Among the most important archaeological sites in the world today and yet another jewel in the Turkish crown: Göbeklitepe.
http://nppgobeklitepe.blogspot.com.tr/2015/10/paintings.html
Göbeklitepe notes:
http://nppessaysarticles.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/gobeklitepe-13072015.html
Found in southern Turkey close to the Syrian border, a gentle pot belly shaped landscape has been excavated to reveal a site of up to 20 assembled monolithic structures. It provides an invitation to ask questions about our past and perhaps our present and future. It may be a human timeline game changer. Who constructed the site? When did they do it? Might it shed light on who we are; how we come to be; how long we have been here? The answers to such questions within Western culture have tended to be caught between the parameters of religious belief and Darwinian Theory of evolution. Other cultures do offer alternatives such as the Australian aborigines and their stories of Dreamtime. Has some history been forgotten, wittingly or unwittingly? It is said the victors of struggle and conflict write the history. Is Göbeklitepe an indication of lost human chronology?
It is appropriate this site should be in Turkey where the Piri Reis map was found and shared with the world by the founder of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Atatürk apparently took interest in the legend of Mu, which along with the Piri Reis map ponders the possibility of older civilisations since long forgotten and officially wiped from history.
The lost continent of Mu:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(lost_continent)
Piri Reis Map:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis_map
When Professor Robert Shock suggested water erosion on the Sphinx at Giza indicated it was older than the accepted 5,000 and of an earlier civilisation. Critics within the academic establishment asked for proof anywhere in the world of earlier sophisticated civilisation and then along came Göbeklitepe.
The Sphinx, Gobekli Tepe, Ancient Catastrophes Dr Robert Schoch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R1TQ6ZiQBI
About 23 mins in Schock explains that Göbeklitepe changed the paradigm.
Göbeklitepe is being touted as a game changer in better understanding ancient sites and structures found around the world. It is an international story encompassing domestic and international cultural history and all the while promoting Turkey. Göbeklitepe has already been examined by Turk Kerem Akalın and his production colleagues at Maker Arts as illustrated by these short clips:
Gobeklitepe - The World’s First Temple:
https://vimeo.com/33899603
https://vimeo.com/33899705
https://vimeo.com/33900114
It seems there are no signs of domestic accommodation at Göbeklitepe; it was purely a ceremonial, spiritual or meeting site. The indications are it was purposefully covered up, estimates being about 8,000 BC; it was not merely buried by the natural course of time.
It is suggested the site indicates a more sophisticated intellectual and consciousness awareness than we thought capable of humans 12,000 years ago. Göbeklitepe has beautifully carved pillars revealing an impressive technical ability. Conventional wisdom suggests mankind consisted of only 'hunter gatherers' (hunting animals, gathering wild plants) 5,000 years ago. Stonehenge in the UK is allegedly 5,000 years old as are the Egyptian pyramids.
When Graham Hancock and Robert Schock proposed an older timeline, the then curator of the pyramids, Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, was most displeased…
Zahi Hawass Storms out of Debate with Graham Hancock before it Begins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ziu2ygE_Wc
There is an increasing interest in revisionist history whether contemporary or ancient. This has been much facilitated by the internet and access to open source research rather than reliance on institutions and club membership. Sure, some criticise because anyone can put any online, but that is the internet’s advantage. It is up to individuals to discern what might be useful or not.
Who would have thought some old stones in the ground so interesting! We appear to live in a world of narrow minded 'experts' where questions are only asked within set parameters of
belief. As a general populous we have hare apparently been too busy watching hypnotic TV and eating insubstantial food products that dull the pineal gland and our general consciousness awareness; we have long forgotten who we are.
Prof. Schock proposes dinosaurs disappeared because of a meteorite. I don’t know. I do understand dinosaur fossils are discovered at around 12,000ft while oil can be found as deep as 35,000ft, therefore, suggesting oil is not necessarily made of fossils and a fossil fuel in name only. Try suggesting that to BBC R4 ‘experts’ and you risk the label of pseudo-scientist. Schock also discusses sun spot activity as a cause for catastrophe on earth and indeed, it seems logical that any earth climate changes must be heavily influenced by the sun rather than human activity. Again, try suggesting that to the man-made climate change carbon-cultists.
I googled 'human history timeline' and this was the top search result:
http://humanhistorytimeline.com/
The details do seem bizarre e.g. Jesus was born 5BC i.e. Jesus was born 5 years before the birth of Christ! Funny.
So, Göbeklitepe throws up awkward questions for the conventional mind set which may be why organisations such as the €U and UNESCO are so keen to be involved and perhaps manage the story; National Geographic and the Smithsonian Institute will be keen to give the story their slant. We wouldn’t want to disturb the funding structure based upon Darwinian Theory or conventional human timeline, would we?!
This site leads to associations with history, culture past and present, science, health, academia, education, spiritual enlightenment... perhaps even the 'unphysical' realm. Göbeklitepe may prove controversial for some with set religious structural belief. I recommend Dr. Rupert Sheldrake as an example of a 'believer' in an Abrahamic religion, in his case Christianity, is one those rare scientists happy to reconcile his faith with the investigation of transference of information between cells that is 'invisible' and not restricted to a physical particle based model. It would be fun to have dowser Maria Wheatley visit Göbeklitepe to explore the energy of the stones, decode and divine the land. I’d love to produce a Göbeklitepe inspired conference inviting speakers and contributors from around the world to explore, discuss and share ideas via the world wide net. We want to explore the possibilities and the truth, which though often allusive, may lead to as yet unacknowledged benefits. If Gobeklitepe turns out to be just another bunch of old stones, so be it. But, we propose the door may lead to something deeper, more interesting; perhaps even enlightening.
Monday 13 February 2017
Sunday 11 October 2015
Paintings
Göbeklitepe Notes
"I don’t know why art is necessary – only that it is. All who in the 1940’s braved bombs to see one painting in the National Gallery knew it too."
Brian Sewell Art Critic, Sunday 04 April 2010
.... having been asked by Ned why art might be important. An ancient site has been unearthed in southern Turkey on the Syrian border. What? Why? How? I do not know the answers, but am curious to know and use art to explore and highlight this potential game changer.
http://gobeklitepe.info/
Göbeklitepe Study 01
50cm x 70cm
This I Am
Imagining the energy rather than just the visual reality. Inspired by Kirlian Technology; photography of the electrical discharge from an object:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirlian_photography
Göbeklitepe Study 02
50cm x 70cm
This I Am Too
Perhaps a slightly more visually realistic portrayal.
