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There are thousands of these types of artifacts. Many are unexplained, some are simply misinterpreted, but in almost every circumstance they paint a different picture than what history tells us.
Wikipedia article about Megalithic Temples of Malta
This article provides details about the archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey. The story suggests that the site may be a place where the hunter-gatherer way of life was supported rather than that of the coming agricultural revolution in the Fertile Crescent.
First, I want to thank for such a great and important post! These remarkable statues with over-seized eyes raise some very intriguing questions? Why have no similar eye idols been found in any othe…
Significance: Gobekli Tepe (GT) probably represents the origin of civilisation for most of the world today. Most of us are connected to it ...
"Buddha’s Footprint" , Hand drawn frontispiece to Indian Journals by Allen Ginsberg. A colleague of mine sent me an article ...
This ancient collection of 70 tiny books, their lead pages bound with wire, could unlock some of the secrets of the earliest days of Christianity.
The purpose of this gallery is to show the sheer magnitude of work and abilities of the ancient peoples from all across the world. Some say “aliens” did the work, others say humans used…
Ollantaytambo is without a doubt one of the most amazing places on Earth. Shrouded in mystery, experts are unable to explain how ancient cultures built this
There are thousands of these types of artifacts. Many are unexplained, some are simply misinterpreted, but in almost every circumstance they paint a different picture than what history tells us.
Sayhuite (Saywite) is an archaeological site 47 kilometres (29 mi) east of the city Abancay in the province Abancay in the region Apurímac in Peru. The site is regarded as a centre of religious worship focusing on water.[1] An important feature on the site is the Sayhuite monolith, a rock with more than 200 geometric...
The Benben stone is an object that is found in the mythology of ancient Egypt. This mythical stone is said to have once been housed in a shrine within the compounds of the temple dedicated to the deity Atum in Heliopolis. The Benben stone is also an architectural term, and is the name given to the tip of an obelisk or the capstone placed on top of a pyramid.
The hand-hewn andesite and granite stonework of the Inca artisan has to be seen to believed.
The stolen artifacts were found in the Bnei Brak home of an individual suspected of antiquities trafficking
I have long been a fan of ancient art. I love the textures, the forms, the depth of history. I am sharing here a brief visual tour of a few examples, along with recent work inspired by these and other ancient forms... "DOGU", discovered in remains of Aomori. Jomon-era. BC.3,500 - BC.2,500. Aomori Japan. Female-effigy ceramic burial urn, Northern Andes, Columbia, South America, 1,000–1,500 AD. 23 x 40" in circumference Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey’s stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization. 12th- 9th centuries BC- Female Figure, possibly from Las Bocas, in what will later be Mexico. Neolithic Figure - 3500 BC Ancient Yemeni goddess figurine. Goddess Figure Pakistan (made) Date: circa 2nd century BCE (made) This particular piece was recovered by Colonel D.H. Gordon from a site at Charsadda Shaikhan Dheri, Gandhara, Pakistan. Female figurine (Psi-type), clay, Mycenaean, Late Helladic III B-C period 1300-1150 BC Photos taken by Linda Landig in a museum in Oaxaca. They were all discovered in the tombs in Monte Alban. Monte Alban is located on a leveled out mountain top at 6,400' elevation. It was a Zapotec holy site. The burial city for the noble. Originally contucted about 500 BC. Photos taken by Linda Landig in a museum in Oaxaca. More work from the Monte Alban site. Photo by Niky Sayers of Egyptian faience beads at the British Museum. Photo by Niky Sayers of Aztec carvings at the British Museum. BC.3,500 - BC.2,500. Japanese ceramic figurine "DOGU". Jomon period. Excavation place / Nagano Japan. Female Figure / 300 BCE-400 CE / Mexico, Mesoamerica, Michoacan / Chupicuaro Culture / Ceramic, pigment / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. Cradle of Civilization Goddess Hattusa (Ḫa-at-tu-ša, read “Ḫattuša”) was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. Deep Vessel with Handles Middle Jōmon period (ca. 3500–2500 B.C.). Japan (Source: The Metropolitan Museum) . Bird-Headed Figure Whistle, 8th–9th century Mexico, Veracruz Ceramic. Recent work by me and a couple of my Art Jewelry Elements fellow bloggers, inspired by ancient art: Goddess figures by Jenny Davis-Reazor Goddess figures by Jenny Davis-Reazor Goddess figures by Jenny Davis-Reazor Goddess figure in a jewelry piece by Jenny Davis-Reazor Amulets by Diana Ptaszynski Amulets by Diana Ptaszynski Bird forms by me (Karen Totten) Goddess forms and other beads by me (Karen Totten) Goddess form by me (Karen Totten) I hope you enjoyed this little survey. :) Karen Totten Starry Road Studio
The Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, Turkey, consists of two settlement mounds — the remains of houses continually built over old ones — that have yielded many treasures since archaeologists began excavations in the 1960s.
No one would accuse the ancient Egyptians of not having very well honed imaginations. Statuary of gods often depicted half animal, half human forms, but the Egyptians also found in their creativity…
The artifacts were showcased as part of a makeshift exhibition outside of the Step Pyramid of Djoser at the necropolis of Saqqara, Egypt.
Archaeologists working at spa in southern Israel say lantern is shaped like a miniature church
Gobekli Tepe: Oldest Monumental Architecture of Planet Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey’s stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization Located 35 miles north of Turkey’s border with Syria, Gobekli Tepe consists of 20 T-shaped stone towers, carved with drawings of snakes, scorpions, lions, boars, foxes and other animals. […]
They are arguably the oldest, and most baffling ruins on the face of the Earth. It is hard to imagine how they did not come to be known as ...
Nice pendant of a totem. Made of brass with rhodium bath and stainless chain Gobekli Tepe (Turkish: Panzuda Hill or Navel Hill) is an ancient shrine that rises at the highest point of an extensive mountain range located about 15 km northeast of the city of Sanliurfa (former Urfa/Edesa), in southeastern Turkey , near the Syrian border. The site, which is currently being excavated by Turkish and German archaeologists, was erected by hunter-gatherers in the 10th millennium BC (about 11,600 years ago)1 2, before sedentarization began. Mysteriously, this entire complex of stones, pillars and sculptures was deliberately buried around 8000 BC, remaining abandoned for 500 years. Together with Nevali Oori, this site has revolutionized the understanding of the Eurasian Neolithic. It contains the oldest megalithic complex known to date, built six thousand years before the Stonehenge monument3. It is considered the oldest temple or shrine in the world4, where "the consciousness of the sacred" could be born that gave way to "the spark of civilization. In 2018, the site was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Gobekli Tepe is located in the southeast of Turkey. It was already noted in a Us survey in 1965, when they recognized that the hill might not be entirely natural, but assumed that underneath lay a Byzantine cemetery. Since 1994 the excavations have been led by the German Archaeological Institute and Turkish scientists of the Sanliurfa Museum, under the direction of the German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt (1995-2000: Heidelberg University; German). According to Schmidt, the stone fragments on the surface led him to immediately deduce that it was a prehistoric site. Previously, the hill had been cultivated for generations and locals had removed the rocks, piling them in heaps to clear their fields; many archaeological evidences have been destroyed during this process. Researchers at the University of Karlsruhe began to document the architectural vestiges and soon discovered the T-shaped columns, some of which have apparently suffered attempts at destruction.
