Ancient vulture stone carvings confirm comet strike

Saturday, May 6th, 2017

Scientists have speculated for decades that a comet could be behind the sudden fall in temperature during a period known as the Younger Dryas:

But recently the theory appeared to have been debunked by new dating of meteor craters in North America where the comet is thought to have struck.

However, when engineers studied animal carvings made on a pillar – known as the vulture stone – at Gobekli Tepe they discovered that the creatures were actually astronomical symbols which represented constellations and the comet.

The idea had been originally put forward by author Graham Hancock in his book Magicians of the Gods.

Using a computer programme to show where the constellations would have appeared above Turkey thousands of years ago, they were able to pinpoint the comet strike to 10,950BC, the exact time the Younger Dryas begins according to ice core data from Greenland.

Position of the sun and stars on the summer solstice of 10,950BC

The Younger Dryas is viewed as a crucial period for humanity, as it roughly coincides with the emergence of agriculture and the first Neolithic civilisations.

Before the strike, vast areas of wild wheat and barley had allowed nomadic hunters in the Middle East to establish permanent base camps. But the difficult climate conditions following the impact forced communities to come together and work out new ways of maintaining the crops, through watering and selective breeding. Thus farming began, allowing the rise of the first towns.

Edinburgh researchers said the carvings appear to have remained important to the people of Gobekli Tepe for millennia, suggesting that the event and cold climate that followed likely had a very serious impact.

Graham Hancock appeared on Joe Rogan Experience #872 and #725.

Comments

  1. Bob Sykes says:

    Velikovsky, Baigent, Leigh, Lincoln, and Gardner are all fun writers, but they are not astronomers or historians.

  2. Lucklucky says:

    The images they showed don’t fill me with confidence that is what it is on that stone.

  3. Sam J. says:

    The podcasts with Joe Rogan, Graham Hancock, and Randall Carlson are absolutely fabulous. Truly fascinating. They have piled up a considerable amount of scientific data that comets hit and ended the ice age. It also killed off the large animal population and maybe human population in North America. Both are well worth watching even though they are long.

  4. Mark says:

    Hancock, Carlson and Rogan returned, this time with Skeptic Magazine’s Michael Shermer, on episode #961 on May 16th.

    Shermer isn’t always as objective as he could be and things get testy.

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