Göbeklitepe Study 03
50cm x 70
Schmidt Directs
Klaus Schmidt was the German archaeologist and pre-historian who led excavations at Göbekli Tepe from 1996 to 2014:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Schmidt_%28archaeologist%29
Ancient Göbeklitepe pioneer Schmidt passes away:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-gobeklitepe-pioneer-schmidt-passes-away.aspx?pageID=238&nID=69418&NewsCatID=375
Göbeklitepe Study 04
70cm x 50cm
Pictures Of The Past
T-shaped pillars form the circular patterns at the site. Shapes, motifs, human and animal figures are portrayed on the surfaces of the various pillars.
Göbeklitepe Study 05
50cm x 70cm
Pot Belly Landscape
The site was an undisturbed gentle 'pot belly' hill top; as per the landscape depicted here.
Gobekli Study 06
70cm x 50cm
Gobeklitepe Gatherer
On a visit 25 April 2015 women were collecting a plant crop immediately about the Göbeklitepe site. Now the site has been discovered, for how much longer will women harvest and collect as they supposedly have done so for generations?
Göbeklitepe Study 07
70cm x 50cm
Sketching Göbeklitepe
On my visit to the site, there were groups of students by the coach load sketching the unearthed stones.
Göbeklitepe Study 08
62cm x 92cm
Göbeklitepe Under Cover
Today the main site is covered. I guess necessary to prevent erosion, but also a bit sad. I recall author Graham Hancock expressing his near shock upon first seeing the site covered. It would be interesting to see the site in all its open glory.
Göbeklitepe Study 09
70cm x 50cm
Kirlian Colour Field-01
This painting is inspired by the technique of Kirlian photography whereby electrical discharge is portrayed by various light tones of the colour spectrum:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirlian_photography
Göbeklitepe Study 10
50cm x 70cm
Kirlian Colour Field-02
Front detail on one of the main T-shape pillars.
Göbeklitepe Study 11
70cm x 50cm
Kirlian Colour Field-03
More animal and bird motifs upon the T-shape pillars.
Göbeklitepe Study 12
62cm x 42cm
Uncovered Discovered
I felt a tad sorry for this uncovered and apparently bondaged T-shape upright. It looks captured. Wooden and metal beams and rods hold the pillar in place now the supporting earth has been removed.
Göbeklitepe Study 13
62cm x 92cm
Where In Time
More Kirlian imagination. Thus far the site has been dated to approximately 12,000 years old, but does anyone really know for sure? This image perhaps suspends the site in time and space.
Göbeklitepe Study 14
50cm x 70cm
Broken Plough
One story suggests a farmer broke his plough on one of Göbeklitepe's stone pillars just below the earth's surface leading to further uncovering and discovery.
Göbeklitepe Study 15
70cm x 50cm
Anger Is An Energy
The figure on this pillar looks angry, so it's in angry fire red.
Göbeklitepe Study 16
70cm x 50cm
Something Funny On My Tummy
I envision the pillars have personal and facial character.
Göbeklitepe Study 17
50cm x 70cm
Göbekli Pow Wow
It is suggested the central circle enclosures at Göbeklitepe were flooded with liquid. The pillars arranged around the perimeter remind me of a gathered tribe, perhaps smoking a peace pipe while discussing issues or relaying stories in the style of an American Indian pow-wow.
Göbeklitepe Study 18
70cm x 50cm
Göbekli Poppies
Upon my visit red poppies were scattered about the site intermittently.
Göbeklitepe Study 19
70cm x 50cm
Göbekli Na-Nu Na-Nu Shazbot
A figure found at Göbeklitepe now on display at Şanliurfa museum. Mork and Mindy came to mind for some reason. The Mork character in the US TV series was an extraterrestrial who came to Earth from the planet Ork in a small, one-Orkan egg-shaped spaceship. His catch phrase was Na-Nu Na-Nu Shazbot, hence my title:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mork_%26_Mindy
Göbeklitepe Study 20
70cm x 50cm
Long Barrow Giant True Or False
Things dug up from the past. This is an alleged giant from Long Barrow, Ireland. Was it authentic or a hoax?
Let your imagination run wild: giants might have been useful in creating monolithic structures such as Göbeklitepe or Stonehenge. Giants are mentioned in religious books. There are accounts of giant skeletons being found and allegedly removed and hidden by for example the Smithsonian Institution. Historical and archaeological finds have been chronicled and published by e.g. Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race 1993 by Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson:
http://www.mcremo.com/fa.htm
Conventional wisdom dismisses such ideas while an 'alternative' circuit of researchers and academics continue to probe the issue. Göbeklitepe is seen as a game changer in the re-evaluation of human time line and history. It is not just a Turkish domestic story , but a catalyst to international review and contemplation. The existence of giants is considered mythical, but what if there were such beings? It surely makes sense to at least be open minded to such contemplations, examinations and questions.
Smithsonian Admits to Destruction of Thousands of Giant Human Skeletons in Early 1900’s:
http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/smithsonian-admits-to-destruction-of-thousands-of-giant-human-skeletons-in-early-1900s/
Göbeklitepe Study 21
70cm x 27cm
Plasma Discharge
Since Göbeklitepe is a catalyst to ancient megalithic and monolithic structures around the world, it can encompass the study and awareness of rock art. Rock art figures portrayed with circles or dots alongside the mid-rift are found globally. It is suggested they resemble plasma discharge patterns and indicate our ancestors were conscious of our electric-magnetic universe, an idea written about by David Talbott: The Electric Universe:
https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/
Göbeklitepe Study 22
100cm x 70cm
Blood Water Or Organic Light
If the inner circle enclosures were flooded, with what might they have been flooded? Water would seem to be an obvious choice; bathing, cleansing... we'd like to think it was not blood, a rather more macabre idea. What else? John Lamb Lash writes about the Nag Hammadi texts and organic light. What if our ancestors were more engaged with consciousness awareness and energy and engaged organic light, described by Lash s a milky white? I am merely contemplating possibilities:
http://www.metahistory.org/
https://wearelightbeings.wordpress.com/john-lamb-lash/
http://www.metahistory.org/GAIA%20SOPHIA/Synopsis9SM.php
"Within the Pleroma dwell the aggregate of cosmic gods, energy waves of the galactic dimension. They circulate around the core, massive currents of living luminosity thriving with sound, odor, even taste. Their form is a serpentine, torrential streaming, their substance, a nougat-like mass of self-generating luminosity. These Pleromic currents receive the singularity of pure potential from the Originator and spin it into expression. They convert the formless seed of originality into a standing wave design that can eventually appear in space, time, and matter beyond the galactic core."
Göbeklitepe Study 23
70cm x 50cm
The Hollow Plasma Sun
Ancient sites seem to be aligned with the sky; the stars and planets. I love the idea of the sun perhaps being a hollow ball surrounded by a plasma layer:
Eric Dollard - The Sun Is Hollow & Interdimensional!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgpQilHfT_0
Of course the Oxbridge lvy League mob may laugh... let them!
