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12,000-year-old Göbeklitepe burials explain scattered bones (archaeologymag.com)
37 points by yusufaytas 2 days ago | 5 comments

• MadrasTh0rn 23 minutes ago

Was subfloor burial common in Neolithic?

• itopaloglu83 an hour ago

Some people were quick to jump on the gun and call it a human sacrifice site, I’m glad that they’re all proven wrong now.

• tastyfreeze an hour ago

The phrase is "jump the gun" or "jumped the gun" as in a fault start in a race started with a gun.

• hinkley 18 minutes ago

I always thought that 'ceremonial room' looked more like a sauna than a sacrificial pit. It reminded me of the Roman ruins at Bath more than anything else.

• jamesforestwest an hour ago

That's a much less romantic explanation than the skull cult stuff