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3,000-year-old carvings from ancient calendar include an 'underworld' beneath Earth

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cosmos.The drawings, believed to be around 3,200 years old, include details of an 'underworld' that sits below the Earth.The Yazılıkaya rock sanctuary in central Turkey, around 100 miles from Ankara, was stumbled upon by archaeologist and French historian Charles Texier back in 1834.The carvings depict more than 90 figures, including animals, monsters, and gods, and were found on the limestone bedrock in two chambers with a temple erected in front of them.It's said they date back to the 13th century BC but it's taken almost two centuries for experts to decipher what the markings really mean.Researchers have determined the representations are of the cosmos, including the Earth, heavens, and underworld, and show Hittites' essential creation.

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