Our hollow sun the converter / Santos Bonacci and James Swagger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSV9CJKFR0s
It seems sun spot activity directs climate change on earth, though Al Gore & co insist it is man made carbon emissions.
"I also want to point out that this term eco fascism, which is a very good term, is the false plea to Gaia and save the earth. Al Gore, Maurice Strong and all those people are accessory to this madness in their own way and they are promoting a complete hoax..."
says John Lamb Lash.
Was there a global catastrophe induced by inter-stella activity, including flooding on a colossal scale about 12,000 years ago? Did Göbeklitepe exist before or after? There was a sun dial at the entrance to Harran University, close to the Göbeklitepe site... so, the sun is a significant image for Göbeklitepe ans all ancient sites.
Göbeklitepe Study 24
100cm x 70cm
Past Present Future
A mixture of ancient world sites: the. Pyramids of Giza, Egypt - Stonehenge, UK - figures at Easter Island - Machu Picchu, Peru - standing stones on the Orkney Iles, Scotland - Carnac France - the Avebury Ring UK - the Bosnian pyramid - the pyramid at Chichen Itza, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico - and our Göbeklitepe...
Göbeklitepe Study 25
70cm x 50cm
Plans of the Göbeklitepe site....
Temple B: The Supreme Ruler's Solar Year
Göbeklitepe circle / Temple B:
http://www.seshat.ch/home/
http://www.seshat.ch/home/
Göbeklitepe Study 26
70cm x 50cm
Circles A, B, C, D
Göbeklitepe Study 27
70cm x 50cm
Gobek-li-tepe
An image that came to mind. A stomach; a paunchy pot-bellied stomach; a pot-bellied hill and the T-shape monolithic stones emerging on top.
Göbeklitepe Study 28
18cm x 13cm
Plasma Figure-01
Göbeklitepe Study 29
18cm x 13cm
Plasma Figure-02
Göbeklitepe Study 30
18cm x 13cm
Plasma Figure-03
More plasma figures. The middle one is from Göbeklitepe.
Göbeklitepe Study 31
70cm x 50cm
The Georgia Guide Stones
A modern day monolithic obelisk structure made of granite erected 1980; inscribed with 10 guidelines for the human race in 8 languages, plus a shorter message is inscribed at the top of the structure in four ancient language scripts: Babylonian, Classical Greek, Sanskrit, and Egyptian hieroglyphs... US radio host Alex Jones of Infowars says Ted Turner produced the Guidestones.
Guideline 1 is "Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature." Hmmm, this implies a world population reduction and perhaps a dark and gloomy undertone. Mystery continues to surround who and why this was constructed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones
Göbeklitepe Study 32
100cm x 66cm
Harran University
This is said to be the site of the world's first university and close to Göbeklitepe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harran
A random blog: Harran of the Sabians:
http://unchartedruins.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/harran-of-sabians.html
Göbeklitepe Study 33
100cm x 62cm
Which Came First - Oil Or The Egg?
The Noah story and Göbeklitepe: There was allegedly a Great Flood or catastrophe which affected human life on earth, but which came first? The Ark or Gobeklitepe? The fossil or the fuel? Oil or the egg? Why are fossil fuels called fossil fuels? Anything to do with an 1892 conference on organic substances whereby J.D. Rockefeller sent his 'scientists' to ensure oil's components, oxygen, carbon and hydrogen, defined it officially as qualifying as an organic substance? Science or magic and deception?! If oil is produced from dinosaurs, we must assume the egg came before oil... must we not? What is time? Are there different time lines? Do we perceive different time lines? A similar flood and or catastrophe story is told from different parts of the world... the Sumerian tablets tell of a huge ship built to avoid the coming flood and to take aboard 'beast and birds'; a 'Noah' character and story is replicated:
Deucalion - Greece
Manu - India
Fo-Hi - China
Xisthros - Persia
Nota - Mexico
Utnapishtim - Mesopotamia...
Did a global cataclysm (including flood) wipe out human life and perhaps Atlantis and Lemuria (Mu). This catastrophic account can be found in Egypt, Assyria and Chaldea (Mesopotamia), Greece, Arcadia, Rome, Scandinavia, Germany, Lithuania, Transylvania, Turkey, Persia, China, New Zealand, Siberia, Burma, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Sumatra, in Islamic and Celtic lore and among native peoples throughout North South and Central America, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific continent.
Sir Fred Hoyle 1915--2001) suggested the Darwin theory of evolution is unlikely and, therefore, life must be the product of purposeful intelligence. Today, conventional wisdom tends to keep investigation of human derivation caught between the parameters of Adam's Rib and Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Let's widen the investigation of possibility...
http://www.richardpresser.com/wordpress/how-i-came-to-realize-i-was-wrong-about-peak-oil-f-william-engdahl/
Colonel L. Fletcher Prouty: The Origin of Fossil Fuel & Peak Oil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cUg3lDgJ20
Göbeklitepe Study 34
100cm x 62cm
The Drones At Göbellitepe
Lou Reed: "I feel healed in the Drones!"
Ancient sites have long been associated with rock music. Is it a frequency thing? Is it an earthly primordial connection? American rock 'n' roll star Lou Reed contrived a project exploring vibration using electric guitar feedback, continued today by his friend and colleague Stewart Hurwood. So, I've placed Lou Reed within Göbeklitepe and aligning turkey with new York, USA:
http://nppgobeklitepe.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/lou-reed-i-feel-healed-in-drones.html
Göbeklitepe Study 35
31cm x 70cm
Penguin, Great Auk Or What?
Yet another figure found upon the surface of the Göbeklitepe stones. What is it? Why? I don't know. It just is.
Göbeklitepe Study 36
70cm x 50cm
"Hmmm. Humans!"
I imagine the family of Göbeklitepe stones there in place generation after generation, just quietly there in place, minding their own business, when one day they detect the curiosity of humans and the disturbance of their peace and quiet.
Göbeklitepe Study 37
32cm x 70cm
History Unplugged
There was MTV Unplugged... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Unplugged
This is history unplugged; reassessed; revised; a human time line game changer.
Göbeklitepe Study 38
70cm x 50cm
Göbeklitepe Wireless
Today's internet wireless icon motifs radiate signal waves. I imagine the T-shapes of Göbelitepe radiating signals of information alerting Turkey and the world to this new found discovery and the associated messages and revelations.
Göbeklitepe Study 39
70cm x 50cm
Back To Dust
Quantum physics suggests the observer affects the outcome. Unobserved, the Göbeklitepe family existed in their own animated reality. As soon as humans unveiled their peaceful privacy, things changed and their existence had to return to one of apparent dormancy; back to a perceived state of lifelessness: unto dust shalt thou return.
Göbeklitepe Study 40
50cm x 70cm
Göbeklitepe Gatherers 02
More Göbeklitepe women harvesting and gathering local crops.
