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@TGBurgerGaming

22 күн бұрын

It makes you wonder how long humans were building structures and using tools made with wood that just hasnt survived to tell their story or show us the beginnings of construction.

@WildAlchemicalSpirit

22 күн бұрын

I'm looking forward to that. I follow both of you.

@jonkore2024

22 күн бұрын

Anatolia is on my Bucket list ... the pyramids are not on my bucket list

@glennllewellyn7369

22 күн бұрын

WOW! Really?

@EuroWarsOrg

22 күн бұрын

Send this to Graham Hancock - he asked for this kind of evidence of progression.

14500 years ago this region had more rainfall than today. Also temperatures were cooler. Nobody makes their bed where it will be rained on. Roofs not only make sense, they are imperative for health and survival

@inthefade

19 күн бұрын

The notion that humans from 14000 years ago wouldn't want to or know how to build a roof is absurd. It really is a fair and obvious assumption.

That really is fascinating. I lean in favor of roofs as well. The structure of the T pillars are structurally sound and it makes perfect sense they'd have supported something. The rock pile evidence backs it up at Wadi Hammeh, too. It's nothing short of a marvel either having such a vast area roofed like that. Especially through an ice age. Absolutely brilliant! These ancient people were so ingenuitive and creative. 🙏💓

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

They were. Far more intelligent than often portrayed.

@user-rq7el8nh6q

20 күн бұрын

The first piers,girders,joists and decking. The piers survive.

That reconstruction is very interesting

@TWIXTIMA0

22 күн бұрын

Omg north02 I'm a big fan

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Kevin is a great guy! He did some amazing work if you look at his channel. Thanks for being here mate.

@efdangotu

22 күн бұрын

I feel the ancestral urge to build like that myself. That type of structure may have been able to survive the younger dryas disaster.

@JonnoPlays

22 күн бұрын

North 02 is here, it's lit! 🔥

There is just something about humanities first explorations into permanent settlement I find fascinating. I've been following your content for a while and I have to say you're just going from strength to strength with your presentations. There is so much information packed into this 20 minutes and it leaves me looking forward to further exploration the site. Glad to hear you're doing a follow up on Wadi Hammeh and it's always refreshing to hear acknowledgment of the hard work of those first pioneers of construction.

We need to put more money into investigating the areas of land that have been submerged since the last ice age. Hopefully new technology will make this more achievable.

When I was growing up (not quite during the last Ice Age, but I am 65 yrs old), we were taught that "civilization began at Sumer". Not 'maybe', or 'as far as we know', but full stop. I, for one, am just happy after all these years that alternatives to that narrative are being discussed! I think we are still shedding the horrible effects of social Darwinism, personally - which just NEVER made sense to me. Thank you for all your hard work sharing data and evidence.... really. :)

@easygroove

22 күн бұрын

"History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine "Firsts" in Recorded History" i am Sill lookin for this Book.

@efdangotu

22 күн бұрын

Funny that Bible thumpers and University profs both thought civilization began 6000 years ago.

@danatowne5498

22 күн бұрын

@@efdangotu , tbh, I don't personally know any "bible thumpers" that thought that... but I for sure don't know everybody and I do know some Seventh Day Adventist prophetess made believing that a doctrine.. Not my circus, if you know what I mean. What gets me is that, in mainstream astronomy today (I follow an astrophysicist named "Dr. Becky" - she's for real), they are "looking" past the light barrier of the early universe by BAO - Baryon (matter) Acoustic (sound) Oscillations (waves). So... sound before light? or 'God said, "Let there be light"'. I wouldn't blame anyone for not seeing a difference. Look it up if you are interested in such things. :)

@krono5el

22 күн бұрын

there's never one true anything so it seems after living a few eons : p

@danatowne5498

22 күн бұрын

@@krono5el , lol... you've lived for eons? Sell that secret! :)

Very Mandan Dakota! Me grand father drew the Mandan buildings once on a scrap of paper for me over 60 years ago and it looked very much like what is on the video. Today there's an assortment of videos on the Mandan structures.

