🪷 #DogDays: World's oldest temple, 11,000-year-old #GöbekliTepe in #Antinous' birthland Asia Minor (Turkey), is aligned to the heliacal rising of the #DogStar #Sirius, says Archaeo-Astronomer #GiulioMagli. Full report here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/07/worlds-oldest-temple-aligned-with-dog.html 🪷

Minuteman is going to Gobekli Tepe in April and raising funds for earthquake relief in Turkey:
https://youtu.be/Z3LG8s-lRFk

#History #Archaeology #GobekliTepe

Karahan Tepe: The Stunning "Sister" Of Göbekli Tepe #neolithic #Anatolia #GobekliTepe #KarahanTepe https://apple.news/Aqrlh1g72R12mRpW1q2f_tQ

"While rescue operations continue, concerns are also being raised about the many heritage sites in the region. Fortunately, we can confirm that [#GöbekliTepe] has suffered no damage, as noted in a recent statement by the Ministry of Culture, General Directorate of Monuments and Museums."

https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2023/02/09/earthquake-in-turkey-and-syria

Zitadelle von #Aleppo ... und weiteres #UNESCOWelterbe in #Türkei, #Syrien durch #Erdbeben zerstört? #archaologie
#NemrudDag? #GöbekliTepe? https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000143356096/auch-welterbe-wurde-durch-erdbeben-in-tuerkei-und-syrien-zerstoert?ref=mastodon

Monolith from Göbekli Tepe? No. This is an ancestor figurine from Pope's Cave in France dating to around 25,000 BCE. The rich finds in this cave also produced Venus and hermaphrodite figurines. The other side of this is 3D showing more of a phallic type representation.

This is one piece of evidence showing that Göbekli Tepe did not suddenly spring out of nowhere but had antecedents. More at: https://www.druidwisdom.org/ancient-druid-civilization/ancient-druid-history/pre-druid-huntergatherer-spirituality

#archaeology #Pagan #GobekliTepe #mesolithic #mythology

Gobekli Tepe & the Younger Dryas: why did we start farming? [youtube video 30m08s] #GobekliTepe #neolithic #HunterGatherers https://youtu.be/bKAxOwRCsT8

That (both drawings based on reliefs from #GöbekliTepe, Turkey) is an almost standard #aurochs #depiction: bodies in side view, but heads shown in a somehow distorted perspective - lowered, presenting horns. Just like you'd experience an apparently attacking animal in the wild.

Klaus Schmidt has been long involved in excavations at #NevaliCori under H. Hauptmann (where T-pillars were discovered for the first time in the 1980s) before visiting #GobekliTepe - and was prepared to recognise a few suspicious architecture remains:

https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2016/06/02/gobekli-tepe-the-first-20-years-of-research

Neither the visible archaeology on the surface of the mound of #GobekliTepe nor the state of research regarding the regional Neolithic would have suggested these characteristic monuments during the 1960s survey though.

Kollege Necmi Karul, der in der "#AncientApocalypse"-Episode über den #GöbekliTepe zu Wort kommt, "wirft dem Filmemacher darüber hinaus Manipulation vor. Er habe ihm den aktuellen Wissensstand mitgeteilt, doch die kritischen Aussagen seien herausgeschnitten worden."

A dense mass of snakes, birds, gazelle and leopards moving while a vulture catches a large snake. Pillar 56 in Göbekli Tepe‘s Building H during excavations in 2013. #archaeology #prehistory #gobeklitepe

We are mostly preoccupied with our present lives, with the contemporary moment, with its ups and downs, dramas and traumas, LOLs and outrages...

But what if we were to slip through some cosmic wormhole to experience #time from a radically expanded perspective?

This new piece by Brian George considers the possibility that human civilizations are much—MUCH—older than conventionally assumed. Fans of #GrahamHancock and #gobeklitepe research may especially enjoy this one.

https://dark-mountain.net/entering-the-tunnel-of-time-in-cappadocia/

In the mood for some more armchair #archaeology? 😉

How about another virtual trip and a little tour strolling through the excavations at the early Neolithic site of #GöbekliTepe in southeastern #Turkey?

https://sanalmuze.gov.tr/muzeler/SANLIURFA-GOBEKLITEPE-ORENYERI

A priestess in prayer at the site of Gobekli Tepe in what is now southeastern Turkey, 11,000 years ago...

#gobeklitepe #archaeology #prehistoric #digitalart #art

A priestess in prayer at the site of Gobekli Tepe in what is now southeastern Turkey, 11,000 years ago...

#gobeklitepe #archaeology #prehistoric #digitalart #art

Guess who's really uncovering all those "mysteries" ancient sites like #GobekliTepe are "hiding" (under millennia of dust and rubble)?

Spoiler: Not an angry millionaire with a Netflix show, but e.g. these hardworking guys here, digging under the sun. #ThoseWhoShovel.

I really love how these #bulls from #GobekliTepe (sketches by @jens2go) are the opposite of #Egyptian reliefs, in terms of geometry: a projection unseen in modern artistic discourse! In Egypt, human torso would be frontal, while the head would be a profile. Here it's the other way around: a side-ways body, but a top-down view for a head!

The coolest thing about these super-ancient art artifacts, is just how fundamentally alien they are sometimes!

#art #anatolia #prehistory #archaeology

#SketchbookSunday, from the archaeologist's field sketchbook:

A busy day on site. Main excavation area at #GobekliTepe, view from "Wish Tree" southwest.

Still want to read more?

Well, good news: @lauradietrich_@twitter.com has published a whole book on "#PlantFood Processing Tools at Early Neolithic #GöbekliTepe" in the meantime.

Available online and #OpenAccess via @Archaeopress@twitter.com here: https://www.archaeopress.com