

EP: 340 Decoding the Ancients: Göbekli Tepe, Watchers, and the Oldest Temple on Earth with Dr. Judd Burton & Dr. Aaron Judkins
9 snips Jul 14, 2025
Dr. Judd Burton, an expert in biblical anthropology, teams up with Dr. Aaron Judkins, an archaeologist specializing in Göbekli Tepe, to unravel the mysteries of one of the world’s oldest temples. They discuss the site’s ancient rituals, potential connections to resurrection practices, and intriguing links to the biblical Watchers and Nephilim. With insights on Luwian hieroglyphs and the site’s role in pre-flood civilization theories, the conversation blurs the lines between ancient history and the supernatural.
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Religion Precedes Agriculture
- Gobekli Tepe is a large religious site predating agriculture and sedentary life.
- Religion at Gobekli Tepe came before farming, challenging the traditional Neolithic revolution theory.
Religion as Earliest Human Ideology
- Archaeologists now recognize religion as the earliest organized ideology in human prehistory.
- Gobekli Tepe exemplifies this with its religious structures predating agriculture and settled society.
Regeneration Theory at Gobekli Tepe
- Gobekli Tepe's religion aimed to restore humanity's lost connection to God after Eden.
- They sought eternal life by venerating ancestors and deifying Adam and Eve through rituals at the site.