Karahan Tepe | Earliest Winter Solstice Alignment c.9400 BC | With 3D Graphics | Megalithomania

Hugh Newman and JJ Ainsworth discovered the oldest known winter solstice alignment recorded anywhere on Earth. Dating to a staggering 11,400 years ago, Karahan Tepe, the sister site to Göbekli Tepe in southeast Turkey, revealed its long lost secrets on the morning of December 20th of that year. Having only recently been excavated, this was the first time enough of the multiple-enclosure site had been opened up to prove any such alignments could exist. In this video they are joined by Andrew collins over several mornings to observe and record the phenomenon. At ten minutes after sunrise, a blade of light appears on the side of a protruding stone head in Structure AB (the Pillar Shrine), a sunken area containing 10 upright phallic-shaped monoliths carved from bedrock and one free-standing monolith. On its southeastern edge, a carved hole, shaped from bedrock, leads into the main enclosure. It is through this that the winter solstice sunrise light beamed through illuminating the stone head over a 45-minute period. we later determined, using sophisticated astronomical software, that it would have been even more impressive in 9400 BC, illuminating more of the stone head than it does today. However, the fact that this can still be witnessed today, makes it the most important, and by far the oldest example of how the ancients built megalithic sites to mark this turning point of the year. Includes exclusive 3D graphics created by Kevin Eslinger @ESLINGERART and drone footage from Dakota Wint @dakotawint

Check out our two-part article on Graham Hancock's website: https://grahamhancock.com/newmanainsworth1/ and https://grahamhancock.com/newmanainsworth2/, plus an article looking at other winter solstice alignments: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/winter-solstice-sites-0020038

Get the new book Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe - The World’s First Megaliths (Wooden Books) by Hugh Newman at: https://amzn.to/3Mr6hmp

Our other videos on Karahan Tepe and nearby sites:
Secret Caves of Karahan Tepe - https://youtu.be/UqJ80E4LPbY
Stargate Voyager Interview - https://youtu.be/cO0pI7lJpLg
11,000-year-old Sayburç Exploration - https://youtu.be/mNxj8i-d2cY
New Discoveries at Karahan Tepe 2023 - https://youtu.be/l0wZAxWEM0Q
2023 New Discoveries Interview with Hugh & Andrew - https://youtu.be/R3YarwBYc2k
Geometry of the Goddess at Karahan Tepe - JJ Ainsworth - https://youtu.be/QKs4XZRaP0Q
Hugh Newman 2022 Lecture on the Geometry of Karahan Tepe - https://youtu.be/v5AqNBdrrDQ
Karahan Tepe 2022/23 Update - https://youtu.be/p2tvzNsPt8o
Megalithic Marvels Interview - https://youtu.be/oDcqSgFTs6k
Andrew Collins Lecture on Karahan Tepe - https://youtu.be/odeNmxVgQ3c
Karahan Tepe with 3D Scans - https://youtu.be/3sQZLKd5nvY
Karahan Tepe Supercivilization - https://youtu.be/Zd4dUpni7yM
Winter Solstice Discovery at Karahan Tepe - https://youtu.be/n8RuQWMuhKg
Interview with Andrew Collins - https://youtu.be/d7KopOdjekc
10,500 year-old Karahan Tepe: Göbekli Tepe's Sister Site - https://youtu.be/JGaGH2WY5Wc
The Unfinished Monolith at Karahan Tepe - https://youtu.be/JGaGH2WY5Wc
2018 Exploration with Andrew Collins - https://youtu.be/Ntf2zH_Qu7U

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