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Garden of Eden or The World's First Temple?
Fascinating either way...
__________________Do these mysterious stones mark the site of the Garden of Eden? | Mail Online Quote:
Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple? | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine Quote:
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Very fascinating! Reminds me of BSG's "Kobol," in a way...heh.
__________________I'd like to add that calling it the "World's First Temple" would probably be exaggerating more than a little bit, if only because this site probably only has significance to the cultures of the Ancient Near East and, in turn, everything else that region successively inspired (i.e., Western Civilization). It may have only tangential importance to Indo-European culture, considering its age, and probably no importance to, say, the Far Eastern cultures like China and Japan, and probably not beyond parts of North Africa either. Nonetheless, the importance of this site is immense, and I eagerly await what more we can learn from it. |
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I think it is just as likely that is is "Kobol" as it is that is is the "Garden of Eden".
and what is a "Temple"? a place where people gather to slaughter things? |
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What is really playing with the minds of archaeologists, is what comes first: the temple or the settlement? Normally, men settle and then they build a temple. But the oldest parts are dated ca 9000BC and it it is assumed that men didn't settle until 6000 BC! And what to think of organization and man power needed to build the temple. Even though men did not settle yet, it can be seen as a first step into that direction and still 3000 years earlier. But I'm curious too, only 5 percent of the site is excavated yet! And about the Garden of Eden, it is assumed that that site would have been in Ethiopia/ Eritrea. If you look at the climate it would be more logic than the harsher climate of Northern Turkey! That Daily Mail article is definately NOT written by an archaeologist! |
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