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Massive 5,000-year-old monument dedicated to Moon God found near Sea of Galilee Artificial Mound Israel

Submitted by motist on Friday, 03 October 2014  Page Views: 3408

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Crescent-shaped monument near Shefer submitted by motist : Massive 5,000-year-old monument dedicated to Moon God found near Sea of Galilee (Vote or comment on this photo)
A lunar-crescent-shaped stone monument that dates back around 5000 years has been identified in Israel. Located about 13 km northwest of the Sea of Galilee, the structure is massive - its volume is about 14,000 cubic meters and it has a length of about 150 meters.

Pottery excavated at the structure indicates the monument dates to between 3050 B.C. and 2650 B.C., so probably older than the pyramids of Egypt.

Archaeologists previously thought the structure was part of a city wall, but recent work carried out by Ido Wachtel, a doctoral student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, indicates there is no city beside it and that the structure is a standing monument.

The structure's crescent shape stood out in the landscape, Wachtel told Live Science He has suggested the shape may have had symbolic importance, as the lunar crescent is a symbol of Sin, the ancient Mesopotamian moon god.

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Re: Massive 5,000-year-old monument dedicated to Moon God found near Sea of Galilee by Andy B on Friday, 03 October 2014
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Site page showing the location: http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=36397

Thanks to Moti and David for creating this
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Re: Massive 5,000-year-old monument dedicated to Moon God found near Sea of Galilee by motist on Friday, 03 October 2014
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Re: Massive 5,000-year-old monument dedicated to Moon God found near Sea of Galilee by motist on Friday, 03 October 2014
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All lunar crescents I know pointing upwards, the one found points downwards
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