Ancient Desert Kites: The LARGEST Prehistoric Man-Made Structures | Ancient Architects

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[@stig]

"Gazelles can jump more than 10 feet into the air. They are known to perform a "stotting" behavior, where they leap into the air with all four feet off the ground. This behavior is thought to signal their health and agility to predators, which may deter attacks." "Desert kites are ancient stone structures characterized by long, low walls that converge into enclosures. Typically, these walls stand less than one meter high, even accounting for erosion over time. T.E. Lawrence, known as Lawrence of Arabia, discussed these structures in his writings. However, specific measurements of the kites' original heights are not detailed in his accounts. Given the current height of these walls, it's plausible that they were originally built higher, but precise original dimensions remain uncertain."

[@stig]

Matt I commented in the wrong spot, and replied to a random comment and now am in a troll war. Sorry for that. I'm trying to make my point here now.

[@stig]

You saw Stephan Milo's video. I can give you a million reasons these weren't Animal Traps. If you can't catch my sarcasm, it's the million stones in these structures. You really think hunter gatherers are going to move millions of stones in order to make it easier to put an arrow in an animal? The ones you showed in the beginning of your video had a webbing of stone lines that have no entry point. Why would hunters do this? What hunter-gatherer society would dedicate such an immense effort to build traps? It’s far more plausible that these were created for ceremonial or burial purposes, aligning with the tumuli and other ancient practices observed across the region.

[@ShaneSaxson]

Those aren’t for animals other than to draw the animal to the water. These are structures used to slow down water and direct it toward the tanks. The structures would also catch organic materials to help enrich the soil. Supposedly from Africa. The water would definitely attract the animals. But the walls in front of the pit wasn’t for them to jump over. It was to filter out large amounts of sand so it wouldn’t fill up the pit.

[@armadillo9961]

“pRe PoTtErY”

[@stevecurl7430]

You know, I have never heard of desert kites before-thank you!

[@Eyes_Open]

I had not been aware of these kites. Incredible in scope. Thanks.

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@fernandperrier4461]

Great Video ! Makes us re think the meaning of Hunter Gatherers more like Hunter Herders. The logistics and planning behind this is really advanced

[@ChadReiser]

Very cool! Seems like desert kites could make great indicators for places to look for ancient settlements.

[@tricky666hands9]

Very logical. So mainstream won't look there! 😂

[@Jaymz001]

It doesn't seem to be a large leap to think that they only harvested the animals they needed that day and kept the rest alive by feeding and watering them over a couple week period.

[@lefty7510]

Thanks for posting all your great professional videos. Truly inspiring, entertaining & educational. I look forward to them.

[@xodiaq]

This is wild! I just watched a video about swales and desert kites last week (they look sort of similar but serve completely different purposes), and now I get a deep dive! Great video and illustrations!

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you

[@whalhard]

This is so interesting. I sometimes wonder if life back then might not have been a lot less harsh than we might imagine once human invented his tools.

[@AncientArchitects]

Many think “Hunter gatherer” and think “primitive” but these people were intelligent and whatever they did certainly worked for a long time.

[@danielt.8573]

Last year I visited Galicia and Northern Portugal. In medieval times they used to build walls and pits like these but to trap wolves instead who were attacking people and their cattle.

[@AncientArchitects]

People really understood nature in history and prehistory. I find these things fascinating

[@ferguson8143]

Kind of like during World War I, German and Russian forces declared a temporary ceasefire and banded together to hunt wolves. So they could go back to fighting each other.

[@chaoticpuppet1]

Cool. Woolley is my ancestor. Thanks and algo's Matt

[@simonramos485]

yeah that sounds way more possible than gazelle traps bhahaha... 🤭😭🤣

[@haroldshull6848]

The Wife and I have been following your presentations for a number of years. That there are more chroniclers covering these discoveries makes it more interesting. As an addition to your theory on the Kites here we've seen presentations of similar hunting systems in the lower slopes of Alaska used for hunting elk in vast expanses. As The Doctor would say - Fascinating.

[@kdurukal]

Great trap. Great explanation. It shouldn"t be underestimate the gobeklitepe people.