Göbeklitepe Study 41
50cm x 70cm
Göbeklitepe Gatherer 03
Göbeklitepe Study 42
50cm x 70cm
Aswan Unfinished Obelisk (Egypt)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfinished_obelisk
https://ashtronort.wordpress.com/monolithic-madness-the-unfinished-obelisk-aswan-egypt/
Another monolithic stone. This unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan (Assuan), Egypt. It was apparently ordered by Hatshepsut (1508–1458 BC). Again, what was the exact purpose of these obelisks? They are found in major city centres from Rome to London, Washington DC and Istanbul.
Göbeklitepe Study 43
50cm x 36cm
Klaus Schmidt
Klaus Schmidt, the German archaeologist who led excavations at Göbeklitepe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Schmidt_%28archaeologist%29
Göbeklitepe Study 44
70cm x 50cm
Here a H, There a H - Nubian Kushite Pyramids
The 'H' figure is found as a carved symbol at Göbeklitepe and as a constructed element in Nubian Kushite Pyramids; the Göbeklitepe 'H' shown here bottom and the Nubian entrances atop. It is commonly found at various sites. Why? One suggestion is it is the phonetic sound 'hay' when breathing out during prayer. Yet again, I don't know exactly, but it is here, there and else where.
Göbeklitepe Study 45
76cm x 76cm
7 Renkli Göbeklitepe
I have painted many images with the 7 colours of the rainbow since the days of Rainbow Bridge:
http://npprainbowbridge.blogspot.com.tr/
So, a Ned 7 Renkli Göbeklitepe seemed appropriate.
Göbeklitepe Study 46
152.50cm x 91cm
There's No Tomb Here Lara
Lara Croft is a hero of modern ages; a computer sensation running amok ancient sites. Lara at Göbelitepe came mind; perhaps herself a potential catalyst to introducing this site to a wider audience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Croft:_Tomb_Raider
Göbeklitepe Study 47
100cm x 70cm
Fire & Water
The source of inspiration for this painting... Şanliurfa is said to be the birth place of Abraham; known as the father of the 3 Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The story has it that because of his monotheistic belief, Abraham was thrown into a fire by Nimrod. A miracle transpired turning the fire into water and burning coals into fish. The site of this miracle is today a tourist attraction: Balıklıgöl: Pool of the Sacred Fish.
Göbeklitepe Study 48
70cm x 50cm
Orion
The constellation of Orion is said to be related to the design and placing of many ancient sites. For example, 'The oldest image of a star pattern, that of the famous constellation of Orion, has been recognised on an ivory tablet some 32,500 years old'.
I would not be surprised if Orion were some how somewhere included within the Göbeklitepe site.
Göbeklitepe Study 49
50cm x 70cm
Harran Pow Wow
Here ı have placed the pillars of Göbeklitepe nearby the traditional houses of Harran with a congregation of local people, perhaps celebrating a wedding or festival of some kind. Indeed, another pow-wow.
Göbeklitepe Study 50
152.50cm x 91cm
International History Unplugged
This time the unplugged theme brings together Turkey's Göbeklitpe, Egypt's Pyramids, England's Stonehenge and the artist's name: spot the Ned.
Göbeklitepe Study 51
76cm x 76cm
Different Place Same Hands
Various figures at various sites of antiquity around the world present a similar and even identical positioning of hands at waist level.
Göbeklitepe Study 52
13cm x 70cm
Harran Dance 01
Göbeklitepe Study 53
13cm x 70cm
Harran Dance 02
Göbeklitepe Study 54
30cm x 70cm
Harran Dance 03
All the above depict the traditional line dancing of the Harran people. Were they doing something similar in the heydays of Göbeklitepe?
Göbeklitepe Study 55
70cm x 16cm
Hands Together
A close-up detail of the front of Göbeklitepe T-shape portraying the positioning of hands at waist level.
Göbeklitepe Study 56
28cm x 100cm
Harran Dance 04
Göbeklitepe Study 57
10cm x 76cm
Harran Dance 05
More traditional line dancing.
Göbeklitepe Study 58
76cm x 76cm
The Towie Stone
This was brought to my attention by James Swagger who suggests it is symbolic of a platonic solid:
http://www.jamesswagger.com/
http://www.megalithicodyssey.com/
http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-100-033-206-C
This carved stone ball was found at Towie in Aberdeenshire. It dates from between 3200 and 2500 BC. Many functions have been suggested for these objects. Whatever their function, they were prestigious possessions, symbols of power.
The ball has four knobs, three of them decorated with spirals or dots and rings. The designs closely resemble those pecked into the stones of the massive passage tomb at Newgrange in Ireland. They probably had a sacred, symbolic significance.
Carved stone balls are distinctly Scottish objects, with over 425 known. Most have been found in Aberdeenshire. They are similar in size and a few are decorated with spirals and curved motifs, as is this example. The Towie ball is exceptionally fine.
Göbeklitepe Study 59
152cm x 91cm
Peace Lara! Peace!
A Göbeklitepe T-shape blocking the danger of Lara croft's dangerous gun.
Göbeklitepe Study 60
50cm x 70cm
Anyone Older Than 5000?
Professor Robert M. Schoch proposed the Giza Sphinx may date back to 10,000–5,000 BC. The archaeological establishment denied such a possibility, pointing out there was no proof of sophisticated architecture older than 5,000. Suddenly, along came Göbeklitepe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Schoch
Göbeklitepe Study 61
152cm x 91cm
The First Turkish Bath?
What is the central area within the Göbeklitepe circles were flooded and enabled bathing? In effect, the first Turkish bath! It's a fun thought.
Göbeklitepe Study 62
123cm x 92cm
Avebury Standing Energy Stone
One of the standing stones at the Avebury Ring, Wiltshire, UK. As Göbeklitepe is examined and studied, so too will this famous English site be more deeply contemplated. Maria Wheatley suggests once upon a time humans could hear a wider spectrum of sound waves and were perhaps able to detect the frequency resonated by these stones. The frequency has been measured apparently the resonation varies up and down the stone.
http://www.theaveburyexperience.co.uk/
Göbeklitepe Study 63
153cm x 92cm
Lara Selfie At Göbeklitepe
More Lara!
Göbeklitepe Study 64
153cm x 91.5cm
Turkey's Historic Architecture
Hağia Sofya, Cappedocia and Göbelitepe. 3 of the major sites of antiquity illustrating various architectural types in Turkey.
Göbeklitepe Study 65
40cm x 40cm
Gobeklitepe Coin 01
Göbeklitepe Study 66
40cm x 40cm
Gobeklitepe Coin 02
It was suggested I paint, create a Göbeklitepe coin, though there not have been coins then, never the less, a bit of fun....
From East Anglia To Istanbul....
