Ancient Architects | Göbekli Tepe: The Mystery of the Missing Megaliths | Ancient Architects @AncientArchitects | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
The 10-12,000-year-old site of Göbekli Tepe has so many points of interest, so many anomalies, oddities and fascinating facets, and although the main focus for many is on the monumental circular enclosures and their associated finely decorated T-shaped pillars, did you know there is also an enclosure with no pillars at all?
In this video, I'm taking a look at Enclosure E of Göbekli Tepe, which is located on the western plateau, away from the main heart of the excavation and better known examples of circular enclosures.
It is lacking any superstructure, and comprised solely of two preserved pedestals cut from the natural limestone bedrock and a carefully smoothed limestone floor.
In this video I take a closer look at the possible explanations why it has missing T-pillars. Was it dismantled, was it unfinished, was it even meant to be an enclosure in the first place? Watch the video to learn more.
All images are taken from Google Images for educational purposes only. Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video and please leave a comment below. Thank you.
--CONTENTS--
0:00 - Introduction
2:23 - Layout of Göbekli Tepe
2:44 - Enclosure E
7:00 - Why the Missing Pillars?
11:39 - Conclusion
Sources:
Sie bauten die ersten Tempel : das rätselhafte Heiligtum der Steinzeitjäger : die archäologische Entdeckung am Göbekli Tepe: archive.org/details/siebautendieerst0000schm
Recent excavations at the Neolithic site of Yiftahel (Khalet Khalladyiah), Lower Galilee: researchgate.net/publication/285761863_Recent_excavations_at_the_Neolithic_site_of_Yiftahel_Khalet_Khalladyiah_Lower_Galilee
Göbekli Tepe – the Stone Age Sanctuaries.
New results of ongoing excavations with a special focus
on sculptures and high reliefs: core.ac.uk/download/pdf/294839319.pdf
#AncientArchitects #GobekliTepe #AncientHistory
The 10-12,000-year-old site of Göbekli Tepe has so many points of interest, so many anomalies, oddities and fascinating facets, and although the main focus for many is on the monumental circular enclosures and their associated finely decorated T-shaped pillars, did you know there is also an enclosure with no pillars at all?
In this video, I'm taking a look at Enclosure E of Göbekli Tepe, which is located on the western plateau, away from the main heart of the excavation and better known examples of circular enclosures.
It is lacking any superstructure, and comprised solely of two preserved pedestals cut from the natural limestone bedrock and a carefully smoothed limestone floor.
In this video I take a closer look at the possible explanations why it has missing T-pillars. Was it dismantled, was it unfinished, was it even meant to be an enclosure in the first place? Watch the video to learn more.
All images are taken from Google Images for educational purposes only. Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video and please leave a comment below. Thank you.
--CONTENTS--
0:00 - Introduction
2:23 - Layout of Göbekli Tepe
2:44 - Enclosure E
7:00 - Why the Missing Pillars?
11:39 - Conclusion
Sources:
Sie bauten die ersten Tempel : das rätselhafte Heiligtum der Steinzeitjäger : die archäologische Entdeckung am Göbekli Tepe: archive.org/details/siebautendieerst0000schm
Recent excavations at the Neolithic site of Yiftahel (Khalet Khalladyiah), Lower Galilee: researchgate.net/publication/285761863_Recent_excavations_at_the_Neolithic_site_of_Yiftahel_Khalet_Khalladyiah_Lower_Galilee
Göbekli Tepe – the Stone Age Sanctuaries.
New results of ongoing excavations with a special focus
on sculptures and high reliefs: core.ac.uk/download/pdf/294839319.pdf
#AncientArchitects #GobekliTepe #AncientHistory
