(I’m sure it will shock none of you who aren’t already familiar with him that he conned himself onto Rogan.)
Not to rain on Jimmy’s parade, because I’m sure he’s “done his research,” but the Bible says that the Ark landed on the Mountains of Ararat, which is not the same thing as Mount Ararat. The connection with the mountain in Turkey didn’t start until the middle ages.
Gobekli Tepe is really interesting. Not for the reasons this guy thinks, but just in general. I find that whole “new” area of archaeology pretty fascinating. I’m not even that old and I remember being taught that large scale societies didn’t exist until Sumeria and the more areas like Gobekli Tepe are studied the more it seems like societies go back way further
Incredible rabbit hole, thank you!
Graeber and Wengrow wrote about it in “The Dawn of Everything”. It is an incredible site.