https://freerepublic.com/tag/trypilliaculture/ en-us Thu, 2 Jul 2026 08:20:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4386335/posts A new study compares the carved symbolism of Göbekli Tepe’s Vulture Stone with ritual imagery from the Trypillia culture, suggesting that early farming societies in Anatolia and Eastern Europe may have shared cosmological ideas about time, death, sacred space and the movement of the heavens.At Göbekli Tepe, the famous Vulture Stone has never been easy to read. Its carved birds, snakes, scorpion, abstract signs and headless human figure have inspired competing interpretations for decades. Was it a scene of death ritual, an astronomical code, a mythic narrative, or something more complex? A new study argues that the answer may not... Arkeo News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4386335/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2026 08:20:02 GMT