Photo: T shaped doorway entrance into the Luxor temple with tourists inside egypt From Lion Character in the Petrogliphs of Syuniq and the Ancient World Hamlet Martirosyan https://www.academia.edu/12277907/Lion_Character_in_the_Petrogliphs_of_Syuniq_and_the_Ancient_World <<The picture of another Egyptian hieroglyph meaning “door” also helps us to find theintermediate link for the dissemination of that form of ideography from Syunik towardsMesopotamia and Egypt. This refers to a hieroglyph in the shape of a Latin capital letterT (), which also has the meaning “door, entrance, twin frames of door” and the rw/ru reading. There is no doubt that the Egyptian hieroglyph T=rw and the Sumerian glyph T=ME are identical both in their drawing and “passage, door, gateway”, meaning. However the aru reading of the Sumerian ME cuneiform sign has not yet been discovered in Sumerian sources. However if we look at it from the point of view of Armenian homonyms then the ME cuneiform sign must have such a reading. The thing is that the ME cuneiform sign has the meaning of “underworld, bowels of the earth” (Akk. erТetu), the Armenian of which is«ar, eri/ari”; it also has the meaning of “male” (Akk. zikaru), the Armenian of which isaru“male”. In particular the latter is an exact homonym of the word aru=“aperture,opening, door” the ideograph of which is the image of a lion and it must be amongst the readings of the ME cuneiform sign meaning “aperture, door” >>
================= The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument September 25, 2015A MYSTERY WRAPPED IN STONE
Many Questions, A Few Clues, Emerging Answers The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, located 45 miles north of Silver City in the middle of the Gila Wilderness, is a unique cultural site in Southern New Mexico. Yet, despite 131 years of study and research since the great anthropologist Adolph Bandelier visited the Cliff Dwellings and the nearby TJ Ruins in 1884, and the subsequent discovery of many important clues as to its origin and abandonment, the site is still little understood, its mystery securely wrapped in the silent stones.
In Chaco, named for its location in Chaco Canyon, architecture was of two main types: 1) massive and magnificent Great Houses soaring up to 5 stories high, built of finely worked, thick stone masonry with unique T-shaped doors ——————– Is the significance of the “T” shape seen in ancient stonework windows and doors throughout the Americas understood? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnthropology/comments/2vtoez/is_the_significance_of_the_t_shape_seen_in/
I visited Mesa Verde 2 summers ago and was struck by the T-shaped windows. This shape is found in many places in the Americas, including Mexico, Ecuador, and Peru. (Mesa Verde, Chiapas Mexico, Gila National Park, Chaco Canyon) There are even T-shaped doors and monuments at Göbekli Tepe but these are on the other side of the planet and thousands of years older.I was wondering if we understood what the T-shape meant to these ancient peoples and if the significance differed from place to place? level 1RioAbajo·7y·edited 7yM.A. | Colonialism • Southwestern U.S. To my knowledge no one has proposed a satisfactory explanation for the T-shaped entries in the US Southwest. It pretty much falls out of the Pueblo architectural canon after about 1300 AD though, which corresponds with a lot of changes to religious practices. Makes me think it might have some religious significance, but that is purely speculative. This book would probably be the best place to start. It may also be relevant to note that is is a particularly Pueblo architectural feature. There aren’t any Hohokam or northern Mexican sites with T-shaped doors or windows (with the important exception of Paquime in Chihuahua). Even if there are one or two I’m not aware of, it definitely isn’t a common feature of those architectural styles like it is in some Pueblo areas. As for Mesoamerican, all I know is that in the Maya case it may have something to do with the written representation of the word ” ik’ ” which means wind, breath, or life. As to your last question, odds are the significance of the shape is different in all these locations. The US Southwest and Mesoamerica have a fairly involved history together, so the T-shape might have similar origins in both places. The prevalence of the shape at Paquime and at Chacoan sites hints at this, since the religious structure of both societies is probably heavily influenced by Mesoamerican religious thought. I would doubt they have the exact same meaning though. South America is an entirely different situation, and as you point out, it isn’t limited to the New World as a meaningful architectural shape. ————————–
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From Significance of the“T” Shape to the Ancient Anasazi, and Possible Connection to India
Ray Urbaniak © 2003 https://naturalfrequency.net/Solstice/Significance%20of%20the%20Detailed.pdf ( “T” & “O” Shaped Spiritual & Dimensional Portals)
It is only recently that we can see the possibility of traveling into deep space via our
engineering achievements.
