I realize that this is supposed to be a literary blog, but I think this is one of the most remarkable discoveries in a very long time.

Gobekli Tepe

What goes unsaid here is that there are some beautiful friezes and carvings at this site which do not simply spring fresh from the stone-age mind. There was a period of development here that speaks of further antiquity. Ten thousand years is long enough ago, but there is a still more ancient tradition of art and religion that must have preceded this temple.