A 12,000-year-old obelisk with a human face was found in Karahan Tepe

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Post by fatihpense » Tue, Oct 07, 2025, 2:43 AM UTC

A 12,000-year-old obelisk with a human face was found in Karahan Tepe
trthaber.com

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Post by fatihpense » Tue, Oct 07, 2025, 2:43 AM UTC

From the article: "The arm and hand reliefs on the T-shaped pillars found in and around Göbekli Tepe have long reinforced the idea that these stones symbolized humans. This new find at Karahan Tepe, the first to feature a human face carved into a T-shaped pillar, is considered a turning point in Neolithic research."

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Post by k310 » Tue, Oct 07, 2025, 4:05 AM UTC

I didn't get english. Just lucky?

https://www-trthaber-com.translate.goog/foto-galeri/karahant...

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Post by fatihpense » Tue, Oct 07, 2025, 7:26 AM UTC

k310 wrote: post #3

I didn't get english. Just lucky? https://www-trthaber-com.translate.goog/foto-galeri/karahant...

Thanks, I can't change the url now. Since it is just a gallery with minimal information, I forgot to submit translated url.

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Post by dr_dshiv » Tue, Oct 07, 2025, 8:17 AM UTC

Is that the oldest known carved megalithic stone statue of a person?

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Post by metalman » Tue, Oct 07, 2025, 10:46 AM UTC

k310 wrote: post #3

I didn't get english. Just lucky? https://www-trthaber-com.translate.goog/foto-galeri/karahant...

infiniscroll turkish archiology, which only seems right given the 12k years of human building

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Post by altairprime » Tue, Oct 07, 2025, 3:33 PM UTC

fatihpense wrote: post #4

k310 wrote: post #3

I didn't get english. Just lucky? https://www-trthaber-com.translate.goog/foto-galeri/karahant...

Thanks, I can't change the url now. Since it is just a gallery with minimal information, I forgot to submit translated url.

You can email the mods to change it if you like!

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Post by j-kent » Tue, Oct 07, 2025, 11:13 PM UTC

Can I just say that it is fantastic that they have included so many detailed pictures of the obelisk. How many times have you visited an article about a discovery only to have no pictures in the article.

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Post by basfo » Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 5:57 PM UTC

Great find! and I don’t want to underestimate the discovery by any means, but...

We humans are predisposed to see anthropomorphic shapes in things. I understand why that could be interpreted as a face, but at the same time, it could just be a random shape. It’s just a “T” shape. Sure, it could look like a nose and a pair of eyes, but it could also just be... something.

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Post by 3327 » Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 6:00 PM UTC

basfo wrote: post #9

Great find! and I don’t want to underestimate the discovery by any means, but... We humans are predisposed to see anthropomorphic shapes in things. I understand why that could be interpreted as a face, but at the same time, it could just be a random shape. It’s just a “T” shape. Sure, it could look like a nose and a pair of eyes, but it could also just be... something.

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