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Tango0109 Jun 2020 10:20 p.m. PST

… in Neolithic Temple – Built 6,000 Years Before Stonehenge

"The sprawling 11,500-year-old stone Göbekli Tepe complex in southeastern Anatolia, Turkey, is the earliest known temple in human history and one of the most important discoveries of Neolithic research.

Researchers at Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority have now used architectural analysis to discover that geometry informed the layout of Göbekli Tepe's impressive round stone structures and enormous assembly of limestone pillars, which they say were initially planned as a single structure.

Three of the Göbekli Tepe's monumental round structures, the largest of which are 20 meters in diameter, were initially planned as a single project, according to researchers Gil Haklay of the Israel Antiquities Authority, a PhD candidate at Tel Aviv University, and Prof. Avi Gopher of TAU's Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations. They used a computer algorithm to trace aspects of the architectural design processes involved in the construction of these enclosures in this early Neolithic site…"

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Perris070710 Jun 2020 10:20 a.m. PST

Aliens.

Tango0110 Jun 2020 11:51 a.m. PST

(smile)

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Personal logo Virtualscratchbuilder Supporting Member of TMP Fezian10 Jun 2020 12:45 p.m. PST

Stone age aliens?

Der Krieg Geist22 Jul 2020 11:20 p.m. PST

Pre-historic neolithic peoples were still Homo-sapiens. No less intelligent and inventive as many people today. I don't know why everyone starts speculating about aliens whenever ancient architecture is found. LOL

Der Krieg Geist22 Jul 2020 11:24 p.m. PST

Most people do not know how Microchips are made but no one yells "Aliens" every time they start their computer. :D….well, maybe some people do. LOL
But just the dumb or easily confused ones. ;)

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