Cracking the Göbekli Tepe Code: New Hypothesis | Ancient Architects

Ever since it came to light what was buried beneath the mound of Gobekli Tepe, the site has become one of the most talked about places in the world, because of a) its prehistoric age, b) its vast size, c) the magnificent megalithic structures and d) the incredible iconography etched in stone.
The unique archaeological finds have truly captured our imaginations, with the decorated T-shaped pillars quickly becoming an ancient wonder in their own right.
The iconography is fascinating and for a long-lost culture who had not yet developed writing, these pillars and a few associated statues and stone artefacts, are the only record of the civilisation they left behind.
But what are the pictures portraying? What were the ancient people trying to tell us? I find it frustrating that I don’t know with any certainty and every seemingly decent idea I’ve come across leaves me with nagging questions and reasonable doubt in their accuracy.
But now, after extensive reading, personal research and brainstorming, I think I’m finally onto something and so, in this video, which is part 1 of what will be a 2 or 3-part mini-series over the coming weeks and months, it’s time to take a look at the detail.
It's thanks to the work of Professor Dragoş Gheorghiu (linked below, which I think has taken the understanding of the pillars to the next level. His work on Göbekli Tepe is up there with the very best, yet most people have never heard of it.
He has worked to identify the animals on the pillars and in doing so, he is, in my opinion, on the right track to a logical and realistic interpretation. Watch the video to learn more!
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Sources:
Dragoş Gheorghiu: A River Runs Through It: www.researchgate.net/publicat...
Dragoş Gheorghiu: www.researchgate.net/publicat...
www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-tele...
www.science.org/content/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-en...
Martin Sweatman, Gobekli Tepe Pillars: martinsweatman.blogspot.com/2...
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[@risunokairu]

Maybe if they would excavate more of gobekli tepe instead of building concrete roads roofs and planting trees they could get more information

[@how2gamebadly]

It's crazy that they are literally planting trees and destroying what could be our first settlement instead of trying to find out more about it. And people justify it.....crazy world we live in

[@LooksLike-om4df]

The trees were planted by the farmer who owns the property. He did it to claim a higher value when being bought out. The roots don't go deep and will not bother anything.

[@how2gamebadly]

@@LooksLike-om4df it's the first human civilization known to man.... how much value more then that do you need? Roots dissolve rock..... it's npcs like this are what I mean.....

[@supernova-5150]

They want to just clean out the in-between stuff they left alone during the first major excavations, like dusting between the seats in your car for guests.

[@palladium1083]

So you are saying they bought this property out a decade after starting excavations? Because the trees were planted much much later after archeologists started working there.

[@edmundschubert4963]

This is the most logical explanation I’ve seen yet of the various symbols on the pillars.

[@davidwebb1127]

85k views for this nonsense what is this Garbage

[@supernova-5150]

Yet it still isn't quite right. I dare anyone to ask me about it!

[@vladislawr1594]

Your opinion?

[@melissabrouwer9899]

@@supernova-5150I’m…asking you about it?

[@steveunderhill5935]

It’s an ancient mini putt

[@john_ace]

Spiders have 8 legs. The so called spider might actually be an ant. The scorpion was correctly depicted with 8 legs by the way.

[@john_ace]

The crayfish theory ist completely off.

[@john_ace]

I think that the depictions are mostly a way to remember important things. This civilization was most likely afraid of loosing their teachings/cultural memory. This had most likely already happened to this civilization in the past. The anxiety to loose wisdom and therefore forgetting how to work the land might have eventually led to writing.

[@DarkMatterExists]

@@john_aceThis seems more probable than most theories, considering the timing of the younger dryas period. At first I was questioning why they would take the time and energy to carve out simple food source patterns, when it could just as easily be orally taught to children or adults much more quickly. But, in context of a civilization that was in fear of a near extinction level natural disaster (whether having survived one in their not too distant past or painfully aware of one looming just ahead) it makes some sense why they would try to create a more permanent record to guide any remaining survivors on either where/when to find food or what happened in their past/present to be aware of certain natural signs that would warn of imminent extreme danger. From an ancient human’s perspective, there were really only two important sources of inspiration for stories to pass down, imho. Those being everything that happens in the sky, and everything happening in nature with their food supply. I think that’s obvious, much more so than the true meaning of what these carvings are to us in our present.

[@john_ace]

@@DarkMatterExists The carvings of Göbekli Tepe are amazing since they not only use a Symbol here and there but various symbols in relation to one another. It is just a few steps from hieroglyphs and therefore maybe the basis of writing. I remember being told that something like "telling stones" existed in our region. I have no idea when i was told that or who told me that. A "telling stone" was basically a landmark like a boulder that is engraved with a symbol. When you would encounter a telling stone, it would be a warning or just connect with a story that you might know. The symbols would be easily understandable in the context of the culture. We now have similar landmarks but we use writing and we can tell the full story right there. The big problem is that we have no idea what kind of symbols people used in the past. Whatever might have been very easily understandable back then is just gibberish to us. An eel can be a warning for flooding and an ant might be a sign to carry stuff home. But we just don't know. You need some cultural knowledge to decipher the symbols. Without a starting point, it will remain unsolvable. If any connection to a later civilization can be made, the symbols might be decipherable. Just think of the radioactive symbol... instantly recognizable and a clear warning to anyone who understands it. You don't need to understand what radioactivity actually is, you just need to feel fear. Someone who is unfamiliar with it would maybe think that it is a family crest marking ownership and waltz into contaminated land.

[@PatchouliPenny]

​​@@john_acejust a little pointer it's lose not loose. Loosing wisdom across the world is something I could get behind though! So lose or losing. 😉

[@JonnoPlays]

LET'S GO! New 3 part series about pillar iconography from Ancient Architects?! Matt you absolutely SPOIL US! ☺ 👌 💯 💰 thanks for all your hard work on this subject and the many others you cover. I'm excited to hear your hypothesis and watch the evidence. Great idea 💡

[@kickpublishing]

They’re recording the complex hunting seasons and I bet the pillars line up with certain stars so they know when certain seasons start and end. If you’re dependent on hunting you want to be sure to mark and make the most of each season but you need a record of what foods to travel to and hunt depending on the position of stars. I suspect that their hunting what sophisticated and wide ranging and they needed to cover large amounts of land and change modes multiple times in a year to survive. Making the most of each season and missing nothing was probably vital for their survival.

[@nicolasolton]

Sensible idea.

[@boxsterman77]

I think some types of information useful to the hunter-gathering compared to the member of an agricultural society are the same; some, vastly different. If you want to know what is useful for the hunter, you first "consult" (watch) the prey. On the other hand any information you may glean from cosmic bodies is only secondary to that. It's unlikely the guidance the stars provide would be at variance with the prey's adherence to that guidance, but even if it were, a hunter is not going to dismiss the prey's behavior because a constellation is telling him to. So information gleaned from the heavens is apt to be mere confirmation of what the prey is doing. Agriculture on the other hand is a whole different thing. You need to know when to plant your crop; when to harvest. Observing prey like antelope is helpful only if you want to supplement your crop with some opportunistic protein source or you want to shoo them away from eating your crop. The indicators of the seasons or of the type of weather to expect is so much more important to the farmer.

