Pillar 43 astronomical carvings may depict Younger Dryas impact date

June 29, 2025

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Megalithic structures< 4500 BC

Source: SOLD OUT EVENT - Why Gobekli Tepe Matters w/@grahamhancock @BrightInsight & @WanderingWolf by Wandering Wolf

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Pillar 43 at Göbekli Tepe features vulture iconography. Martin Sweatman (with co-author Dimitrios Tsikritsis) argues this pillar is a calendar commemorating the Younger Dryas asteroid impact around 10,950 BC (or roughly 12,800 years ago). Paul Burley first connected the Sagittarius/galactic center symbolism in 2013. Precession means winter solstice aligns with the galactic center now, while summer solstice aligned during the Younger Dryas impact ~12,800 years ago. Could this be a warning encoded in stone? ⚡

Key facts

Pillar 43 in Enclosure D features vulture iconography representing Sagittarius
Martin Swatman argues pillar 43 is a calendar commemorating the Younger Dryas impact 12,800 years ago
Paul Burley first identified the connection to Sagittarius and the galactic center in 2013
The alignment of the sun over Sagittarius with the galactic center occurs twice in 26,000 years
The summer solstice alignment occurred 12,800 years ago; the winter solstice alignment occurs in present times
The pillar may contain a forward warning message using astronomical procession