Gobekli Tepe​…Turkey

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BuckyE Dec 23, 2012 16:39:42
Replying to Littlestone

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.

L Littlestone
Littlestone Dec 23, 2012 16:53:43
Replying to BuckyE

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.

G GodfatherND
GodfatherND Dec 24, 2012 04:42:18
Replying to BuckyE

Indeed, this bas-relief carving skill was used thousands of years before Gobekli Tepe was built. In southern France and northern Spain, there is more to the caves than just cave paintings from 17,000 ago and older. In the Lascaux Cave, for example, there are bas-relief carvings. As for the T-shaped pillars carved from limestone, a precedent hasn't been found yet.