Five stone towers at Tell Qaramel, Syria date to 10,650–9,650 BCE — older than Göbekli Tepe & Jericho! First excavated in 1999, with 13 seasons completed before Syrian conflict halted work in 2011. Tower-building was widespread across the Fertile Crescent! 🗿
Five stone towers at Tel Qaramel in Syria dated to 12,000 years ago
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- Five stone towers discovered at Tel Qaramel in northern Syria in 1999
- Towers dated approximately 12,000 years ago
- Potentially older than Göbekli Tepe and Jericho Tower
- Only 2% of Tel Qaramel site excavated
- Excavations halted in 2007 due to Syrian conflict
- Discovery suggests tower building was widespread in Fertile Crescent
- Indicates tower construction was common architectural feature from Epipalaeolithic through Pre-Pottery Neolithic
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Tell Qaramel - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
The settlement has several circular stone towers dating back to the period between 10,650-9,650 BCE, making them the oldest such structures in the world. Tell ...
Tell Qaramel - syrian-treasures.comsyrian-treasures.com
One of the most notable discoveries at Tell al-Qaramil is a series of five successive circular stone towers, built over centuries, that are about 2,000 years ...
Unknown Civilizations: Tell Qaramel - Think Research Exposethedailyjournalist.com
The round towers of Qaramel have now been confirmed by 14C dating as the oldest such structures anywhere in the world. At c. 10,650 BC after calibration, they ...
Chronology of the Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic Settlement Tell ...ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Archaeological excavations at the Syrian settlement of Tell Qaramel have been conducted since 1999. They are concentrated on remnants of the Protoneolithic ...
Tell Qaramel, Syria: The oldest stone towers in the worldechoesinthemist.com
The towers were built around 10,000 BC, older than what was previously believed to be the oldest known stone tower in the world, the one found ...
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