[@ajkaajka2512]

Amazing, can't wait for more. My take on the ''spider'': when I saw that animal my first thought was an ANT. The animal depicted has 6 legs, so do ants. Spiders and crayfish have 8 legs. In one of the pillars we could see a scorpion and they carved it with 8 legs, so I think they were pretty accurat with depicting the main features af animals, number of legs included. I like the idea about the habitat depicted with all the animals, so why would an ant be in the river? Ants can sense rain coming, so maybe they say, when you see ants moving from one home to another, rain and flood is coming.

[@crystalinedreams6039]

so true & about the ants moving, here they blacken our outer walls when a flood is coming anywhere near us & they know at least a week beforehand. watch the animals, they have instincts while we only have what we are taught by humans & todays school lessons are seldom worth squat! sorry to the teachers & professors but you are seldom taught the truth & only teach what you are forced to. nature is the only real world we have, we need to learn from it before we kill it all off. have a wonderful life!

[@PatchouliPenny]

I also said "that's no spider and those are very weird snakes". Anyone who has spent 5 minutes watching a snake would draw it's forked tongue but eels is a good hypothesis. Those baby eels Matt showed were so cute! I want to be as happy as a baby eel!

[@ajkaajka2512]

@@PatchouliPenny yes, good point about the forked tongue

[@supernova-5150]

I think that's the point. I just posted a couple of videos hinting at how they were concerned with transformation and rebirth. every animal they depict seems to be a shapeshifter.

[@untamedproductions6674]

Great video! In Romania we have the Danube delta, there we have crayfish and catfish, reeds and all kind of birds, some who migrate. He must have spent some time in the delta, and all who like to fish there know that crayfish and catfish like rotten meat. As a romanian is great to see profesor Gheorghiu`s work being mentioned.

[@JMM33RanMA]

What I most like about you, Matt, is that you can think outside the box without denying the existence of boxes. There are things I observed in Korea, Japan and the Middle East, that are, from a Western point of view, strange, different and sometimes alien, but all are the product of human civilizations, sometimes a result of borrowing and sometimes produced by the local culture sui generis. Your fresh view of the pillar symbolism from an environmental PoV is pure genius! Kudos my friend!

[@workinprogresslabs]

Wow, this is incredible analysis. The site suddenly becomes more of a learning center w this possibility! Well done. 🤯

[@MarquisDeSang]

this is oviously sperm

[@paulblase3955]

Remember, a given animal could be both referring to a constellation and the story that gave that identification to the constellation.

[@saintsplenetic9239]

I don't think the context can be fully understood until the entire site is excavated. 90 percent of it is still hurried so we're only seeing the most recent pillars and enclosures. A Rosetta Stone that puts it all together might still be burried there

[@laurelsilberman5705]

This is amazing analysis. I actually think there’s a correlation between the H-shaped barrier symbols, and the slight difference in the one at the bottom, where it doesn’t connect horizontally but rather looks like a square with like a “bird’s beak” shape sticking out on the left side, and a regular square on the right. This, believe it or not, could represent some type of one-way mechanism or style of net, where the fish can swim in but activating the mechanism from inside the trap is impossible. I thought about that because of how it kind of resembles how a door that swings out is drawn on a floor plan, but on a more direct level, it visually evokes some sort of flap or lock, it just gives me one-way entry vibes. So this could be a way of setting specific traps in a stream with mechanism to trap fish before they even realize they’re in a net. Then at the end of the day you pull in everything it caught and throw back what you don’t want. This methodology is used to some extent in places all over the world today, using materials and techniques that haven’t changed since the Stone Age. So that’s what the bird beak square and regular square made me think of-the entry point of a river-wide net, which I’ve seen used. You set it and can come back hours later to dozens of large fish.

[@AncientArchitects]

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[@ronbyrd1616]

Thanks for video, and for travel notice . Do you have any info on why the major dig at Gobeklitepe has been throttled? And seems to have been intentionally postponed? That's just not acceptable.

[@magnusdunning6113]

As our friend from New Orleans commented...those aren't snakes with the cranes. It's water. Flowing river symbol. And it's not a bad in depth type depicton. Literally standing in it. Just my opinion of course.

[@summerbrooks9922]

Yours is also the opinion of art historians, who remain verified in this phenomena.

[@LuisAldamiz]

Cranes also hunt snakes but I also thought of flowing water myself so maybe you're onto something.

[@vanaals]

Had the same impression. Water flowing over rapids then over the edge of a waterfall. And maybe the thing with many legs is a crayfish. Maybe the cranes are waiting for the crayfish to be swept over the falls so they can eat it? Yeah. I think in storybook.

[@paulblase3955]

Heck, the local word for “river” could be “water snake”

