Excavations at Karahan Tepe, about 35 km east of Göbekli Tepe, have uncovered carved stone elements and monumental pre-pottery Neolithic statues. The best-known is a 2.3-metre seated male figure unearthed in 2021 and announced in September 2023. It sits on a leopard and holds its phallus, with its ribs deeply incised. The video interprets the figure as a possible “archon” or Denisovan-human hybrid and reads a roughly 33-metre enclosure, dated in the video to 9000–8600 BC, as aligned with the rising of Cygnus and the Milky Way’s dark rift around 8800 BC. Those identifications and the claimed astronomical purpose are theories presented in the video, not established archaeological findings.
Karahan Tepe’s 2.3-metre seated statue holds a phallus, not its chest
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Key facts
- The seated male statue is 2.3 metres, or about 7.5 feet, tall. It was unearthed during the 2021 excavations and publicly announced on 30 September 2023.
- The figure is depicted sitting on a leopard, with both hands holding its phallus. Its chest and ribs are deeply carved, but it is not holding its chest.
- The possible “archon” and Denisovan-human-hybrid identifications are theories advanced by the video, not established archaeological interpretations.
- The video describes an enclosure at Karahan Tepe as roughly 33 metres in diameter and dates it to 9000–8600 BC.
- The video argues that the enclosure’s northern opening aligns with the rising of Cygnus and the Milky Way’s dark rift around 8800 BC and targets the galactic bulge. This is the presenter’s astronomical interpretation, not a demonstrated purpose.
- Karahan Tepe lies about 35 kilometres east of Göbekli Tepe and is a pre-pottery Neolithic site.
Sources
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