Karahan Tepe is arguably the most exciting archaeological discovery of the twenty-first century. Consisting of a series of stone enclosures and rock-cut edifices carved out of a hillside in the remote Tektek Mountains of southeastern Turkey, it is changing everything we know about the emergence of civilization in the immediate aftermath of the last ice age.
Read this article and learn all about Andrew Collins's new book
Karahan
Tepe: Civilization of the Anunnaki
and the Cosmic Origins of the Serpent of
Eden
This incredible new book from Andrew Collins examines Karahan Tepe, the world's most exciting archaeological discovery in recent years.
Built more than 11,000 years ago, Karahan Tepe contains some of the oldest monumental architecture anywhere on earth, including human and animal statues, ubiquitous snake carvings, T-shaped pillars, and interconnecting underground enclosures with stone columns carved directly from the bedrock.This new book
o Examines the intricate carvings, chambers, and structures, revealing the site's acoustical properties, shamanic symbolism, and astronomical alignments
o Reveals how Karahan Tepe was used by shamans to connect with the Milky Way's Galactic bulge in its role as the head of the cosmic serpent
o Explains how the site's builders, who created the world's first post ice age civilization, are remembered in myth and legend as the Watchers and Nephilim of Jewish religious tradition and as the Anunnaki gods of Sumerian mythology
Traces the serpent motif throughout history, identifying it with the biblical serpent of Eden, the Kundalini of Vedic tradition, and the black snake of the Yezidis. Andrew demonstrates how the belief in the existence of the Milky Way serpent among the inhabitants of Karahan Tepe went on to influence the foundation of the Gnostic Ophite mysteries suppressed by the Christian Church. He also shows how the founders of Karahan Tepe were recalled in Hebrew myth and legend as the Watchers and Nephilim and in Sumerian and Babylonian mythology as the Anunnaki.
Sharing a wealth of evidence, Andrew confirms that Karahan Tepe and its sister site of Göbekli Tepe belonged to the world's first post ice age civilization, which today bears the enigmatic name of Tas Tepeler.
Publisher:
Inner Traditions/Bear & Co. (November 21, 2024)
Length: 440 pages. ISBN13: 9781591434788
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Join expert researcher and bestselling author Andrew Collins as he uncovers the mysteries of the past at keynote events and on exclusive tours to some of the world's most important archaeological sites Discovery ancient Turkey, Peru, Bolivia and Easter Island in 2025 For all the lastest news follow Andrew on social media and YouTube and subscribe to his regular newsletter Media enquiries welcome
| Here are the upcoming events for Andrew Collins in 2025 February 7, 2025. Andrew will be speaking at the Essex UFO and Paranormal Group on Stonehenge's role as a sonic temple and model of the universe in its role as a dodecahedron. This is a stunning presentation not to be missed. Venue is the Balmoral Centre, Southend. Tickets are £10. Doors open 7pm. Start 7.30pm.
May 12-24 2025. Join Andrew, Hugh Newman and JJ Ainsworth on the next Megalithomania tour of Turkey in May 2025. See sites such as Gobekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe, Sayburc, Harran, Sanliurfa's Pools of Abraham and extraordinary Archaeological Museum. Visit also Cappadocia, Konya's Whirling Dervishes, the beautiful city of Mardin, Midyat's Yezidi Village, the sites of Istanbul, Ankara's Museum of Anatolian Civilization, Catal Hoyuk, Asikli Hoyuk, along with the Hittite sites of Alaca Hoyuk, Hattusa and Yazilkaya. 12 nights/13 days. Click for more information and immediate registration. August 22-29, 2025. Andrew will be joining the Esoteric England tour organised by Hayley Ramsey for two days as it visits Stonehenge, Avebury and Glastonbury. He will guide guests at all three sites providing an account of their esoteric history. Full details and registration is available here. September 9-21, 2025. Andrew joins Hugh Newman and J.J. Ainsworth when they return to eastern Turkey to further explore some of the most extraordinary discoveries bringing alive Tas Tepeler, the world's first post age ice age civilization. More details at megalithomania.co.uk. November 8/9, 2025. Andrew joins the Megalithomania Tour of Peru, Bolivia and Easter Island with Hugh Newman and JJ Ainsworth. We visit Paracas and Nazca as part of a pre-tour between November 8/11. The main part of the trip takes you to the heart of the Andes, where we’ll explore Lake Titicaca, Cusco and the iconic Machu Picchu. We also cross the border into Bolivia to explore the ancient city of Tiwanaku and the mind-bending ruins of Puma Punku. There’s an optional week-long extension to Easter Island, home to its world-famous Moai statues. Whether you’re interested in one section or the whole journey, this tour provides you with the opportunity to tailor your own journey of a lifetime. Click for further information, a full iternary and immediate registration. |
STONEHENGE AT THE SOLSTICE
Along with friends Andrew attended the solstice celebrations at Stonehenge at dawn on December 21 (see pictures below). It was a very lively affair despite the cold and the frustrating wait for the gates to open to let in the thousands of assembled people, all with one intention in mind in the cold, predawn light - to get to the stones! The reason for going was more than simply enjoying the festivities.