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

Pythagoras means 'Heart of the Serpent', he was born in Sidon, a fishing Port in Phoenicia. His mother received a prophecy from the Oracle at Delphi that he would become a great Leader & Teacher. Sidon means 'Kingdom of the Fish', & the Essenes, who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls, worshipped Pythagoras. The Sarcophagus of Eshmun III found in Sidon names him as the 'Widow's Scion', aka Hiram Abiff, Founder of Freemasonry, of which Tyre was the premier Capital (at least equal to Thebes). In 911BC Rameses II married the Queen of Sidon, home of Jezebel (Daughter or consort of Baal, ie "Queen") founding Neo Assyrian Babylon, an alliance between Egypt & Hiram, Father of Jezebel, & King of Assyria; forming the Phoenician colonies, & building the Temple of Melqart to commemorate their alliance. The Si in Sidon is the basis of the Latin Exe, or X, and is the basis of the Cross, or Chi Rho that Constantine painted on his shields. Also known as the Cross of Tyre, or Cross of Baal, being Ra-El, or Ba'El. Using Euler's number to map irrational numbers also produces a Templar Cross: ie where Eclipses are most likely to occur, called the 'Saros' Cycle. This cross can also be seen around the neck of Nimrod in Assyria, consistent with the Union Jack, & Solstice Calendar found in the Vatican's Shiva Lingam. Shiva is the Hebrew word for 7, & their culture also found its way to Korea & Japan (via the Philippines) ultimately becoming Shintoism. It was the Phoenicians who gave their name to the Pole Star, _Phoenice,_ which they used to Navigate the Oceans using the Zodiac, that's what the Antikythera mechanism was for, & with it they wrote the Byblos Baal; what we now call the Bible. The first form of the Bible was written in 325BC & called 'Vaticanus Graecus', or 'Son of the Sacred Serpent', ie Sirius, the basis of the Sothic Calendar, which uses a Hex Decimal & base 60 system found in all Megalithic sites around the world. In the second century AD the Astronomer Valentinus Vettori transcribed it into a Lunar chart of 13 houses, what we now call the Zodiac. Horoscope means 'Star Watcher', or 'Time Keeper' & the Phoenician word for Saturn, or El, was *_Israel_* or _El,_ (Fruit) of Isis (Ishtar) & (Amin) Ra. Equally El is the 'Father' of Ra the Sun, & Consort of Isis the Earth Mother, ergo _'El Ptah'_ is the *Moon* or Set. Phoenicia was the interim between Egypt & Greece, with artisans & culture exceeding that of the Greeks, whom literally adopted the Phoenician Alphabet, which we still use to this day; sounding out words phonetically. 'Phoenician' is alliterated in 'Venetian', & 'Vikings', being Kings of the Sea, [Sea Pharoahs] El is the primary God of the Phoenicians, representing the offspring of Egypt, & his consort Astarte or Ishtar represents the Assyrian half of the alliance. Such lineages & alliances can be traced (through the naming of gods) to Ireland & the Vikings, Indonesia, the Americas; even as far away as Australia, & New Zealand. It denotes Sirius as 'Son' of Orion & Pleiades, which sits at 33 degrees of the Zodiac. The basis of the Sothic (Seth) Decan Calendar of the Egyptians. The New Moon in this position marks Rosh Hashanah, the Egyptian, Celtic, Phoenician, & Assyrian New Year, with the first New Moon of September, so called as it's the 7th House of the Zodiac, when the Sun is in Ophuichus. 'Phoenix', 'Benben', or 'Bennu', is Egyptian for 'Heron', or Feathered 'Serpent'. It baptised itself in frankincense & myrrh at Baalbek, then alights atop the Great Pyramid, upon the Holy Grail, or Altar of Ra, every 630 years to take three days off the calendar; during the course of the first New Moon of Nisan, which means 'Prince'. The Capstone of Pyramids is even called the Benben or Bennu. The Phoenix is found in all religions, which are all Astrological Allegory for the Moon travelling through the Constellations as a soul migrating from body to body. Thus is the basis of Joseph Campbell's Monomyth, or 'Hero's Journey' with the cycles & orbits of the planets serving as portents, omens, allies, etc. Thus Astrology was the Science of the Bronze Age & Reincarnation was the early teaching of the Gnostic Christian Church, & relates to the lineage of Kings: "The Pan is Dead! _Long live Pan!"_ The Bennu is the Egyptian Phoenix, to Phoenicians the Hoyle, Etruscans saw birds as sacred too, as did Celts, & Picts. Hebrew & Iberia have the same root; meaning _'over'_ ie _'overseas'_ or 'those [whom travel] over [the] sea'. A colony called Iberia also appeared on the Eastern shores of the Black Sea, with the same Dolmen & Megalithic culture originating in Ireland and Brittany circa 4500BC. _Phoenician_ means 'Scion of the Phoenix', the first Bible: Vaticanus Graecus; 'Scion of the Sacred Serpent' (Prince). Then there's the Essenes; :Sons of Light', the Tuatha De Danaan; Sons of Light, Anunnaki; Sons of Light, Arthur Pendragon; Arthur [Thor] 'Son of the Dragon'. Chertoff is Russian for "Son of the Devil" & Dracula also means 'Scion of the Dragon'. Masons call themselves the "Brotherhood of the Great White Serpent", & the Ziggurat of Anu denotes her as a great white Serpent too, while at New Grange & the Bru na Boinne, Ireland (4000BC) the white quartz ramparts also denote the Moon. The Moon itself travels either side of the Solar Elliptic by 5 degrees through specific constellations in a serpentine fashion that is always changing, but repeats every 19 years, the time it took to train a Druid or Magi, Magi meaning 'Teacher'. The Phoenix is also associated with this sacred number 19. "Pharoah" means 'Great House' or 'House of Light' & Cairo used to be called Babel. Pharaohs were called 'Commander in Chief' & wore a hooded crown representing feathers, so did Native American Chiefs, ie the Feathered Serpent. Aztecs also had 'Serpent Kings', (Canaan means Serpent Kings, & Sidon was a Son of Canaan & Great Grandson of Noah) who were called to lead with "cunning & guile" being the virtue of their "right to rule"; being seen as "just" in public, while shrewd in private. "As wise as Serpents, (while appearing as) _gentle_ as Doves." The old Egyptian flag of an Eagle holding a Snake is also reflected in the Modern Mexican flag, denoting the Constellations of Serpentis (13th sign of the Zodiac) and Aquila. The dimensions & 12 mathematical constants of the Great Pyramid are also expressed in New Grange, & Stonehenge, as well as in Watson Brake, (2500BC) & Teotihuacan, which correlates to the Phoenician/ Sumerian Seximal system, which is what our modern systems of time are based on, unlocking a fractal pattern reflected in the musical chord, electrical resistance, relative Planetary orbits, indeed; throughout _all_ creation. Officially no one knows who invented Astrology, the Zodiac, navigation by the stars, or time keeping. But whoever built the pyramids, & pioneered the 24hr clock in Egypt 5000 years ago already knew the exact dimensions of the Earth, & the speed of light. Because these can all be calculated using these Megalithic sites as a Surveyor use a Theodolite. Specifically at Teotihuacan; 230 degrees opposite Cairo, & with the exact same footprint. The ideal positions to determine the speed of light using the transit of Venus, allowing for accurate Longitude for Maritime navigation. Capt Cook did the same thing in 1774 when he 'discovered' Easter Island. The only culture that fits the bill was wiped out "not one stone upon the other" by the Romans in 146BC. Tyre, the capital of Phoenicia (Israel) sat just offshore from Ursu Salaam: City of the New Moon; City [or 'Rock'] of Peace; root of the name _'Jerusalem'_ & was also seized by Rome in 70AD after a 3.5 year siege. The gap between is 216 years (6x6x6). Greek Dionysians built the Temple of Solomon (now called the Temple of Melqart) representing the Solar Lunar (Solomonic) Metonic Calendar on which this system is based. They also carried mirrors, a practice associated with Magi, Druids, Greeks, & Egyptian scholars. These Mirrors are Astrological charts called 'Cycladic _Pans'_ & record the cycles of the planets. The first Temple of Melqart ( Phoenician Horus, Hercules, Pan, Thor) represents the 13th Constellation of Ophiuchus or 'Serpent Bearer' (hence Orphic Serpent worship) & had pillars of Emerald (Jasper) & Gold, ie Isis (Tree of Life) and Osiris (Tree of Knowledge). The Jerusalem Temple only took payment in "Shekels of Tyre" a currency minted during the Jewish rebellion against Rome, hence _"give that which is Caesar's unto Caesar"_ When Alexander sacked Tyre in 332BC they moved to Carthage meaning "New City" or New Jerusalem, & built a second temple with Pillars of Bronze. Nebuchadnezzar also sieged Tyre for 13 years, taking the City captive in 573BC: the same time as the biblical account of the Jews, (& again the Romans in 70AD after a 3.5 year siege, also consistent with the same biblical accounts). Palaset was the name of a tribe of the Sea Peoples, Pallas _Set_ denotes the New Moon of Ammun Ra rising in Gemini, the *Pallas* Constellation of the Twins "that stand before Orion", due West of the Temple between the Gates [Pillars] of Gibraltar; "Gabriel's Altar", ie 'Pallas Stein', or Pallas Stone, 'Phallus' or Philosopher's Stone: the _"Rising Son"._ So 'Wormwood', like 'Tyre' means 'Bitter Rock', for the same reason; as the Son rising from the 'Bitter' [Salt or 'Black'] Sea of the Underworld; The 'Black Rock' or 'Gatestone' 🌑 The Cross of Tyre or Ba'El ❌ represents Lunar maximums & minimums & correlates with the Cross Quarter days of the Solstice Calendar. Align the Cross ❌ Chi Rho Christian ✝️ & Star 🔯 to the Zodiac, & you have a Compass & Timepiece that correlates to the Nautical Mile; allowing for global Maritime navigation. It is in fact an Astrological allegory for a Sothic Metonic Saros Zodiac Calendar using Accusations in a Mirror 🪞 *A Phoenix **_Cypher_*

[@blacksmith88]

So it's a combination of storytelling, teaching, notebook, calendar, season clock, map and culture all in one package. From the time before writing, stories were told to future generations orally.

