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A megalithic site, especially of that size, is the evidence of an advanced stone age civilization. Surprisingly, one existed thousands of years before what was
by pmayrgundter 6y ago
A megalithic site, especially of that size, is the evidence of an advanced stone age civilization.
Surprisingly, one existed thousands of years before what was long considered the oldest, the Egyptian pyramid builders.
- AlotOfReading 6y agoUruk also predated the pyramids by a couple millennia and has been known for a pretty good while. Archaeologists also don't use the three-age typology (or the word "advanced" if possible) anymore. The surprise of gobekli-tepe is mostly in demonstrating once and for all that monumental construction isn't limited to fully sedentary peoples and doing so in a way the diffusionists can't argue with.