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Göbekli Tepe evidence of ancient cataclysm

Göbekli Tepe's Pillar 43 in Enclosure D with Cygnus overlaid on its vulture carving

A team of researchers with the University of Edinburgh has found what they describe as evidence of a comet striking the Earth at approximately the same time as the onset of the Younger Dryas in carvings on an ancient stone pillar of Göbekli Tepe. The findings were published in the journal Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry. […]

Göbekli Tepe astronomical events and symbolism

The Vulture Stone show different animals in specific positions around the stone.

Researchers are matching low-relief carvings on some of the pillars at Göbekli Tepe to find compelling evidence that the ‘Vulture Stone’ is a date stamp for 10950 BC which closely corresponds to the proposed Younger Dryas event, estimated at 10890 BC. Researchers also found evidence that a key function of Göbekli Tepe was to observe […]