[@supernova-5150]

Pillar 43 is a scene, with a lot of culture in it for sure.

[@peteward6478]

Because writing was not required. 😊

[@ytalinflusa]

The same animal motif is used to teach the web of life, how to build a trap like a modern crab trap but no bait required (how did Matt miss that?) and then how to navigate with stars representing the same animals. It's really beautiful. I imagine the same psychopaths who made them cover it up are still at work.

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

One Megalithic hour is 240 minutes, or 14,400 seconds (1/4) There are 6 Megalithic hours to the day, each made up of 6 minutes, each of which is 6 seconds long. If the Megalithic hour was divided into 60 minutes, each would be 1,440 of our seconds, times 100 is 144,000. One Megalithic second is 400 of our modern seconds, divided by 60 (to get minutes) is 6.6666666.... 360 ÷ 6.66 is 54 54 x 2 is 108 108 x 2 is 216 To effect this the hands on a clock count out 10 (units of 6) x 10 (units of 6) × 4 (=400 units of 6). Therefore the relationship of the Megalithic second to our current form is mathematically proportional to the ratio between the Sun and Moon. A Megalithic second is 6.66 minutes (400 seconds). A Megalithic Minute is 40 minutes, or 2,400 seconds. 6 x 6 x 6 x 400 = 86,400, the number of seconds in a day. This would mean a clock with 216 seconds would go around 40 times in a day (2160 x 400). This means 1 Megalithic second is 6.66 of our modern minutes, meaning their metric system is based on the Full Moon, of which 360 fit into to the night sky, and 720 will encircle the globe, divided by half gives us the 360 degree circle, and the basis for our present hexadecimal system of time. Which is why 1 degree of Arc on the Moon = 100 Megalithic Yards (2700ft). This means the Beast, the hidden hand of the Masonic fraternity, is the Moon; and Time. The white limestone covering of the Pyramids denotes the Pale Moon in Megalithic Ireland, like at New Grange, where Enoch describes a Crystal Palace illuminated by the Full Moon every 19 years. 6 x 6 x 6 is 216, there are 2160 years in an astrological age, and the Moon is 2160 miles in diameter, the solar metonic calendar using 60 6 day weeks produces 1 extra day every 216 years. There are also 216 Megalithic seconds in a day, and 216 letters in the name of the Hebrew God, Just as Solomon has 36 or 72 scrolls, and Muhammed speaks of 72 sects. Enoch also buries 36,525 scrolls, the number of days in a year, times 100. Oh by the way, this shows that our current measure of time is based on the principle of 1/6, the basis of an Egyptian Royal Cubit, but first they built the first ring at Stonehenge, which is 100 metres (330 ft) wide, with an area of 2160 square feet, a Cube's interior angles also add up to... 2160! This produces a Calendar of 60 6 day weeks plus five. Every 4th year a 366th day makes exactly 61 weeks. This means every 216 years this calendar produces 1 extra day, so after 648 years 3 days must be removed. This is when the Phoenix arrived, and stepped onto the Alter of Ra or Holy Grail, completing the Metonic cycle and bringing the Calendar back into sync with the first New Moon of the Spring equinox. The Capstone of the Pyramid is even called the Benben Stone, the Egyptian Phoenix is called the Bennu. It likely relates to Deneb, in Ophiuchus, the 13th Starsign of the Zodiac. The base of the Pyramid is exactly 13 Acres, as is Teotihuacan, because they share the exact same base dimensions. Such a location would be ideal for calculating the speed of light using the transit of Venus. Incidentally the Great Pyramid's Latitudinal coordinates are the speed of light. 1440 ÷ 108 = 13.333333 11 and 3 are the most sacred Celtic numbers of royalty, and also happen to be the proportions of the Earth to the Moon, and the Great Pyramid. The starsigns also precess 1 degree every 72 years 72 x 3 is 216 2160 ÷ 648 is 3.3333333 The Aztec Calendar also begins with a double transit of Venus, in 3116BC. This whole code can be encoded into a single Pythagorean Triangle of Dimensions 666 by 630, by 216, this is the Key of Solomon, 33 is the inverse of 66. 100 is the "perfect number" because it represents 10 6 unit metrics times 10 6 unit metrics, a unit being 6.66 ie 60 x 60 (3600) the number of Arcdegree seconds in a second, or a one second unit on a clock the size of Earth This means seconds represent 10ths of the Moon; 216, or 6 x 6 x 6 (100 ÷ 6 ÷ 6 = 2.7): Euler's number, and the number of feet to a Megalithic Yard, 3/11 is .27 and the number of days in a sidereal month is also 27. 11/3 is 3.66, the number of days in a Canicular leap year, the character of Thoth, Cuchulainn, and Kukulkan, the Dog Star, and star by which the Sothic (Seth) Calendar is determined. Thoth was the Son of Seth, who is portrayed as a Serpent. 3 x 11 is 33, the years in a Great Solar Return. As the Sun and Moon inhabit their respective houses of the Zodiac they animate the character within, playing out the dramas and battles we know as myths, for example the Moon traveling through each of the Zodiac houses each month, for a grand total of... 144 (12 x 12) Metatron/Enoch/Echnaton/Arkenaten's Cube is 13 circles in a Star of David: 13 x 360 is 4680 4680 ÷ 216 is 21.666.. The circumference of the Earth in Nautical Miles is 21,600 This means the basis of the Nautical Mile is the Moon. Multiply the Circumference in kms by multiplying the Diameter of the Moon by 18.6, the period of a Metonic Cycle to get 40,175.

[@EnginAtik]

I also think that the combination of all pillars in order tell a complete story. The animals might also have attributes just like in fables and fairytales(the fox and the crow or the tortoise and the hare etc.) I think the birds on the swamp are storks, not cranes and storks are associated with family life. There could be another level of storytelling in the pictures related to the characters of the animals.

[@rhettoracle9679]

"Snakes" image looks like flowing water to me and "Spider" looks like an ant. Spiders have 8 legs, not 6. In Louisiana we eat crawfish (crayfish) and they also have 8 appendages, not 6. Many site abandonments are currently attributed to "climate change ", which might be true if long term drought. But plague, leprosy or possibly a curse could also be considered. Cheers from New Orleans

[@Toneloke-3000]

I think he was saying the crayfish there when the water is hot make more female fish that don't have big fighting claws so they have six legs. Also I think he mentioned it could be a springtime

[@johnrathbun2943]

The site wasn't abandoned because of climate change. It was buried on purpose. This place was around during the ice age, prior to the flood. If it was because of climate change then 5he pillars would have been knocked over and broken but they weren't. So that only leaves that it was buried. But why was it buried? If it was because of war, it would have been destroyed. But obviously it wasn't that either.