[@AncientArchitects]

Exactly. They were clearly highly intelligent people

[@spiderlady1943]

Simply sophisticated! We greatly underestimate the cultural contexts of the very ancient world when the evidence literally stares us in the face. With our world the war faring way it is currently, I would love to have lived as these ancients did - close to and respectful of our mother Earth. Peace.

[@sergiorodriguezballestero714]

Thanks to your videos I have a more wide visión about this period of history. This kites shows me the vast knowledge of this people. Truly the "prehistory" should be re-thinked.

[@malcolmite]

One of your best keep up the good work.

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you 🙏

[@MarcCuster]

This is the most I've learned about these kites anywhere. A brief picture here or there. A paragraph at best in a book. Why academia does not want to accept that our hunter gathers in the past were sophisticated; industrious, moving all that stone around, crafting sites like Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe; domesticating the dog and with them hunting as a team. From the early work of Professor Robert John Braidwood of the Oriental Institute and Department of Anthropology I learned of this area. I was most fortunate to actually have a discussion with the Professor years ago about this area. Together with researchers from Istanbul University, Braidwood worked at a site in southern Turkey called Çayönü, and provided extensive and significance evidence for the theory that between 8,000 and 12,000 years ago there was a shift from a hunter-gatherer to an agricultural society in southern Turkey.

[@aaronzornes]

Thanks!

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you so much

[@aidanmacdougall9250]

Wow, nice to see the food list as well. Hamsters and Gerbils! Must have been a bad hunt that day! 😮 thanks for the video as always 👍😊

[@tg-nu1xc]

This is real archeology not just conspiracy theory and speculation for clicks and page views. Thank you I love this channel.

[@erinmac4750]

These structures are amazing! I would've never suspected that they were this sort of ingenious trap for gazelle, getting them to jump into the pit. Since learning about Poverty Point in Louisiana, I haven't underestimated the capabilities of hunter gatherer societies. To me it seems that they figured out how to very effectively adapt to their local environments. Ancient peoples had their technology, art, gatherings, rituals, etc, relatable if you actually thonk about it. 💚🌍🌌

[@SmokeyTreats]

Another great vid! Thanks!

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you

[@VINTERIUM..EXPLORIUM.1]

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[@grampsizzakilla7981]

This is an interesting new piece of knowledge to add to the growing collection. Such an exciting time for people interested in the very beginning of civilization. Great graphics and I'm glad you don't rely on those horrible AI graphics.

[@dailysaga]

These are VERY reminiscent of Buffalo Jumps here in Canada. At Buffalo Jumps they are slowly (and then quickly) funneled towards a cliff in the low hills, and ultimately driven off in a human-orchestrated stampede. The amount of meat produced through this method was extraordinary. Also, the Buffalo Jump funnels were just created from relatively small rocks and shrubs, but people would line the funnels, hidden - jumping out in succession to scare the Buffalo back to the middle of funnel. So there's no reason why people couldn't have also lined these kites. Anyway, it's super interesting to see these similarities across geography and time - also trapping such a different type of animal.

[@tg-nu1xc]

I had the same thought after recently watching the “dessert drifter” discuss one he hiked to in I think it was Idaho.

[@OscarFrosty]

I was going to mention this too ! Very similar. I was just at Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump here in southern Alberta over the summer. The ingenuity and patience of the hunters was incredible. They took years, generations even of careful planning. Every person had a job to do. These kites are similar on the opposite side of the world.

[@dailysaga]

@OscarFrosty yeah, so wild to see that very same elaborate and ingenious method in another place by for different animals. I try to go to head-smashed-in every few years or so and take someone with me who's never been before.

[@karolabryant2798]

By finding the map of the kite in the stone, you have lifted a corner in understanding the way our ancestors communicated. As we have already pointed out, this communication method is a layered affair. It will provide more information/images as one deciphers the design. The life cycle of its quarry and how it was resourced is most likely your next discovery. It will show you the best way to skin a gazelle. The choice of life on the incline is often related to water management as well. Thank you for looking and sharing. Excellent. 🎉

[@barrywalser2384]

Fascinating. Thanks Matt!

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks for watching, Barry

[@paulblase3955]

Those kites took a lot of planning and work to build. I can see how building these would lead to building structures.

