Ancient civilisation under eastern Turkey estimated to be 11k-13k years old

Re:Ancient civilisation under eastern Turkey estimated to be... by mavci on Saturday May 21, 2022 @08:52AM (#31457410)

I thought about that too while reading. His name is Mahmut Yıldız.

If you want to read more about him, you can check out the article below.

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/03/27/security-guard...

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Re:Ancient civilisation under eastern Turkey estimated to be... by rendall on Sunday May 22, 2022 @04:46AM (#31466148)

TIL not only did the fellow discover Göbeklitepe, it was on his own land. He gave up his land for this! I sure hope he and his family were compensated well!

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Re:Ancient civilisation under eastern Turkey estimated to be... by rendall on Saturday May 21, 2022 @09:20AM (#31457636)

Thanks!

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