[@sampatton146]

@@johnrathbun2943 The theory that it was buried on purpose has been disproven; see the video Matt posted about this issue

[@johnrathbun2943]

@sampatton146 than how would you explain that the pillars are still standing and not knocked over? Sediment is very small grains and dirt. Sediment doesn't turn into rocks. The wind can't blow rocks that were around the pillars. You see common sense has to come into theories. They just keep making up why something is there to justify their theories. Plus the theory is at that time in history they were hunter gatherers. This can't be because it would take a long time to make those pillars. They didn't have grocery stores to pick up dinner. They would be running around foraging for food. You see if you study the nutritional facts about humans you will know that we need alot of calories to keep us going through life. A gorilla that is physically bigger yes but not as smart as us actually needs basically the same amount of calories as us. Gorilla's must hunt and scaveng at least 8 hours a day to keep enough calorie intake to stay alive. Humans on the other hand are smaller yes but we need even more of a diversity of food to supply the correct nutrients for us because of our bigger brains. A humans brain consume 30 percent of our food intake. Babies and very young children use 50 percent of total food intake for their growing brains. The brain even though small compared to the human body needs alot of energy. If you spent at least 8 hours a day foraging then you wouldn't want to drag some rock from a long distance to one particular point to set it up to make a pillar for a dwelling. The reason being you are foraging so you are on the move all the time looking for food. You can't settle down in one spot. You see this is called common sense thinking. Now I want to confuse you some more. How did they make those intricate carvings without hammer and chisels? Remember the theory is those were knuckle dragging cave people. Just a couple evolutions away from gorilla. You see this is the great controversy about Gobecli Tepi. We are looking at a factual object that goes against the accepted theories. Just because someone goes to college and spends alot of money pn a degree doesn't mean that they are right with a story that they learned. Everything that I learned about space in science has basically been proven incorrect. Gobecli Tepi is the object that disproves the academic approved theories about human existence. Sometimes the know it alls don't know shit because they were taught a Santa Claus theories. Just like in the old days they taught that we are lucky ones and that there isn't any life out there other than humans and what is on earth. But now science doesn't even question this it knows that there is life out there,but the question is where. I grew up in the time when they said there is no life on the bottom of the ocean. How untrue that has been proven. You see everything that you are told is true in life you must question. Even Machio Kako says that there is a God. He is the only scientist that would publicly announce that.

[@svena.halstensen5699]

@@Toneloke-3000 Crayfish have 4 pairs of ordinary legs and one pair of claws. the animal depicted has only 3 pairs of legs, so it cant be a female crayfish in springtime as it would still be missing a pair of legs.

[@douginorlando6260]

Paleo cave art has been interpreted as a teaching aid that shows animals and their birth seasons. It includes parallel marks that equal months between end of winter and birth time. I might have this slightly wrong but it was a compelling explanation

[@donovanwise8547]

My instinct tells me that if you stand facing that pillar you might be facing the direction to find those animals.

[@SchoolforHackers]

Now there’s a good thought.

[@boxsterman77]

Because animals always stay put in that direction and there are separate pillars facing different directions because animals like to group themselves, with respect to a human observer at a specific site taking a specific azimuth?

[@terrymoran3705]

And so, once again, putting a critical eye towards a deeper understanding of this place. Thank you, thank you, thank you. This isn't empirical evidence that proves the professor's hypothesis, but it is, in my opinion, a brilliant and reasonable attempt to understand to what we're seeing through the minds of the people that created it. Well done my man! We need more of this. Thanx again!!😊

[@cssepko]

I am so grateful for this wonderful explanation of the iconography on the pilars and how they may have been used. It makes the best sense I can think of. Thank-you so much.❤

[@ros8737]

Still believe pillar 43 tells the time of 3 harvest seasons (3 bags of seeds and sheaves of grain), related to the solstice and the migration of the demoiselle crane.

[@supernova-5150]

You're closer than most. They also buried babies in baskets and covered them with red ochre at Catalhoyuk, so we have to think about that, too.

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@supernova-5150 - Çatalhöyuk was a different culture, connected maybe but a different one anyhow. It was part of the wider Vasconic Neolithic that settled most of Europe (and also remained in South Anatolia until the c. 5000 BP expansion of Halafian-derived groups, also not directly related to GT AFAIK).

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

The bags aren't bags, they're Celtic Survey Plumbs, called a Labrys they're found in Gravinis circa 5000BC

[@rogerkulpnik]

Maybe the H is a structure to pool and divert water for agriculture.

[@burby_geek]

the bags are probably the paths of the sun during three of the seasons. the space between the half circle and the edge of the bag isn't uniform on them. and the bags are in later art

[@LiveFreeOrDie2A]

I think it’s pretty obvious those aren’t snakes, it’s water. Why would they depict a crane standing in a pile of snakes? And since when are snakes depicted in a pile like a pack of gummy worms?

[@jamesgunn1606]

No Space ships? No Aliens ? Just regular folk putting up there own version of a "Caution, Oryx Crossing" sign. This fits right in with a people transissioning from Hunter Gatherer to Domestics ae farming and aggriculture. I wonder though were these people worshiping the natural world,still seeing themselves as a part of it, equal to it's other aspects, or celebrating their new found dominance over it ? Brilliant Work Sir I think you have it.

[@xodiaq]

Matt, you really are very good at digesting so much information and breaking it down into useful detail while not droning on or repeating things 4-5 times in the same video like so many other channels do! Keep up the great work!

[@JascharJames]

Why do we always try to create a deep and complex meaning? Can it just be art? Art that utilizes what was around them?

[@cyan1616]

We have to remember that people lived in clans within the community. Clans chose animals and symbols to represent themselves. Also people tended to carve their history and famous people into stone so shaman could recount the stories during ceremonies

[@LuisAldamiz]

Clan iconography is certainly a possibility but it seems to make better sense for central isolated animal-totems than for elaborated complex scenes anyhow.

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

It's the Constellations of the Zodiac and their associated events

[@Fuzzmo147]

A lot of symbolism is to do with food…. & the said conservation of

[@Dadbro_]

You’ve assumed so much in that statement.

[@ThomiX0.0]

People lived in clans? You do right now, which made you think this is natural. But it does not give insight on them.

[@seanpease370]

The pillars depict how these humans interacted with the wildlife around them. They hunted, fished, and domesticated many animals and made these pillars as a means for educating the next generations.

[@KevinTessier-gr1pv]

I really like this interpretation. It makes total sense! Thank you for your hard work and keep going. I believe you are definitely on the right track.

[@auntymammalia9384]

The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism cut the archaeology part out, stating they would leave the rest of the digging for "future generations". Basically, they turned Gobekli tepe into a tourist attraction, destroying much of what had yet to be unearthed, mainly by planting just a whole lot of trees right on top of it.. So my guess is that these "Ancient Architects" are following that agenda.

[@VikingWarlord]

Please make a video addressing the WEF controversy with them hindering the progress of archeological sites.

[@jaymehatfield9540]

Not just any sites...THE site in Indonesia that ground penetrating radar has indicated amazing things, on the site of the most amazing things since Giza plateau. WEF has determined that any digs do not "need" to be done for 150 years

[@VikingWarlord]

@@jaymehatfield9540 yes, I just saw that! It's ridiculous. Imagine if the Archeologists of the past had taken that same stance. We wouldn't know anything right now. It's an outrage. I hate being a conspiracy guy. But they must know that future discoveries might hurt their control and power structure. I mean why else would economic people care about Archeological advancement!? The Osirion, and the cave systems under the Giza Plateau should also be under more rigorous study. At this day in age with technological advances and potential tourist opportunity there should be more funding for Archeology. NOW MORE THAN ANY OTHER PERIOD IN TIME! In my opinion.

[@jaymehatfield9540]

@@VikingWarlord i concur to your thinking. Clearly you see the pattern. And when this is investigated deeply, we see that this has been done for a very long time. Technology affords us the ability to match, extrapolate, and confirm that our world is not what we think---it is as "they" present it. I suspect the three religions(the only ones that seem to matter despite having hatched in one tiny speck of geographical earth over a suspect timeline) will soon be unmasked to the masses. And that it will be revealed that those systems of control would be the reason for so much obfuscation and conspiracy o'er the ages.

