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Göbeklitepe Ancient Board Game

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Göbeklitepe Ancient Board Game

Göbeklitepe Ancient Board Game

2021

Designed by Altuğ Karakahya

Published by Arketip Arts

Description

G beklitepe, which has a sacred consciousness, bears the traces of productivity culture. In addition, it is the oldest known cult building group with its beliefs about death and rebirth, the belief that there is life after death, and compositions applied on stones. My work is an ancient board game consisting of t-columns, animal drawings, figures and the mythical meanings of symbols, which play an important role in the building art of this sacred area. Reaching the Central Zone of the game with the T-Column, obtaining the Central T Arm and being the first to reach the U-Stone Gate again. The first player to enter the buildings from the Building Entrances and obtain the Central T-Column in the Center Area and return to the U-Stone Gate wins. Or, the first player to return to the U-Stone Gate by making mandatory entry to all structures, obtaining the Central T-Pillar located in the Center Area, wins. Figures, T-Pillars and Center T-Pillars were hand modeled in polymer clay as the closest miniature replica.

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