"I knew this would be a golden opportunity to examine the monument's Altar Stone, which lies almost completely hidden beneath fallen stones from the circle's largest trilithon," Andrew said. "This permitted us direct access to the Altar Stone's surface in an attempt to connect with its history - how it reached Stonehenge from Northeastern Scotland, how and when it was eventually laid flat, and what became of its lost companion, Altar Stone 2," he added.
All these topics are the subject of Andrew's new monograph
Click to download your free PDF copy now
Click here to read the conclusions of the monograph.
STONEHENGE
ALTAR STONE REVELATION
& EXPLORING THE STUNNING NEW THEORY
OF
A UNIVERSE IN STONE PRESENTED BY ANDREW COLLINS
Brand
new video documentary from Hugh
Newman and Megalithomania on the recent Stonehenge
revelations. It explains the incredible news that its Altar Stone originated in
northeastern Scotland.
Filmed on site at Stonehenge, Andrew reveals how the monument almost certainly came from the Orkney Mainland, home some 5000 years ago to the highly sophisticated Grooved Ware culture. It was then carried as much as 550 miles to form the centre piece of Stonehenge.
 This is how the Altar Stone might have looked standing at the centre of Stonehenge. | Why? As Andrew makes clear, the 16-feet long slab of micaceous sandstone weighing as much as 6.5 tonnes was considered to be imbued with spirit. In other words, it was seen not only to be alive, but also an embodiment of a divine ancestor that could not be left behind. The video also highlights the hypothesis proposed in Andrew's extraordinary two-part paper title Stonehenge: A Universe in Stone (see links below). It shows that Stonehenge was created by Scotland's Grooved Ware culture as both a sonic temple and representation of the universe in its form as a dodecahedron, an ancient concept now being confirmed by modern-day science. |
STONEHENGE: A UNIVERSE IN STONE
by Andrew Collins
A new two-part article by Andrew demonstrating Stonehenge's role as a sonic generator and representation of the universe in its form as a dodecahedron. Both parts available now at ResearchGate and Academia.edu.
Links below.:
Stonehenge:
A Universe in Stone Part One: Sonic Temples and Dodecahedral Structure
Stonehenge:
A Universe in Stone: Part Two: A Sonic Pattern of the Universe
Watch
this great video with Hugh Newman and Andrew Collins
on new discoveries at
Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe
September
9-21, 2025.
Andrew joins Hugh Newman and J.J. Ainsworth when they return to eastern Turkey
to further explore some of the most extraordinary discoveries bringing alive Tas
Tepeler, the world's first post age ice age civilization. Full details at megalithomania.co.uk.
Megalithomania
presents
PERU, BOLIVIA & EASTER ISLAND TOUR
THE ULTIMATE GRAND TOUR
OF SOUTH AMERICA IS BACK
WITH ADD-ON TO NAZCA/PARACAS - NOVEMBER 2025
November 8/19, 2025. Andrew joins Hugh Newman of Megalithomania and symbolist J.J. Ainsworth on an expedition of a lifetime as they explore some of the most extraordinary ancient and prehistoric sites of Peru, Bolivia and Easter Island (Rapanui). On this remarkable journey they uncover the hidden wonders of South America’s ancient civilizations. The tour offers a deep dive into the mysteries of Peru, starting with the captivating landscapes of Paracas and Nazca, known for their unexplained ancient carvings. The main part of the trip takes you to the heart of the Andes, where you’ll explore the timeless beauty of Lake Titicaca, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Tiwanaku and Puma Punku in Bolivia. For those with a thirst for more, there’s an optional extension to Easter Island, home to its world-famous moai statues. Whether you’re interested in one section or the whole journey, this tour provides flexible options–just select which portions you’d like to attend when you make your reservation.