[@MarkVrem]

Nice! Dude is putting together his Magnus Opus!

[@sergicardo5631]

Congrats for your content, amazing stuff. Will be here for upcoming videos!

[@Big-B-of-bfd]

Them H shapes and the blocks at Puma Punku ?

[@Buddha2024-w7y]

I love the enviromental educational angle. Much like recent realisations that cave paintings defined hunting, animal migration and breeding patterns. A very interesting theory.

[@summerbrooks9922]

Recent online research of Chauvet cave art revealed a firm of proto- language aspect in association with these images of, an arrow directing a pregnant animal giving birth. Fantastic!

[@kiminnehalem8669]

Love This!!!! I think this presentation of the iconography is going in the right direction. It makes so much sense and really gives a practical way forward. Thank you, as always!!! Can't wait for the next installment.

[@ninomanci3742]

Excellent work as always! How fascinating to glimpse into an ancient world! Thank you.

[@Mick_Harrison]

Can't wait for the next 2 parts!

[@gregstastanivich9890]

I absolutely love this theory. The possibility that the structures were universities, places of higher learning, or maybe museums where knowledge can be passed down .

[@adrienneclarke3953]

I was thinking the same thing. Groups moving from pillar to pillar for lessons.

[@Chris_T_S]

Perhaps not so much 'higher learning' as a calendar/instructional record of what foods become available at certain times of the year, where, and what conditions

[@charleslaurice]

Excellent work-Thanks for putting together all these amazing ideas

[@lysybosy]

Looking forward to the next episodes- your interpretation looks very promising! Regards!

[@SnapperMorgan]

Great work! This really puts it in better context. Perhaps its a living Almanac for the locals.

[@supernova-5150]

Almanac is a great word to start with at Gobekli Tepe, but it also involved death, we can't forget

[@supernova-5150]

@hellomsmckay There's a worn down part of Pillar 33 that I could swear was from hands touching it to explain something repeatedly over time. And other pillars show chips off like people were sitting there talking...

[@TommySaucierPlourde0]

That one just blew my mind ! Great job once again @Ancient Architects

[@Heidiksf1]

Fascinating. Looking forward to future videos on this!

[@Ron4885]

Very interesting to be sure. I'm looking forward to the future videos. Thank you.

[@kdurukal]

Thank you.Great ideas. I think solving the handbags like figures first will be very helpfull.Because it 's used years after at Sumerian reliefs and may be can be also found some written explanation about them on clay tablets.

[@flamencoprof]

I'm a bit sceptical about "teaching seasons". Even a five-year-old can tell Spring from Autumn. An adult can see when plants flower, when nuts are falling, that some birds appear at a particular season. Then again, some people try to teach reading without even explaining "the top of the page" actually means "the farthest edge".

[@ajkaajka2512]

yet we have books about seasons for children and they learn about it in kinderkarten and school. Yes, they can see it, however it's good to explain how one season follows the other, what are the signs, like swallows coming means spring is coming. They spend weeks learning about seasons. There are also gardeners' magazines to tell when is a season to plant a tomato and when a potato, when to prune etc... they might have had something like that.

[@flamencoprof]

@@ajkaajka2512 Back then, children were not segregated in schools, they just went around with their parents and learned by observation. I am sure nobody said "Oh look, the apple trees are fruiting, I think we should go and pick some". More likely someone just said, "Well, looks like the weather today is good for picking apples", and everyone else just followed, because it was obvious to all the apples were ripe.

[@ajkaajka2512]

@@flamencoprof yes, you have a point, they learned by watching and doing. However, they would also learn from stories and telling, Like kids do in many tribes even today. They gather around fire and listen, because those stories have wisdom about weather and life. And somebody could carve those stories and knowledge into the rock. They could see animals and they knew now is hunting season, but it could help to plan it in advance: ''We see these signs in nature, we know in few days will be hunting season, lets get ready for it.'' Humans like to plan ahead, it makes things easer, than just wait for things to happen.

[@flamencoprof]

@@ajkaajka2512 You make good points, especially re planning. I think we should agree to see the same thing different ways.

[@ajkaajka2512]

@@flamencoprof yes. I agree :) who knows what they meant when they carved them. It's all just theories and our ideas, and we will probably never know..

[@drummerjoecanfield9404]

This may be some of your best work, Thank you

[@rogerkulpnik]

This was an excellent presentation. Holding my breath on the handbags with the offset handles.

[@johnwatt9488]

Essentially, you are positing that the enclosure is a analogue to a reference library for haunting and farming.

[@LuisAldamiz]

When all you have is a classroom, all problems seem to be theoretical lessons. 🤣

[@heberje]

Pillar 43 has those handbags at the top like I have seen in Egyptian, Mayan, and Peruvian reliefs

[@henryknox4511]

Not handbags

[@rogerkulpnik]

Who knows for sure. Maybe they’re bags of grain for making bread and beer. I’m not too big on the laptop computer hypothesis.

[@spracketskooch]

@@rogerkulpnik In any case, it's beyond coincidental that we'd see the same iconography across the world.

[@ooomooo2186]

Great video. These ideas make sense. Hopefully this will help us expand our understanding of the site

[@johnswindale9115]

Love the thinking, looking forward to the next content. I love food for thought. Many thanks.

[@slowgomera5611]

a hunter gatherer university with the main knowledge scribed in stone....thanks Matt

[@ronbyrd1616]

Hunter-gatherers had no need for formal instruction...necessity, urgency, and survival were intuitive to them, and with no phones nor laptops for distraction, it's likely even the youngest in the "tribes" or families were in constant observation of skills to be learned from their elders.

[@ronbyrd1616]

Ever since mankind has evolved from hunter-gatherers to hunter-shopperers, ahem, mankind has sought levity...as you have just been exposed to !

[@lynnmitzy1643]

Thanx Matt 👋🏼

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks Lynn

[@ricardomachado6718]

thank you for all of your work. love your videos and share your passion for history

[@j.c.3800]

Gobekli Tepe is probably a "restart" a few eons after a worldwide catastrophe. You can imagine what a restart would look like a couple thousand years from now if such a catastrophe wped us out tomorrow. Any mythology or other metaphorical system stumbles if the "tenor" has not been personally experienced by the one relating the story. We can experience such a case in the narratives presented in news media today even despite cameras and recording devices of the actual events.

[@flipflopski2951]

They didn't teach by carving in stones. That idea is absolutely bonkers. You take the kid and show him how to catch his food or knap a stone and I'm sure they didn't need a carving on a rock to tell them where the wetlands were.

[@Ck-zk3we]

I agree, it’s a silly idea.

[@gwaeron8630]

Yes you teach those of age by showing and doing. Those too young to be taken out into the dangers of the field could benefit from teachings on stone pillars. If it was as a reference for visiting groups that would also make sense as would preserving the knowledge for future generations; especially considering the younger dryas was in recent memory.

[@parkerbradley2457]

Yes, but ceremony and "off-site" instruction are just as important and serve additional functions of holding society together. Also, having a stylized set of story-telling stones with images is a very useful tool for jogging the memory and to help make sure that things are not forgotten within that society.