Godfrey Pratt Finds Byzantine Coin In Norfolk Field
Metal detectorist finds rare 6th Century coin pendant in field near Attleborough
http://newswidestime.com/metal-detectorist-finds-rare-6th-century-coin-pendant-in-field-near-attleborough/
http://theukbulletin.com/2017/08/19/metal-detectorist-finds-rare-6th-century-coin-pendant/
Göbeklitepe Study 67
114cm x 92cm
The Smoking Gun
Quarks? Gluons? Dark matter? Dark Energy? The big band theory? Watch...
John Anthony West suggests Göbeklitepe is a smoking gun.
Wallace Thornhill: The Elegant Simplicity of the Electric Universe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mINsiT70OHE
“As the tyrannical regime in Orwell’s 1984 understood,
‘Who controls the past controls the future.’
It is essential to continue to fight for the right to own our history."
The Devil's Chessboard by David Talbot, Acknowledgments p. xii
Göbeklitepe Study 68
624cm x 153m
Dance, Then, Where Ever You May Be
Lord of the Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1yzqsWxcBY
There is no enabling except with and by God
Göbeklitepe Study 69
16cm x 76cm
Göbeklitepe Red Blob
Just for fun...
Göbeklitepe Study 70
91cm x 152cm
What on earth are you doing here?
Dinosaurs at the same place, same time as Göbeklitepe and a UFO to boot? Who knows? I wasn't there and neither were you.
Göbeklitepe Study 71
122cm x 91.5cm
Şanlıurfa Göbeklitepe Formula 1 or TT Race or Tramvay... as you like it.
This is inspired by a 5,000-year-old toy found in child's grave in Şanlıurfa:
http://www.anews.com.tr/turkey/2017/10/03/5000-year-old-toy-found-in-childs-grave-in-sanliurfa-1507024508
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/5000-year-old-toy-chariot-unearthed-child-tomb-turkey-008974
http://www.etikhaber.com/kultur-sanat-magazin/5-bin-yillik-oyuncak-at-arabasi-bulundu-h221273.html
Göbeklitepe Study 72
152cm x 91cm
Mr. T
Göbeklitepe Study 73
152cm x 91cm
T For Two
Mr. T and T For Two side by side...
Göbeklitepe Study 74
122cm x 91.5cm
T Time In Wonderland
In Turkish the tea man / woman is called a çaycı; 'cı' is added to çay. My thought patterns went from 'T' to tea to T-ci, though apparently it should be T cetveli or T ruler? I did not understand this version of Turkish grammar theory in a message sent to me, so I am calling this painting: T Time In Wonderland.
I grew up understanding tea time was 4 o'clock. In Turkey I have been told it's 5 o'clock. I tell them I am English. so I know! It's 4 o' clock aptal! ... aptal = stupid.
It seems appropriate as we go down the rabbit hole... Alice in wonderland, the white rabbit, the Mad Hatter and tea served by a T, which in the rabbit hole world of things of course is an animated being. "What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole.Documentary 2006"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT86xOAd-zw
Ned Pamphilon.
"I don’t know why art is necessary – only that it is. All who in the 1940’s braved bombs to see one painting in the National Gallery knew it too."
Brian Sewell Art Critic, Sunday 04 April 2010
.... having been asked by Ned why art might be important. An ancient site has been unearthed in southern Turkey on the Syrian border. What? Why? How? I do not know the answers, but am curious to know and use art to explore and highlight this potential game changer.
http://gobeklitepe.info/
Göbeklitepe Study 01
50cm x 70cm
This I Am
Imagining the energy rather than just the visual reality. Inspired by Kirlian Technology; photography of the electrical discharge from an object:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirlian_photography
Göbeklitepe Study 02
50cm x 70cm
This I Am Too
Perhaps a slightly more visually realistic portrayal.
Göbeklitepe Study 03
50cm x 70
Schmidt Directs
Klaus Schmidt was the German archaeologist and pre-historian who led excavations at Göbekli Tepe from 1996 to 2014:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Schmidt_%28archaeologist%29
Ancient Göbeklitepe pioneer Schmidt passes away:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-gobeklitepe-pioneer-schmidt-passes-away.aspx?pageID=238&nID=69418&NewsCatID=375
Göbeklitepe Study 04
70cm x 50cm
Pictures Of The Past
T-shaped pillars form the circular patterns at the site. Shapes, motifs, human and animal figures are portrayed on the surfaces of the various pillars.
Göbeklitepe Study 05
50cm x 70cm
Pot Belly Landscape
The site was an undisturbed gentle 'pot belly' hill top; as per the landscape depicted here.
Gobekli Study 06
70cm x 50cm
Gobeklitepe Gatherer
On a visit 25 April 2015 women were collecting a plant crop immediately about the Göbeklitepe site. Now the site has been discovered, for how much longer will women harvest and collect as they supposedly have done so for generations?
Göbeklitepe Study 07
70cm x 50cm
Sketching Göbeklitepe
On my visit to the site, there were groups of students by the coach load sketching the unearthed stones.
Göbeklitepe Study 08
62cm x 92cm
Göbeklitepe Under Cover
Today the main site is covered. I guess necessary to prevent erosion, but also a bit sad. I recall author Graham Hancock expressing his near shock upon first seeing the site covered. It would be interesting to see the site in all its open glory.
Göbeklitepe Study 09
70cm x 50cm
Kirlian Colour Field-01
This painting is inspired by the technique of Kirlian photography whereby electrical discharge is portrayed by various light tones of the colour spectrum:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirlian_photography
Göbeklitepe Study 10
50cm x 70cm
Kirlian Colour Field-02
Front detail on one of the main T-shape pillars.
Göbeklitepe Study 11
70cm x 50cm
Kirlian Colour Field-03
More animal and bird motifs upon the T-shape pillars.
Göbeklitepe Study 12
62cm x 42cm
Uncovered Discovered
I felt a tad sorry for this uncovered and apparently bondaged T-shape upright. It looks captured. Wooden and metal beams and rods hold the pillar in place now the supporting earth has been removed.
Göbeklitepe Study 13
62cm x 92cm
Where In Time
More Kirlian imagination. Thus far the site has been dated to approximately 12,000 years old, but does anyone really know for sure? This image perhaps suspends the site in time and space.
Göbeklitepe Study 14
50cm x 70cm
Broken Plough
One story suggests a farmer broke his plough on one of Göbeklitepe's stone pillars just below the earth's surface leading to further uncovering and discovery.
Göbeklitepe Study 15
70cm x 50cm
Anger Is An Energy
The figure on this pillar looks angry, so it's in angry fire red.
Göbeklitepe Study 16
70cm x 50cm
Something Funny On My Tummy
I envision the pillars have personal and facial character.
Göbeklitepe Study 17
50cm x 70cm
Göbekli Pow Wow
It is suggested the central circle enclosures at Göbeklitepe were flooded with liquid. The pillars arranged around the perimeter remind me of a gathered tribe, perhaps smoking a peace pipe while discussing issues or relaying stories in the style of an American Indian pow-wow.
