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Een bijzonder interessante site over resten en leeftijdsbepaling ervan om meer te weten te komen over volkeren uit de oudheid.
Hoe meer er boven water komt en hoe beter we de leeftijd kunnen bepalen, hoe ouder vaak hoge beschavingen blijken te zijn.
Hoe meer er boven water komt en hoe beter we de leeftijd kunnen bepalen, hoe ouder vaak hoge beschavingen blijken te zijn.
The changing face of Prehistory
Until the discovery of Troy by Schliemann in 1870, the city was considered mythological. Turkey has now yielded Proto-Neolithic megalithic temples dating back to 9,000 BC.(More about ancient Turkey)The Pyramids of Giza have now been radio-carbon dated to at last a thousand years older than the date of 2,400 BC generally ascribed by mainstream Egyptologist.(More on the dating of Giza)The Tsunami in the Gulf of Cambay, India in Dec 2004, revealed the presence of an underwater city - yielding artefacts radio-carbon dated to 7,500 BC, the same date is now accepted as the date of a large meteorite impact on earth.(More on this subject)And more recently...
Gobleki Tepe, Turkey. Home to the oldest known megaliths in the world. This site has yielded numerous beautifully carved menhirs weighing several tons each and placed in circles. These finds confirm Anatolia's importance in prehistory.(More about Gobleki Tepe)
