Gobekli Tepe: The World's Oldest Temple?

[Mòrag Elasaid Ní Dhòmhnaill]

Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our time: massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people who had not yet developed metal tools or even pottery. The megaliths predate Stonehenge by some 6,000 years. The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it's the site of the world's oldest temple.


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[David19]

Again, a very cool discovery, I'd have thought the oldest Temples would be in Iraq (or, maybe, Africa), but, still very interesting.

There seems to have been a lot of cool things posted while I've been away.

[_Banbha_]

This is an amazing find!

The other pictures and bestiary carvings in the photo gallery are just WOW.

Thanks for posting this, I hadn't heard of it. And there is so much more of it yet to be unearthed. Maybe it's time to renew my Smithsonian subscription. :)