“A temple complex in Turkey that predates even the pyramids is rewriting the story of human evolution.
They call it potbelly hill, after the soft, round contour of this final lookout in southeastern Turkey. To the north are forested mountains. East of the hill lies the biblical plain of Harran, and to the south is the Syrian border, visible 20 miles away, pointing toward the ancient lands of Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent, the region that gave rise to human civilization. And under our feet, according to archeologist Klaus Schmidt, are the stones that mark the spot—the exact spot—where humans began that ascent.
Standing on the hill at dawn, overseeing a team of 40 Kurdish diggers, the German-born archeologist waves a hand over his discovery here, a revolution in the story of human origins. Schmidt has uncovered a vast and beautiful temple complex, a structure so ancient that it may be the very first thing human beings ever built. The site isn’t just old, it redefines old: the temple was built 11,500 years ago—a staggering 7,000 years before the Great Pyramid, and more than 6,000 years before Stonehenge first took shape. The ruins are so early that they predate villages, pottery, domesticated animals, and even agriculture—the first embers of civilization. In fact, Schmidt thinks the temple itself, built after the end of the last Ice Age by hunter-gatherers, became that ember—the spark that launched mankind toward farming, urban life, and all that followed.”
Read more at Newsweek (thanks, SonOfSam)
Interesting but suspicious. Why would hunter gatherers build a permanent structure?; it kind of goes against their way of life. Also, how did hunter gatherers know how to build “a vast and beautiful temple complex”?; even today builders and architects have to train to be builders and architects, so where are their first smaller efforts? And finally what did they eat while building the temple?; hunter gatherers kind of have to spend most of their time hunting and gathering to stay alive, to have time to build things of any size takes agriculture.
“The ruins are so early that they predate villages, pottery, domesticated animals, and even agriculture—the first embers of civilization” – Hmmm. Jumped the shark there my old cocker.
There are complex industrial sites from MUCH earlier in central and southern Africa. Surprised you lot got taken in by a statement as staggeringly incorrect as this one.
Thrilling new findings! Thank you
I think they when originally scared of jesus they looked at this as a setting stone to burn him at the cross.
For some reason the people that run this planet want us to think that human civilization is a lot younger than it is. They want us to believe we are more important than we are so that we work harder!
New archeological finds are always interesting, and though an archeologist often needs imagination to flesh up the bones its seems that this guy has really run with the ball. Apparently ‘pre-dating’ everything in human development is sounding more like a potions seller than a detective.
we’re getting closer to atlantis, hehe!
Has it ever occurred to anyone that perhaps everything we’ve ever known (so far) about the origins of humankind were a little on the sparce side (perhaps even on the covered-up side)? Maybe there’s a whole lot out there about ‘where’ we came from – as opposed to ‘when’ we came to be – that’s still to be uncovered.
Archaeological finds such as these are just the tip of the iceberg, in my opinion, and the more bizarre the better, as far as I’m concerned. It makes perfect sense that all the best finds will eventually be uncovered in and around the original cradle of civilisation… it’s just ironic that there happens to be a lot of sand (and war!) to dig past in those areas presently!
By the way, I completely agree with Scott’s comment. ; )
I will be litteraly burrying myself if David icke is right after all….first the quantum holographic universe thing and now this reptilian stuff!
There is that saying, isn’t there, that if the whole history of the earth was put in a book, mankind would appear about halfway down the last page.
Looks like we’ve just moved up a line!
It’s only a theory! If it is the first known temple so far I’d love to know what they did and who for.
I wonder .. if they could do so much with stone already .. and knowing that safety must have been the highest priority .. why didn’t they build stone houses for theirselves. I think there’s a flaw in many theories. Personal safety goes before religion, religion drives did not excist the way scientists wish to see them. I’m sure about that. Personal safety .. fear .. rules that one out faster than anything. Survival mechanism in a body.
The more primitive (and that was not the case with these humans) the stronger, and as less primitive species will still contain the same drive down under .. and know from their mind that they can built something to protect them. Apart from caves and down under. Nomades I get, but those would not built temples either.
I wonder what he used to date the site – whether there was organic traces for radiocarbon dating or ceramics and such for thermoluminescence or something. Dating is always precarious in archaeology. The people I’m writing my dissertation on (the first Egyptians in Upper Egypt to start farming) have had their date of existence change by 1000 years because of wrong dating.
WIthin the Near Eastern/North East African region, the Sumerians were the first to start to use farming – or at least that’s the general consensus at the moment, but permanent architecture and stone building work did not necessarily go along with this.
This is interesting news, but I’m sure I’ve seen these remains before a while ago…
, there is not only the facts you have mentioned about predates but from the picture i have analyzed many things which i believe you may find also interesting, i base what i say on my experience, from the picture you can see the structure and work on the centre piece etc, for them to be able to even build just the wall they would need the knowledge of it in the sense of structure brick laying patterns and positioning , then to the centre piece to cave that piece into what seems to be a v solid stone rather than soft stone, and the precision of the cuts and depth etc this would require good tool they would need steel !!, that’s the amazing part, for them to have the knowledge and skills to extract, process iron into steel and forge. a social struc. must have been in place for a previous CCC
>If it is the first known temple so far I’d love to know what they did and who for.
I was thinking along the lines of brothel when I read the article. What else would a hunter have on his mind after out-smarting wild animals all day?
i also wonder why they’re using the Great Pyramid as an example of impressive stonework – there were plenty of impressive stone monuments in Egypt before then. Perhaps they’re trying to show more of a time gap as Scott has suggested
“built after the end of the last Ice Age” Er, we are still in an Ice Age – probably the fourth.
An Ice Age is defined as a time when the Earth has ice at its poles. True, we are in an interglacial period but we’re still in an Ice Age.
Aliens did it!!!
Aliens did it!