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solomons path
AbleEndangered
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Stitchin is always blamed or accredited with the term "Annunaki". I sensed you going this direction with your semantics and stopped you in your tracks!!
You played the stitchin dis-info card. Which was carefully placed in your hand by the agents themselves!!
You sensed nothing, because I said no such thing. You are derailing, as usual, because your beliefs don't match the evidence.
Again, I'm not talking about Sitchin . . . you are.
I was talking about Von Daniken, Tsoukalos, Childress, Coppens, et al. I was detailing their lies. Stop using Sitchin as a straw man and trying to deflect from the actual items I brought to bear . . . Pumapunku, Mohenjo-Daro, etc.
I don't need "agents" to discredit any of the above AA proponents . . . If you don't believe me, present some of their evidence and I'll post what the actual archeological evidence shows.
Stari
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Hi, you had alot to say about my OP which I am very glad to read it all. I love hearing other peoples opinions on things that way heavy on my mind.
The radiation that I spoke of did really happen, perhaps from an asteroid. But I did find a link of the subject. Now take it for what it is worth. Check out the URL. It could be true or it could be more BS
I guess as far as Ancient Aliens goes. everyone needs to make money and they need to keep coming up with BS to sell to the History channel or they will lose their show. They can't let that happen.
Thanks everyone for talking to me about this, the show was really pissing me off with all the crap they keep repeating and new crap that couldn't possibly be true.
Stari
solomons path
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The stones are not as "hard" as the AA theorists claim . . . They are not "granite and diorite". They are mostly red sandstone with some andesite. There is also a large amount of fired clay brick that was used at the site too. Sandstone is easy to damage, not to mention the clay brick. Andesite can easily be flaked by striking with a hard object. The mere acting of breaking up the building to reuse the materials will damage the stones. Also, not all are "damaged", they have found many unfinished stones.
The fact that they are strewn about is a symptom of looting for materials . . . so . . . ?
AbleEndangered
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solomons path
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The stones are not as "hard" as the AA theorists claim . . . They are not "granite and diorite". They are mostly red sandstone with some andesite. There is also a large amount of fired clay brick that was used at the site too. Sandstone is easy to damage, not to mention the clay brick. Andesite can easily be flaked by striking with a hard object. The mere acting of breaking up the building to reuse the materials will damage the stones. Also, not all are "damaged", they have found many unfinished stones.
The fact that they are strewn about is a symptom of looting for materials . . . so . . . ?
You been there??
Unfinished Stones...Something interrupt construction?
Where is the quarry again??edit on 29-10-2013 by AbleEndangered because: additions
Pit scars and patterns of cup- or trough-like depressions are found on several roughly hewn and shaped stones at Tiahuanaco [Figure 20]. Although we have yet to find the actual hammerstones, the marks suggest that the Tiahuanacan stonemasons, to do the coarse work, used a technique quite similar to that of the Incas.23 But to obtain the smooth finishes, the perfectly planar faces, and exact right interior and exterior angles on the finely dressed stones, they resorted to techniques unknown to the Incas and to us at this time.
solomons path
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solomons path
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The stones are not as "hard" as the AA theorists claim . . . They are not "granite and diorite". They are mostly red sandstone with some andesite. There is also a large amount of fired clay brick that was used at the site too. Sandstone is easy to damage, not to mention the clay brick. Andesite can easily be flaked by striking with a hard object. The mere acting of breaking up the building to reuse the materials will damage the stones. Also, not all are "damaged", they have found many unfinished stones.
The fact that they are strewn about is a symptom of looting for materials . . . so . . . ?
You been there??
Unfinished Stones...Something interrupt construction?
Where is the quarry again??edit on 29-10-2013 by AbleEndangered because: additions
Haven't been there or Bolivia . . . but I have been to several sites in Peru. And what does the location of the quarry have to do with where they worked on the stones? They can't be quarried in one spot and worked on at another?
Here is a photo of an unfinished stone at the Tiwanaku Complex, related to Pumapunku.
Jean-Pierre Protzen, with Stella Nair (Dept. of Architecture - UC Berkeley) "Who Taught the Inca Stonemasons Their Skills?" - 1997
Pit scars and patterns of cup- or trough-like depressions are found on several roughly hewn and shaped stones at Tiahuanaco [Figure 20]. Although we have yet to find the actual hammerstones, the marks suggest that the Tiahuanacan stonemasons, to do the coarse work, used a technique quite similar to that of the Incas.23 But to obtain the smooth finishes, the perfectly planar faces, and exact right interior and exterior angles on the finely dressed stones, they resorted to techniques unknown to the Incas and to us at this time.
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Pumapunku or Puma Punku (Aymara and Quechua puma cougar, puma, punku door, hispanicized Puma Puncu) is part of a large temple complex or monument group that is part of the Tiwanaku Site near Tiwanaku, Bolivia.
Tiwanaku is significant in Inca traditions because it is believed to be the site where the world was created. In Aymara, Puma Punku's name means "The Door of the Puma". The Pumapunku complex consists of an unwalled western court, a central unwalled esplanade, a terraced platform mound that is faced with megalithic stone, and a walled eastern court.
solomons path
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I used to be a big believer in the AA theory. My grandfather had Chariots of the Gods, The 12th Planet, etc. on his bookshelves and I used to thumb through them (mainly looking at pictures and reading the captions), as a young boy. I first read Von Daniken's book in the mid-80's, in grade school . . . read Sitchin's books in high school. It wasn't until after college that I really started looking at the "evidence" with a critical eye and comparing it to the actual archeological evidence. Basically, everything that is in the History Channel program is based of the work of Von Daniken and Sitchin . . . the "researchers" just parrot what has been claimed for decades.
What I've found . . . the whole theory is complete bunk. Nothing they claim is true, not one aspect of it. Most is a complete misrepresentation of what we actually know; however, a lot is completely fabricated (i.e. lies). At best they are gullible zealots, at worst and my personal opinion, is that they are complete con men out to make a buck.
Stari
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Ok, please let's not get into a heated discussion here. It was just a question I was wondering how many people believed in this show and how many didn't.
Now AbleEndangered you are getting all of your information off from one site I see. www.ufo-contact.com
When I do my research I try to find several different resources to confirm my findings.
Please everyone, Lets all get along because in reality we are all after the truth here.
Stari