Tag: Göbekli Tepe
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The Birth of Religion
National Geographic: The Birth of Religion We used to think agriculture gave rise to cities and later to writing, art, and religion. Now the world's oldest temple suggests the urge to worship sparked civilization. … At the time of Göbekli Tepe's construction much of the human race lived in small nomadic bands that survived by…
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Do these mysterious stones mark the site of the Garden of Eden?
Mail Online: Do these mysterious stones mark the site of the Garden of Eden? Schmidt stayed. And what he has uncovered is astonishing. Archaeologists worldwide are in rare agreement on the site's importance. 'Gobekli Tepe changes everything,' says Ian Hodder, at Stanford University. David Lewis-Williams, professor of archaeology at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, says: 'Gobekli…