11,000-Year-Old Temple Found In Turkey

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Jane J
Jane Nov 13, 2008 15:00:00
Replying to mascot

Not exactly a new discovery though, is it?

"... Schmidt points to the great stone rings, one of them 65 feet across. "This is the first human-built holy place," he says. ..."

How can he say that? How does he know?

Bit of trivia about this part of Turkey - the humble chick pea was first domesticated here (one of the first plants to be domesticated); 'they' reckon about 10,000 years ago. I wonder if the builders of Gobekli Tepe enjoyed hummous for lunch?

F FourWinds
FourWinds Nov 13, 2008 18:34:41
Replying to Jane

Jane wrote:
Not exactly a new discovery though, is it?
Not exactly, no. They've been excavating it for the last ten years or so, I think.

Gotta go there one day!

M mascot
mascot Nov 14, 2008 17:00:14
Replying to Jane

Was new to me - sorry if it's old hat.

Know what you mean about making statements like that about the "religous" area - total tosh....

I come from the "practical camp" so I would only consider ritual explainations when i totally ran out of other ideas :-)

Nice facts on chick peas - can't believe they didn't have some for lunch, at religous festivals only of course.....

Mac

S Steve Gray
Steve Gray Nov 19, 2008 22:19:38
Replying to Jane

Interesting point about megalithic building preceeding and being the motivating factor to develop a settled agricultural way of life, rather than the other way around.

If you do get down to this end of the Med, Jane, be sure to make a little detour and pop in for some hummous. Bring Moth along too if you like. ;o)

Steve
(Cyprus)