Stone Age Temple May Be Birthplace of Civilization


	Stone Age Temple May Be Birthplace of Civilization

wiccantexan

11-14-2008 9:43 PM

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religion, civilization, ancient, history, archaeology, holy

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11-15-2008 9:54 AM

carrerinyes

A wonderful find! Thanks for clipping it.

11-15-2008 10:46 AM

oldbogus

And had a lot of time on their hands not given over to surviving, either personally or as slaves, to build monuments.

11-15-2008 11:47 AM

AtlLiberal

The elaborate temple at Gobelki Tepe in southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, is staggeringly ancient: 11,500 years old

Impossible! Mankind has only been here for 5,000 years.

Nice article (even if you made me go to Faux News to read it). The figure carved in the picture is remarkably representational.

11-16-2008 8:05 AM

jimbo1000

they didn't have Richard Dawkins to contend with

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