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12,000-year-old Göbeklitepe burials explain scattered bones

43 points by yusufaytas 3 days ago | 5 comments

Was subfloor burial common in Neolithic?

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 2 hours ago

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

hinkley 43 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 2 hours ago

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