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**Most scholars would have us believe that the civilization of mankind is roughly 6000 years old, with the earliest considered to be the Mesopotamian civilization. But with new discoveries being made each year of monolithic/megalithic structures around the world, those views are being increasingly challenged.
Is our true history being suppressed? Below are only a couple examples of excavation sites that challenge modern day science.**

Göbekli Tepe

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*Located in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, Göbekli Tepe in Turkish means "Potbelly Hill".* This hill structure was built in layers. Each layer of monoliths took hundreds of years to build, ***Built over a span of roughly 1500 years*** and then intentionally covered up by the builders, creating another level on which new structures were built atop. Archaeologist Klaus Schmidt has dated the site to between ***12,000 and 14,000 years old!!!***

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Supposedly built during a time when we had zero agricultural skills, no knowledge of animal husbandry and eeking out our existence as "hunter/gatherers", living day to day. The entire site, 300 by 200 meters in size, consists of numerous enclosures with T-shaped pillars arranged in a circular formation. The pillars are around 18 feet tall with the largest of them at 24 feet.

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One of the most fascinating features are all the "bas relief", or 3D images carved on the stones. They depict all sorts of different animals, some of which were not even native to the region at the time. The process of these reliefs is much different from carving an image into stone, as in this method you have to remove the stone from around the image to get the 3D effect. This is far more difficult.

There is an abundance of other interesting facts about this amazing location, this introduction hardly does the entire scope of this location justice. A few questions we're left with though are who built this incredible site, where did they gain the knowledge to build/carve these monoliths (with what some consider a high degree of astrological accuracy) and why did they cover it all up?

Gunung Padang

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Located in West Java near the village of Karyamukti, Gunung Padang has recently decreed ***"the largest megalithic structure in south-east Asia"***. Using carbon dating, at 3–4 meters below the surface the site dates to 6,500 years old and ***at 8 to 10 meters below the surface dating 12,500 years***. Geologist Dr. Danny Hilman, the geologist working on the redating of the megalithic site, suspects the man-made hillside hides a pyramid structure and claims it could be as old as ***20,000 years!!!***

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The structures are built atop five separate terraces, with steps connecting each one to the level above marked with standing pillars. The peak of the structure reaches 960 metres above sea-level and at it's base, covers an area of roughly 900 square metres. From its base to the highest terrace it is about 90 metres. The staircase is accessed from the north-northwest and consists of 370 steps, which rises at an almost 45º angle.

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Soon after Dr. Hilman made his discoveries in 2010 (including deeply buried man-made chambers), the archaeological community seeing this as a threat to their long held beliefs, petitioned to have all further excavation halted. After taking his arguments to the highest levels of government, President Yudhoyono dubbed the dig a ‘task of history…of important value to humanity.' and as since (2014), excavation has resumed. ***An amazing site no doubt. Hopefully over the next few years we'll get to uncover some of the hidden mysteries about our past.***

Hopefully you enjoyed this post and maybe learned a thing or two about what I consider to be important periods of human history. I would highly recommend [Graham Hancock](https://grahamhancock.com/) to anyone interested in the "forbidden archaeology" topic and looking to further their knowledge base.
***Thanks for all your support!!!***
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