Troy Through the Ages.

Troy Through the Ages. (modern-day Turkey) Reconstruction is by Christoph Haußner (Munich), the illustrator who produced the widely used Troy reconstructions for the University of Tübingen’s Troia Project.

Of animals and a headless man. Göbekli Tepe, Pillar 43

 

Göbekli Tepe – the world’s first temple and the dawn of human spirituality..... 

The hidden in the rolling hills of southeastern Türkiye 🇹🇷, Göbekli Tepe dates back to around 9600 bce, making it over 11,000 years old — long before the invention of writing, pottery, or agriculture. built by hunter-gatherers, this circular sanctuary of towering T-shaped pillars stands as the earliest known monumental architecture on earth.

The each limestone pillar, some weighing more than 20 tons, is carved with animals, abstract symbols, and cosmic motifs — a mysterious language of stone that may have reflected humanity’s first organized belief system. the site challenges our understanding of prehistory, suggesting that religion may have birthed civilization, not the other way around.

Today, beneath the quiet sands, göbekli tepe still hums with ancient wonder — a bridge between the wild and the sacred. do these stones mark the moment when humans first looked up and asked the universe, why are we here?

The Ruins of Pergamon in Turkey

 

The Ruins of Pergamon in Turkey

Стены Хаттусы

 Стены Хаттусы.

Они очень монументальны. Общая протяженность внешних стен хеттской столицы — 6 километров. Основания стен были каменными, они сохранились до наших дней, а выше возводили непосредственно стену из сырцового кирпича.