First Civilization Part 3 Chapter 24

 

Gobekli Tepe Monolith

Soon the 13 Anakim who had not been captured all died at the age of 30.   But the seven who had been captured and returned  continued to live as before.  Leading the people and teaching them many things.  Since they had been returned in a spaceship the humans believed that these Anakim had been sent by the gods, believing them to be half human and half gods. This is what survives in later texts thousands of years later.  With time the seven Anakim became known as the Seven Sages.

The Seven Sages

Gobekli Tepe was occupied by humans for at least 5,000 years and the Seven Sages continued to live there as well.  No one knows their ages as they are said to have lived many human generations, a human lifespan in those days was short, for many maybe 30-35 years at most. But before they died they passed on their special knowledge to their sons which in essence made them Shamans and tribal leaders.  According to a tradition when the site was abandoned the descendants of the Seven Sages led their kindred to the Euphrates River, which was located about 55 miles to the southeast. 

Euphrates River not far from Gobekli Tepe

 

They then instructed their fellow humans to build boats and they and their adherents sailed south down the river into Mesopotamia where the first civilization would begin.

The boat used to sail down the Euphrates River

An ancient mythological tradition says, that human beings were initially unaware of the benefits of culture and civilization. The god Enki, sent seven Wiseman, who emerged from the oceans (which goes to show you how wrong a myth can be-they came down the river)  to live with the early human beings and teach them the arts and other aspects of civilization such as writing, law, temple and city building and agriculture. These creatures became known as the Apkallu. The Apkallu remained with human beings after teaching them the ways of civilization, and served as advisers to the kings. Certain ancient tablets and artwork attributed to the Sages were medical texts and hymns or songs. They wrote of astrology and one work called the Tablets of Fate.

The Tablets of Fates

 

The End