Our modern arrogance about the intelligence of eary cultures is surprising. Every time modern man gets caught surprised about how advanced ancient cultures were

@mikemars5984

22 күн бұрын

explain advanced, they are just stone age people

@GJP1169

22 күн бұрын

@mikemars5984 were one step away from the Stone Age with one large EMP from the sun or nuclear war .

@tjampman

22 күн бұрын

@@GJP1169 Don't flatter yourself too much. I doubt we would be that skilled!

@frankrodriguez9697

22 күн бұрын

Reading Enoch 😊we learn.

@mikeheffernan

22 күн бұрын

Advanced, hardly, rudimentary is better. Cities would follow 1000s of years later when the human population was greater.

What a time to be alive! It’s undeniable that the stone carved columns were protected from the weathering and outside elements to some degree. So there was definitely a roof but I will admit that it may not have completely covered the enclosure, leaving something similar to a oculus.

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Yeah, the pillars - especially those at Gobekli Tepe would be far more weathered if they were exposed.

@wodenravens

21 күн бұрын

@@AncientArchitects Absolutely. I assume that any prolonged exposure to rain for limestone would lead to much more erosion over a period of centuries, let alone millennia.

@faragraf9380

7 күн бұрын

this pillars look very unstabile to hold themselves. They aren’t deep in ground and too small. What should they holding for?

Great video! These sites look like ancient winter quarters for late period hunter & gatherers to me. A place where a tribe rested during the winter, stored their resources and defended themselves and their stuff against rivals, dangers and weather. I don't see real evidence for astronomy (like you pointed out with a sharp mind) or a heavy focus on religion. All of this seems more practical in nature.

Lovely stuff Matt, and I agree re: the 'T-shaped Pillars to support a roof' theory... I'm not a big fan of (most) of these ever-increasing alignment hypothesis - and reckon a good 80%+ of them are seriously 'reaching'... Great work as ever mate... 🙏

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Cheers mate

Cada vez que veo un video de este canal, me deja medio intranquilo y medio satisfecho. Es como viajar y recordar algo que antes se hizo y ver los rastros de lo que dejamos hace miles de año. Los modelos digitales ayudan bastante en configurar y comprender cómo fueron las estructuras, su función y cómo se las ingeniaron para construirlas. Gracias por el esfuerzo y su publicación. Saludos desde Tiwanaku

Nice! I’d love to see a shift in focus to Aurignacian Migrations into the Levant, Ohalo 2, the evolution of Keberan and Natufian cultures!! I think any amateur can see that this Natufian culture (or atleast ancestors) helped build Gobekli Tepe and maybe all of society!

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

I have a script part done on the Keberan culture. A huge problem with making videos on Natufians / Keberans etc is the lack of images. Might be a better essay than video. I’ll try and speak to archaeologists for imagery.

@Niaaal

17 күн бұрын

​@@AncientArchitectsMaybe you can try Artificial Intelligence images?

It's the right time to phone Hancock to tell him you found Atlantis and ask him if he liked and subscribed.

I've said it before and I'd like to say it again not only is your work greatly appreciated but the fact you will change your mind/opinion when new facts/findings come to light. Thank you for all your hard work!

Great video. Keep em coming

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Great channel. Congratulations.

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Cheers!

Once again many thanks for the information in this video. How things have changed since my school days. If I was younger and fitter I would to join you on your trip.

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Thanks 🙏 I’m not young or fit - wish me luck 😂

@karleemiles2988

22 күн бұрын

We get front row seats here. 🎉 But I would go if could afford it.

I always thought KT might be like a Neolithic School. But the more sites they find, the less I believe it. It seems, the more they dig, the larger the population gets. And the smarter the hunter-gatherers become.

@Nanocology

22 күн бұрын

Agreed. I think the advance of our technology will be a boon, hopefully to discovering more sites like this...

Do archeologists know what their sources of water were?

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Wadi Hammeh was surrounded by natural springs

@UATU.