This will be the fulfillment of the mankind’s dream which has persisted for thousands of
years. However, this does not mean that no one has yet wished to visit the stars. Over
thousands of years, Shamans from around the world may have developed their own
“non technical” means of travel, since technology was not an option. Those with the
spiritual Development, Wisdom, & strongest desire may have already ventured to the
stars. A space ship was not an option, so they pursued the options available to them!
Spiritual Portals & Dimensional Portals were their vehicles.3
A “T” Shaped Doorway
According to Omeakaehekatl(Erick Gonzalez), An Aj Q’ij of the Cakchikel Maya (Mexico),
“The Symbol of I’q is drawn as a “T” ,representing a doorway into the Spirit World and
other Dimensions. The “T” forms half of a cross the other half lies in the Spirit World.
The Wind Spirit, is the half of the manifestation that we cannot see in the physical
realm. Many of the Mayan Temples have doorways and windows in the shape of a “T”.
They are not only physical doorways but also spiritual doorways. Air is the vehicle into
the Spirit that is controlled by the breath.”4
According to Alex Patterson in A Field Guide to Rock Art Symbols of the Greater
Southwest quotes on page 197, Mc Kern 1978:13,41 .. “The ‘T’ shaped doorways were
found to exclusively offer ingress and egress to and from rooms immediately adjoining
kivas and towers, or situated in towers(at Mesa Verde)(Attachment A).
In sum, there is some evidence to support an opinion that T-shaped doorways were
present only in ceremonial chambers or rooms used by shamans, priests or similar
personage.” 5 Patterson also quotes Dipeso(7) 1974:324-325…speaking about altar
stones found at Casas Grandes(photo 6), Mexico “Two of the slabs had centrally placed
T-shaped openings through them…The resemblance in the T-shape to those of actual
doorways…suggested that these holes were possibly made as “spirit entrances”.In fact “T” shaped dwellings are also found in Mexico & Peru as well as India.
….When we did reach our destination, there was at least a couple of “I” shaped
petroglyphs(Photo 1) which could be referred to as double “T” shapes…
https://road2ruins.com/photos-petroglyphs-and-pictographs-from-the-ancient-ancestors/
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Map of ancient Anatolia showing the locations of Luwian (Luwic)https://www.researchgate.net › figure › Map-of-ancient-A.. .Megalithic sites with T-shaped Pillars west and east of the Euphrates River are indicated in … “H“-shaped Luwian symbol is the logogram for PORTA (“gate“; From World’s First Known Written Word at Göbekli Tepe on T-Shaped Pillar 18 Means GodManu Seyfzadeh, Robert Schoch
Institute for the Study of the Origins of Civilization, College of General Studies, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=90367 Further supporting a linguistic connection between Luwian hieroglyphs and images at Göbekli Tepe are to date untranslated Luwian symbols resembling the T-shape iconography of Göbekli Tepe and an H-like symbol which was the Luwian word for “gate”. We conclude that the T-shaped pillars at Göbekli Tepe were in fact built and symbolically marked to represent a god, possibly a bull-associated being, which guarded the entry to the human and animal afterlife. ……. The “H”-shaped Luwian symbol is the logogram for PORTA (“gate”; Petra Goedegebuure, personal communication) and is seen in detail for example in an inscription from Arslan Tepe (Figure 10). Figure 10. Luwian rock inscription from Arslan Tepe at the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara, Turkey; circa 1100-1000 B.C.E. The “H”-shaped symbol is shown marked in red. Image courtesy of Tayfun Bilgin, https://www.hittitemonuments.com, (v. 1.61), modified.
