You have to check out this article about a ancient temple complex in Turkey.  The site is dated to 11,500 B.C. which sort of drives a spike through the idiotic fundamentalist notion that the world is 6000 years old.  (As if dinosaurs didn't do that already, but hey, nobody said these people were rigorous thinkers.)

I'm coming up on the one year anniversary of my amazing trip to Turkey and now I want to go back _right now_.  I would love to tour this site.  The haunting emotions I felt at Hattusa (the Hittite capital) were overwhelming.  I can't imagine what this must feel like.

I also made a Turkish eggplant dish for dinner last night, and the flavors of plain yogurt, garlic and tomato took me back to that amazing country.