3Was Ages-Old Gobekli Tepe Really The Garden Of Eden?
Gobekli Tepe, high atop a ridge in southeastern Turkey, was constructed 12,000 years ago, near the end of the last Ice Age. Because it was founded so early in human history, some sources suggest it might be the actual site of the Garden of Eden.
It’s believed the area was once temperate and forested at a time when people were hunter-gatherers. Yet these people were apparently building rather elaborate temples complete with striking carvings at a time when saber-toothed tigers existed. While only a small portion of the site has been excavated, there are presently at least 43 large stone-walled temples.
Incredibly, it was erected before the use of fire, pottery, the wheel, metal tools, and domesticated animals. The Bible notes nothing of buildings and says that Adam and Eve were banished and weren’t permitted to go back, so they couldn’t have built anything later. Still, Gobekli Tepe’s age makes it the oldest human site discovered.
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