Newsweek has a nice article on the Gobekli Tepe site in Turkey, the ancient temple complex whose discovery was announced last year. The impressive stone temple site dates back 11,500 years, making it the oldest known human ceremonial center--6,000 years older than Stonehenge.
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Brian McLaughlin
10/29/2013 04:43:00 pm
I stumble upon your website while researching the characters who appear on the History Channel program Ancient Aliens. I've spent a while reading some of your posts and enjoyed them.
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