Göbeklitepe Study 18
70cm x 50cm
Göbekli Poppies
Upon my visit red poppies were scattered about the site intermittently.
Göbeklitepe Study 19
70cm x 50cm
Göbekli Na-Nu Na-Nu Shazbot
A figure found at Göbeklitepe now on display at Şanliurfa museum. Mork and Mindy came to mind for some reason. The Mork character in the US TV series was an extraterrestrial who came to Earth from the planet Ork in a small, one-Orkan egg-shaped spaceship. His catch phrase was Na-Nu Na-Nu Shazbot, hence my title:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mork_%26_Mindy
Göbeklitepe Study 20
70cm x 50cm
Long Barrow Giant True Or False
Things dug up from the past. This is an alleged giant from Long Barrow, Ireland. Was it authentic or a hoax?
Let your imagination run wild: giants might have been useful in creating monolithic structures such as Göbeklitepe or Stonehenge. Giants are mentioned in religious books. There are accounts of giant skeletons being found and allegedly removed and hidden by for example the Smithsonian Institution. Historical and archaeological finds have been chronicled and published by e.g. Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race 1993 by Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson:
http://www.mcremo.com/fa.htm
Conventional wisdom dismisses such ideas while an 'alternative' circuit of researchers and academics continue to probe the issue. Göbeklitepe is seen as a game changer in the re-evaluation of human time line and history. It is not just a Turkish domestic story , but a catalyst to international review and contemplation. The existence of giants is considered mythical, but what if there were such beings? It surely makes sense to at least be open minded to such contemplations, examinations and questions.
Smithsonian Admits to Destruction of Thousands of Giant Human Skeletons in Early 1900’s:
http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/smithsonian-admits-to-destruction-of-thousands-of-giant-human-skeletons-in-early-1900s/
Göbeklitepe Study 21
70cm x 27cm
Plasma Discharge
Since Göbeklitepe is a catalyst to ancient megalithic and monolithic structures around the world, it can encompass the study and awareness of rock art. Rock art figures portrayed with circles or dots alongside the mid-rift are found globally. It is suggested they resemble plasma discharge patterns and indicate our ancestors were conscious of our electric-magnetic universe, an idea written about by David Talbott: The Electric Universe:
https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/
Göbeklitepe Study 22
100cm x 70cm
Blood Water Or Organic Light
If the inner circle enclosures were flooded, with what might they have been flooded? Water would seem to be an obvious choice; bathing, cleansing... we'd like to think it was not blood, a rather more macabre idea. What else? John Lamb Lash writes about the Nag Hammadi texts and organic light. What if our ancestors were more engaged with consciousness awareness and energy and engaged organic light, described by Lash s a milky white? I am merely contemplating possibilities:
http://www.metahistory.org/
https://wearelightbeings.wordpress.com/john-lamb-lash/
http://www.metahistory.org/GAIA%20SOPHIA/Synopsis9SM.php
"Within the Pleroma dwell the aggregate of cosmic gods, energy waves of the galactic dimension. They circulate around the core, massive currents of living luminosity thriving with sound, odor, even taste. Their form is a serpentine, torrential streaming, their substance, a nougat-like mass of self-generating luminosity. These Pleromic currents receive the singularity of pure potential from the Originator and spin it into expression. They convert the formless seed of originality into a standing wave design that can eventually appear in space, time, and matter beyond the galactic core."
Göbeklitepe Study 23
70cm x 50cm
The Hollow Plasma Sun
Ancient sites seem to be aligned with the sky; the stars and planets. I love the idea of the sun perhaps being a hollow ball surrounded by a plasma layer:
Eric Dollard - The Sun Is Hollow & Interdimensional!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgpQilHfT_0
Of course the Oxbridge lvy League mob may laugh... let them!
Our hollow sun the converter / Santos Bonacci and James Swagger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSV9CJKFR0s
It seems sun spot activity directs climate change on earth, though Al Gore & co insist it is man made carbon emissions.
"I also want to point out that this term eco fascism, which is a very good term, is the false plea to Gaia and save the earth. Al Gore, Maurice Strong and all those people are accessory to this madness in their own way and they are promoting a complete hoax..."
says John Lamb Lash.
Was there a global catastrophe induced by inter-stella activity, including flooding on a colossal scale about 12,000 years ago? Did Göbeklitepe exist before or after? There was a sun dial at the entrance to Harran University, close to the Göbeklitepe site... so, the sun is a significant image for Göbeklitepe ans all ancient sites.
Göbeklitepe Study 24
100cm x 70cm
Past Present Future
A mixture of ancient world sites: the. Pyramids of Giza, Egypt - Stonehenge, UK - figures at Easter Island - Machu Picchu, Peru - standing stones on the Orkney Iles, Scotland - Carnac France - the Avebury Ring UK - the Bosnian pyramid - the pyramid at Chichen Itza, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico - and our Göbeklitepe...
Göbeklitepe Study 25
70cm x 50cm
Plans of the Göbeklitepe site....
Temple B: The Supreme Ruler's Solar Year
Göbeklitepe circle / Temple B:
http://www.seshat.ch/home/
http://www.seshat.ch/home/
Göbeklitepe Study 26
70cm x 50cm
Circles A, B, C, D
Göbeklitepe Study 27
70cm x 50cm
Gobek-li-tepe
An image that came to mind. A stomach; a paunchy pot-bellied stomach; a pot-bellied hill and the T-shape monolithic stones emerging on top.
Göbeklitepe Study 28
18cm x 13cm
Plasma Figure-01
Göbeklitepe Study 29
18cm x 13cm
Plasma Figure-02
Göbeklitepe Study 30
18cm x 13cm
Plasma Figure-03
More plasma figures. The middle one is from Göbeklitepe.
Göbeklitepe Study 31
70cm x 50cm
The Georgia Guide Stones
A modern day monolithic obelisk structure made of granite erected 1980; inscribed with 10 guidelines for the human race in 8 languages, plus a shorter message is inscribed at the top of the structure in four ancient language scripts: Babylonian, Classical Greek, Sanskrit, and Egyptian hieroglyphs... US radio host Alex Jones of Infowars says Ted Turner produced the Guidestones.
Guideline 1 is "Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature." Hmmm, this implies a world population reduction and perhaps a dark and gloomy undertone. Mystery continues to surround who and why this was constructed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones
Göbeklitepe Study 32
100cm x 66cm
Harran University
This is said to be the site of the world's first university and close to Göbeklitepe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harran
A random blog: Harran of the Sabians:
http://unchartedruins.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/harran-of-sabians.html
Göbeklitepe Study 33
100cm x 62cm
Which Came First - Oil Or The Egg?