22 күн бұрын

@@AncientArchitects Thank you!

@harrywalker968

22 күн бұрын

12k ago, the flood was still receading. so, theres your water.. archeologists, scientists, are paid to recite known knowledge, or they get de granted, no pay.. tow the line.. or else. religion, was taken from a book of our history, before all this, then parts selected, to form religion, & hide the truth..

I'd love to layer over these timelines in this region with climate model information. Settlements appear to require environmental stability to move toward more advanced cultivation, eventual husbandry, and urbanization. Many factors contribute to cultural success (and these regions are a crossroad between continents) but this area clearly had it's advantages over others.

wow!!! thank you

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Thanks

Göbeklitepe is a fascinating masterpiece

Where are the new history books

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

All online! 😀

@WildAlchemicalSpirit

22 күн бұрын

Most of these things are not covered in high school texts, there might be a brief mention of Gobekli Tepe or something but the majority is only going to be available in college, if you're an anthropology student. In that case, they do have base text books but there's always addendums and links for current information because our information is constantly being updated. They'd have to print new texts all the time if they tried putting every new thing in a text book. (I'm an anthropology student.)

@karleemiles2988

22 күн бұрын

​@@WildAlchemicalSpirit but they do that anyway. It really is time to update all way to schools.

@efdangotu

22 күн бұрын

Right here baby!

@liamredmill9134

22 күн бұрын

You are the history book

I agree that roofs make absolute sense considering how they are arranged, observations can be made close by.

You should have a look at the Natufian site of El Wad (in the Carmel region) in Israel.

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Will do - cheers!

@Robert_McGarry_Poems

22 күн бұрын

You mean Palestine. But humanity forgives you.

@Italliving

22 күн бұрын

@@Robert_McGarry_Poems you mean EARTH but the universe does not care

@Robert_McGarry_Poems

22 күн бұрын

@@Italliving Even better... 🍻

@Italliving

22 күн бұрын

@@Robert_McGarry_Poems the only border i see is the end of our atmosphère

Is there any evidence of latrines?

@billcook7285

22 күн бұрын

That's a damn good question. 🤔 It may have rained a lot.

@WildAlchemicalSpirit

22 күн бұрын

There is a very strong chance they were burning any and all waste they could get. If they lived through an ice age, gathering wood may not have been easy and using wood may have been primarily for building, maybe some being burned for cooking, but a good chance people used their own waste for heating. Just a thought anyway.

@66block84

22 күн бұрын

@@WildAlchemicalSpirit That makes much sense, thanks.

@karleemiles2988

22 күн бұрын

That would go in the furnace, and the animal dung. Ashes to ashes.

They have now discovered Terra preta at Gobeki tepe which is good, we have repositioning of pillars at gobeki tepe there is to much emphasize on pillar detail to be covered, maybe later on, cheers Matt.

When you look at the stone carved columns-- who would conclude 'there was no roof' -- 😮 of course there was a roof

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Still not everyone thinks they were, I guess because they need it to be open for their astronomical hypotheses.

@ironcladranchandforge7292

22 күн бұрын

When I had first seen pictures of this site, the only thing that came to mind was structural roof support. Also, considering the stone carvings on the pillars as decoration, they were a wealthy tribe. Why take the time and effort otherwise?

@WildAlchemicalSpirit

22 күн бұрын

The way it rolls is that there MUST be confirmed evidence of roofs in order for the scientific record to reflect this. Until then, any idea is fair game and everything should be considered so as to not allow any bias to sway the interpretation. Once it's shown there was definitively a material for roofs or something that we can confirm was a roof, only then it will be admitted into the records.

@ironcladranchandforge7292

22 күн бұрын

@@WildAlchemicalSpirit -- Understandable, but common sense dictates that people would want a roof to protect themselves from the elements. Also, archeologists are always calling an ancient structure a shrine or spiritual place without evidence, or their interpretation of the scant evidence.

