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Originally posted by Hanslune
reply to post by punkinworks10
Hey do you have link for that date of horse domestication? I thought it was around 4,000 BCE?
Thanks
In August, Saudi officials announced the discovery of evidence at Al-Magar indicating horse domestication in the region dated back 9000 years
The discoveries in Al-Magar, in Saudi Arabia, are equally startling.
They not only push evidence of horse domestication back to about 9000 years ago, but may also point to the very roots of the Arabian horse breed.
One statue shows the unique neck and head characteristics of the breed. Two are said to show evidence of harness and a bridle. A nearby cave drawing appears to show a man riding a horse, and other evidence points to horses and other animals being part of the inhabitants’ daily lives.
Among more than 80 artifacts found at Al-Magar is a one-metre long statue of a horse, comprising head, neck and chest.
Officials say the statue, which could well be the largest known sculpture of a horse during that period, has features similar to that of the original Arabian horses, characterised by a long neck and unique head shape.
The head of the statue carries what officials say are clear signs of a bridle.
Originally posted by hp1229
While I do agree that the story might be unreliable, I wonder how the hell they determined within a week that the evidence was not compelling?
Originally posted by punkinworks10
One statue shows the unique neck and head characteristics of the breed. Two are said to show evidence of harness and a bridle. A nearby cave drawing appears to show a man riding a horse, and other evidence points to horses and other animals being part of the inhabitants’ daily lives.
Among more than 80 artifacts found at Al-Magar is a one-metre long statue of a horse, comprising head, neck and chest.
Originally posted by Hanslune
Originally posted by punkinworks10
One statue shows the unique neck and head characteristics of the breed. Two are said to show evidence of harness and a bridle. A nearby cave drawing appears to show a man riding a horse, and other evidence points to horses and other animals being part of the inhabitants’ daily lives.
Among more than 80 artifacts found at Al-Magar is a one-metre long statue of a horse, comprising head, neck and chest.
Here is the image of the Al-Magar horse - paint me unimpressed with a claim of a domesticated horse
Originally posted by Hanslune
reply to post by punkinworks10
Thanks Punkinworks that close up picture in the link was much better. That made it clearer. I noted that in 1991 I went to that general area to see the rock images - dang missed another chance at discovery!
Thats because not much has been excavated around many parts of the world. At the same time, history is often distorted along with discoveries. Every few years, it changes and shifts the paradigm with more unsurity.
Originally posted by Hanslune
Originally posted by hp1229
Thanks. Good article with some very good points. However I'm still skeptical. Its almost always the civilization never existed outside of Africa almost all the time and human kind emerged from Africa.
Originally posted by Hanslune
reply to post by hp1229
Here is a long discussion of the matter at hand - dealing with the finds at Cambay
Link to Cambay
Yep that is where and to what the evidence we have presently points.
Originally posted by Byrd
Originally posted by hp1229
While I do agree that the story might be unreliable, I wonder how the hell they determined within a week that the evidence was not compelling?
They blind-dredged an area.
So they lowered a dredge, scooped it along the ocean floor, and came up with some wood bits and fragments of something that appears to be pottery and called it "a city."
Harte
Originally posted by Byrd
Originally posted by hp1229
While I do agree that the story might be unreliable, I wonder how the hell they determined within a week that the evidence was not compelling?
They blind-dredged an area.
So they lowered a dredge, scooped it along the ocean floor, and came up with some wood bits and fragments of something that appears to be pottery and called it "a city."
A sample of this "pottery":
Link to image
Seems obvious it's a tubeworm hole. They harden in the sand on the ocean floor over time due to the slime the worm uses to make them.
That pic used to be at the Graham Hancock website - here's the old link - but the old boy took it down once enough people had pointed out what it actually was.
BTW, please no penis jokes.
Harte