perhaps related to the people in the Black Sea basin?

[SunkenCiv]

some Anatolia topics, most relevant first:

Layers of clustered apartments hide artifacts of ancient urban life
San Francisco Chronicle | Monday, April 18, 2005 | David Perlman
Posted on 04/20/2005 9:26:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1387451/posts

from my links page:

A Talk With Colin Renfrew
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1556499/posts

Franchthi Excavations: 17,000 Years of Greek Prehistory
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1197188/posts

In Search of the Real Troy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1347422/posts

King Midas' Modern Mourners
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1290040/posts

Kommagene, The Forgotten Kingdom
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1445085/posts

Lycia Where Greek language has left its mark
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1549447/posts

Lycian Influence To The Indian Cave Temples
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1440990/posts

Unlocking the Power of Myth
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1462060/posts

Was There a Trojan War?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1181498/posts

City in the Clouds -- Sagalassos, ancient city in Turkey
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1183007/posts

Argonaut Epos and Bronze Age Economic History
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1199756/posts

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Int'l Trade and the Late Bronze Age Aegean
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1201978/posts

[muir_redwoods]

"German Paper Reports World's Oldest Temple Is In Sanliurfa (Turkey- 10,000BC)"

What's the chance that it still has a mortgage and a Building Fund Committee?

[R. Scott]

It also made reference to stone figures and columns discovered at the excavation site, suggesting that hundreds of people had worked to transport and erect the columns. The grassy knolls around the site suggest that the locals hunted and farmed in olden times.

The shape and style of the temple also revealed that talented craftsmen had worked on its design and construction, said the article.

This would indicate to me that it is not “the world's oldest temple”, just the oldest we have found so far.

[Ptarmigan]

Cool finding! I always think there is a lost civilization that predates Sumeria, which occurred at least 10,000 years ago. I think this lost civilization likely stretched from India to Indonesia. I think some of them went to the Middle East. I believe the inhabitants are the present day Ainu and Polynesian people.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Did we plough up the Garden of Eden?
First Post | October 17, 2006
Posted on 10/17/2006 9:10:35 AM EDT by NYer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720793/posts

Is this the world’s oldest statue? [Anatolia, Gobekli Tepe]
The First Post | November 24, 2006 | Sean Thomas
Posted on 11/26/2007 12:01:06 PM EST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1930666/posts

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