It's a good day. I've got TWO hands, TWO eyeballs, some magic gear and a massive dungeon to explore.
Sure, there's ONE angry ancient dragon between me and all that treasure...but hey, every silver lining has a cloud, right?
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Göbekli Tepe is a Neolithic settlement inhabited from c. 9500 to at least 8000 BCE, in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey.
Its structures are therefore 11,000 years old, or more, 6,000 years before Stonehenge and the great pyramids of Giza, making them humanity's oldest known monumental site, built not for shelter but for some other purpose.
Archaeologists still consider the place a mysterious riddle that predates Earth's great civilizations by thousands of years.
Many things if not everything in Göbekli Tepe constitute an issue in explaining why, how and when. From the techniques used to erect the monoliths without the help of animals to the fact that no habitative human settlements were found near this temple except the ruins of what was possibly a small village.
The site was believed to be a shrine, a temple, but hypotheses have been made about the structures being an astronomical observatory due to its configuration and alignment with different stars, particularly Sirius.
Discoveries in the region suggest a pivotal moment, marking the onset of revolutions in agriculture, religion, and society. The complex of temples or shrines at Göbekli Tepe might have symbolized fertility, life, or abundance, given the presence of reliefs depicting animals.
The people of Göbekli Tepe, with sufficient natural resources, found the time to write a new chapter in the history of life. Archaeologists have read only a small part of that story.
I've been listening to the latest @3d6DownTheLine playcast lately. I got interested as they are dungeon crawling through The Halls of Arden Vul using #OSE. Then they reached out & I was happy to run ads for them to boost their viewership. #DnD#DungeonsAndDragons#OSR#TTRPG
Ok...sure. The weird, golden TORCH that gave off evil, black light was cursed, and cost me a hand to get rid of.
But this is completely different.
This is a golden MASK, and it looks much better on me than it did on that dead guy in the sarcophagus.
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Sure, I'll go back for the rest of the treasure--but if you think for one minute that I'm sitting on that alien bidet to have my ass light up like a lightning bug, you should get yourself a new barbarian.
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@3d6DownTheLine This is such a great tool for encouraging exploration, delving, creative thinking and engagement among players! I love that we use this at our table.
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