Taş Tepeler / Karahan Tepe / The Descent Route into Structure AB
Discovery · Karahan Tepe
The descent route is the best way to understand Structure AB: visitors move down into a carved space rather than simply standing before upright pillars. Structure AB is adjacent north of Structure AD.
The carved head in Structure AB at Karahan Tepe, set in the wall of the pillars shrine.
Tobey Travel, Carved head. Structure AB, Pillars Shrine with Porthole Window to AD and Carved Head, Karahantepe (Karahan Tepe), Turkey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Structure AB is adjacent north of Structure AD. AB is entered through a south-side circular opening about 70 cm wide. The south opening leads to a five-step descent into the building.
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