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originally posted by: badw0lf
a reply to: anonentity
Well I almost gave it a try, but either the narrator is full of it and rehashing already debunked myths that ancient people couldn't achieve the things they describe, or the Russian guy is. Or both.
Diamond tipped tools..
Case closed, yes. Because it is our inability to know what those ancient people did, how they did things or how they thought, not their inability have done so.
originally posted by: Blue Shift
originally posted by: mblahnikluver
Have you ever read the book by Michael Cremo Forbidden Archaeology [...]
That book has sooooo many different artifacts that really make you wonder.
I had that book a long time ago, but kind of had a debunking effect on me. Like you said, there are so many artifacts listed over such a long period of time that I really began to suspect that they were all junk -- misidentifications, hoaxes, improperly dated, etc. There were many I could easily dismiss. There were a lot that were just poorly recovered by amateurs and had very little information to go on. It made me start to think that the objects I couldn't easily dismiss were also junk, but I just didn't know exactly how. Not enough information to determine.
It also made me think that with all of these objects lying around, why is there not at least one that passes the smell test? Not one that was definitive and inarguably out of place. As I've pointed out in other topics, you can even look at Mars and see "artifacts" if that's what you're looking for. Cremo's book is full of that kind of stuff.
originally posted by: MonarchofBooks1611
Has anyone looked at www.megaliths.org... it has a ton of great info into this topic. One of the best documented and put together web sites I've seen.
originally posted by: fleabit
originally posted by: Jobeycool
Bottom line is their are ancient granite blacks which cannot be cut with in ancient times and massive granite and limestone blocks which we do not understand how it was possible to move some of them.
They are constantly uncovering amazing and innovative ways that ancient civilizations solved problems with construction, farming, etc. - just because we don't understand how they did it, doesn't mean they used powered machinery and flatbed trucks. : )
Well, I know a lot of archaeologists, and not only have I not heard of any of these suppressed 'advanced civilizations', I have not seen the lineup for the pay-offs. Just incidentally, have we worked out just why such things would be kept hidden from the masses, or is that just another snarky science-type question?
originally posted by: Justoneman
originally posted by: blackcrowe
a reply to: HorizonFall
I'm not a scientist. But, science apparently only relies on evidence.
True science. We just have to accept that like presidents, scientists are humans who can be bought off too.
originally posted by: mblahnikluver
What do you mean smell test? Also how are they not out of place? Did you skim the book or actually go through it?
originally posted by: Blue Shift
originally posted by: mblahnikluver
What do you mean smell test? Also how are they not out of place? Did you skim the book or actually go through it?
By "smell test," I mean something that basically has no mystery associated with it. Even if you accept that they're artifacts and not just some naturally formed thing with a shape, way too many of the things have only a 150 year old newspaper article about them that could just as easily be entertainment as journalism. No photo, or maybe a bad drawing. No indication as to who found them, where, what happened to them, etc. Yeah, some of them had a story. But you know stories...
Yeah, I read it. It was a thick book, too! Which is why by the end of it, I was saying to myself that it would be cool if some or any of these artifacts could actually be investigated or verified as authentic. But nope. None of them.
I gave a lot of my old paranormal books to the student trading library at Cal Tech. Maybe one of those braniacs will show an interest and look into them.
originally posted by: mblahnikluver
originally posted by: Blue Shift
originally posted by: mblahnikluver
Have you ever read the book by Michael Cremo Forbidden Archaeology [...]
That book has sooooo many different artifacts that really make you wonder.
I had that book a long time ago, but kind of had a debunking effect on me. Like you said, there are so many artifacts listed over such a long period of time that I really began to suspect that they were all junk -- misidentifications, hoaxes, improperly dated, etc. There were many I could easily dismiss. There were a lot that were just poorly recovered by amateurs and had very little information to go on. It made me start to think that the objects I couldn't easily dismiss were also junk, but I just didn't know exactly how. Not enough information to determine.
It also made me think that with all of these objects lying around, why is there not at least one that passes the smell test? Not one that was definitive and inarguably out of place. As I've pointed out in other topics, you can even look at Mars and see "artifacts" if that's what you're looking for. Cremo's book is full of that kind of stuff.
I love the book and honestly don't know what to make of half the stuff in it. I really liked the PDF version of the book because of the detailed images.
I like it because it really does make you think. Sure some could be faked but many make you really wonder and think.
What do you mean smell test? Also how are they not out of place? Did you skim the book or actually go through it?
As for Mars. I've spent years researching Mars images and there is only one image I find interesting, just one.
Mars Spirit Panoramic Sol 513 Most of the other images I find or "artifacts" I don't see anything but a rock. I came across this image about 10 years ago. It looks like some kind of statue possibly buried? Who knows. In my own opinion I truly believe Mars had a civilization and it was destroyed.
originally posted by: JohnnyCanuck
Well, I know a lot of archaeologists, and not only have I not heard of any of these suppressed 'advanced civilizations', I have not seen the lineup for the pay-offs. Just incidentally, have we worked out just why such things would be kept hidden from the masses, or is that just another snarky science-type question?
originally posted by: Justoneman
originally posted by: blackcrowe
a reply to: HorizonFall
I'm not a scientist. But, science apparently only relies on evidence.
True science. We just have to accept that like presidents, scientists are humans who can be bought off too.
Power, position, prestige.
originally posted by: JohnnyCanuck
Well, I know a lot of archaeologists, and not only have I not heard of any of these suppressed 'advanced civilizations', I have not seen the lineup for the pay-offs. Just incidentally, have we worked out just why such things would be kept hidden from the masses, or is that just another snarky science-type question?
originally posted by: Justoneman
originally posted by: blackcrowe
a reply to: HorizonFall
I'm not a scientist. But, science apparently only relies on evidence.
True science. We just have to accept that like presidents, scientists are humans who can be bought off too.
have we worked out just why such things would be kept hidden from the masses
How were Roman slaves identified? I know collars existed but seem to only have been put on slaves who ran away. Did they wear specific clothes?
Most "home" slaves were allowed to wear ordinary working class clothes, meaning cheaper tunics and sandals. Some of them even wore expensive clothes, if this enhanced the status of their masters. They were not forced to wear bracelets, necklaces or similar. Everybody knew who they were and no one dared taking them away. However, on the larger plantations, where slaves were just a number and the risk of losing them to escape or raiding by thieves or covetous neighbors was great, branding, tattooing or wearing distinctive, hard to remove metal or leather arm or neck bands was current