1 May, 2020 - 19:00
Andrew Collins discusses the recent announcement that three of the oldest stone enclosures at Göbekli Tepe conform to an underlying geometry featuring an equilateral triangle. He shows how these discoveries - made by two Israeli archaeologists from Tel Aviv University - appear to confirm the orientation of the complex and lend weight to the hypothesis that its enclosures were built to target the stars. This brand new study also reviews earlier evidence indicating that the discovery of a grand design at Göbekli Tepe was perhaps inevitable.
Göbekli Tepe and the Worship of the Stars: A Question of Orientation
A Mandaean ceremony that took place on the banks of the Euphrates river in the late nineteenth century provides compelling evidence that the early Neolithic cult sanctuaries of Göbekli Tepe were orientated towards the north, and not towards the south, the direction of the dog-star Sirius
A Report by Andrew Collins
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