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title: Vulture Stone, Göbekli Tepe
author: Sue Fleckney
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13200/vulture-stone-gobekli-tepe/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Vulture Stone, Göbekli Tepe
_Authored by Sue Fleckney_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13200.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Göbekli Tepe](https://www.worldhistory.org/Göbekli_Tepe/) is a c. 12,000-year-old archaeological site in [Anatolia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Asia_Minor/), [Turkey](https://www.worldhistory.org/Asia_Minor/). The deepest and oldest Layer III is also the most sophisticated with enclosures characterised by different thematic components and artistic representations. This is pillar no. 43, the 'Vulture Stone.' On the left-hand side, a vulture is holding an orb or egg in an outstretched wing. Lower down there is a scorpion, and the imagery is further complicated by the depiction of a headless ithyphallic man.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Fleckney, S. (2020, December 08). Vulture Stone, Göbekli Tepe. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Fleckney, Sue. "Vulture Stone, Göbekli Tepe." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 08, 2020. .
### MLA
Fleckney, Sue. "Vulture Stone, Göbekli Tepe." *World History Encyclopedia*, 08 Dec 2020, .
## License & Copyright
[](https://www.flickr.com/photos/96594331@N03/20385309880/)This image was first published on [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com). [Original image](https://www.flickr.com/photos/96594331@N03/20385309880/) by [**Sue Fleckney**](https://www.flickr.com/photos/96594331@N03/20385309880/). Submitted by [Ibolya Horváth](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/horvath.ibolya/ "User Page: Ibolya Horváth"), published on 08 December 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.