Click for full details, itinerary and booking info
And click here for more information on Megalithomania Tours
Animism of the Ancients: In Praise of Shamans
Debbie Cartwright presents an extraordinary vision of animism and shamanism in this exclusive lecture for the 2023 Origins Conference. If ever there was an answer to "what were the ancients upto?" this is it!
Drones?
Orbs? Plasmoids? Or What?
The Incredible Rise in Pop Culture of Plasma Intelligences
Obviously
you will have heard about the drone phenomenon that has gripped New Jersey and
the United States as a whole across the past month and a half. Thousands of reported
sightings of what appear to be drones started to occur in the New Jersey area
around November 18 and have continued ever since, often with multiple objects
in the sky at any one time.
By the first week of December there were so
many drone sightings being reported that even the Pentagon had to comment on the
matter. saying that there was no threat to national security, but failing to answer
what was going on. Since then the whole mystery has gone viral with nightly sightings
over as many as ten states. Dozens of compelling videos of alleged drones started
hitting the internet, some of which were reportedly as large as a mini car. What
also seemed apparent is that there was something else going on in the skies aside
drones. This was the appearance of mysterious lights, some even shown on videos
interacting with alleged drones.
"Personally, I believes that 95
percent of the sightings, and many of the videos, of so-called drones are misidentifications
of planets, aircraft, helicopters and conventional drones belonging to US agencies,"
Andrew says. "Others could have been launched by foreign nations hostile
to the United States."
"What interests me," he wrote in
his latest newsletter, "is the fact that the mystery UAP being recorded at
this time are being discussed in terms of plasmoids or plasma orbs. Indeed, not
only are these terms becoming common place on social media and platforms like
YouTube but various new videos and documentaries are now being made on the idea
of plasma being able to manifest as orbs and UAP while at the same time displaying
very clear signs of being intelligent."
The possibility that out
there are plasma intelligences that might have coexisted with humanity since the
beginning is now becoming a much talked about topic, and as readers of this website
will know Andrew discusses this topic in various books, including LightQuest
(2012) and, more recently, Origins of the Gods (2022), co-authored with
Dr Gregory Little.
Quite incredibly, the YouTube population absorbing
all this new information on plasma orbs or plasmoids are being directed towards
my book LightQuest.
The
cover makes it obvious that this your book if you want to see and interact with
UAP and plasma intelligences.
GIZA CAVES REDISCOVERED, AGAIN!
The
other big topic of discussion on social media and on YouTube across the past few
months has been Giza's cave underworld. This Andrew discovered along with Egyptological
researcher Nigel Skinner Simpson back in 2008. As many of you will know, not only
did this story create an internet viral sensation, but it also got Andrew and
Nigel into a lot of trouble with the Egyptian authorities when they finally realised
what had taken place.
Luckily, Andrew's good friend Robet Bauval intervened to make things right. Since then there has been a great documentary about Collins Cave, as it became known, produced by Greg Little.
Click
here to view on YouTube.
Cover
of Beneath the Pyramids. Artwork and design by SheerFaith.
Andrew
also wrote a book on the discovery titled Beneath the Pyramids, published
in 2009 by Fourth Dimension Press/The ARE Press.
After that, however,
there has been very little coming out about the caves. That was until 2024 when
a brand new restaurant was opened on the northern edge of the plateau almost over
the Tomb of the Birds, this being the point of entry into the caves.
Various
people have managed to enter inside the cave system and are realising just how
incredible they actually are. This, however, is a double edged sword. It allows
people to experience what Andrew and Nigel determined was there back in 2008,
but it is also means that the valuable untouched archaeology inside those caves
could be damaged or ruined, which is a terrible worry. Remember. these caves have
not been properly explored or excavated. All we know is that they are heading
in the direction of the Second Pyramid, underneath which the tomb of Hermes Trismegistus
is said to be located according to Sabaean tradition.
