gobekli tepe - genesis of the gods (2 page)

To Those Who Struggle for Freedom,
In the Garden of Eden,
Past and Present

And to the memory of
Filip Coppens
(1971–2012)

and

Colin Wilson
(1931–2013)

Friends and Genuine Seekers of the Truth

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First, I would like to thank those who have been involved in providing visionary thoughts and information that helped inspire the creation of this current work. They include Richard Ward, David Southwell, Debbie Cartwright, Bernard G., Graham Phillips, and Catja de Lorenzo. I would also like to express my gratitude to Rodney and Joan Hale, for their indelible help in making sure my life continues; Storm Constantine and Jim Hibbert, for putting up with me in their home for over a month; Graham Hancock and Santha Faiia, for the wonderful introduction, and their precious time and help; and Greg and Lora Little, for their constant friendship and support.

In addition to this, I would like to thank Jonathan Bright, for his exchanges on the Greek language; Alberto Forgione, for the cover illustration; Idris Gurkin, for his friendship and kind help as a translator and guide in Turkey; Gülüzar and Hıdır Çelik, for their hospitality in Paradise; Catherine Hale, for her line editing and suggestions; Barbara Hand Clow, for the use of her brilliant term
catastrophobia;
J. L. Katzman of Aggsbach’s Paleolithic Blog, for permission to use pictures; Suna Köse, for her invaluable help in finding me local contacts in eastern Turkey; Janet Morris, for her archive research into the more obscure topics under discussion here; Raffi Kojian, of the AniOnline forum, Gagik Avagyan, and Sunny Keshishian Ross, for their Armenian language translations and advice; Russell M. Hossain, for his wonderful 3-D sculpts; Professor Klaus Schmidt, for agreeing to answer my questions and permitting me to explore Göbekli Tepe; Dr. Harald Hauptmann, for his help regarding the excavations at Nevalı Çori; and Michael Tazzar, for his research discussions.

I would also like to extend a big thank-you to all the others who have helped me during the writing of this book, including Eileen Buchanan, Yvan Cartwright, Adam Crowl, Hakan Dalkus, Amadeus Diamond, Kelly Delaney Stacy, Adriano Forgione, Dawn Forgione, Stephen Gawtry, Richard D. Kingston, Peter Knight, Ian Lawton, Yuri Leitch, Chris Nemmo, Hugh Newman, Chris Ogilvie Herald, Khanna Omarkhali, Graham Phillips, Nigel Skinner-Simpson, Alby Stone, Geoff Stray, Alan Todd, Paul Weston and Rachel Blake, Leon and Lisa Flower, Pino Morelli and Roberta Formoso, Matt Kyd and Renny Djunaedi, Brent and Joan Raynes, Mark and Michelle Rosney, Buster and Abigail Todd, Bob Trubshaw and Judi Holliday, Caroline Wise and Michael Staley, Philippe and Domenique Ullens, John Wilding and Esther Smith, and staff at the Henge Shop, Avebury. Finally, I want to say a massive thank you to Olatundji Akpo-Sani, Kelly Bowen, Kevin Dougherty, Jon Graham, John Hays, Erica B. Robinson, Peri Swan, Jessie Wimett, Chanc VanWinkle Orzell and all the team at Inner Traditions/Bear & Company for being so patient with me over the past couple of years. It is very much appreciated.

