What is Gobekli Tepe?
March 1st, 2009This is one WTF, followed by another WTF, followed by another…
Archaeology: The World’s First Temple
7,000 Years Older than Stonehenge: The Site that Stunned Archaeologists
Smithsonian: Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple?
This Smithsonian Magazine article states:
Hodder is fascinated that Gobekli Tepe’s pillar carvings are dominated not by edible prey like deer and cattle but by menacing creatures such as lions, spiders, snakes and scorpions. “It’s a scary, fantastic world of nasty-looking beasts,” he muses. While later cultures were more concerned with farming and fertility, he suggests, perhaps these hunters were trying to master their fears by building this complex, which is a good distance from where they lived.
Hmm.
Lions, spiders, snakes and scorpions?
