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Wikipedia article on the temple:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe

Is anyone else troubled by the submitted article coming from Fortean Times? That's not usually considered a reliable source, as it doesn't fact-check the way many other publications would.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortean_Times




I was troubled, but read the article. It was a little breathless, but seemed okay.

Though I didn't like clicking through a link on HN and seeing, essentially, "Garden of Eden located!" I was suspicious enough that I googled Gobekli Tepe and found this Smithsonian article:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/gobekli-te...

So at least I knew the subject was valid before reading further on the submitted link. Definitely seems like a weird source though.


I read all the links from Wikipedia entry and searched for more articles before submitting, but I liked this one.

But all articles I found beside the Wikipedia one, had something I didn't like; they were boring, less information, or had needless speculation. But the submitted one despite the speculation had extra detail.

I never heard of Fortean Time. I didn't know of their reputation.




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