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Do These Mysterious Stones Mark The Site Of The Garden Of Eden?
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | February 27, 2009

Posted on 02/27/2009 9:47:03 PM PST by Steelfish

Do these mysterious stones mark the site of the Garden of Eden? By TOM COX

For the old Kurdish shepherd, it was just another burning hot day in the rolling plains of eastern Turkey. Following his flock over the arid hillsides, he passed the single mulberry tree, which the locals regarded as 'sacred'.

The bells on his sheep tinkled in the stillness. Then he spotted something. Crouching down, he brushed away the dust, and exposed a strange, large, oblong stone.

The man looked left and right: there were similar stone rectangles, peeping from the sands. Calling his dog to heel, the shepherd resolved to inform someone of his finds when he got back to the village. Maybe the stones were important.

They certainly were important. The solitary Kurdish man, on that summer's day in 1994, had made the greatest archaeological discovery in 50 years.

Others would say he'd made the greatest archaeological discovery ever: a site that has revolutionised the way we look at human history, the origin of religion - and perhaps even the truth behind the Garden of Eden.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: adamandeve; anatolia; archaeology; catalhoyuk; catalhuyuk; creationism; discovery; eden; gardenofeden; gobeklitepe; godsgravesglyphs; oldearthspeculation; origins; prehistory; religionofatheism; sanliurfa; turkey
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To: ansel12
That is the article already linked to in post 14.

So it is. Thank you.

121 posted on 03/06/2009 9:35:44 AM PST by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
“The fool has said in his heart ‘There is no God.’”

If a brand doesn't endorse itself, how will it win subscribers?

122 posted on 03/06/2009 9:46:30 AM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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To: MrB

I am in 100% agreement


123 posted on 03/06/2009 12:16:31 PM PST by LiteKeeper (Beware of socialism in America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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