This hypothesis at first glance seems very strange, but researcher Bruce Fenton is sure that he is right.
Published in New Dawn magazine, his theory suggests that the carvings on the stone walls of the megalithic temple complex resemble the sacred symbols of Australian shamans. The scientist believes that the sacred signs were applied in order to prevent the coming cataclysm.
Fenton said: "The purpose of the complex was to reverse the flooding during the late Dryas period by pacifying the Rainbow Serpent (it was believed that this aquatic deity could help them)."
The Late Dryas is a period of geochronology (14,500 - 11,500 years ago), when an abrupt climate change took place on Earth.
“The drawings on the columns of Göbekli Tepe [Turkey, note] mainly depict animals; and the idea that the Australian shamans have summoned animal spirits in this way, many of which have become extinct long ago, seems to me very tempting, "the scientist admitted.
“Many of the animal symbols carved on these stones are totems of Australian tribes,” Fenton added.
Image of an emu ostrich on one of the columns of Göbekli Tepe
He also noticed a similarity between the only female figure found among the drawings at Göbekli Tepe and the Australian images of Yingarna, a female deity, the creator of the universe.
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But most impressive is the comparison of Australian churings (flat ornamented stones) with similar artifacts found everywhere in Turkey! (This is not only Göbekli Tepe, but also other places where representatives of an unknown ethnic group lived 12 thousand years ago.) Both those and other churingi are covered with the same patterns. Concentric circles on these stones symbolize wells with springs, and zigzag lines represent waterways.
Churinga stone. Found in Hasankeyf - another place in Turkey, where the same mysterious people lived 12 thousand years ago
And on one of the columns in Göbekli Tepe, a symbol is carved that the aborigines of Australia paint on their chests. It depicts people sitting next to each other, sharing knowledge.
But how is this possible?.. Turkey and Australia are located too far from each other - for primitive people it was an insurmountable distance. That is why Fenton's theory seems incredible, and, perhaps, the scientist will never be able to convince his colleagues from the Academy of Sciences of it.
Elena Muravyova for the website www.neveroyatno.info