CONTENTS

1. Title Page
   
2. Dedication
   
3. Acknowledgments
   
4. Note on Dating System Used
   
5. Illustration Credits
   
6. Introduction By Graham Hancock
   
   1. NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
      
   2. GÖBEKLI TEPE IN CONTEXT
      
   3. EGYPT’S FIRST TIME
      
   4. LION PILLAR BUILDING
      
   5. FORGOTTEN CIVILIZATION
      
   6. CATASTROPHOBIA
      
   7. ABODE OF THE GODS
      
   8. CULT OF THE VULTURE
      
   9. FROM THE ASHES OF ANGELS
      
7. Prologue: In Quest of Angels
   
8. Part 1: Construction
   
   1. Chapter 1: A Lifetime’s Work
      
      1. SITE V52/1
         
      2. SUBLIME SOPHISTICATION
         
      3. SANGUINE DISCOVERIES
         
      4. NEOLITHIZATION
         
      5. ARCHAEOLOGICAL MINEFIELD
         
      6. THE CULT BUILDING
         
      7. THE GREAT MONOLITH
         
      8. A PERSONAL DIVINITY
         
      9. EXPLORING GÖBEKLI TEPE
         
   2. Chapter 2: Monumental Architecture
      
      1. SNAKE PILLAR BUILDING
         
      2. CULT OF THE SNAKE
         
      3. ENCLOSURE B EXPOSED
         
      4. NEW TEMPLES DISCOVERED
         
      5. DELIBERATE BURIAL
         
      6. THE YOUNGER DRYAS MINI ICE AGE
         
      7. A LIFE OF BEER
         
      8. CUP MARKS FOR CARRION BIRDS
         
      9. ENGINEERING CONUNDRUM
         
      10. NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
          
      11. THE ORIGINS OF AGRICULTURE
          
   3. Chapter 3: Frozen in Stone
      
      1. ENCLOSURE C
         
      2. A DOUBLE RING OF STONES
         
      3. THE DROMOS
         
      4. ENCLOSURE D
         
      5. MYSTERY OF THE FLIGHTLESS BIRDS
         
      6. LATER PHASES OF BUILDING ACTIVITY
         
      7. TRIANGLE D’OR
         
   4. Chapter 4: Strange Glyphs and Ideograms
      
      1. THE H GLYPH
         
      2. SHAMANIC POT STANDS
         
      3. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART
         
      4. EMBLEMS OF OFFICE
         
      5. THE EYE AND THE CRESCENT
         
      6. THE WESTERN CENTRAL PILLAR
         
9. Part 2: Cosmos
   
   1. Chapter 5: Gateway to Heaven
      
      1. A CLOCKWISE MOTION
         
      2. THE SUN’S PATH
         
      3. COSMIC HARMONY
         
      4. CENTER OF THE WORLD
         
      5. PLACE OF THE PLACENTA
         
      6. TEMPLE OF THE TWINS
         
      7. TWIN PORTALS TO THE SKY WORLD
         
   2. Chapter 6: Window on Another World
      
      1. THE LASCAUX SHAFT SCENE
         
      2. THE SUMMER TRIANGLE
         
      3. THE VENUS AND THE SORCERER
         
      4. THE GREAT RIFT
         
      5. CAVE SCENES TO CULT SHRINES
         
   3. Chapter 7: Turned toward the Stars
      
      1. ANGLES OF ORIENTATION
         
      2. AN ORION CORRELATION?
         
      3. ALIGNED TO SIRIUS?
         
      4. NORTH OR SOUTH?
         
      5. TARGET REVEALED
         
      6. ENCLOSURE DATES
         
      7. CELESTIAL MARKERS
         
      8. SIGHTING STONE DISCOVERY
         
      9. SOUL HOLES
         
      10. CAUCASIAN DOLMENS
          
      11. PASSAGE OF THE SOUL
          
   4. Chapter 8: The Path of Souls
      
      1. CLEAVING OPEN THE PORTALS
         
      2. THE DENEB PORTAL
         
      3. STORM DEMON WITH OPEN MOUTH
         
      4. VENERATION OF THE POLE STAR
         