@stevebrooks1355

22 күн бұрын

@@WildAlchemicalSpirit well ---I don't roll that way--😁

Nicely done. Thank you for including the other tas tepeler sites which show the bigger picture over time,that we had been working stone and then would which hasnt survived for a very long time through the stone age so sites like Gobekli tepe did not just appear overnight. Well done. Thank you.

So cool cant wate to see some sites going back even further

6:15 Well done, pronouncing all those sites so cleanly!

Always loaded with detailed information. Great stuff! Thanks Matt!

@harrywalker968

22 күн бұрын

modern detail, explains nothing. just mainstream crap..go back 200,000 yrs, you might learn something.. real..

A fascinating review of these newer found much more ancient people's dwellings and meeting places. I find it slightly unfathomable that they had clothing and foot wear langage and culture that does not preserve in stone

I tell you what, there's definitely one question about Gobekli Tepe that this video has answered. Q: where did all the people come from to build this? A: All around look at all the settlements that have been found not to mention the ones that haven't. Thank you again I love your videos!

You can almost see them all sitting in AD.

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Yeah. I can imagine it in use!

@Robert_McGarry_Poems

22 күн бұрын

My great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandad was there... 😂

Thank you!

Kevin’s visualization is extremely impressive and I imagine very useful in the analysis of these structures.

The Natufians are the Key to Turkey Megaliths, Please check on Shubayqa 1 dates back close to 14.600 years ago. Not only evidence of sedentary but it’s the earliest evidence of bread being baked, imagine that 14,600 years ago, That must mean they were doing alot with grains cultivating.

Finally humanity from all the northern latitudes come to the early sites of civilization bringing new ideas for cultivation of animals and crops and living together

Thank you

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching

Notice they built in the lee of a hill. Higher up the hill and the wind would suck the roof off. LOL, how many flying roofs did the have before moving into the Lee of the hill?

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

They’re just intelligent people. They knew how and where to plan a settlement

Solid work. I've thought for some time that there must have been an extensive lead up to the Tepe sites and you've just pointed it out to me. Thanks.

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Thanks - there are even more sites - dozens and dozens. I’ll keep making more vids.

Brilliant video, Thanks for the work

Love this episode!

they dont need a hole in the roof to let the smoke out, the smoke would seep between the roof weave killing all the bugs off. also a hole would let out all the heat which is something you don't want.

@WildAlchemicalSpirit

22 күн бұрын

They may have had heat coming from in ground anyways, like central heating. The main furnace area being outside to allow the smoke to blow off, with the heat being drawn into the structures. Some of the areas of these structures look like just that could have been going on. I've heard the concept of central heating and cooling actually dates back to ancient times, too. This is something I'll be looking into more. You're right though, if the roof was high enough and the air flow proper within the structures, it may not have been an issue having it gather in the ceiling. Maybe helped to keep it dry. 🤔

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Thanks for the info

Awesome as Always! Cheers

I believe these structures may have been processing centers for the "harvest" from the millions of grazing animals who migrated past these sites.

@karleemiles2988

22 күн бұрын

And also astrological connections patterns designated as dot to dot, star to star patterns from their location. Natural springs? Awesome info 🎉

@homeandalone1640

22 күн бұрын

Not a bad thought. Could have been ancient food stores with set down keeping things cooler and the scary animal motif intended to scare off the bad things that make the food spoil.

Thank you for your great work. Opinion: Every civilization uses what was already achieved as a steppingstone to the next level. Each one of them has gotten us to where we are. It’s our responsibility to add to it and pass it on to the generations that follow. Humans did it, preserved and left it to us. Their work and their words, those that we can figure out , are testament to their achievements. “Mari of Alphalang. “

The artist impression of Gobleki Tepe and the real thing it looks like the house all face trds the special place, and seeing as the people of the houses spent all there time on the roofs looking out, and seeing as the monuments are under ground it makes sense that it would make great viewing of a ceremony or dance were people who lived there can see what happening inside from above like a theater, so i dont think Gobleki Tepe had a roof

I suddenly realize that we are going incredibly fast in our technological progress from the ice age. Man is only a young creature on this earth

Totally fascinating

Humans have been around for over 300,000 yrs at least. Of course they had talents to survive.

