The temple that’s 6,000 years older than Stonehenge

Plus: We might be alone in the universe – a new NASA theory explains why. Nov 15, 2022 [Blueprint]( Ever heard of Potbelly Hill? No, me neither …but that’s one of the many translations of [Göbekli Tepe](. Göbekli Tepe is an ancient monument underneath a little-known area of farmland in Southeastern Turkey. It was found in the 1960s and it's no exaggeration to say that archaeologists couldn't quite believe it. This was because it was built at a time when human beings didn't have the skill or ability to build anything like this (or so archaeologists previously thought). So it was a monumental find (pun intended.) But before you get excited about that incredible building feat, take a look at a thoroughly more modern one. [This video]( shows the world’s largest jet engines being built. And, unsurprisingly, they’re pretty big. Good morning. I’m Alice, an Editor at IE. This is The Blueprint. Let’s get started. 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Archaeologists believe it was first used at the start of the Neolithic era, which is when the oldest permanent human settlements in the world appeared. What the site was used for originally is a hotly debated topic. Most experts are of the opinion that it has some ceremonial or religious significance, but others have claimed it may be one of the earliest examples of human settlement. The site is essentially a complex of temples, which are likely to have been constructed by a hunter-gatherer culture some 12,000 years ago. Interestingly, before this discovery, it was thought that only agrarian (farming) cultures erected temples. → As of 2021, somewhere in the region of 5 percent of the site had been successfully excavated. It is one of the most remarkable prehistoric sites ever discovered. 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