      5. SHIFTING POLE STARS
         
   5. Chapter 9: Cult of the Vulture
      
      1. PSYCHOPOMP
         
      2. GÖBEKLI’S VULTURE STONE
         
      3. HEAD LIKE A BALL
         
      4. VULTURE WINGS
         
      5. STAR MAP IN STONE
         
      6. CYGNUS AS A VULTURE
         
   6. Chapter 10: Cosmic Birth Stone
      
      1. THE KILISIK STATUE
         
      2. COSMIC BIRTH
         
      3. BIRTH CHAMBER
         
      4. COSMOLOGICAL BELIEFS
         
10. Part 3: Catastrophobia
    
    1. Chapter 11: The Hooded Ones
       
       1. THE MINI T-SHAPED STATUE
          
       2. A SUDDEN CHANGE IN LIFESTYLE
          
       3. MESSIANIC MESSAGE
          
    2. Chapter 12: Fear of the Fox’s Tail
       
       1. BELT BUCKLE CLUE
          
       2. THREE-TAILED COMET
          
       3. MARK OF THE COMET
          
       4. COMETARY CANINES
          
       5. I PREDICT A COMET
          
    3. Chapter 13: Cosmic Trickster
       
       1. TURNING THE HEAVENS
          
       2. MAN VERSUS DEVIL
          
       3. RESTORING COSMIC ORDER
          
    4. Chapter 14: From a Fox to a Wolf
       
       1. THE CESSATION OF COSMIC TIME
          
    5. Chapter 15: Twilight of the Gods
       
       1. THE EDDAS
          
       2. THE DEVOURING OF THE SUN AND MOON
          
       3. THE MIDGARD SERPENT
          
       4. THE MONSTROUS REGIMENT
          
       5. BATTLE OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS
          
       6. THE EARTH SINKS
          
       7. THE FIMBUL-WINTER
          
       8. DONNELLY’S DATES
          
       9. NUCLEAR WINTER
          
    6. Chapter 16: The Wolf Progeny
       
       1. SAVIOR OF THE WORLD
          
       2. BLACK DOG
          
       3. THE ETERNAL STRUGGLE
          
       4. TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY
          
       5. THE BUNDAHISHN
          
    7. Chapter 17: A Dark Day in Syria
       
       1. THE BIG CHILL
          
       2. MICROSPHERULES AND SLOS
          
       3. MELT PRODUCTS
          
       4. MULTIPLE IMPACTORS
          
       5. TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
          
       6. KILL, CHILL, ILL, AND NOW GRILL!
          
    8. Chapter 18: Aftermath
       
       1. A BEDOUIN CATASTROPHE MYTH
          
       2. SEVEN-TAILED COMET
          
       3. PROFESSOR SCHMIDT’S OPINIONS
          
       4. A REMEDY FOR CATASTROPHOBIA
          
11. Part 4: Contact
    
    1. Chapter 19: The Reindeer Hunters
       
       1. TANGED POINT CULTURES
          
       2. THE CASE OF MARY SETTEGAST
          
       3. THE SWIDERIAN CULTURE
          
       4. THE SWIDERIAN LANDSCAPE
          
    2. Chapter 20: Swiderian Dawn
       
       1. THE WITÓW PEOPLE
          
       2. SWIDERIANS IN CRIMEA
          
       3. TANGED POINTS IN THE NEAR EAST
          
       4. POST-SWIDERIAN CULTURES
          
       5. FINNO-UGRIC PEOPLES
          
       6. HUMAN HYBRIDS
          
    3. Chapter 21: The Solutrean Connection
       
       1. RIMUTÈ RIMANTIENÈ’S COMMENTS
          
       2. ANCIENT MARINERS
          
       3. THE BRÜNN CONTROVERSY
          
       4. SOLUTREAN STONE FRIEZES
          
       5. PURSUED BY A BULL
          
       6. SOLUTREAN BIRD CULT?
          
       7. THE SKY PEOPLE
          
       8. SWANS AND WOLVES
          