[@danm3570]

this is amazing, nice one dude

[@creagcridhe]

Kites exist all over not just in deserts. They were used to funnel herds into natural or artificial enclosures for ease of harvesting and potentially as a strategy of winter food storage. This has been common knowledge for some time

[@telebubba5527]

Interesting and very plausible. I came across these kites years ago via Google Earth in the Sahara and later on in Saudi Arabia. They were pretty widely used it seems and strangely enough in desert area, now void of any large animal life. So those area's must have been greener in their day and able to support larger animals.

[@mrbaab5932]

Greener Sahara 5 to 10 thousand years ago.

[@doomoo5365]

I'd like to see a species profile of what the landscape was like with a different climate, there was probably wild types of wheat that they could just Harvest without planting

[@judewarner1536]

Even without desertification, hunter-gatherer societies were capable of hunting species to extinction. Over millennia, Maoris hunted ten species of Moa to extinction, the largest making the ostrich look like a chicken. The dated remains indicate that the largest species were preferred for the favoured food source, for logical reasons, and that the Maoris worked their way down the size range until each became extinct in turn.

[@GenericYoutubeGuy]

Moses’ stepfather was a northwest Arabian shepherd. If they took sheep through what is now just a giant desert, then it was likely greener back then.

[@GenericYoutubeGuy]

⁠​⁠@@judewarner1536all that is simply speculation, and it sounds like a nonsense. A ostrich turning into a chicken? What the hell!

[@jlee111776]

Imagine seeing these before you knew about Gobekli Tepe or any other recently discovered settlement.....because that's actually how I first heard and saw these hunting enclosures. It's amazing that they can now be added to the story of the people who cultivated the land.

[@Ciaran_MacDonagh]

Brilliant video! Very informative and fascinating! Thanks!

[@Jon-BEDM]

The nickel arcade was a kind of kite, it always lured you back to the crane that touched but never lifted the coolest toy.

[@debbralehrman5957]

They have found similar types used by early natives in the great prairie of the US. They were used for the American Bison. Of course they were much deeper. Thanks for sharing this about the Kites. I have to agree with you these people were in no way lacking in Intelligence. I'm so glad that it is becoming more excepted that were as smart as we are and capable of many great things. They had to be otherwise we wouldn't be here. 👍🏼

[@R0guemetal]

Thank you for the content. Keep up the good work. From Aurora, Colorado

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you sir 🙏

[@PapaRocks]

Thanks so much for this super informative and interesting video. Learned something new.👌

[@MrDavidknigge]

My father told me that pronghorn antelope of North America will follow a fence line for a mile or more looking for a break in the fence rather than jump over it which they can easily do. They sound very much like these ancient antelope of Southeast Turkey.

[@judewarner1536]

whalhard has expressed an idea that I have held for a long time. When "advanced" Western explorers first became aware of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle in recent times the tribes were often little better than stone age in development and with restricted lifestyles. The assumption was that hunter-gathering restricted development owing to restricted food sources, a restriction that was only relieved by the invention of pastoralism and agriculture. That early assumption has persisted into modern times, as is wont to happen in presumptuous advanced societies. It is very clear, however, that some areas were rich in food resources and that development in such places was, perhaps, a cultural choice rather than a necessity.

[@leeandrew4562]

Matt always presents better quality more interesting videos than anything on terrestrial channels

[@brynvjones6679]

Fascinating.

[@ArmyJay]

I expect there were tree/bushes branches or brush on top of the walls which haven’t survived. That’s why the prey animal wouldn’t jump over. This is how they are in surviving African hunter-gatherer tribes’ traps.

[@iggyzorro2406]

'Gazelles eat plants and leaves' reminds me of a joke. A panda walks into a restaurant and orders some bamboo for dinner. He finishes his meal, pulls out a gun, blows away the waiter and maitre'd, then walks out the door. When somebody asks him why he did that, he said, 'Look it up.' So they did and it said, "Panda - eats shoots and leaves.'

[@Spielkalb-von-Sparta]

Good one!

[@weehudyy]

The Kiwi : Eats roots , shoots and leaves ....

