Karahan Tepe

[Debi]

Is an unknown, extraordinarily ancient civilisation buried under eastern Turkey? | The Spectator

I am staring at about a dozen, stiff, eight-foot high, orange-red penises, carved from living bedrock, and semi-enclosed in an open chamber. A strange carved head (of a man, a demon, a priest, a God?), also hewn from the living rock, gazes at the phallic totems – like a primitivist gargoyle. The...

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[Selectric]

The design is similar to Gobekli. I doubt very much that these are the last places we will find. People are far older than we are told/taught. The difference in design but similar arrangement had a purpose. Ancient people were not stupid or as some have described as chiseling with chicken bones in caves...

 

[Debi]

The design is similar to Gobekli. I doubt very much that these are the last places we will find. People are far older than we are told/taught. The difference in design but similar arrangement had a purpose. Ancient people were not stupid or as some have described as chiseling with chicken bones in caves...

The two are in the same area, so one wonders if the same people built them both.

 

[Selectric]

The two are within sight of each other. They are probably part a larger complex yet to be uncovered.