Gobekli Tepe Sphinx

Allright folks, I think I have stumbled into something either slightly conspiratorial, a victim of mainstream editors, or everyone is missing the true significance here, and it is just not getting put out there...

If you watch any science documentaries, or Ancient Aliens, you may know of Gobekli Tepe. This is a hill in SW Turkey where they have discovered an entire complex of stone structures that seem to be at least 12,000 years old. This is MUCH older than the Fertile Crescent, otherwise believed to be the origin of our civilization...so some may want to supress this...





The last paragraph of this article is of particular intrest: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/apr/23/archaeology.turkey

Vecihi Ozkaya, the director of a dig at Kortiktepe..."Look at this", he said, pointing at a photo of an exquisitely carved sculpture showing an animal, half-human, half-lion. "It's a sphinx, thousands of years before Egypt. South-eastern Turkey, northern Syria - this region saw the wedding night of our civilisation."

Now, I have done quite a bit of searching for this said photo, then that turned into ANYONE ELSE mentioning it....I have come up empty handed...This is actually Wikipedia's ref page, but then it's a dead end after that...

It could be that the photo is an instant, thusly off the grid.

But not to be able to find any other mentions of it is very strange to me. And apparently I am not alone:

[url=http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/nmzgm/til_the_oldest_known_sphinx_was_found_in_gobekli/[/url]

Being able to see the Sphinx of Gobekli Tepe seems important to me. I want to compare it to the ones at Giza, not to mention that it is much, much older.

So if anyone would care to see if they come across something solid on this, I think all of us would benefit somewhat from such knowledge. Plus I reeeeeely want to see this photo!

In advance: Thanks!

Threecaster that sphinx you mention was'nt found in Göbekli the quote does'nt specify it.
There are sphinx like sculptures however that were found in Nevali Cori a site a few miles away from Göbekli .

A Sphinx Older than the Great Sphinx?

Göbekli Tepe is apparently not an isolated phenomenon. Nevali Çori is a site only a few miles away, and it dates to a slightly later period than Göbekli Tepe. The site is now flooded and inaccessible, but T-shaped pillars and carvings (though smaller than at Göbekli Tepe) were found there. At a site known as Kortik Tepe (Korpiktepe), near the Tigris River about 120 miles (193 kilometers) east of Göbekli Tepe, thousands of stone pots and various sculptures wereburied in graves about 11,500 years ago. Vecihi Özkaya, director of the dig, has been quoted as saying, while pointing to a sculpture depicting an animal half-human, half-lion, “Look at this . . . It’s a sphinx, thousands of years before Egypt. Southeastern Turkey, northern Syria—this region saw the wedding night of our civilization.”

http://www.dailyavocado.net/eureka/stumbles/715-is-the-sphinx-12-000-years-old.html

I wonder if the sculpture mentioned by Vecihi özkaya could be one of these ?:





http://sanatben.tr.gg/H.oe.y.ue.kler.htm

For info here is an extensive report of what was found in Göbekli Tepe

http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/10613_Peters.pdf

Love from me
mudra

Ah...Mudra...your calm perspective and observations once again slice through the fog!

Indeed, in the SECOND to last paragraph, the reporter changes locations, which EVERYONE else has seemed to miss!

Assuming the photos are artifacts from Kortik Tepe, then the Wiki needs to be fixed!



Thanks!



EDIT: the First sphinx is female sphinx with hathor style curls from 1820-1740 bc old likely assyrian (it's in the file name)
the others are not really sphinx...

So....Everyone, I'm still looking for that photo of that 9500 year old sphinx

and an additional article I found says the sphinx may have been found in Nevali Çori, which apparently is near Gobekli Tepe....

http://www.dailyavocado.net/eureka/stumbles/715-is-the-sphinx-12-000-years-old.html