       9. HUNTING WITH WOLVES
          
    4. Chapter 22: Obsidian Obsession
       
       1. THE FRANCHTHI CAVE
          
       2. LETHAL WEAPON
          
       3. CROW-FLINT FIRE
          
       4. OBSIDIAN RELIGION
          
       5. THE SEARCH FOR NEW SOURCES
          
    5. Chapter 23: The Bingöl Masters
       
       1. THE EMERGENCE OF HALLAN ÇEMI
          
       2. EUROPEAN TAKEOVER
          
       3. THE GOBUSTAN WARRIORS
          
       4. DISTANT COUSINS
          
    6. Chapter 24: Wolf Stone Mountain
       
       1. SERVANTS OF SATAN
          
       2. LAND OF THE PERI
          
    7. Chapter 25: Saviors of the World
       
       1. WOLF-STICK FESTIVAL
          
       2. THE SHAMAN’S POLE
          
       3. OCCULT BATTLE
          
       4. STRANGE CUSTOMS OF THE SÁMI
          
       5. FINNO-UGRIC ORIGINS
          
       6. FOX, NOT WOLF?
          
    8. Chapter 26: Strange-looking People
       
       1. COMMUNITY NETWORKING
          
       2. THE WALLS OF JERICHO
          
       3. SCHMIDT AND THE SWIDERIANS
          
       4. THE END OF GÖBEKLI TEPE
          
12. Part 5: Convergence
    
    1. Chapter 27: In the Garden of Eden
       
       1. TEMPLE IN EDEN
          
       2. THE EXISTENCE OF PARADISE
          
       3. THE GREAT REFORM
          
       4. THE HIDDEKEL
          
       5. GIHON AND THE LAND OF CUSH
          
       6. IN SEARCH OF THE PISON
          
       7. THE LAND OF GOLD
          
       8. SEAT ON THE RIVER OF EDEN
          
       9. RELAND’S CHOICE
          
    2. Chapter 28: The Fountain of Paradise
       
       1. THE PLAIN OF MUSH
          
       2. MONASTIC FOUNDATIONS
          
       3. THE TREE OF LIFE
          
       4. FINDING OTHER EDENS
          
       5. THE REVEREND MARMADUKE CARVER
          
       6. THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
          
       7. A MERE UTOPIA
          
       8. CHERUBIM WITH THE FLAMING SWORDS
          
       9. CARVER’S MAP OF PARADISE
          
       10. MOUNT ABUS
           
       11. THE SOURCE OF MANY RIVERS
           
    3. Chapter 29: The World’s Summit
       
       1. THE PISON RIVER—NEW EVIDENCE
          
       2. FOUNTAIN OF LIFE
          
       3. AL-KHIDR, THE GREEN ONE
          
       4. THE CULT OF ENKI
          
       5. DILMUN—GARDEN OF THE GODS
          
       6. THE DIMLI KURDS
          
       7. THE FOUNTAIN OF HIZIR
          
    4. Chapter 30: Rise of the Anunnaki
       
       1. MOUNTAIN OF THE GODS
          
       2. THE NIPPUR FOUNDATION CYLINDER
          
       3. MOUNT AL-JUDI
          
       4. THE SWITCH TO MOUNT MASSIS
          
       5. THE NIPPUR FOUNDATION CYLINDER
          
       6. CULT OF THE SNAKE
          
       7. NO CEDAR FORESTS
          
    5. Chapter 31: The Making of Humankind
       
       1. THE CREATION OF MAN
          
       2. EVE, THE GIVER OF LIFE
          
    6. Chapter 32: The Coming of the Watchers
       
       1. FIRSTS FOR HUMANITY
          
       2. THE SONS OF GOD
          
       3. VISAGE LIKE A VIPER
          
       4. HUMAN ANGELS
          
    7. Chapter 33: Mountain of the Watchers
       
       1. ARMON NOT HERMON?
          
       2. MOUNT ARARAT AGAIN
          
       3. MOUNTAIN-LAND OF THE MINYAS
          
       4. HEAVENLY MOUNTAIN
          
