533 sats \ 44 replies \ @Natalia 6 Jun \ on: Stacker Saloon
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.
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Amazing photos do you follow the Uncharted X channel?
Gorgeous!
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do you think it was really built by humans? it's just too big, not to mention carrying all of them up to the hill...
cc @DarthCoin
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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.
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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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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Our modern ignorance of their ancient ways..
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That's historic. Yeah too much to learn
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To do with the transition from hunter-gatherer to agriculture and settled society. As you saw they were symbolic sites of meeting and huge cultural power - you don’t necessarily want that in your own backyard but somewhere neutral and where everyone can access.
Having said that the climate was more temperate in that region 10,000 years ago (during the Mesolithic) and subsequent users could have been driven or moved out and it no longer had relevance in their lives. No culture lasts forever… but their monuments might.
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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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There is evidence that the climate and environment was not as it is today in these parts of the world
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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