Thread: Surprise! Surprise! People once actually knew stuff.

The Builders of World's Oldest Known Temple Had a Surprising Understanding of Geometry


A sprawling structure regarded as the world's oldest known temple was designed with an understanding of geometric principles somewhat unusual for the hunter-gatherer cultures thought to have built it, researchers say.

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Despite the incredible age of the structure, a new analysis suggests that the architects who envisioned the layout of Göbekli Tepe's mysterious pillars and enclosures were far more experienced in planning out geometric structures than we realised.

The Builders of World's Oldest Known Temple Had a Surprising Understanding of Geometry

Those ancients were smarter than people realise

I watched a doc last week about some ancient structures in Mexico. I always am amazed at the knowledge the ancient people had.

Seriously. I mean we still can't figure out how they did some stuff.