За Гебекли тепе во Курдистан, вероjатно наj-стариот храм во светот (12 000 години стар? според Daily Mail (Wikipedia има Mesolithic-Pre-Pottery Neolithic, 11th - 6th millennia cal BC) - писано ли е во форумот? Daily Mail има статиjа денес, со повече фотографии. Пише, че Гебекли тепе бил наj-важниот археологически обект во светот за сите времена:
Do these mysterious stones mark the site of the Garden of Eden?
By Tom Cox
Last updated at 11:00 AM on 28th February 2009
For the old Kurdish shepherd, it was just another burning hot day in the rolling plains of eastern Turkey. Following his flock over the arid hillsides, he passed the single mulberry tree, which the locals regarded as 'sacred'. The bells on his sheep tinkled in the stillness. Then he spotted something. Crouching down, he brushed away the dust, and exposed a strange, large, oblong stone.
The man looked left and right: there were similar stone rectangles, peeping from the sands. Calling his dog to heel, the shepherd resolved to inform someone of his finds when he got back to the village. Maybe the stones were important.
They certainly were important. The solitary Kurdish man, on that summer's day in 1994, had made the greatest archaeological discovery in 50 years. Others would say he'd made the greatest archaeological discovery ever: a site that has revolutionised the way we look at human history, the origin of religion - and perhaps even the truth behind the Garden of Eden.
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The site has been described as 'extraordinary' and 'the most important' site in the world
Remarkable find: A frieze from Gobekli Tepe
The shepherd who discovered Gobekli Tepe has 'changed everything', said one academic
To date, archaeologists have dug 45 stones out of the ruins at Gobekli
The stones unearthed by the shepherd turned out to be the flat tops of T-shaped megaliths
Archaeologist Klaus Schmidt poses next to some of the carvings at Gebekli
Many of Gobekli's standing stones are inscribed with 'bizarre and delicate' images, like this reptile
The stones of Gobekli Tepe are trying to speak to us from across the centuries - a warning we should heed
Нова книга за Гебекли, "The Genesis Secret" од Tom Knox излиза од печат на 9 март.
Do these mysterious stones mark the site of the Garden of Eden?
By Tom Cox
Last updated at 11:00 AM on 28th February 2009
For the old Kurdish shepherd, it was just another burning hot day in the rolling plains of eastern Turkey. Following his flock over the arid hillsides, he passed the single mulberry tree, which the locals regarded as 'sacred'. The bells on his sheep tinkled in the stillness. Then he spotted something. Crouching down, he brushed away the dust, and exposed a strange, large, oblong stone.
The man looked left and right: there were similar stone rectangles, peeping from the sands. Calling his dog to heel, the shepherd resolved to inform someone of his finds when he got back to the village. Maybe the stones were important.
They certainly were important. The solitary Kurdish man, on that summer's day in 1994, had made the greatest archaeological discovery in 50 years. Others would say he'd made the greatest archaeological discovery ever: a site that has revolutionised the way we look at human history, the origin of religion - and perhaps even the truth behind the Garden of Eden.
. . .
The site has been described as 'extraordinary' and 'the most important' site in the world
Remarkable find: A frieze from Gobekli Tepe
The shepherd who discovered Gobekli Tepe has 'changed everything', said one academic
To date, archaeologists have dug 45 stones out of the ruins at Gobekli
The stones unearthed by the shepherd turned out to be the flat tops of T-shaped megaliths
Archaeologist Klaus Schmidt poses next to some of the carvings at Gebekli
Many of Gobekli's standing stones are inscribed with 'bizarre and delicate' images, like this reptile
The stones of Gobekli Tepe are trying to speak to us from across the centuries - a warning we should heed
Нова книга за Гебекли, "The Genesis Secret" од Tom Knox излиза од печат на 9 март.
