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Re: Gobekli Tepe...Turkey
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Littlestone wrote:
BuckyE wrote:
Littlestone wrote:
Over twelve and a half thousand years old (and there are lots still there). Jeeze...


And the most amazing thing about its age is its (yet to be found) predecessors' (implied) ages. The carving and architecture of the four large structures are obviously the result of a multi-generational trial and training effort. So the beginnings of this megalithic culture have to be much older than GT.


Jeeze... yes, hadn’t thought of that. Reliefs with that sort of sophistication must have needed centuries to evolve - though not necessarily evolve in stone. The prototypes may have been carved in wood.


Not the same area but an example of much earlier Paleolithic relief . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Laussel


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tiompan
Posted by tiompan
23rd December 2012ce
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