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  • Reply to: Legends say Mysterious Women Built the Megaliths of Portugal   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Nick D

    Ermm, classists and archaeologists don ot have a central repository for data and push their own theories that could (has) resulted in confusion.
    What you describe shows the surface metal bearing lands/regions. The metal is of little use there (in itself - a huge surplus), but is by those that can make use of it, everyone at this time that desires it. It is also interesting to note that the Neolithic structures are on the edges of the continent or islands, that would have been connected by sea.

  • Reply to: The Anunnaki Chronicles: A Zecharia Sitchin Reader   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Ears14U

    People are supposed to comment. Your's sadly is way too lengthy for any sane person to read. Including me.

  • Reply to: The Anunnaki Chronicles: A Zecharia Sitchin Reader   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Ears14U

    I hope people realize that Z.Sitchin was self-taught when it came to Summerian archaeology. He only held educational credentials of an economic degree from the University of London. That's all. No formal education of archaeology. I wouldn't put any merit in anything he had to say.

  • Reply to: Native Americans Revived Squash From 800-Year-Old Seeds   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Terry Lovelace

    I live in Ohio, west of Cleveland. After they had harvested a peat bog, plants sprouted the following year that were unkown. It was found to be plants that had been eradicated by settlers from a couple hundred years ago. This was back in the 1970's to 1980's.

  • Reply to: Can Oceanic Archaeologist Finally Zero in on Elusive Lost Viking Colony?   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Nick D

    Another thought-provoking article Ashley. I'm inclined to believe this is possible and the more evidence that comes to light gives support to this theory. One could look at this a different was, were long distance voyages undertaken by others? The Phoenician trading ports at least went from Byblos to Britain, using way point ports. It's possible and there seem to be legions of adjacent landmasses to rediscover.

  • Reply to: Newly Unearthed Pre-Inca Tombs Show Ancient Chimú Practiced Child Sacrifice   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Tima

    These are normal burials not sacrifices..sheesh..

  • Reply to: 1,000-Year-Old Norman Cathedral Ruins Unearthed Beneath Church in England   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: PootamusMaximus

    I bet under this Norman Catholic Church one will find ruins of a Pagan church, as that's what religion is known to do.

  • Reply to: Elongated Skulls Increased Kudos in Ancient Peru   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: A real scientist

    Curiously, the most important anatomic anomalies are conveniently ignored (i.e. sagittal suture and foramen magnus) and the author proceeds to dismiss claims as lies without offering any evidence. Laughably, a classic argumentation failure takes place in the form of changing the topics (i.e. strawman). Who gives a shit about starchild, which appears to be a single anomaly?

    It all started to sound like an article from the average sceptic site and alas, we got a nice link to a site, which intellectually dishonestly handles a complicated matter in a few paragraphs. Truely, an approach for the shorter attention span.

    It is not my job to teach you the scientific method or list all the inaccuracies of the poor sceptic, I'm sure you can do your own research - at least that's what I assume when I read this site.

    Please don't fail again this badly in the future, take care.

  • Reply to: 1,200-Year-Old Telephone, Amazing Invention of the Ancient Chimu Civilization   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Tsurugi

    I don't think she was talking about the phone, specifically.

  • Reply to: 1,200-Year-Old Telephone, Amazing Invention of the Ancient Chimu Civilization   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Tsurugi

    Uncovering an artifact of a culture long dead and forgotten from a country that won't really start doing its own archaeology for another half a century and donating the artifact to a museum that will preserve it and study it is a bit of a stretch from the definition of "stolen".

    Are you a politician? The only people I know who stretch words like that are politicians.

  • Reply to: The Combat of the Thirty: A Contest of the Finest   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: wstef

    An actual event or was it staged?

    Sounds just like a peaceful tournament. Some injuries sustained by the mock combatants. A Good Time hath All. With several breaks for refreshments and rest.

    Bemborough may have wanted to retire from his public life. Perfect to "die" as a hero in battle.

    No Winner, No Loser.

  • Reply to: The Casa do Penedo: A Portuguese Flintstones House   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Cousin_Jack

    Carn Brea castle must be a cousin to this place but its not as impressive, only part of the building is on a boulder. Probably more interesting that its a folly castle though that measure 10 by 60 feet. Same problems with windows getting smashed.

  • Reply to: Decoding Göbekli Tepe: Secret Society AND Space Observatory?   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Nick D

    Cliff, this is a common misconception, the cardinal positions are expressed by Earth (North), Venus (East). Sun (South), Moon (West) The sisters in law (East to West) get confused, every culture does this.

