INVESTIGATINGScienceIn 2017, divers working with Van Yuzuncu Yil University discovered ancient basalt walls 85 feet underwater in Lake Van, Turkey. The structures predate known civilization in the region by thousands of years.
“In 2017, divers working with Van Yuzuncu Yil University discovered ancient basalt walls 85 feet underwater in Lake Van, Turkey. The structures predate known civilization in the region by thousands of years.”
In 2017, divers from Van Yuzuncu Yil University made a discovery that quietly challenged the conventional timeline of civilization: massive basalt walls 85 feet underwater in Lake Van, Turkey.
The walls are constructed from basalt — a volcanic rock that requires sophisticated quarrying and construction techniques. At 85 feet below the current water level, these structures were built when lake levels were dramatically lower, suggesting an age of up to 12,000 years.
12,000 years ago, according to mainstream archaeology, humans were hunter-gatherers incapable of monumental construction. Structures like these — along with Gobekli Tepe (also in Turkey) — suggest a far more complex picture of ancient human civilization.
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