[@flipflopski2951]

@@parkerbradley2457 You're projection your childhood grade school experience on a 9,000 year old site... and after watching dad spend five days making a net he needed to be reminded that the net goes ABOVE the lion... heh... yeah right.

[@flipflopski2951]

@@gwaeron8630 You really think people could "remember" a glacial epoch that lasted 1,000 years?..

[@dr.froghopper6711]

Each enclosure a classroom.

[@ccrider8501]

What I see in this the sunken circles are possibly corals. Maybe, since would have been difficult to keep food, especially meat, from spoiling, the animals were kept alive and tethered/captured inside those depressions. The benches may have been where watchers sat to keep the food under some kind of control. Just sharing a little bit of my thoughts here.

[@MARILYNANDERSON88]

Truly a fantastic job, thanks for your hard work.

[@joshlindsey2949]

This place was the Mecca of its time, these pillars indicate the environment of where these different groups of people came from and they came from all over the world. They came to “Mecca” to share information and resources yearly. Representatives from tribes all over would make the journey, build there pillar and share info and this went on for hundreds of years

[@PRH123]

That seems to me quite likely. Each round building could have been the work of 1 tribe. Tribes competing with each other to make their building more interesting, more richly decorated. Visiting it once per year and doing some work on it before the region wide gathering.

[@markgallagher4720]

Maybe the pictures are just that, pictures. I don't think that future generations could understand the whole of the society that I live in by the pictures on my wall. The pictures are just decorations, by the wealthy of that city, by local artists, using symbolism of the time that is lost to us. There is no secret message, just decoration.

[@jasperpike242]

An absurd under valuation of all the pieces. It is not the LOUVRE

[@afrolumilee9075]

Wow, great analysis and I also wondered very much about the meaning of the symbols. One can feel how much you thought about this. Great job and a great guidance for all who are marvelled by Göbekli Tepe.

[@jansimpson8918]

Very interesting and very logical as well! I've just found you, subscribed and hit the bell as well. Refreshing and logical all in a half hour is good for the soul!

[@hendrixj.8356]

You know what would be funny if the pillars had no meaning and the carvings were only decorative lol

[@dailysaga]

You crazy, man. Since when do humans do ANYTHING for purely aesthetic reasons?

[@Rkd-_-b]

That have global links of exact carvings in Easter Island etc

[@Merliin03]

They really liked the design?!​@@Rkd-_-b

[@mariz2361]

Lol!!! I've always thought things like that...!!! Every stone circle in the Uk i've been to has happy mushrooms growing in them... Whilst a bit high in said field... I could well imagine my distant ancestors thinking, "Let's put these stones in a circle here...!!! Proper fuck with peoples head when they see it in many generations...!!!(???)"

[@itranscendencei7964]

Right. Because when they are going out of their way to create these giant megalithic structures that take years if not decades to make, they're just doing it for the sport of it and the carvings are just fun little doodles..... Please use some common sense.

[@RalphEllis]

In my estimation, Chaco Canyon and Gobekli Tepi were necropoli. The ancients put much of their economy into death and burial. Gobekli has circular temple areas containing two pillars, and small rooms for the dead behind. That is why the small rooms behind have small T-pillars in the - they were sacred rooms. The dead stayed there for three years, then the bones were taken home. The Chaco Canyon necropolis is the same, it has circular temple areas containing two pillars, and small rooms for the dead behind. That is why the multi-story rooms behind have no windows or hearths, because the dead need no heating, food, or light. Chaco Canyon is a necropolis, just like Gobekli. It may be 9,000 km and 8,000 years adrift from Gobekli Tepi, but it accords with the same layout and probable function. It makes sense. Do you agree? Ralph

[@eskoelmwood5936]

I wonder if this was a stone age university where surrounding communities would send their young to learn how to hunt and fish.

[@brazenatheist1676]

​@@eskoelmwood5936That's my thinking as well

[@henrignu7005]

Good point. Well, the site at Gobekli Tepe may have been many things at the same time: a regional meeting and educational / knowledge sharing ritual, as well as a burial site. And wouldn't it make sense to have such burial chambers? It must have been an honor for one's tribe to have a member interred there. So: such internment enhanced the value of the supposed educational mission that Matthew is considering here.

[@robsim5215]

Sure. But could it have been buried in the mud of a catastrophe instead of by man. Those Easter island moi have similar pictographs. They are also partially buried. And those giant blocks at Pumapunku are strewn about by a catastrophe. It seems to me that the rongo rongo language of Easter island existed back then so it's wrong to assume they had no written language just because they haven't found any tablets there. The Easter Islanders were using the wooden tablets for fire wood.

[@floydriebe4755]

hi, Matt! very interesting hypothesis! i think you and that other feller are onto something! can't wait for more like this....makes a whole lot more sense than star charts or whatever... to me, anyway..but, then, whadda i know?!? anyway, i'll be sure to look for the next one.....thanks!

[@Mk-dm5zt]

It's a good way of teaching the next generation how to catch each animal

[@LuisAldamiz]

But it's not the way all generations of hunter-gatherers actually learned the job: you learn by doing, preferably with a more experienced leader, an elder or veteran. This "textbook" interpretation makes no sense to me, although I like most of the rest. I'd rather think they were using their hunter-gatherer knowledge to represent something else, maybe seasons in an astronomical-ritual context (??)

[@flipflopski2951]

@@LuisAldamiz Yeah the teaching thing is nonsense. Who really thinks the kids would need a carving on a rock to show them where the wetlands are?

[@whatwewantAItodo]

why did they plant fruit trees over the site?

[@michael1621]

I believe you are on to something! Please keep up the good work and thanks.

[@user-gq7yd4ql4b]

Fantastic work Mark

[@mrtrackharrasser]

Lets go!

[@lisad1993]

Gotta love a series! 🎉

[@AncientArchitects]

Enjoy!

[@parrotraiser6541]

The lamb-catching net is far more plausible than a collection of fish. My first reaction was "That's a net! What fish is he talking about? I see no fish."

[@drewharrison6433]

I don't know that there are any examples of the weights Matt describes? It would be interesting to connect the theory with actual artifacts.

[@Juliette33332hey]

I think that the hypothesis of being teaching tools makes so much sense. Just like all images and schematics we use in class to help children understand all kind of notions. Very good video! Can’t wait to watch what will follow! 😊. Glad I discovered your channel! 🤩

[@richardwood77]

I remember ( loosely) a show on aquaculture where three pools/ ponds had catfish in one, crayfish in another and plants in the next using the waste as fertiliser.

[@Garahs]

I've heard only a tiny part of the city/location has been excavated. There could very well be a layout somewhere showing what each animal represents. I also believe it's not a good idea to limit what the animals could be to the local area. You would blind yourself to other possibilities for no reason.

[@We.are.all.human.]

Only 5% has been excavated. The government has an open unlimited funding for discovery. The site as well as several other ancient sites are owned by a guy and his cronies at wef.

[@AveryChristy]

It's sad that the World Economic Forum bought this site and shut down all further work and learning on this site.

[@jessealan8855]

No ! It's EVIL !!!!!

[@kellerhorton]

Very interesting and well thought out. Thank you.

[@glenngamst61]

Very plausible materialist explanation of these artifacts. Good job!

[@user-ru3ql6ji4p]

This is speculation, not research. Just saying.

[@doctormarazanvose4373]

got to keep the revenue stream going - and the bot comments.

[@inthefade]

That is exactly what a hypothesis is. Usually it is where the scientific method starts. That's fine.