The Noah story and Göbeklitepe: There was allegedly a Great Flood or catastrophe which affected human life on earth, but which came first? The Ark or Gobeklitepe? The fossil or the fuel? Oil or the egg? Why are fossil fuels called fossil fuels? Anything to do with an 1892 conference on organic substances whereby J.D. Rockefeller sent his 'scientists' to ensure oil's components, oxygen, carbon and hydrogen, defined it officially as qualifying as an organic substance? Science or magic and deception?! If oil is produced from dinosaurs, we must assume the egg came before oil... must we not? What is time? Are there different time lines? Do we perceive different time lines? A similar flood and or catastrophe story is told from different parts of the world... the Sumerian tablets tell of a huge ship built to avoid the coming flood and to take aboard 'beast and birds'; a 'Noah' character and story is replicated:
Deucalion - Greece
Manu - India
Fo-Hi - China
Xisthros - Persia
Nota - Mexico
Utnapishtim - Mesopotamia...
Did a global cataclysm (including flood) wipe out human life and perhaps Atlantis and Lemuria (Mu). This catastrophic account can be found in Egypt, Assyria and Chaldea (Mesopotamia), Greece, Arcadia, Rome, Scandinavia, Germany, Lithuania, Transylvania, Turkey, Persia, China, New Zealand, Siberia, Burma, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Sumatra, in Islamic and Celtic lore and among native peoples throughout North South and Central America, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific continent.
Sir Fred Hoyle 1915--2001) suggested the Darwin theory of evolution is unlikely and, therefore, life must be the product of purposeful intelligence. Today, conventional wisdom tends to keep investigation of human derivation caught between the parameters of Adam's Rib and Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Let's widen the investigation of possibility...
http://www.richardpresser.com/wordpress/how-i-came-to-realize-i-was-wrong-about-peak-oil-f-william-engdahl/
Colonel L. Fletcher Prouty: The Origin of Fossil Fuel & Peak Oil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cUg3lDgJ20
Göbeklitepe Study 34
100cm x 62cm
The Drones At Göbellitepe
Lou Reed: "I feel healed in the Drones!"
Ancient sites have long been associated with rock music. Is it a frequency thing? Is it an earthly primordial connection? American rock 'n' roll star Lou Reed contrived a project exploring vibration using electric guitar feedback, continued today by his friend and colleague Stewart Hurwood. So, I've placed Lou Reed within Göbeklitepe and aligning turkey with new York, USA:
http://nppgobeklitepe.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/lou-reed-i-feel-healed-in-drones.html
Göbeklitepe Study 35
31cm x 70cm
Penguin, Great Auk Or What?
Yet another figure found upon the surface of the Göbeklitepe stones. What is it? Why? I don't know. It just is.
Göbeklitepe Study 36
70cm x 50cm
"Hmmm. Humans!"
I imagine the family of Göbeklitepe stones there in place generation after generation, just quietly there in place, minding their own business, when one day they detect the curiosity of humans and the disturbance of their peace and quiet.
Göbeklitepe Study 37
32cm x 70cm
History Unplugged
There was MTV Unplugged... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Unplugged
This is history unplugged; reassessed; revised; a human time line game changer.
Göbeklitepe Study 38
70cm x 50cm
Göbeklitepe Wireless
Today's internet wireless icon motifs radiate signal waves. I imagine the T-shapes of Göbelitepe radiating signals of information alerting Turkey and the world to this new found discovery and the associated messages and revelations.
Göbeklitepe Study 39
70cm x 50cm
Back To Dust
Quantum physics suggests the observer affects the outcome. Unobserved, the Göbeklitepe family existed in their own animated reality. As soon as humans unveiled their peaceful privacy, things changed and their existence had to return to one of apparent dormancy; back to a perceived state of lifelessness: unto dust shalt thou return.
Göbeklitepe Study 40
50cm x 70cm
Göbeklitepe Gatherers 02
More Göbeklitepe women harvesting and gathering local crops.
Göbeklitepe Study 41
50cm x 70cm
Göbeklitepe Gatherer 03
Göbeklitepe Study 42
50cm x 70cm
Aswan Unfinished Obelisk (Egypt)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfinished_obelisk
https://ashtronort.wordpress.com/monolithic-madness-the-unfinished-obelisk-aswan-egypt/
Another monolithic stone. This unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan (Assuan), Egypt. It was apparently ordered by Hatshepsut (1508–1458 BC). Again, what was the exact purpose of these obelisks? They are found in major city centres from Rome to London, Washington DC and Istanbul.
Göbeklitepe Study 43
50cm x 36cm
Klaus Schmidt
Klaus Schmidt, the German archaeologist who led excavations at Göbeklitepe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Schmidt_%28archaeologist%29
Göbeklitepe Study 44
70cm x 50cm
Here a H, There a H - Nubian Kushite Pyramids
The 'H' figure is found as a carved symbol at Göbeklitepe and as a constructed element in Nubian Kushite Pyramids; the Göbeklitepe 'H' shown here bottom and the Nubian entrances atop. It is commonly found at various sites. Why? One suggestion is it is the phonetic sound 'hay' when breathing out during prayer. Yet again, I don't know exactly, but it is here, there and else where.
Göbeklitepe Study 45
76cm x 76cm
7 Renkli Göbeklitepe
I have painted many images with the 7 colours of the rainbow since the days of Rainbow Bridge:
http://npprainbowbridge.blogspot.com.tr/
So, a Ned 7 Renkli Göbeklitepe seemed appropriate.
Göbeklitepe Study 46
152.50cm x 91cm
There's No Tomb Here Lara
Lara Croft is a hero of modern ages; a computer sensation running amok ancient sites. Lara at Göbelitepe came mind; perhaps herself a potential catalyst to introducing this site to a wider audience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Croft:_Tomb_Raider
Göbeklitepe Study 47
100cm x 70cm
Fire & Water
The source of inspiration for this painting... Şanliurfa is said to be the birth place of Abraham; known as the father of the 3 Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The story has it that because of his monotheistic belief, Abraham was thrown into a fire by Nimrod. A miracle transpired turning the fire into water and burning coals into fish. The site of this miracle is today a tourist attraction: Balıklıgöl: Pool of the Sacred Fish.
Göbeklitepe Study 48
70cm x 50cm
Orion
The constellation of Orion is said to be related to the design and placing of many ancient sites. For example, 'The oldest image of a star pattern, that of the famous constellation of Orion, has been recognised on an ivory tablet some 32,500 years old'.
I would not be surprised if Orion were some how somewhere included within the Göbeklitepe site.
Göbeklitepe Study 49
50cm x 70cm
Harran Pow Wow
Here ı have placed the pillars of Göbeklitepe nearby the traditional houses of Harran with a congregation of local people, perhaps celebrating a wedding or festival of some kind. Indeed, another pow-wow.
