The rocky blocks you see in the photo, which weigh several tons and reach nearly 7 meters high, are at least 11,000 years old according to C14 radiocarbon analysis. These are some of the many pillars that constituted the site of Göbekli Tepe, on the Turkish-Syria border. The civilization that built this site and other similar sites still has no name. In fact, until recently, their existence was completely unknown.

We do know a few things about them though. They didn’t practice farming, since all the seeds found in Göbekli Tepe are wild and uncultivated. They also didn’t farm, since the numerous meat leftovers found (it appears they held huge feasts) are all game, not farm animals. In addition, the stylized statues in the center of stone circles carry sashes. This means it didn’t have to be cold at the time of Göbekli Tepe being built. All of these elements suggest that the home site is probably much older than it appears. Maybe even several thousand years older.

This is not a funeral site, as no bodies were found inside. It’s not a sanctuary either, for no god or deity is represented there. It does not appear to be a city or a village, as there does not seem to be a proper water source to quench the thirst of a large group of people. What’s this all about then? On the walls of Göbekli Tepe are engraved hundreds of “”snakes”” descending from above, from the sky. Celestial beings appear, where do these “”snakes”” come from. According to astronomers, about 12,000 years ago, a swarm of asteroids or comets heavily bombarded the Earth, destroying entire territories on four continents. This was quite a disaster. Göbekli Tepe is probably a “”memorial”” from the time when “”fire snakes,”” i.e. fragments of comets falling from above, destroyed the world.

#archaeohistories.