[@jasperpike242]

nonsense comment. you obviously wouldn't know research if it bit you

[@hur1n]

your interpretation is sitting on an assumption that these were hunter/gatherers. i know you're largely against the "advanced ancient technology" concept, matt, but frankly speaking, those animals are embossed not carved, and that alone is enough to question if they did indeed have technology beyond a hunter/gatherer level of society. IF this were true - not saying it is, but definitely saying it's not just "settled" any longer - if it were true, then there would be no need to use the stones as teaching tools about hunting and gathering. so there would need to be a different interpretation. it's possible this is just marine-looking art at a swimming/bathing facility or something equally meaningless. 8,000 years from now, there is a matt looking at the ruins of disney's blizzard beach and trying to understand how those primitive americans were trying to teach their hunter/gatherer offspring how to use dogs (goofy) to hunt ducks (donald) and mice (mickey).

[@YunaOnHome]

Fascinating interpretations, it really tells of a reed people’s story. One thing I would see differently is on pillar 20, the bovid has its feet on the river bank walking up stream and there’s just one catfish. I would see that as a drying up river bed after all catfish survive in mud during droughts, and herd animal stay close to what is left of water sources during a drought. The area is a desert now so where were they fishing it’s clearly a mash land with rivers which would say flat land not a small stream in between the hills.

[@johnfraser6013]

Quite interesting ~ thanks for sharing your hypotheses regarding these phenomenal carvings. 👍👍

[@whatthefunction9140]

We told my son he could draw on is wall since we were painting soon. He doodled all sorts of things. It looked like a cave painting. Remember not everything has to mean something.

[@ihrv23]

Guys cmon why can’t we just admit that hunter gatherers couldn’t have done this … I feel like I’m gonna get attacked for saying that.

[@sinang9013]

Because Hunter Gatherers weren't as dumb as you want them to have been.

[@LiveFreeOrDie2A]

They clearly could have, because.. THEY DID. 🤦‍♂️

[@maryhuckaby2239]

Who was hunter-gathering for the hunter gatherers as they spent years moving and carving stones? It takes an organized civilization to move and carve stones - years and years of sweaty work, truckloads of food, places to sleep, refuge from bad weather and more, for many people including architects, heavy haulers, artists, hewers and carvers, cooks and everybody else needed for such a huge project. It makes no sense that hunter-gatherers created and then buried these monuments. They couldn't have had enough food to feed themselves while they worked.

[@heliotaxis]

​@@maryhuckaby2239 An organised civilisation just requires a division of labour. That is, one where, rather than everyone requiring a decent amount of survival skills to live, people could specialise into a single "job". These can be pretty broad definitions depending on the civilisation. Tool maker (wood carver, blacksmith, flint knapper... raider), builder (mason, carpenter, boat builder, skinner) and food bringer (hunter, fisherman, gatherer, farmer... raider). That being said, plenty of high latitude civilisations spent the winter surviving on food they collected over the previous year, and used the time to catch up on tasks they could do inside. So, people could have both an "on season" and "off season" job. Living together permanently is not a requirement. Regular contact/seasonal cohabitation is enough. Using farming as the primary source of sustenance is not a requirement, and small herb gardens could be handled by those in the group that had disabilities (which many shamans appear to have). Hunting and gathering is a pretty low cost lifestyle if you have a low enough population for the area you control. If you hunt best during the wet season, you can gather together in the nice cozy compound build by your many time great grandparents in the dry season, and use the free time to trade and finish up the repair of the enclosure that caved in 2 years earlier. I would argue most pre-industrial cultures relied heavily on the seaons, combined different types of food resources, or both. Your argument only holds water if you dont think that the ancient Egyptians and the inca (who primarily survived fishing because they didnt have much farmland), or the Turkic and Mongals (who were nomadic), don't count as civilisations.

[@rredding]

I like the analysis given in the video. A lot of animal carvings and that may promote the hunter gatherer aspect of these people. At the other hand, if a lot of tools is found, used for grinding grass seeds, that may point to an agricultural aspect of this society. After all its possible that this was a pivotal moment between hunting and agricultural societies.

[@githvaldi]

Others channels have speculated that Gobekli Tepe is a time capsule. Intentionally buried so that much later on, humanity could find it and learn from it. The theory is based around the Younger Dryas Comet/Asteroid impact theory. That roughly 12,000 years ago, Earth took several hits that rapidly melted the Glaciers and a resulted in a sudden rise of the worlds oceans by 300 feet. Along with the atmosphere getting filled with debris from the impact, causing global extinction in much of the ancient world. Since humanity always builds cities near the ocean and rivers, this could have wiped out most of mankind. This also explains the Atlantis myth. The survivors of this cataclysm, figured out this will happen again on predetermined date as celestial alignment brings us close to a meteor field where we may likely get hit again. One of the Pillars at Gobekli Tepe, shows all this. You should show that Pillar. I love seeing the esteemed academia learning they were wrong about so much.

[@TopazBadger6550]

If only you put this much work analyzing megalithic masonry.

[@brianboye8025]

Stop misusing the Rosetta stone significance. It had two languages and two scripts of one. Pillars with petroglyphs are just that.

[@AmaratMamu]

Great! Super work, thank you! Looking forward to hear more. It totally makes sense to me. I always had thought that the handbags (on P33) are a time unit, with the little animal indicating season.

[@andreaschadeck5596]

Keep going with all the pillars! It’s very interesting

[@Esther-1914]

Thank you for your interpretations.

[@michaellee1833]

Very interesting analysis.impatient to hear the rest. Question/proposition...could the position of these pillars indicate the time of the year, in relation to the night sky, that these different creatures would appear in that particular region.

[@barrywalser2384]

Very interesting. You have me curious. 🤔 Thanks Matt!

[@OrlandoRodriguezHK]

Excellent analysis, it gives a lot of logical and useful meaning to the pillars.

[@gotMylky]

It's so simple yet was so obscure. Very compelling!

[@dansheets7417]

Awesome. Great job!

[@Bayliner887]

Good stuff sir! Thank you.

[@sebastianm.6669]

stunning analysis. well done

[@Turdfergusen382]

Absolutely fascinating!

[@ULYS5ES]

Your interest and courtesy in sharing the historical sites of my countr from your channel are much appreciated once again. As someone knows the region's geography well, I must say I'm speechless about the consistency of your hypothesis. Considering that eel and related species still live here in the streams today, such as Euphrates, it is very likely that they also existed there back then in ancient times. I also believe that many of the rivers which are dry now existed back then. I also agree with your take about the net depicted on the pillar with wild sheep and was not intended for fishing. It is very likely that they caught wild sheep or goat species, which are still found here on the high hills, by taking advantage of the elevation and steep terrain. While listening the video, I thought of something that, if verified, might lead to something important or a groundbreaking discovery. Could the areas you identify as "barriers" on the pillars actually represent their real life locations in the terrain today? Also could these depictations be rough maps that although meaningless to us now, were easily understood by them at the time depicting the locations of other settlements and their roles in hunting? Could there be a mark on these barriers pointing to Göbeklitepe, indicating something like "we are here," or "this is us" ? I am curious about your take on it because if true, many other settlements similar to Göbeklitepe might be discovered. Even if my settlement theory turns out to be incorrect, perhaps the barriers will be found and we will conclude that the pillars were used for a form of mapping. Have a wonderful day. Cheers.