Best of the best! Thank you very much!

Truly fascinating.

thanks, spas..

The mortar and pestle at top right at 20:02 looks almost identical to the one in my kitchen. Incredible.

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

They are beautiful. I might make a video on just Natufian artefacts.

I have no words , just Wow !! , thanks for your hard work .

Very informative! Thank you for your videos!

Been to both a year ago. Was a "bucket list" item on my list. But, there is so much more there through all ages.

They absolutely used the stones as framework for a roofing system. More than likely a fairly stable one, or they wouldn't have known where and how to place them.

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

👍

@PRH123

22 күн бұрын

That's what I think also when looking at Stonehenge. Rafters laid radially over the stone pillars would make a perfect cone shaped roof.

This is a well done video, and the archeologist gave you info. Of course we didn't jump from roamers to pottery in a couple undiscovered decades! At the ice age. Thank you-

Great video, thank you for presenting this research.

Thanx Matt ❤

Brilliant video. Yes it is obvious the pilars are roof supports, you can easily see how this T would be designed to be wider at the top to support many beams, but narrow at the living area for more floor space and ease of contruction. Maybe any star alignment is by design too, in terms of 'as above so below' Possibly the ancient people were insipred by the dome roof they saw above them. People are building bushcraft 'dugouts' nowadays on their own with no training or heritage, just getting on with it with simple tools.

Awesome video again!!

This is fascinating stuff! ❤

Human ingenuity is amazing!

great info as usual !

thought provoking presentation.

While advancement probably happened gradually over thousands of years, I believe it could happen rapidly as well. All it would take is a motivated leader with an high IQ and a sense for how things work. A lot would depend on living conditions, climate, and food availability. But life was obviously going fairly well to enable people to build these structures. Great video, thanks!!

@mrbaab5932

22 күн бұрын

Climate change is the Mother of Invention.

@harrywalker968

22 күн бұрын

watch. viper tv sumerian tablets.. get educated.. so you can recognise bs...

Kiitos!

Any craftsman would agree that these are a roofed community of tribal clans. When these were built it was before the great Flood that caused the seas level raised about 400 feet. Communal buildings were the most common type used in much of the world by human extended families/clans.

Great vid as usual.

Another great episode

4:00 the sloped and stepped enclosures look like a rain water treatment facility. Maybe the town was built around that!

@AncientArchitects

22 күн бұрын

Interesting idea

I proposed a few years ago that the roof of the enclosures had to be made out of wool. This applies also to the taulas of Menorca, the only sites comparable to pre-pottery neolithic sites of Turkey, a parallelism that was pointed out, but precipitedly discarded, by late Klaus Schmidt.

Great work, a common sense approach based on know facts, and not an alien in sight 👽Cheers

Excellent and very informative. Thank you keep up the great work 🙏

Thank you.

Venezuelan indigenous people live in "churuatas". They are huge circular or almost circular dwellings made of wood. They have a roof, each family has its space but there are no separation inside the building. They live, cook... together as a tribe. Near the centre of the construction they made ceremonies or near the entrance of it.

The item shown at 1:07 is undoubtedly the toilet of a long married man. Notice the lid is UP!?! LOL

The pillars are supporters for holding a roof we can see in most of them small holes similar lego blocks to match with another block, as most of the similar cultures from the same period in prehistoric places : flatted stones, adding logs, fur , clay and branches from the local plants or trees. these are very similar in bulit to the ones we know Celtic castro Homes or similar to the Balearic Talayots Homes, but never been in open air alone. then you have sililar in the biggest burial muds or dolmens such as Antequera, Spain.

Excellent video. I think I enjoy Natufian stuff more than any other group. This was so long ago but obviously they had a lot of building tech. I believe this would be a strong part of an argument that there was more "civilization" than we thought far far earlier than we believe. And did we learn it from someone else or come up with it ourselves? Or both?