       5. THE MOUNTAIN OF GOD
          
       6. BENEATH THE POLE STAR
          
       7. ENOCH IN PARADISE
          
       8. TIGRIS TUNNEL
          
       9. THE MOUNT OF ASSEMBLY
          
       10. BABYLONIAN MAP OF THE WORLD
           
       11. GOD’S PROMISED LAND
           
    8. Chapter 34: Walking with Serpents
       
       1. THE MYSTERY OF TELL ARPACHIYAH
          
       2. SNAKELIKE HEADS
          
       3. CULT OF THE SNAKE
          
       4. ELITE RITUAL CENTER
          
       5. CITY OF ENOCH
          
       6. THE PERI AND CIN
          
       7. EGYPTIAN INFLUENCE?
          
13. Part 6: Completion
    
    1. Chapter 35: A Quiet Corner of Eden
       
       1. EDEN-LIKE WOODLAND
          
       2. THE DISCIPLE THADDEUS
          
       3. EDEN AND THE TREE OF LIFE
          
       4. THE OIL OF MERCY
          
       5. HOLY ANOINTING OIL
          
       6. THE ANGEL’S GIFT
          
       7. THE TRUE AND LIVING CROSS
          
    2. Chapter 36: The Red Church
       
       1. STRANGE DECREE
          
       2. ONLINE APPEAL
          
       3. HOLY TREE AND SACRED SPRING
          
       4. DERA SOR IS YEGHRDUT!
          
       5. SIM MOUNTAIN
          
    3. Chapter 37: The Secrets of Adam
       
       1. THE REVELATIONS OF METHODIUS
          
       2. WHERE IS
          CORDAN MONTE?
          
       3. THE SEED OF SETH
          
       4. THE NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY
          
       5. THE PILLARS OF SETH
          
       6. THE LAND OF SIRIAD
          
       7. THE ROCK OF TRUTH
          
       8. THE GOSPEL OF THE EGYPTIANS
          
       9. THE SEARCH FOR CHARAXIO
          
       10. MOUNT SIR
           
       11. MONS VICTORIALIS
           
    4. Chapter 38: As Angels Ourselves
       
       1. LIKE THE ANGELS
          
       2. THE HOLY MYRON
          
       3. LINKS TO YEGHRDUT
          
       4. THE CHILDREN OF SETH
          
       5. A TRIP TO TURKEY
          
    5. Chapter 39: The Return to Eden
       
       1. THE TAXI RIDE
          
       2. PKK SITUATION
          
       3. THE DERA SOR COMMUNITY
          
       4. A VISIT TO THE SPRING
          
       5. THE HOLY TREE
          
       6. EAGLE ON THE WORLD TREE
          
       7. THE WOOD THAT CUTS
          
       8. THE RUINS EXPLORED
          
       9. FINDING THE CHURCHES
          
       10. SPECTACULAR VIEWS
           
       11. IS THIS EDEN?
           
       12. THE RED EARTH OF ADAM
           
       13. A RESPITE
           
       14. AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
           
    6. Chapter 40: A Trip to Paradise
       
       1. MOUNTAIN LION
          
       2. PEOPLE OF TRUTH
          
       3. COSMIC LION
          
       4. ARRIVAL AT MUSKA
          
       5. FOUNTAIN OF HIZIR
          
       6. FISH FARM
          
       7. POETRY READING
          
    7. Chapter 41: Göbekli Tepe Revisited
       
       1. UNFINISHED MONOLITH
          
       2. JUTTING HEADLAND
          
       3. NEW LION PILLAR
          
       4. MIGHTY LION
          
    8. Chapter 42: A Loss of Innocence
       
       1. A SENSE OF GUILT
          
       2. DEATH OF AN IDYLLIC WORLD
          
       3. TRAUMA AND INJURIES
          
       4. BACK TO EDEN
          
       5. A RETURN TO THE SOURCE