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|    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.       >>       >> What copuld it be other then a temple?       >       > This has been discussed before: Grain storage.       >       > 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?              >       > There was probably a religious element, where they relied on their       > gods to oversee & protect their stored grains.       >       >              So we agree it would have had a religious element.                            >       >       >       >       > -- --       >       > https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/618424665090686976              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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