Gobeklitepe - Pillar 43, Enclosure D: the Vulture -Shaped Stone / Netflix Tv Series THE GIFT (ATIYE) Gobeklitepe , Urfa, Turkey

Gobeklitepe - Pillar 43, Enclosure D: the Vulture -Shaped Stone

Height: 15.5 cm ( 6 inches ) Approx.

Location: Türkiye
Definition: Gobeklitepe, The Oldest Temple of the World
Gobeklitepe is a pre-historic site dating from roughly 12000 years ago, near Sanliurfa, Turkey

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One of the T-shaped stones found in Göbeklitepe, at the bottom right is a human relief with its head cut on its body, and a bird thought to be a vulture on the left. There are scorpions and birds on them. The big bird has a round head shape in its hand, interpreted as the head detached from its body.
Three adult skull fragments were found at Göbeklitepe. First, the skin was skinned free of flesh, then the bones were hollowed out with flint. Before pottery was made, it was a ritual where skull cult was seen in Neolithic settlements / Polished Stone Age. These reliefs may be related to the skull ritual.
In another theory; There are also vulture figures in Çatalhöyük, they were left to the dead nature, birds of prey would come and eat them. It was believed that when these birds flew into the sky, the souls of the dead would also rise to the sky. Maybe it was like that ...
Even if you don't know exactly what it is, here is for sure. Mankind could not feed itself to die and disappear and mingle with nature; He created many ceremonies and rituals in order to overcome death. Fortunately, the belief that life continues on the other side has emerged.
Otherwise, we could not have access to such valuable information and works. Funeral rituals are still very important in many cultures, aren't they?

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