Ancient civilizations

[Minimalist]

All the prisoners died,

That sounds more like "falling" rather than "flying."

[LastPoet]

[Minimalist]

Mmm.  "Aliens" capable of traveling across trillions of miles of space came here to chip limestone.  Make perfect sense, doesn't it?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Mmm.  "Aliens" capable of traveling across trillions of miles of space came here to chip limestone.  Make perfect sense, doesn't it?

Well, I've seen crop circles stomped into forests, and mountain ranges leveled to allow more circles to be drawn, so yeah, it must be aliens. 

Or am I wrong? 

[vorlon13]

about the only thing on this planet worth crossing interstellar space for is my delectable hiny

[Silent Snob]

Why and what for would anybody care for so called "ancient civilazations" anyway, other than engaging the problems we, as humans, part of nature, are having right now, right here? What's the purpose?

Who/what is asking this question anyway and for what reason? What difference does it make if there are and/or have been "ancient" civilizations? Taking into consideration that planet earth is suffering from utter idiocy regarding what happend the last 200 years in respect of how Nature was treated, why even bother about "ancient"?.

You have a mobile-phone? Good! Call "ancient history" and ask a question about its validity for solving actual/right-now problems.

WFH?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

about the only thing on this planet worth crossing interstellar space for is my delectable hiny

'Splains why they ain't here, now don't it.

[Minimalist]

Why and what for would anybody care for so called "ancient civilazations" anyway, other than engaging the problems we, as humans, part of nature, are having right now, right here? What's the purpose?

Who/what is asking this question anyway and for what reason? What difference does it make if there are and/or have been "ancient" civilizations? Taking into consideration that planet earth is suffering from utter idiocy regarding what happend the last 200 years in respect of how Nature was treated, why even bother about "ancient"?.

You have a mobile-phone? Good! Call "ancient history" and ask a question about its validity for solving actual/right-now problems.

WFH?

[WinterHold]

Aoi Magi

Rofl
So because of a hundred year old myth, a million year old process must be false.

Them saying it's a myth, doesn't make it a myth.

Jesster

Even if you don't trust the currently accepted history of anything, it's still not rational to then plug in your own random story to fill the gap.

It's a leap of faith. Rational explanation fails sometimes. Just like sleeping; nobody knows why we do it.

BrianSoddingBoru4

 

Stories are told about Atlantis because Atlantis is just that, a story (more specifically, an allegory) created by Plato.

Morphologically and genetically, we are apes.

The notion of advanced civilizations predating (roughly) the eighth millennium BCE isn't supported by the current state of the evidence.

The Christian Church crucified and burned people who talked about a "notion" different than the accepted biblical context for the history of mankind.

They too were so sure.

Plato talked about Atlantis, but Hindus talked about this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana

Ancient Egyptians:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saqqara_Bird

The idea always tickled the minds of humans. Why are we the only successful ones, while the ancients aren't?
Humans will keep trying. 

mh.brewer

The conclusion for how they came to be is still a matter of "what if". Nobody knows. Just "speculations".

Jormungandr

You have to dig deep to find truth, youtube content is made by people after all. Some did their research quite well. But I agree, there's too much crap around in the site.

Khemikal

The current "story" give a group of humanoid apes and naked decedents of neanderthals, who magically "saw the light of civilization" and started to build pyramids.



Today, we have modern technology and tools. From shaping the stones to possibly transport them, it's very challenging to build structures on the top of mountains or pyramids perfectly aligned with the stars.

Minimalist

Interesting, first time I read about this, thanks for the info , Min.

Brian37

It's not like the source of these theories is the same; I don't have to believe in other strange theories just because I believe in one of them. 


vorlon13

Isn't that the big leather chair ? dope, but if you exhausted your body in healthy natural activities, a simple bed will be a luxury that is as comfortable as the chair.

They don't need big screens, they see nature everyday.


downbeatplump

China had brilliant inventions in the past, in warfare they even had flamethrowers and rockets, if the man lifting kites are there, why wouldn't there be a larger flight mechanism? The Chinese civilization is strange to the whole region, I really wonder about what influenced it, for example the ancient Romans got everything they knew from Etruscans, who came before the Chinese ?

The culture has a different taste, the concentration on some elements make me wonder.

Thank you downbeatplump for the kite info. 

Silent Snob

The problems we have today, are mainly caused by people who never learned from the past.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

So, everybody's out of step except Johnny.