Ancient sophisticated civilization sight found believed to be the oldest in the world

[squealpiggy]

Probably built pre flood.

According to your beliefs wasn't it built before the creation of the world?

flood.

In any case the History Channel is grossly misrepresenting what these structures are. They aren't a "huge civilisation". They are a series of 20 circles cut into the rock. They weren't made using "advanced tools", they were made using flint tools (the evidence for which has been found at the site). They're old, they're the oldest structures of their kind thus far discovered, and their location is unsurprising, right in the fertile crescent in what is now the Middle East.

The History Channel baffles me. What is undoubtedly a fascinating find, and a great discovery is not considered to be sexy enough, so they have to invent things around it.

Oh and there's always some clown who says "BUT ALIENS!"

[SirTomJones]

so aliens made it before the flood?

[squealpiggy]

It is an important find, as it gives an indication that neolithic culture and society was more sophisticated than hitherto thought, but it doesn't point to a massive complex civilisation.

[GOAT86]

Which building-site company worked there?

[Larrys Cellmate]

History Channel:

Ghosts
Aliens
Cryptozoology
Lumberjacks

All Science So Far!

I almost wish it would go back to the days where it was Nazis 24/7.

[squealpiggy]

Smithsonian has an article

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...ekli-tepe.html

[spyvsspy]

We have lost so much information when the libraries of alexandria were burnt and when the white man came and conquered the americas...there are just some things that we will never know

[squealpiggy]

We have lost so much information when the libraries of alexandria were burnt and when the white man came and conquered the americas...there are just some things that we will never know

?

What knowledge was lost when "the white man" (sic) conquered the Americas?

[spyvsspy]

?

What knowledge was lost when "the white man" (sic) conquered the Americas?

All of the knowledge of the natives...their history and way of life destroyed in order to be replaced by the grace of god and a civilized culture

[squealpiggy]

All of the knowledge of the natives...their history and way of life destroyed in order to be replaced by the grace of god and a civilized culture

I think you'll find that First Nations and other native communities would question your assertion that knowledge of their history and way of life were destroyed.

I assumed you were talking about objective knowledge and not tradition and culture by the way you compared it to the library of Alexandria.