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Originally posted by traditionaldrummer
Originally posted by Thunda
Therefore we are left with two possiblities: 1) We previously had far greater technology than previously thought, then somehow it was lost, or 2) Some other perhaps ET or ED Civilization had a hand in it. As it is becoming more and more obvious that there are serious holes in our accepted historical and scientific beliefs, it is difficult for anyone to say- fascinating non the less. S&F
How is scenario 2 even a possibility?
Couldn't we just as easily substitute "ET Civilization" with "giants" or "dragons"?
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Tiahuanacu (also called Tiwanaku) is a mystery because of its age (estimated to be 17,000 years) and the peculiar stone technology. Today there is little doubt that Tiahuanaco was a major sacred ceremonial centre and focal point of a culture that spread across much of the region
Originally posted by Thunda
Originally posted by traditionaldrummer
Originally posted by Thunda
Therefore we are left with two possiblities: 1) We previously had far greater technology than previously thought, then somehow it was lost, or 2) Some other perhaps ET or ED Civilization had a hand in it. As it is becoming more and more obvious that there are serious holes in our accepted historical and scientific beliefs, it is difficult for anyone to say- fascinating non the less. S&F
How is scenario 2 even a possibility?
Couldn't we just as easily substitute "ET Civilization" with "giants" or "dragons"?
Well, giants? Sure, if you like. Doubt dragons would be interested in building. How are you so sure what is and isnt a possibility?
Originally posted by IceFlower
reply to post by traditionaldrummer
The Spanish did not destroy the knowledge in Egypt - yet, the knowledge of how they built the pyramids is now gone. And why would the Spanish destroy the knowledge, why not use it?
Originally posted by Gorman91
Simply put, the arrival of the Spanish was just the nail on the coffin on an already dying culture. The likes of which saw only a few cities still existing, mainly in Mexico.edit on 6-7-2011 by Gorman91 because: (no reason given)
WARNING: A BIT GRAPHIC!
Lines mapped from village earthworks radiate outward from the central power seat in the southernmost of two recently identified clusters of ancient Amazon towns.
Dozens of densely packed, pre-Columbian towns, villages, and hamlets arranged in an organized pattern have been mapped in the Brazilian Amazon, anthropologists announced in late August 2008.
Then the process would repeat. Toltec, Olmec, Maya, Aztec....etc etc etc
Here however, we are expected to believe that a civilization that had no written language and didnt even have the wheel, transported thousands of tons of rock into some of the most inhospitable places on earth (as far as altitude and vegitation is concerned), then constructed these elaborate structures with joints you cannot fit a cigarette paper into.
I just cannot see how this was possible given the tools and technology that were supposedly available to the people credited with building these objects, and am yet to hear a convincing explanation of such.
Therefore we are left with two possibilities: 1) We previously had far greater technology than previously thought, then somehow it was lost, or 2) Some other perhaps ET or ED Civilization had a hand in it. As it is becoming more and more obvious that there are serious holes in our accepted historical and scientific beliefs, it is difficult for anyone to say
A 1000 mile canal shifted as much rock and earth as any of the pyramids and doesn't attract theories of ET intervention.
Originally posted by traditionaldrummer
Originally posted by Thunda
Originally posted by traditionaldrummer
Originally posted by Thunda
Therefore we are left with two possiblities: 1) We previously had far greater technology than previously thought, then somehow it was lost, or 2) Some other perhaps ET or ED Civilization had a hand in it. As it is becoming more and more obvious that there are serious holes in our accepted historical and scientific beliefs, it is difficult for anyone to say- fascinating non the less. S&F
How is scenario 2 even a possibility?
Couldn't we just as easily substitute "ET Civilization" with "giants" or "dragons"?
Well, giants? Sure, if you like. Doubt dragons would be interested in building. How are you so sure what is and isnt a possibility?
How are you so sure dragons aren't interested in building?
I personally wouldn't consider involvement-by-aliens a reasonable possibility since such things aren't yet known to exist, and the site contains nothing that cannot be accomplished by humans.
Suggesting that aliens were involved at any ancient ruins site just because we can't explain their engineering is a perfect example of the argument from ignorance fallacy. We don't know how they did it, and it sure is impressive, so it must have been aliens/giants/dragons/gods/bigfoot/pixies. The fallacy works for whatever one can dream up.
Originally posted by Kandinsky
reply to www.abovetopsecret.com..." target="_blank" class="postlink" rel="nofollow">post by Thunda
If you can accept that humans created the landscapes of Europe, is it too much to speculate that humans could also be capable of the structures in S America?
Here however, we are expected to believe that a civilization that had no written language and didnt even have the wheel, transported thousands of tons of rock into some of the most inhospitable places on earth (as far as altitude and vegitation is concerned), then constructed these elaborate structures with joints you cannot fit a cigarette paper into.
They were often in the 'most inhospitable' places and quarried the rock from nearby. The often-repeated claim that a knife or razor blade couldn't pass between the stones is misleading. If you look at images of these locations it's clear that hands and arms can be passed between many of them. In examples where the joints are particularly close, there's evidence that they used mortar or back-fill. Over the centuries, erosion has worn away the mortar.
If you put one brick on top of another, there's no space to fit a 'cigarette paper.' Does that suggest extraordinary tech or alien intervention? Nope.
I just cannot see how this was possible given the tools and technology that were supposedly available to the people credited with building these objects, and am yet to hear a convincing explanation of such.
Fair enough, yet if you read studies by people who do this for a living you might be persuaded by their explanations.
Therefore we are left with two possibilities: 1) We previously had far greater technology than previously thought, then somehow it was lost, or 2) Some other perhaps ET or ED Civilization had a hand in it. As it is becoming more and more obvious that there are serious holes in our accepted historical and scientific beliefs, it is difficult for anyone to say
Life rarely leads to just two possibilities; there's usually several of varying probability. You've left out the probability that humans created these structures in the same way you accept that they could have built so many others. A 1000 mile canal shifted as much rock and earth as any of the pyramids and doesn't attract theories of ET intervention.