The Buried Man of Göbekli Tepe | Amazing Finds in Enclosure F
Many of you will already know a lot about the 11,600-year-old site of Göbekli Tepe, with its oval enclosures, its ornately-carved T-shaped pillars, and the fact we have an incredibly sophisticated settlement at the very beginning of the Holocene.
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But many of you will not have heard about Enclosure F. It's something not often discussed, and that’s because until recently, it seems there wasn’t a lot published.
In 2023, Oliver Dietrich and Julia Wagner published a paper, titled “Early Neolithic imagery in flux. A case study on the reliefs of Building F at Gobekli Tepe, southeastern Turkey.”
So far, two-thirds of this enclosure have been excavated and eight pillars have been identified. Not only do these pillars tell us a great deal about the history of Göbekli Tepe, but one pillar in particular stands out.
It's known as Pillar 74, and on it is portrayed a man, whom I've called 'The Buried Man of Göbekli Tepe' - the only full-bodied human to be depicted on a T-shaped Pillar.
Watch this video to learn more about it, to learn about the importance of this enclosure and how it fits within the timeline of events in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic.