Gobekli Tepe - The oldest structure on earth?

[bar2kl]

Just heard of this structure for the first time this am... With as long as it's been studied and under excavation, I'm sure most of you have known about this for some time.... Anyway, I found it to be very interesting and curious...especially it's age - +12,000 years... Here's the link:

12,000-year-old unexplained structure. [VIDEO]

[Dennis]

Thanks for the link interesting .

[NeoGeo]

Very intresting..I wanna learn more!

[OhRockhead]

I agree Frank !!! It leaves you wanting more than what they gave you. I was sitting there entranced .

[NeoGeo]

I was too....I wonder if they made a whole show?I would love to see more of the carvings.I seen lots of strange animals not from there that I know of.

[longtimefree]

very mind bending, who were they, where did they go, where did they come from, any written language ? many questions

[jmaduzia]

Interesting video, thanks for posting. There are so many archaeological sites around the world yet to be discovered. It amazes me that these ancient people were able to make such intricate stone carvings without steel chisels or heavy equipment.

[Buckeye]

Very cool, found a few more links and this
"Göbekli Tepe is the oldest human-made religious structure yet discovered.[3] The site is located on a hilltop, and contains 20 round, (now) subterranean structures, four of which have currently been excavated. "

Wow what they show in the video are only four of twenty, wonder what the other pillars have sculptures of?

Göbekli Tepe - Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine

Gobekli Tepe: The World?s First Temple? | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine

Göbekli Tepe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[DesertWalker]

Interesting. Thank you!

[CMD]

That's really an incredible discovery. I remember reading about it a couple years ago and being blown away by the age. I liked the photo gallery at this link:
Göbekli Tepe

There's a link to a movie/doc. You have to click "movie", "movie" again, and then "World's First Temple" to see the trailer, which doesn't reveal much about the doc. Just a jaw-dropping discovery.