Went to Göbekli Tepe recently, the first temple discovered by humans so far; it was built about 12000 years ago, you could probably find many videos online of it, but nothing beats seeing it in person - it's literally in the middle of nowhere, seeing everywhere yet without being seen from afar, super smart! ( there are still other areas waiting to be excavated )
And one of the interesting things I have learned is that ppl used to use it to gather together to exchange goods, even marriage 👀 not just being a temple; I was getting lost a bit in history last week, too much to learn...
Impressive pictures ! I think was a wonderful experience for you being there. https://i.postimg.cc/CxYfVMyR/darth-impressive.gif
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Hamstr 6 Jun
what is this?? can you provide context?
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some limestone that was being found around Urfa.
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Amazing photos do you follow the Uncharted X channel? https://youtu.be/VxrPQh0rO34?si=yGVZRIFMbGb3YOlB
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not really 👀 and wow, it was quite green in the vid.
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Gorgeous!
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I don't underestimate the knowledge and ability of our ancestors. Sometimes we can't find an explanation, but I believe there is lost knowledge.
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do you think they figured out these knowledge all by themselves 👀 or learned from others?
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It was a transfer of knowledge, skills and technology imo. Brought in by a more advanced human civilisation. I don’t tend to subscribe to the ancient alien hypothesis.
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Brought in by a more advanced human civilisation.
I also believed this, but then how these more advanced human figured it out?
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Knowledge is passed down from generation to generation and some falls by the wayside, but I think it's all the result of human knowledge. I don't believe that aliens have already arrived on earth :)
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Exactly what the aliens among us would say….
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Whoops! I've been caught ... 😂
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what if it is the other way around - all the core knowledge was passed down somehow, and some got extinct, and ofc different ppl invented new things with the old knowledge.
just guessing 👀
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Humans are so unevolved! They still struggle with basic societal issues like inequality, violence, and environmental destruction. How can they still be so heavily reliant on finite resources? And don't even start me on their social structures it is all conflicts and division rather than cooperation and unity. Humans have barely begun to explore their own solar system, let alone the galaxy. No way they will reach a third millennium ...
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Fascinating study by primatologists that when one troop of primates discover the use of tools (ie for extracting termites from nests) there will be correpsonding tool use from a different troop despite no contact. But that’s not necessarily relevant - just interesting.
Something happened when hunter-gatherer societies settled. The centralised storage of excess foodstuff and its use towards the cultural (rather than survival) gave groups the ability to build these monuments and perhaps these ideas spread with trade; initially flint tools or similar and later with more specialised goods.
I do love archaeology and anthropolgy.
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💯They were a lot more advanced back then than we give them credit for. Imo they had advanced skills and technology.
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Yes, why not?
They had their entire lifetimes and nothing else to do.
E.g. Just using some kind of wood contraption and moving it centimeter by centimeter over the span of years.
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Our modern ignorance of their ancient ways..
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33 sats \ 1 reply \ @Carresan 6 Jun
Great pics! 12000 years, awesome!!
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120 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 6 Jun
undiscovered ones - Göbekli Tepe 12000 yr - recorded history is about 5000 yr - insane how little modern men actually know
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33 sats \ 10 replies \ @suraz 6 Jun
That's historic. Yeah too much to learn
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and I can't understand why human civilizations started around this area, so hot and dry, no sea around too. 🥵
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There is evidence that the climate and environment was not as it is today in these parts of the world
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should be, because it's so hot and dry ( was up to 41c, I heard summer time could be even more )...but then locals are used to it somehow, yet me having heat rush all over.
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33 sats \ 3 replies \ @suraz 6 Jun
Maybe they have strategies to cope with such condition. Thanks for laying the foundations for human progress. Just that hihi
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Of course. And add in the use of animals, block & tackle and primitive winches.
‘Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.’ Archimedes
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me imaging, it must need A LOT of them. 😂😂😂
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I hadn't read your comment, I just said the same thing but with fewer words.
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No need to waste words like me :D
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Your photos are nothing less than impressive and I can deduce that being in front of these historical monuments is priceless. and that the photo is not even half as good, compared to being live observing every detail. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
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