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Is an unknown, extraordinarily ancient civilisation buried under eastern Turkey?
- slater 4y agohttps://archive.ph/1bwJa https://archive.ph/1bwJa
- asplake 4y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göbekli_Tepe https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göbekli_Tepe
- holler 4y agoReally enjoyed reading this!
- ncmncm 4y agoYou think that seems old? Gunung Padang in Java is at least 20,000 years old. It used to be thought a hill. Now it is known to have been built. Stranger still, the style of relief carving on the big pillar at Gobekli Tepe uncannily matches the carvings on the backs of all the Moai on Easter Island. I never knew there were any such carvings on Moai. Apparently the ones left above ground eroded away. But they all have, or had, the same carvings, which appear meant to suggest tattoos. And the oldest stone construction on Easter Island exactly resembles the oldest stone work of Peru.
- h2odragon 4y agoIconography of big cats is a common thread, too. I have a notion that someone domesticated Cheetah long, long ago and the ones we have now are feral, inbred remnants. I wonder: say the evidence here points to the first domestication of animals happening largely through sex and drugs (horses like a drink as much as any human). How long could that be "known" to those working there before it became public? Remember the gay penguins and "rape seals" stuff.
- tmm84 4y agoSince watching the Pyramid K documentary on YouTube I have come to the point I am willing to take it as a possible explanation for ancient sites. I don't 100% believe that many ancient peoples were completely in the dark about math, science and engineering. I do think that there are plenty of conclusions jumped to in archaeology because there is a need for consistency but it assumes that all civilizations are consistent throughout all time. The hardest part of ancient civilizations is that we are left with what we think we know and things we find left behind of it.