  • Reply to: Is There Any Truth to Legends of Mighty Cyclopes from Greek Mythology?   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Nick D

    Reread this article, replace Cyclops with metalworker! Giantism is known, when combined a myth is born.
    The key could be fall of Troy. The med is a mess at this time, Thera erupted two centuries before, the metal trade collapsed, income the Sea people raiding any city to get hold of metal (little tin is coming in from Iberia - there is piracy on the high sea). This brought in innovation, a new metal was needed: iron (more difficult to process and work with, you need a much higher temp. and forced air to raise the furnace to a working useful temperature. Where was it invented, two places highlighted in the literature: Troy and Crete. Both were trading partners before Thera. The Mycenaeans wiped out Crete (with Carian help) they were going after the next advanced society, the Trojans. This is the story of metal ! Where did the damsel go to escape troy, to another (friendly) metal producing island. Is this me, it isn't that complicated. The dwarf elephant heads I could understand, but where does natural selection favour being small, the islands, exactly where both metallurgies AND these creatures where live: the islands!

  • Reply to: Is There Any Truth to Legends of Mighty Cyclopes from Greek Mythology?   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Nick D

    I was with you (sort of), right up to the sentence on UFO's. They were ugly blacksmith like a master that married Aphrodite. They would be talked about with a sense of awe, they could make things no-one else could or even would know where to start with to know how to fabricate, they would wear eye patches, they would be large frames from doing hard work all day. Crickey the holy blood and the holy grail didn't half screw things up. Conspiracy theorists. I think you should have word with David Ike who's somewhere on this site, you'd get on famously, you could sort out world history super quick. The templars were shock elite troops, the powers that be at the time, didn't like them accumulating so much wealth from their banking (traveller's cheques [promissory note] to be paid out at the fortified castle at your destination, and alleviating the need to carry cash on your person). Have you met a SF officer, they are very well balanced people (good at most things), it's not unusual for them to go into banking. That's all. You summarised it well, read my book.

  • Reply to: Captivating Great Treasure of Lima   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Nick D

    That makes sense. You know, the queen gives you a license to go Privateer and take as much Spanish gold as you can lay your paws on, you have to put it somewhere. Your a treasure hunter! I could tell you where to look for the wonders of the ancient world and I suspect the British Museum might give you a budget to dig if you're interested. I would but I'm busy.

  • Reply to: Did Humans Speak Through Cave Art? Ancient Drawings and Language's Origins   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: pjshield

    I personally believe that the acoustic properties of a cave have nothing to do with the images or our linguistic development. I am not convinced that the acoustic properties of these locations would have changed over the many thousands of years in question.

  • Reply to: Acharya Kanad: An Indian Sage Who Developed Atomic Theory 2,600 Years Ago   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Nick D

    Yeah, finally some science articles, can we have some more, please? It's obvious from the comments that lots of people on the site think this too....
    If you want a hand with unravelling the mystery of Daedalus and first flight, happy to write an article for you. I'm pretty sure they got this flying, I might build a scale model as a proof of concept over a weekend. It's the same today as then, show the war chief a new technical capability and they throw a little cash at it. I know they got this working and you can build a basic glider with Minoan tech, easy peasy.

  • Reply to: From the Pyramids to Stonehenge – were Prehistoric People Astronomers?   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Nick D

    Hello Barry, thanks for your note. I'm unsure of the Zodiac's you refer to. I kind of get the zonal idea, i don't understand the connection with body parts you refer to though. You really need to write this up as an article. I suspect many cultures may have had a home constellation either directly overhead or on the horizon. It probably needs closer study. I found this interesting, http://www.constellation-guide.com/http://www.constellation-guide.com/co... This explains the Minoan fascination with snakes and bulls horns for example.
    My interest is really in technology and classics (more a hobby). I'm still amazed at what the ancients knew and the craftsmanship, hence my interest in Minoan culture, art, science, trade and methods of making things (that are incredible). I'm less interested in some of the outer there theories and pseudoscience, more how the world was organised and what they knew. The Babylonian/Sumer fractional Pythagorean trigonometry is mind-blowingly good and actually relevant today for reducing computational complexity. I suspect someone in British Museum asked a mathematician if they could make sense of a table. A lot of things need to be rewritten, respectfully the archaeologist don't seem to know how to make things, so why they are commenting on tech I have no idea. The theories would be a lot more credible if they worked in a more cross-disciplined way. Best, Nick

  • Reply to: Two Roman Ships that Were Lost in WWII: What Destroyed the Floating Palaces of Emperor Caligula?   6 years 1 month ago
    Comment Author: Shame

    Yet not one mention how during WW2 they were destroyed. Horrible article and very misleading title. It gives no information as to where they were or in what condition during WW2 and who, why, how they were destroyed. Amounts to shillery and click bate at it's lowest form.

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