Okay so now I have more questions than answers. Great video! Would love an expedition out there. Anyone who goes is lucky.

@harrywalker968

22 күн бұрын

there will allways be questions, because they wont tell you the truth.. fact... viper tv sumerian tablets.. the facts by how to hunt.. praveen mohan.. nystery histery.. the observation lounge.. early, everything inside me.. . . have fun..

Thank you sir!👍

Excellent analysis and conclusions. You show the evidence leads the way and leaves no doubt.

Really informative and interesting video, excellent, thank you

Another superb video! Factual and based on core research - thank-you. You've made me think about the development of human social groups. How did homo sapiens deal with the younger dryas? Mentally as well as the physical challenges of their climate change. I presume they think like we do today? Language? Other homo species? What was the communication between the various social groups as they transitioned into these pre-pottery sites? And so on!

The cave dwelling people stereotype is a bit dubious. Caves tend to preserve things far better then outdoors and are generally easier to find for archaeologists too. The oldest known wooden structure is a platform 476 000 years old but that one was a really lucky find since wood very rarely get preserved. We really don't know when people started to build houses out of wood, thatch and skins. The intelligence to do so was certainly there long before Homo Sapiens even existed. And even if people liked not having to build a structure and set up their camp in a natural cave, there are hardly caves everywhere and hunter gatherers usually were forced to move around. What is interesting about the Natufians is that they started to use stone and they also often lived in scarcely populated areas since so their ruins are left but one can wonder how many people actually built similar structures out of wood at other places, maybe far earlier.. The problem of courser is that we need to be super lucky for something like that to be preserved, something like a volcanic eruption or similar disaster. That means the Natufians are the oldest village builders we actually can study at the moment. I am not sure why they decided to use so much stone but it is something we should be greatful about.

@juliam248

22 күн бұрын

I totally agree. The existence of the Shigur Idol from Siberia may be a clue that before people worked stone, they worked wood, and who knows how far back that could've gone. For all we know, the stone figures and pillars at Gobekli Tepe had elaborately carved wooden ancestors. As to why people started to work and build with stone, I think it's due to the material availability and climate change. Less trees - gotta find something else.

@loke6664

22 күн бұрын

@@juliam248 That is a likely theory, if large trees are rare it suddenly is less work to use the stones you have in place but there are other reasons why people build out of stones too. The "lack of wood" hypothesis did happen in Orkney so it is certainly plausible. Skara Brae was built in stone for that reason. There might also be environmental reasons (rain, temperature and other things like that, wood and stone are different materials), religious reasons or people might have wanted their buildings to survive longer. I do agree with you, it is likely there was a lack of wood, an environmental study should be able to prove or disprove that.

I love your content! Thank you so much. I wish I could join you and your mates on an adventure but maybe next time!

I agree and have thought the same all along

Any astrological alignments could be coincidences arising as a feature of primordial math inferences, the choices made reflecting scale and hopes for good fortune.

These places existed over so many generations, that I'm inclined to give them a 'Life of Brian' interpretation.

Can't wait to see what they find next , a potentially older still stone enclosure.

Both sites where designed to support a VERY strong roof. The large T shaped pillars were VERY strong roof supports. These are ancient bunkers! To hide inside when the weather was far more brutal & catastrophic then in our current time.

Very interesting video. i think for a roof made from wooden beams amd hay the center pillars seems to be way oversized. But awesome reconstraction images.

3:30 I had wondered if folk might object to the 'roofing' idea and prefer an the 'observatory'' idea to explain them but let's be honest - would they really have needed so many observatories? 16:35 central and right hand pieces slot together and you can see a slight arc in the quadracentric designs. Continue the curve through a missing piece to the left hand piece. I wonder if they found other bits? 17:18 Echinoids are fossilised Sea Urchins, I didn't know that they had those there. 17:45 A Person at Gobekli Tepe once said to a friend, about the Natufians, 'They were 3,000 years ago but the were just like us, just as clever'.

6:45 that would indeed challenge everything what mainstream archaeologist would claim.