There are “T”-shaped Luwian symbols, the meaning of which still eludes translation. One such symbol, Laroche #457 (2) (Figure 11) shows a “T” on a steep mount. An example can be seen in situ at Sivasa (Figure 12). NOTE I allready sustained (as many others” that H SHAPE IS THE SCHEMATIZATION OF ORION CONSTELLATION SHAPE=ASTERISM, WICH IN PREHISTORY WAS SEEN AS GATEWAY TO HEAVEN !
Gobekli Tepe’s stone porthole, in fact (soul) GATEWAY
C O N C L U S I O N S -I not dare to link Gobekli Tepe T-shaped pillars any further than with sumerian sign me::”being, divine powers”. – Hittite sign T is altar,temple. Gobekli portholes can be connected with luwian sign H :”gate”. – But further we cannot make any link between Anatolian T pillars and Egyptian gate, or much later Anasazi T-shaped doors. I wonder if some symbols could bd transmitted from generation to generation 6, 000 years (from 9 600 B.C/Gobekli Tepe tob3 600 B.C./sumerians) in a continous way. Thought possible IF the site of Gobekli Tepe it is not so old….as is sustained by schollar Dimitrios S. Dendrinos: https://www.researchgate.net › 3174…(PDF) Dating Gobekli Tepe – ResearchGate9 iun. 2017 — Dating Gobekli Tepe: the evidence doesn’t support a PPNB date, but instead a possibly much later one. Dimitrios S. Dendrinos Ph.D., …
Tartaria tablets 
November 18, 2021 at 4:11 am
In the new world, the “T” aperture in doorways chronologically seems to originate and spread outward from Chaco. It definitely seems to have a powerful symbolic meaning because by the time the concept reaches Paquime in Mexico, not only doe almost every door in the town have the “T” aperture, but they also had what can only be described as an idol or alter made out of a free standing small “t” door (too small to walk through) carved out of a single free standing stone.
The capitol “I” or “H” symbol is common through Mesoamerica and northwestern Mexico/Southwestern USA. It is the shape and symbol of the ball court. As such, it is a powerful symbol of evil being defeated. The Lord’s of Death being conquered by the Hero Twins, Hunapuh and Xpilaque. It is a symbol of the power of the people. As such, any ancient city where the people had huge influence and power, the ball court was bigger and the courts were more numerous (such as Chichen Itza) whereas in a town where the ruling family more fully suppressed power of the common people, the ball court was small or less numerous, such as the town of Tikal.
The ball game was not just a game or a sport. It was also religion and a smbol of the common man or the underdog triumphing over injustice against the odds. Reading Dr. Lekkson’s work as well as many others leads me to see the T aperture in the new world as very much a “might of the ruling class” symbol, and the H or I is the opposite. Power of the people.
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December 12, 2021 at 8:25 pm
Here it is explained well the H/I windows/doors and ballcourts: https://www.richardcassaro.com/tag/tau-cross/
In my opinion, all those openings are ik’, iku :”wind,spirit,soul”.There were kind of soul holes, and their meanings is focussed toward power of life.The same is happening with Gobekli Tepe pillars, wich has T shape, proto-cuneiform sign Me:”divine ordinance/powers, to be,being,”
But Gobekli Tepe is older than sumerian and people were pagans, and in great measure animists. So, T-stone pillars had other, close meaning. They are inahabiting maybe ancestor spirits, but much sure “LIFE SPIRITS” A spirit has no definite shape, is a spirit, ghost (sumerian Lil=wind,ghost ,En-Lil lord-ghost)That’s why pillars have only traced hands and no definite antropomorpic traits.
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