Martin Sweatman and co-author Dimitrios Tsikritsis argue that Pillar 43 at Göbekli Tepe is a calendar commemorating the Younger Dryas impact roughly 12,800 years ago, or around 10,950 BC. Paul Burley first connected the pillar’s Sagittarius and Galactic Center imagery in 2013. Astronomical precession means the Sun’s summer-solstice alignment with the Galactic Center was about 12,800 years ago, while the winter-solstice alignment is occurring now. Sweatman suggests the pillar may encode a forward warning about a future impact.
Martin Sweatman: Pillar 43 may depict the Younger Dryas impact date
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Key facts
- Pillar 43 in Enclosure D at Göbekli Tepe features vulture iconography that has been interpreted as representing Sagittarius.
- Martin Sweatman and co-author Dimitrios Tsikritsis argue that Pillar 43 is a calendar commemorating the Younger Dryas impact roughly 12,800 years ago.
- Paul Burley first identified the connection between the Pillar 43 imagery, Sagittarius and the Galactic Center in 2013.
- Due to astronomical precession, the Sun's solstitial alignment with the Galactic Center repeats twice in a roughly 26,000-year cycle. The summer-solstice alignment occurred about 12,800 years ago, while the winter-solstice alignment is occurring now.
- Sweatman argues that the pillar may use astronomical precession to encode a warning about a future impact.
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