[@Spielkalb-von-Sparta]

There's a funny video about pandas - *Why Pandas Are Impressively Bad at Existing*

[@susanohnhaus611]

People are not taking into account that the landscape at the time these were constructed was not desert. These low walls were probably cleared by hunters in preparation for driving game. Cleared plants could be piled on the stone walls and hunters could have cut more to form brush hides for themselves. The antelope probably thought they were simply following the path of least resistance surrounded by familiar vegetation. Once the herd had passed, the hunters flanking the sides would close the rear, progressively urging the animals forward with a moving wall of vegetation. I wonder if the cells were filled with water. Some people speculate that the "handbags" on the stone pillar at Goebekle Tepe are water pails. Perhaps the visual is of water being carried to fill the cells that the animals portrayed between the "handles" fall into.

[@kalrandom7387]

I just had a crazy thought, what if seed domestication started as a lure for capturing wild birds?

[@theozarktrekker]

Fascinating and well done video about such a mysterious place.

[@huthutchinson1778]

thank you for this video.

[@fredwood1490]

I understand that this kind of trap became so popular that they led to the extinction of several species the people were dependent on, suggesting a reason the villages were abandon. Victims of their own success.

[@VINTERIUM..EXPLORIUM.1]

Nice Work & Video 👍

[@AncientArchitects]

Cheers

[@sclerwage]

The zigzag lines probably represent a planting zone where gazelle food was planted. Who says that agriculture started for the direct benefit of feeding humans plants? If so, Gazelle would be naturally attracted to the focal points. While it's incredible that these structures have lasted 10K+ years, it's a bit odd that these structures seem so simple in comparison to the huge undertaking that the tepe sites must have involved. If they had the tech to source, quarry, and transport megaliths, you'd think they mightve put a bit more effort into these structures.

[@Kwaark]

amazing... those humans were smart !!

[@tafinzer]

Always love your presentations.This was so informative and interesting.

[@traildoggy]

I've seen similar behavior with deer and antelope panicking from a car and running along a fence they could easily jump over to safety.They will sometimes run back in front of traffic rather than make that small leap.

[@AncientArchitects]

Something in their brain must tell them not to risk the jump!

[@yyaadude]

Isn’t this a crude form of domination of animals? Super interesting. Hunter engineers? So many more questions.

[@robertc.4609]

It's pretty genius overall. I always love when we figure out how our prehistoric ancestors did things.

[@douglasbarclay1990]

i was already aware of the kites. i would add that in a theory i heard that hides/ cloth was put on sticks at regular spaces to flap in the wind and the animals would rarely go past the unnatural motion(to them) so you could use low walls and a bunch of planted stationary flags waving in the breeze to direct your animals.

[@AncientArchitects]

Nice ideas!

[@base99498]

The squiggly line could depict an accordion style fence to pen in gazelles

[@jwebb3337]

Great video!

[@TheImmortalArt]

Again, cool video!

[@VINTERIUM..EXPLORIUM.1]

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[@BB-ot3fb]

By the table presented in this video the main prey of the desert kites were cattle. The weight of 2574 Aurochs(cattle) is many times larger than that of 7949 gazelle. A weight ratio of 20:1 (for example gazelle at 20kg and aurochs at 400kg) results in weight of the cattle 6.5 larger than that of the gazelles.

[@marcinnazwisko2886]

I really love this canal for content

[@AncientArchitects]

I always try and make the content unique. All researched and written by me, the video and thumbnail is all made by me. 👍

[@williammaurer9450]

Excellent! TY

[@AncientArchitects]

Cheers

[@AaronCrudup]

Amazing.

[@vickinger]

Thank you so much. Beatiful description of the great kites.

[@ScarsNotFresh]

Wonderful insight ❤

[@Spielkalb-von-Sparta]

Thanks for this well-done video about these entrapment kites! I've read about them before but this single megalith and this new approach on interpreting the carvings on the t-pillars were new to me. Good job, concise and convincing if someone asks how hunter-gatherers were possible able to build the sites and to permanently settling down in that region. One question, did they do experiments with modern gazelles to find out if they reacted the way we assume they did?

