Arctic Dragon

 

Photographer Cari Letelier captured this breathtaking image, which has been dubbed "Arctic Dragon"

Samarran Ceramic Plate (5000 BC); from Samarra, Mesopotamia

 

Samarran Ceramic Plate (5000 BC); from Samarra, Mesopotamia - modern-day Iraq 

Here women stand in quadrants, their hair whirling in four winds, circled by a ring of scorpions.... .. 

Samarra, a neolithic town created a long line of splendid painted ceramics and female figurines. The Samarran Period (6500-6000 BC) is known for its finely made pottery decorated with animals, birds, and geometric designs. Samarran pottery probably originated in central Iraq but subsequently spread north and south, influencing the earliest Halaf and Ubaid Periods. Samarran Period, 6500-6000 BC.

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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?

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