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   Message 56,819 of 57,854   
   SolomonW to All   
   Re: The Builders of World's Oldest Known   
   19 May 20 16:14:56   
   
   From: SolomonW@citi.com   
      
   On Sun, 17 May 2020 21:43:57 -0700 (PDT), Oh so rich & successful JTEM   
   wrote:   
      
   >  SolomonW wrote:   
   >>> And I STILL want to know why they call them temples.   
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   >> What copuld it be other then a temple?   
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   > This has been discussed before:  Grain storage.   
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   > The region is known to host wild grains. One man could gather   
   > enough to feed his entire family for a year in a matter of weeks!   
   > But they weren't permanently settled. They migrated with the   
   > seasons, exploiting the differing resources... they couldn't carry   
   > all that grain around so they needed someplace to store it.   
   >   
   > Kept dry, it won't spoil.   
      
   I doubt whether people of that period could collect enough grain to fill   
   it, plus if they did, I doubt they would store it in a public place.   
      
   Plus why a triangle?   
      
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   > There was probably a religious element, where they relied on their   
   > gods to oversee & protect their stored grains.   
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   So we agree it would have had a religious element.   
      
      
      
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   > https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/618424665090686976   
      
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