It's Later than You Think

[pyat]

madmanofprague linked to this wiki page about Göbekli Tepe, the oldest place of worship ever found. How old? Older than 9000 BC.

That is to say, perhaps 7000 years older than the Pyramid at Giza, and 6000 years older than the earliest structures at Stone Henge. The site predates the life of Moses by about 7500 years, and is significantly older than anything we'd recognize as Judaism. It may have been occupied and used for 2000 years, longer than any Christian temple.

The architects and first worshippers lived in a world with Wooly Mammoths. In fact, the Mammoth would not go extinct for another 7000 years.

It is an interesting perspective. You wonder what the world was like, then.

Comments

[ladyceleste.livejournal.com]

That is REALLY COOL. Thank you for sharing!

[mmsword.livejournal.com]

I like that it is also about 5000 years older than what some people believe the age of the Earth to be.

[elvishefer.livejournal.com]

Another 50 years of archeological investigation to come to the inevitable conclusion that Göbekli Tepe was the world's first gentlemen's club.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

It is an interesting perspective. You wonder what the world was like, then.

Apparently more complicated than previously thought...

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is fascinating!

[hossblacksilver.livejournal.com]

Put it just about right with the age of Atlantis, maybe some of their missionaries? ;)