[@GermanGreetings]

Ich arbeite an der nördlichen parallelen Jägerkultur, die auf den Verhaltensweisen der Rentiere basieren. We should meet soon. Thank You for this giant Inspiration, Sir ! It May Last a bit, therefore I give You a hint to this book: Thiele/Knorr: "Der Himmel ist unter uns". Hope, that it's available in english ❤

[@m.h.2671]

🙏🏼 👍🏼 Ich denke die größte Dichte der ‚Desert-Kytes‘ findet man in der syrischen Wüste, südlich des Vulkans südöstlich von Damaskus.

[@primoprima788]

Thank you mate! 🤓👍

[@AncientArchitects]

Cheers

[@elricmelinborne363]

Brilliant Matt, the hand bag isn't a handbag but possibly traps. Makes sense why you document it in stone if it's been feeding you for so long.

[@joshua3171]

amazing

[@goontheracoon]

This is what i believe the circles close to stonehenge is, posted it on the original video because of it's natural layout and shape.. the sapmi ppl herd raindeer the same way, you can herd them into a cirle and pick out your prey that way.. running water is important, animals are less likely to wanna cross back over AND you're gonna need it at the site. (Most of these slaughter circles are located next to water)

[@agirlyman]

Fascinating🤔

[@jimmywr32]

great video

[@rosemarycrane5137]

Cooperation is tantamount to survival.

[@saltzilla1199]

to me the zig zag line looks like a fence that would be pulled accross the corral after the gazelle entered to keep the gazelle in the enclosure

[@AncientArchitects]

Makes sense 👍

[@davidduvall1947]

Watching this video I had the thought that perhaps brush could have been stuck into the wall of the lines to further confuse the gazelle. Or, if not stuck then held and shaken by hunters.

[@markaxworthy2508]

Perhaps this is the start of animal husbandry? Maybe the gazelle were kept in the pits, fed and watered and only killed selectively over an extended period of time? Either that, or a hell of a lot of biltong was being made!

[@my-awesome-handle]

To me those look like proof of animal husbandry. Water bins/feeding troughs and an enclosure. Guide a bunch inside, kill when needed, keep rest alive. Close to water source so you don't have to carry water so far to keep trapped animals alive. Instead of hunting each time you need meat, enclose multiple animals and take when needed

[@autarko]

This would make sense and perhaps lead to breeding. It would need to be defended from other predators though.

[@HilaryGlazer-g3o]

They would need to bring them food.

[@paulmcneill2666]

Very interesting.

[@AncientArchitects]

Cheers

[@harrisdavidson-w5d]

your videos are very helpful I get very good knowledge about history

[@DrewBods]

I saw a comment saying that the cursus near stonehenge is identical to a modern trap used in Africa, with a river in the middle

[@AncientArchitects]

Oooh, I’m writing a video on cursus monuments, I think they were either traps or pens for certain animals!!

[@cal2127]

honestly thats probably how we caught animals we later domesticated like horses

[@AncientArchitects]

Yeah. They probably played a role in domestication.

[@Spielkalb-von-Sparta]

Yes, I had the same thought when I've read about those entrapments before in a paper. It's a totally plausible and probable hypothesis.

[@Machine9000]

This is an incredible theory. I never heard of desert kites. Michael Tellinger talks about the millions of stone circles in Africa. I never knew what they were used for but wow this makes sense. That said, I don't think that's what gobekli tepe is. It's too much construction for a simple purpose. You wouldn't carve images into the pillars if it was just a kite. I dunno, I'll let the idea.marinate. 😅

[@ancientvacuum]

❤ WOW ! Like a lobster trap ! Who needs a time machine to travel through time ?

[@Swimmer1128]

Now THAT'S what I'd call a SWIFTY! Speedy Ganzallez..ok I'm done. Great video! ❤🎉😊I think you've got a good theory here. This keeps me up at night not even joking. You help us understand 🙏

[@PaxAlotin]

*One thing not mentioned, is that* -------- these structures were in use ------------- *even up to the very recent past*

[@catman8965]

I saw these about a month ago. I was about to bring this to your attention, but I knew you would find these kites.

[@AncientArchitects]

Yeah, I’ve been meaning to make a video on them for months. Finally ticked it off the list!

[@stig]

@@AncientArchitects You saw Stephan Milo's video. I can give you a million reasons these weren't Animal Traps. I want to scream. You really think hunter gatherers are going to move millions of stones in order to make it easier to put an arrow in an animal? The ones you showed in the beginning of your video had a webbing of stone lines. Why would hunters do this?

