Originally posted by DerepentLEstranger
reply to post by Harte
i seem to recall reading somewhere about India or thereabouts
being a possible location for Dilmun.
hopes it wasn't in one of Sitchin's books
Originally posted by undo
sumerian, circa 4000 BC
According to ancient myths, these skeletal sculptures represent the moai kavakava, deified ancestral beings, bearers of knowledge, dispensors of wisdom and technology.
Researchers believe it was then that the world's oldest joke, an ancient Sumerian proverb, was cracked: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap."
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The great pyramids of Egypt provide a wonderful glimpse of the artistry, skill and imagination of the ancient world. But pyramids can be found in India, China, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico and Ireland. In this provocative book, geologist Schoch (noted for his work in redating the Sphinx, which was recounted in his Voices of the Rocks) wonders how so many diverse cultures built such similar structures with similar purposes. Using geological, linguistic and geographical evidence, he contends that a protocivilization of pyramid-building peoples was driven out of its homeland, the Sundaland, which geologists believe connected Southeast Asia with Indonesia, by a rise in sea level caused by comet activity between 6000 and 4000 B.C. Fleeing their homeland, these peoples took their knowledge of pyramid building with them into Sumeria, Mesopotamia, Egypt, China and Peru. Schoch hypothesizes that the pyramids were built to reach into the skies and to penetrate the mystery of the heavens, source of catastrophe. Schoch also asserts that the pyramids point to unity and symbolize the deep concerns shared by all humans. Schoch builds his engrossing case on geological details of the pyramid sites he has examined around the world. In the end, however, even he admits his evidence of a Sundaland protocivilization is speculative. As controversial as this book is bound to be, Schoch's evocation of the pyramids forcefully reminds us of their enduring power as monuments to the spirit of human creativity.
Originally posted by DerepentLEstranger
reply to post by undo
can't remember at the moment
but is sumeru associated with the World-axis as meru is? [churning of the Soma]
that would pretty much clinch it nice spotting thatedit on 28-6-2011 by DerepentLEstranger because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Harte
Did the book mention the world's oldest joke?
Researchers believe it was then that the world's oldest joke, an ancient Sumerian proverb, was cracked: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap."
Read More www.birminghampost.net...
Possibly dates as early as 2300 BC. I know, that's not really Sumerian. But it's the oldest one we got.
Harte
sweet find and thanks for posting it! Now that's a historic first I wanna read about here!
