Karahan Tepe

• Examines the intricate carvings, chambers, and structures, revealing the site's acoustical properties, shamanic symbolism, and astronomical alignments

• Reveals how Karahan Tepe was used by shamans to connect with the Milky Way's Galactic bulge in its role as the head of the cosmic serpent

• Explains how the site's builders, who created the world's first post–Ice Age civilization, are remembered in myth and legend as the Watchers and Nephilim of Jewish religious tradition and as the Anunnaki gods of Sumerian mythology

Considered the most important archaeological discovery of the 21st century, Karahan Tepe is an enormous complex of stone structures in southeastern Turkey covering an estimated ten acres. Built more than 11,000 years ago, Karahan Tepe contains some of the oldest monumental architecture anywhere on Earth, including human and animal statues, ubiquitous snake carvings, T-shaped pillars, and interconnecting underground enclosures with stone columns carved directly from the bedrock.

Chronicling his explorations of Karahan Tepe, Andrew Collins presents the first in-depth investigation of the discoveries at the site: who built it, its astronomical alignments, and its cosmological connections. He examines the intricate carvings and architectural features, including a newly discovered statue of a giant human figure. Explaining how the site functioned as a shamanic oracle center, Collins shows how its rock-cut structures were used to connect with the Milky Way's Galactic Bulge and stars of Scorpius in their role as the head and active spirit of a perceived cosmic serpent. He traces this serpent motif throughout history, identifying it with the biblical serpent of Eden, the kundalini of Vedic tradition, and the black snake of the Yezidis. He demonstrates how the belief in the existence of the Milky Way serpent among the inhabitants of Karahan Tepe went on to influence the foundation of the Gnostic Ophite mysteries suppressed by the Christian Church. He also shows how the founders of Karahan Tepe were recalled in Hebrew myth and legend as the Watchers and Nephilim and in Sumerian and Babylonian mythology as the Anunnaki.

Sharing a wealth of evidence, Collins confirms that Karahan Tepe and its sister site of Göbekli Tepe belonged to the world's first post–Ice Age civilization, which today bears the enigmatic name of Taş Tepeler. Andrew Collins is a science and history writer who has investigated the true origins of human civilization for more than 30 years. He is the codiscoverer of a massive cave complex beneath the Giza plateau, now known as "Collins' Cave." The author of several books, including Göbekli Tepe: Genesis of the Gods, he lives in Essex, England. FOREWORD In Quest of a Supercivilization

By Hugh Newman

Acknowledgments

PREFACE The Coming of the Serpent

Part 1

DISCOVERIES AND REVELATIONS

1 The Great Discovery

2 Karahan Tepe-The Bedrock Enclosures

3 Structure AA-The Pit Shrine

4 It Began with Göbekli Tepe

5 Hill of the Dark Lord

6 The Birth of Taş Tepeler

Part 2

SOUND AND RITUAL



7 The Mysteries of the Great Ellipse

8 Aligning with the Stars

9 The Place of Emergence

Part 3

STARS AND SNAKES

10 Mad Englishmen

11 Descending into Snake Holes

12 Half Moons and Rock Temples

13 Realm of the Snake Mother

Part 4

THE SUN AND THE SERPENT

14 Celestial Synchronization

15 The Scorpionic Gateway

16 The Cosmic Snake Charmer

Part 5

THE SKY MAP

17 Pillar 43-Part One: The Vulture and the Scorpion

18 Pillar 43-Part Two: The Hole in the Sky

19 Pillar 43-Part Three: The Fox and the Snake

Part 6

THE COSMOS

20 The Milky Way Serpent

21 Riding the Snake

22 The Shining Serpent

23 Oracular Communication

24 The Star Worshippers of Harran

Part 7

GNOSIS



25 The Mystery of the Alabaster Bowl

26 The Road to Rusafa

27 Followers of the Serpent

28 Raising of the Kundalini

29 Cities of the Serpent

30 The