re: New Finds At Gobekli Tepe

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Translation: "We're nowhere near done asking for funding on this project."

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No, it’s a difference in the perspective of modern archeology, which has come a long way since Troy was turned into a trash heap. Portions of sites are now intentionally left alone because we understand that future technology might uncover things current technology can’t. But, if we dig it all up now, that ship sails. Pompeii, which has all the funding in the world, still has large swaths that are untouched for that reason.

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Thought this may be a cool trip one day. Then I googled the location and saw it’s 30miles from the Syrian border. Nope.

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Safer than a walk from Harrah's to Frenchmen st.

Humans were pretty advanced far longer than archaeologists say they were. It’s weird that they won’t acknowledge that

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The "universal handbag" and other similarities found in ancient carvings from all corners of the globe is.. interesting

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Hmm that sparks curiosity.

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I am still of the opinion that humanity was more far along than originally believed until some cataclysmic event brought it all to a halt

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The progressive of humanity, our advancements, social structure, and technology are not linear.

There’s plenty of documented evidence throughout history of cataclysmic events such as natural disasters, wars, and diseases that wiped out great civilizations and set back their advancements. Often all the knowledge and history of that society were wiped out as well.

The Middle Ages in Europe is an example that’s more recent. Feudal societies were barely scraping by. Meanwhile, they were doing so alongside (and in the shadows) of great Roman engineering feats like aqueducts, roads, and coliseums. Roman relics and other evidence of a great society were all around them, but they knew nothing other than their little hut and the muddy section of a field they farmed.

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Looks like they made a nice glory hole for statue guy above the razorback.

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Those were the Aggie fans. It’s a monument to the Southwest Conference.

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why all them aliens wearing wrist watches?

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No smart phones.

Looks like,they left behind some idols of their coach as well….

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I like Ancient Aliens too, man, but it really is almost totally full of shite.

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I didn't fact-check all those pics. Thanks.

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The other 'handbags' are explained by the religions of the various creators, which in most of your examples, are just different eras of the same religion.

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Can you elaborate? I stay cynical an these types of things but some of the points Hancock makes are intriguing, while acknowledging the shapes at GT aren't conclusively handbags. But I'm interested to understand the same religion being practiced in mesopotamia, central America, etc.

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The Middle Ages in Europe is an example that’s more recent.

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Roman relics and other evidence of a great society were all around them, but they knew nothing other than their little hut and the muddy section of a field they farmed.

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Yeah, those ignorant Medieval peasants knew nothing about what great societies looked like: