Archaeologica.org

they had given some clue as to why they called it a "temple."

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/03 ... 268856609/

Archaeologists say a temple being excavated in southeastern Turkey is 12,000 years old and is likely the oldest temple ever uncovered.

Because that's the conceptual slot it fits into.

That temples in antiquity were often usury banks-cum- brothels doesn't need to be dwelt-on

uniface wrote:Because that's the conceptual slot it fits into.

That temples in antiquity were often usury banks-cum- brothels doesn't need to be dwelt-on

Temples were the first communal buildings not for purely practical purposes (like housing or stables), so it stands to reason they were the centre of all other activities (i.e. not related to housing or stabling). Markets automatically arose around them. Including money-changing and whoring.

Minimalist wrote:they had given some clue as to why they called it a "temple."

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/03 ... 268856609/

Archaeologists say a temple being excavated in southeastern Turkey is 12,000 years old and is likely the oldest temple ever uncovered.

That's not a 'new' discovery. It is Göbekli Tepe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göbekli_Tepe.

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