Gobekli Tepe - Nov 5

We are visiting the Gobekli Tepe archeological site in southeast Turkey between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers - where our understanding of pre-Neolithic hunters and gatherers has been turned on its head by the uncovering of monumental stone circles from 12,000 years ago.

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Education

Tags:

• Gobekli
• Tepe
• Wisdom
• University

[Yamoffat]

Take a walk through these ‘temples’; worshippers cannot enter or exit gracefully, blind alleys confound the devout, there is no connection between inner and outer circles and no permanence - each structure served a purpose, was filled in and an another built nearby - with lessening enthusiasm. A temporary pagan deity appeasement arena fits better than an agrarian religious edifice. Astronomic characterizations of solar eclipses should correlate with Gobekli Tepe stone records of them.

[Yamoffat]

When the ice age ended and skies cleared, our primitive ancestors watched in horror as the moon collided with the sun and solar flares leaped about as night battled day. Fearful tribal leaders inspired followers to re-create this spectacle with intersecting stone circles, T shaped sun and moon deities placed in the centre circle surrounded by smaller star deities and animals of the night and day that battled to the death. Subsequent eclipses required burial and building another 'temple'.

[my44cosmicsnickers]

These are stupid hippy folk who have NO IDEA what they are talking about. A couple of new age retards that only wish they knew WHATS UP.

[johnbarkand]

@gmdinformation these dudes have been smoking too much cow dung.. "sound" ?

they have been stroking their phailus egos too much.

[armanflint]

They could have been shawomen with big breasts.

[cherylw1958]

shamans used sound to move monoliths, that sounds a bit unsound to me.

[GabiIzquierdo]

as an initial civilization; further digging must be done; and look for burials, artifacts and others...perhaps near by; these many not have had to be right on the site as well. Additionally; why would you not think; these tools were also hidden?...Just like the entire structure was.

[GabiIzquierdo]

I have read and seen all videos created on this; I am puzzled as to why you believe it was a place of worship? There is no evidence...None that that this is what it was. Where is the funding for this excavation coming from and how come it has not been placed in History as it should; at least from an age standpoint. History books still do not mention Gobleki Tepe

[moti57]

i pesonly think that it was bilt during the ice age as a living house. like eglu for eskimo. the dobel walls were for heting and the fire place in the midle was for heet. it was a conunity house. the first kibuz

[bryonlape]

If you are going to stand in the wind and speak, at least project your voice past the camera.