It should also be
pointed out that it is extremely dangerous inside those caves. You could easily
slip and break a leg on all the fallen blocks strewn about everywhere, while the
caves' inhabitants include countless bats that can hit you in the face and white
widow spiders!
Clearly, this revitalised interest in the caves has prompted
a new interest in my book Beneath the Pyramids, which will hopefully be
re-released this year complete with a new section updating it in every way. Watch
out for that. In the meantime, secondhand copies of Beneath the Pyramids are available
at sites such as Bookfinder.com, ABE Books, Ebay, and Amazon.
LAKOTA TRIBE TO CELEBRATE BIRTH OF WHITE BUFFALO CALF AS FULFILMENT OF 2000-YEAR OLD PROPHECY
The Lakota tribe of the Great Plains are planning to celebrate the fulfilment of their prophecy regarding the return of the White Buffalo Woman with an event to be held in Montana on June 26. It will be officiated by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, the current guardian of the peace pipe said to have been given to the ancestors of the tribe when White Buffalo Woman first appeared out of the sky and began instructing the tribe on the seven sacred prayers and a new code of living some 2000 years ago. Once more these are events that tie in with the Crystal Hill meditation conducted one day prior to the birth of the white buffalo calf on June 4, 2024. Read the full story here.
The
Return of the White Buffalo Calf –
A Psychic Quest in California
An Account by Andrew Collins
London, June 10, 2024. I have just returned from Contact in the Desert, one of the USA’s largest UFO conventions. It took place across a period of five days at a major hotel resort located at Indian Wells, California. On the Monday of the event, June 3, 2024, I accompanied a group of friends out to the Mojave Desert near the town of Landers to visit Giant Rock, and whilst there we conducted a meditation on nearby Crystal Hill, composed entirely of solid quartz. What I didn't realise is that this meditation would reveal an incredible story regarding the Native American prophecy of the return of the white buffalo calf and its importance to the world today. Edited and updated June 11, 2024 with a new section titled "Who is the White Buffalo Woman?"
Click here to read the full incredible story
Join Andrew Collins, author of Gobekli Tepe: Genesis of the Gods, and Hugh Newman, author of Earth Grids and Stone Circles, with special guest from the USA, JJ Ainsworth, a leading authority on ancient symbolism for the Megalithomania Tour of East Turkey on September 14-26, 2024.
The tour focuses on the traditional area of the 'Garden of Eden' visiting some of the world’s most important archaeological sites including Göbekli Tepe, the oldest stone temple complex, and Karahan Tepe, a recently excavated site from the same era. The new Urfa Archaeological Museum has hundreds of artefacts from Göbekli Tepe, Nevali Çori and other Pre-Pottery Neolithic 'Tas Tepeler' sites. We explore also the ancient city of Harran, and Sogmatar, site of the Seven Planetary Temples of the Sabians.
We get exclusive access to the stunning Blue Mosque, Hippodrome and underground Basilica Cistern in Istanbul, and take a private yacht trip on the Bosphorus. We visit Sanliurfa, the ancient Christian city of Edessa, birthplace of Abraham; and the traditional location of the Garden of Eden, home of the Watchers from the 'Book of Enoch', and the Annunaki of Sumerian legend. We visit the sacred city of Mardin and see also 12,000 year old artefacts from Neolithic sites such as Kortik Tepe, Çayönü and Bonkuklu Tarla. We will look at newly opened 'Tas Tepeler' sites, see the old city of Midyat, visit Lake Van, Tushpa, the Gate of Mehr, the biblical Mount Ararat, including the controversial location of Noah's Ark, and experience an atmospheric sunset at Nemrut Dag (Nimrod’s Mountain).
Your hosts Andrew Collins, Hugh Newman and JJ Ainsworth will be presenting evening lectures throughout the tour and discussing theories and new research on site.
