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RE: The Ancient Zodiac, and Prehistoric Understanding of Precession
Is Gobekli Tepe a symbol of the zodiac? The claim that Gobekli Tepe was built according to the constellation is interesting. What is the basis for the claim that the future of mankind was predicted by Gobekli Tepe?
Gobekli Tepe contains stelae, or pillars, on which zodiacal figures are carved. The zodiacal figures on Pillar 43 comprise a date that corresponds to the impact that began the Younger Dryas. That impact, and the catastrophic consequences, are almost certainly the reason Gobekli Tepe was built and preserved by burying it deliberately. It's likely a warning to whoever dug up Gobekli Tepe, and that's us.
No one has made such a claim to my knowledge. I speculated, not claimed, that the astronomical information communicated by the builders of Gobekli Tepe might contain such information, if their astronomical understanding was nominal for the purpose.
We have just discovered they knew of the precession of the equinoxes, which we did not believe they knew until Sweatman showed they did. It's likely they knew more that we are not yet aware they knew, and if they had orbital mechanics and precise information regarding other cometary fragments like Encke, such predictions would be possible. Given the harsh conditions pertaining at the time, in that place, the enormous effort undertaken to build and preserve that knowledge was undertaken for what they considered very good reasons. If they could provide specific threat warnings, I'm sure they did.