Göbeklitepe Study 50
152.50cm x 91cm
International History Unplugged
This time the unplugged theme brings together Turkey's Göbeklitpe, Egypt's Pyramids, England's Stonehenge and the artist's name: spot the Ned.
Göbeklitepe Study 51
76cm x 76cm
Different Place Same Hands
Various figures at various sites of antiquity around the world present a similar and even identical positioning of hands at waist level.
Göbeklitepe Study 52
13cm x 70cm
Harran Dance 01
Göbeklitepe Study 53
13cm x 70cm
Harran Dance 02
Göbeklitepe Study 54
30cm x 70cm
Harran Dance 03
All the above depict the traditional line dancing of the Harran people. Were they doing something similar in the heydays of Göbeklitepe?
Göbeklitepe Study 55
70cm x 16cm
Hands Together
A close-up detail of the front of Göbeklitepe T-shape portraying the positioning of hands at waist level.
Göbeklitepe Study 56
28cm x 100cm
Harran Dance 04
Göbeklitepe Study 57
10cm x 76cm
Harran Dance 05
More traditional line dancing.
Göbeklitepe Study 58
76cm x 76cm
The Towie Stone
This was brought to my attention by James Swagger who suggests it is symbolic of a platonic solid:
http://www.jamesswagger.com/
http://www.megalithicodyssey.com/
http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-100-033-206-C
This carved stone ball was found at Towie in Aberdeenshire. It dates from between 3200 and 2500 BC. Many functions have been suggested for these objects. Whatever their function, they were prestigious possessions, symbols of power.
The ball has four knobs, three of them decorated with spirals or dots and rings. The designs closely resemble those pecked into the stones of the massive passage tomb at Newgrange in Ireland. They probably had a sacred, symbolic significance.
Carved stone balls are distinctly Scottish objects, with over 425 known. Most have been found in Aberdeenshire. They are similar in size and a few are decorated with spirals and curved motifs, as is this example. The Towie ball is exceptionally fine.
Göbeklitepe Study 59
152cm x 91cm
Peace Lara! Peace!
A Göbeklitepe T-shape blocking the danger of Lara croft's dangerous gun.
Göbeklitepe Study 60
50cm x 70cm
Anyone Older Than 5000?
Professor Robert M. Schoch proposed the Giza Sphinx may date back to 10,000–5,000 BC. The archaeological establishment denied such a possibility, pointing out there was no proof of sophisticated architecture older than 5,000. Suddenly, along came Göbeklitepe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Schoch
Göbeklitepe Study 61
152cm x 91cm
The First Turkish Bath?
What is the central area within the Göbeklitepe circles were flooded and enabled bathing? In effect, the first Turkish bath! It's a fun thought.
Göbeklitepe Study 62
123cm x 92cm
Avebury Standing Energy Stone
One of the standing stones at the Avebury Ring, Wiltshire, UK. As Göbeklitepe is examined and studied, so too will this famous English site be more deeply contemplated. Maria Wheatley suggests once upon a time humans could hear a wider spectrum of sound waves and were perhaps able to detect the frequency resonated by these stones. The frequency has been measured apparently the resonation varies up and down the stone.
http://www.theaveburyexperience.co.uk/
Göbeklitepe Study 63
153cm x 92cm
Lara Selfie At Göbeklitepe
More Lara!
Göbeklitepe Study 64
153cm x 91.5cm
Turkey's Historic Architecture
Hağia Sofya, Cappedocia and Göbelitepe. 3 of the major sites of antiquity illustrating various architectural types in Turkey.
Göbeklitepe Study 65
40cm x 40cm
Gobeklitepe Coin 01
Göbeklitepe Study 66
40cm x 40cm
Gobeklitepe Coin 02
It was suggested I paint, create a Göbeklitepe coin, though there not have been coins then, never the less, a bit of fun....
From East Anglia To Istanbul....
Godfrey Pratt Finds Byzantine Coin In Norfolk Field
Metal detectorist finds rare 6th Century coin pendant in field near Attleborough
http://newswidestime.com/metal-detectorist-finds-rare-6th-century-coin-pendant-in-field-near-attleborough/
http://theukbulletin.com/2017/08/19/metal-detectorist-finds-rare-6th-century-coin-pendant/
Göbeklitepe Study 67
114cm x 92cm
The Smoking Gun
Quarks? Gluons? Dark matter? Dark Energy? The big band theory? Watch...
John Anthony West suggests Göbeklitepe is a smoking gun.
Wallace Thornhill: The Elegant Simplicity of the Electric Universe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mINsiT70OHE
“As the tyrannical regime in Orwell’s 1984 understood,
‘Who controls the past controls the future.’
It is essential to continue to fight for the right to own our history."
The Devil's Chessboard by David Talbot, Acknowledgments p. xii
Göbeklitepe Study 68
624cm x 153m
Dance, Then, Where Ever You May Be
Lord of the Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1yzqsWxcBY
There is no enabling except with and by God
Göbeklitepe Study 69
16cm x 76cm
Göbeklitepe Red Blob
Just for fun...
Göbeklitepe Study 70
91cm x 152cm
What on earth are you doing here?
Dinosaurs at the same place, same time as Göbeklitepe and a UFO to boot? Who knows? I wasn't there and neither were you.
Göbeklitepe Study 71
122cm x 91.5cm
Şanlıurfa Göbeklitepe Formula 1 or TT Race or Tramvay... as you like it.
This is inspired by a 5,000-year-old toy found in child's grave in Şanlıurfa:
http://www.anews.com.tr/turkey/2017/10/03/5000-year-old-toy-found-in-childs-grave-in-sanliurfa-1507024508
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/5000-year-old-toy-chariot-unearthed-child-tomb-turkey-008974
http://www.etikhaber.com/kultur-sanat-magazin/5-bin-yillik-oyuncak-at-arabasi-bulundu-h221273.html
Göbeklitepe Study 72
152cm x 91cm
Mr. T
Göbeklitepe Study 73
152cm x 91cm
T For Two
Mr. T and T For Two side by side...
Göbeklitepe Study 74
122cm x 91.5cm
T Time In Wonderland
In Turkish the tea man / woman is called a çaycı; 'cı' is added to çay. My thought patterns went from 'T' to tea to T-ci, though apparently it should be T cetveli or T ruler? I did not understand this version of Turkish grammar theory in a message sent to me, so I am calling this painting: T Time In Wonderland.
I grew up understanding tea time was 4 o'clock. In Turkey I have been told it's 5 o'clock. I tell them I am English. so I know! It's 4 o' clock aptal! ... aptal = stupid.
It seems appropriate as we go down the rabbit hole... Alice in wonderland, the white rabbit, the Mad Hatter and tea served by a T, which in the rabbit hole world of things of course is an animated being. "What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole.Documentary 2006"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT86xOAd-zw
Ned Pamphilon.
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