Click here for full details and immediate registration
TREASURES OF ANCIENT EGYPT ONE-WEEK TOUR
November 16-23 2024
Join
Andrew Collins and a host of Megalithomaniacs on the ultimate ‘Grand Tour’
of Egypt. The tour is divided in two, so you can enjoy one or both aspects of
ancient Egypt (north and south), with private 2-hour access visits inside the
Great Pyramid and the enigmatic Osirion at Abydos, as well as 5-star hotels and
a beautiful Nile cruise. With special guest Andrew Collins (for main tour only),
Yousef Awyan, Hugh Newman and J.J. Ainsworth. (Main Tour: Nov 16th - 23rd 2024
/ Add-On: Nov 23rd - 30th 2024)
Watch this Megalithomania video titled "Egyptian Mysteries, Sobekneferu & Cyclopean Temples" which includes an interview with Andrew Collins about his new book The First Female Pharaoh about the mysteries of Sobekneferu and ancient temples including the mysterious Qasr el-Sagha temple in the Fayum Oasis.
Watch this video of Andrew Collins's lecture from Megalithomania 2022 titled "Karahan Tepe: The Greatest Archaeological Discovery of the 21st Century." Learn about how the Pre-Pottery Neolithic peoples of southeastern Turkey's Tas Tepeler culture aligned the world's earliest rock architecture with Galacter Center as much as 11,000 years ago.
Sobekneferu: Egypt's First Female Pharaoh and Her Rebirth as a Modern Pop Icon
Read Andrew's important new article on Egypt's first female pharaoh Sobekneferu (or Neferusobek). She remains one of the most obscure of all the female pharaohs to rule Upper and Lower Egypt, something she did for just four years at the end of the Twelfth Dynasty, circa 1800 BCE. The monarch's life and achievements show that she was a powerful ruler that managed to hold together the kingdom as it tittered on the brink of collapse, initiating a new nationalistic dynasty whose descendants would eventually rise up against the incoming Hyksos warlords of the Second Intermediate Period. The mystery surrounding Sobekneferu's reign, her magical and religious beliefs, and her legacy in the nineteenth century led to her coming to the attention of speculative Egyptological writers such as the mythologist Gerald Massey, and through this attention she would go on to feature as the antagonist in Irish writer Bram Stoker's Egyptian novel The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903). We take a brief look at all aspects of her life and achievements as a preview to the monarch's first full-length biography The First Female Pharaoh (2023), penned by the present author. The article is available now on Academia.edu
 |
The
First Female Pharoah by Andrew Collins explores Sobekneferu’s role in
keeping Egypt alive, exploring also the close relationship with her brother Amenemhet
IV, her sister Neferuptah, and their father Amenemhet III. It explores her suspected
relationship with Joseph of biblical tradition, her identity as the legendary
female ruler Nitocris of Greek tradition, and Sobekneferu's creation of the Egyptian
Labyrinth as the center of a new religion focused around the crocodile god Sobek
and his mother, the hippo goddess Neith, both of which she venerated in connection
with the constellations of Draco, Ursa Minor and the seven stars of Ursa Major. The
book examines Sobekneferu’s religious beliefs, her early life in the Nile
Delta, her eventual death, and the fate of her body. It goes in search of the
temples and ruins associated with her reign showing their relationship to the
stars of the northern night sky. Andrew demonstrates how Sobekneferu's deeds and actions would eventually be suppressed by those who followed her, although the potency of her achievements and the cult ignited in her name would continue to ripple down through the ages, leading to her reemergence during the Victorian age as a Gothic icon and occult inspiration through her role as the antagonist in Bram Stoker’s shocking Egyptian novel The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903). From
there she went on to become the role model for every ancient Egyptian queen that
rises from the dead in horror films, the most recent being 2017's "The Mummy"
starring Tom Cruise. Sobekneferu's return to popular consciousness has taken a long time, indeed many thousands of years, but some occultists, such as Kenneth Grant and Nicholas de Vere, recognised the potency of her revival and created her as a powerful avatar of an age-old Typhonian gnosis, a stellar current, that through his works has helped her live again in the modern age. For more information on Sobekneferu see the following article by Andrew Collins |
Watch Andrew Collins's ground-breaking presentation from the Green Stone 40th Anniversary Convention in October 2019 entitled "The Art of Psychic Questing: The Key to Reality". He brings the Green Stone up to date with new discoveries and recounts modern psychic quests in Wales and the Orkney Islands, which help reveal the true nature of this extraordinary pursuit. Click the link or watch below. Learn about quantum entanglement, non-linear causality and the importance of going with the flow.
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