[@catman8965]

@@stig Okay, they're not traps, what are they?

[@stig]

@@catman8965 I'm not the all knowing genius that would claim to know for sure, but what would motivate people to do this? Some type of obligation, maybe to honor a diety or ancestor. The smaller keyhole shaped kites seem like tumuli to me. The enclosures? I have other theories I won't get into here.

[@AlbertaGeek]

@@stig _"I can give you a million reasons these weren't Animal Traps"_ So share a few. Talk is cheap, Atlantis-boy, put up or shµt up. _"You really think hunter gatherers are going to [...]"_ And FYI, an *argument from incredulity* is not a reason.

[@threeriversforge1997]

I disagree that the pits were traps. More likely, they were 'hides" for the hunters who would be able to stay low down and then jump up with their bows or atlatl at the ready. If the gazelle were willing to jump over the low wall, how many would you reasonably expect to capture in the pit? Why wouldn't they jump over the marginally taller walls all around them if they were that scared of the hunters driving them into the enclosure? Based on my one hunting experience, deer don't like to jump over a hedge or fence that they cannot see the to the other side because they don't know what kind of landing they'll have on that other side. But if they are being chased and death is imminent, they can jump very high and will go over a "blind fence" just to get away from the predator. Sure, they might break a leg on the other side, but that's a 'might' and a better gamble than whatever's chasing them. From a human perspective, it's easier to dig a hole and stack rocks, making yourself a comfortably deep waiting area. And if they were using atlatl, they'd need a rather large area just so they could get a step and throw with their spears, putting power behind the cast. That the pits are spread out around the circumference of the enclosure also tells me that they are shooting positions. The hunters are well away from each other and have their own kill zones that they're responsible for controlling. As they jumped up, exposing themselves to the herd, the animal would try to get back, circling around in a frenzy, and never really approaching the low stone wall that they could easily jump over. This gave the hunters plenty of time to act, lobbing spears and arrows into the herd with relative ease.

[@lapatossu5976]

The Sami people in northern Scandinavia still to this day use a very similar system for herding reindeer, but in much smaller scale of course.

[@Akio-fy7ep]

C'mon, we all know reindeer can fly.

[@MelvinCruz]

I feel happy for each of the videos on this channel because I imagine the face of the liar Hawas screaming because his deception that no civilization is older than the Egyptian one sinks into the sewers of time. Thank you for such elaborate videos and your time reading so much information to capture it in a short and spectacular story. P.D. Thaks God you love original Star Wars ❤❤❤❤❤

[@AncientArchitects]

I love the original Star Wars! 👌

[@socratesDude]

It makes sense that they would want the animals calm before killing them. Spooked animals taste different because of lactic acid and other things. Without ways to preserve meat a fresh supply could be maintained with those pens. It's ingenious.

[@OntarioAtOrion]

They def figured out how to fly with kites and hang gliders imo

[@AncientArchitects]

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[@douginorlando6260]

The earliest man made stone structure trap discovered was in a dry river bed (Sahara?). It would trap fish into easy-to-catch confined areas. I think the researchers said 30,000 years ago but could be wrong

[@einarcgulbrandsen7177]

There is also similar but smaller stone animal trap found in north of Norway. Some of them was really old but was used as recent up to 1800.

[@knowinghistruth7227]

Hey, I enjoy your video! 1:02 The Tashtapele site is in central Anatolia and is from the Hittites. Göbekli Tepe is in southeastern Turkey, and it is from a significantly earlier time period of history.

[@adrianjones8347]

You’re da man

[@AncientArchitects]

Cheers

[@alexeysaphonov232]

You said an interesting thing that the constructions were mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesch...and you didn't quote it! .. you should totally fix it if it is true.

[@MichaelLeBlanc-p4f]

The prey acted just like human prey today.

[@Eyes_Open]

The dawn of Fast Food franchises.

[@AncientArchitects]

Gazelle burgers 🍔

[@derik7505]

Not to point out the obvious or anything but there was also nearly a few thousand bones of Aurochs. Maybe they were herding them into those kites as well

[@CesurYapayDünya]

Interesting. Probably this is the mother of all castles, where later people will build around them to be protected from their brethren.