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A HISTORICAL LIE: THE STONE AGE

Scientists described as "extraordinary and peerless" the findings ob-
tained during excavations on Göbekli Tepe near Urfa, Turkey. These were
giant, T-shaped pillars, taller than a man and 20 meters (65 feet) in diameter,
with carved animal reliefs on them. They had been arranged in a circle. The
feature that truly impressed the scientific world was the age of the site, which
had been constructed 11,000 years ago. According to the evolutionists' claim,
the people of the time must have constructed this imposing site using only
primitive stone tools. According to this misconception, the engineering mar-
vel in question was the work of hunter-gatherers using the most primitive im-
plements 11,000 years ago. This, of course, is quite unbelievable. Professor
Klaus Schmidt, leader of the excavation team on Göbekli Tepe sets out this
fact stating that people alive at that time appear to have had the capacity for
thought. Contrary to what is imagined, Schmidt states, these people were not
primitive and must not be regarded as ape-like creatures, recently descended
from the trees and attempting to construct a civilization. In terms of intelli-

gence, they appear to have been just like us. 22
Schmidt, an archaeologist, carried out a small experiment to determine
how those giant pillars could have been transported under the conditions of
the time, and how they were shaped. He and his team sought to carve a giant
block of rock without the assistance of machinery, using only the primitive
tools that prehistoric humans must have used, according to evolutionists.
Then they attempted to carry it a short distance. Part of the team began
working on the stone with logs, ropes and muscle power, making simple and
natural winches. Meanwhile, others attempted to create a cavity in the base
using stone hand-tools, just like the master masons of 9,000 years ago. (The
evolutionist view of history believes that since there were no iron implements

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