Whoa! This is very cool! And is exactly in line with how I imagined a dialog might be formed with this thread. Thank you βαθμιαίος.
My favorite quote from the article:
What's also fascinating about this article is that the site has been researched as early as 15 years ago- but this is still considered too new of a discovery to even make it in to text books. I think this at least allows the possibility that many other sites or ancient relics are being examined at this very moment that we may not hear about for another decade or so. Very interesting. I guess people don't want to publish work unless they are absolutely sure of what they are publishing.
My favorite quote from the article:
Quote:The new discoveries are finally beginning to reshape the slow-moving consensus of archeology. Göbekli Tepe is "unbelievably big and amazing, at a ridiculously early date," according to Ian Hodder, director of Stanford's archeology program. Enthusing over the "huge great stones and fantastic, highly refined art" at Göbekli, Hodder—who has spent decades on rival Neolithic sites—says: "Many people think that it changes everything…It overturns the whole apple cart. All our theories were wrong."
What's also fascinating about this article is that the site has been researched as early as 15 years ago- but this is still considered too new of a discovery to even make it in to text books. I think this at least allows the possibility that many other sites or ancient relics are being examined at this very moment that we may not hear about for another decade or so. Very interesting. I guess people don't want to publish work unless they are absolutely sure of what they are publishing.