Martin Sweatman and Dimitrios Tsikritsis argue that the animal figures on Göbekli Tepe’s Pillar 43 match a constellation configuration dated to about 10,950 BCE (±250 years). They interpret this as a date stamp linked to the Younger Dryas onset and argue that a comet triggered the event. On Pillar 18, they interpret the Sun, Moon and fox-tail motifs as a comet; on Pillar 2, they read the markings as the radiant path of the Taurid meteor stream. 🔭✨
Researchers propose a 10,950 BCE Younger Dryas comet date on Pillar 43
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Key facts
- Martin Sweatman and Dimitrios Tsikritsis used astronomical software to compare the animal figures on Pillar 43 with constellation configurations.
- They argue that the configuration dates to about 10,950 BCE, with a stated uncertainty of ±250 years.
- They connect the proposed date to the Younger Dryas onset and the comet-impact hypothesis for the event.
- They interpret Pillar 18's Sun, Moon and fox-tail motifs as a comet, and Pillar 2's markings as the radiant path of the Taurid meteor stream.
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By matching low-relief carvings on some of the pillars at Göbekli Tepe to star asterisms we find compelling evidence that the famous 'Vulture ...
[PDF] DECODING GÖBEKLI TEPE WITH ARCHAEOASTRONOMYmaajournal.com
Low relief carvings of animals on pillars gen- erally represent constellations (asterisms). • Pillar 43 is a date stamp corresponding to. 10,950 ...
Origin of some of the ancient Greek constellations via analysis of ...martinsweatman.blogspot.com
Sweatman and Tsikritsis (2017a) (henceforth ST17a) already proposed that animal symbols on the broad side of Pillar 43 in Enclosure D at Göbekli ...
[PDF] Decoding Gobekli Tepe with archaeoastronomy - Accountpure.ed.ac.uk
Pillar 43 is a date stamp corresponding to. 10,950 BC ± 250 years. However, our interpretation of some of the more abstract symbols and connection to the YD ...
An Interpretation of Göbekli Tepe Pillar 43theethicalskeptic.com
Pillar 43 depicts very precisely and competently, the stars which made up the northern sky over what is now Sanliurfa, Turkey (Göbekli Tepe) in ...
Pillar 43 in Building D displays low reliefs of different ...whc.unesco.org
Pillar 43 in Building D displays low reliefs of different animals, insects and an ithyphallic human figure. Original Size: 1160x1731 pixels 9.82x14.66 cm ...
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