Strange human head carvings found in Turkey

Archaeologists in Turkey have found evidence that a prehistoric site 11,000 years ago was used for an indoor parade ritual. It was a building containing phallic pillars and carvings of human heads.

Karahantepe , located in southern Turkey, east of Şanlıurfa, has a series of buildings that date back long before writing was invented.

Here, archaeologists have found carvings of human heads, snakes and foxes as well as some interestingly shaped pillars in some of the buildings in the area.

Carvings of a human head and a penis were found in an 11,000-year-old archaeological site in Turkey.

Archaeologists have also discovered 11 pillars near the pillar carved with carvings of human heads. These findings show that the artistic abilities of humans in the Neolithic period were developed to some extent.

Penis-shaped pillars

Necmi Karul, professor of prehistoric archeology at Istanbul University, Turkey wrote in an article published in the journal Türk Arkeoloji ve Etnografya Dergisi recently: 'All the pillars are erect and shaped. shaped like a penis".

"This building is connected with three other buildings to form a complex. The ancients may have held a ceremonial parade through this complex, " Karul said.

Current evidence suggests that ancient people used the complex for a ceremonial process that had to be paraded in the presence of human heads and phallic pillars.

The site is similar to Gobekli Tepe, another archaeological site that features large buildings and carvings of animals and human heads. Gobekli Tepe is also located near Şanlıurfa, and archaeologists are trying to determine the relationship between the two sites.

Although Karahantepe was discovered in 1997, excavations were not carried out until 2019.