Gobekli Tepe to be Restored

[CMD]

What a wonderful discovery this was, a special place.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/150120-gobekli-tepe-oldest-monument-turkey-archaeology/

[gregszybala]

Now that will be cool to see, would it not be quite the adventure to go there?

[painshill]

Now that will be cool to see, would it not be quite the adventure to go there?

It sure would, but not the kind of adventure I would want at the moment. It's 60 miles down the road to the IS stronghold at Raqqa! They could probably put on hold any plans to enlarge the gift shop and the cafeteria for the time being.

[sailorjoe]

Very interesting. Thanks much for bringing that to our attention. That discovery has certainly turned topsy-turvy the thesis of the order of human societal development commonly advanced by anthropologists. Whatever must they have been thinking? Next thing you know somewhat will propose that there were people in the Americas before Clovis man. Heresy, I say.

[Hoss]

Thanks Charlie great link.

[CMD]

It sure would, but not the kind of adventure I would want at the moment. It's 60 miles down the road to the IS stronghold at Raqqa! They could probably put on hold any plans to enlarge the gift shop and the cafeteria for the time being.

Yes, this is something I did not realize before reading this article. And my first thought being I hope this incredible site remains safe. These clowns even want to destroy the Great Pyramids if given the chance. Of course I would be concerned going there as a tourist, but it's the very site itself that I hope remains safe.

[CMD]

Yep, too close for comfort.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/turkey