A room full of eerie, masked idols has been discovered in Peru

originally posted by: Czulkang
I'm not sayin they look like short aliens....but aliens.

And I'm not saying Caucasian... but...

First Furry Convention.....

Article said they lined the path to what was probably a ceremonial court yard. Sheesh. I hope in 800 years ‘ancient’ tropes get better or else archeologists will insist we parked our cars in ‘ceremonial chambers’ connected to our houses.

It’s like how everyone acts like native Americans can talk to animals.
Why is it that everything ancient, that they have no clue about, is explained as ceremonial or religious? Maybe they just...(hold onto your clay masks...wait for it...) hung out in that courtyard.

originally posted by: CajunMetal
Why is it that everything ancient, that they have no clue about, is explained as ceremonial or religious?

There's a word for the tendency of archeologists to attribute religious meanings to unidentified artifacts, but I don't remember it off hand. But it is a recognized thing that happens.

originally posted by: JFA13
a reply to: dreamingawake

Great post! S&F!
Post like these are what make ATS so great!

Absolutely! Great OP indeed.

a reply to: St Udio

Nah you're fine. Thanks for the info.

I'm still going with kinky furry party.

Or maybe they liked to play poker, and didn't want to have tells.

Most of the time, it just seems archeologists are grasping at straws, and use religion as a default.

originally posted by: Gazrok
Most of the time, it just seems archeologists are grasping at straws, and use religion as a default.

Well, it kind of makes sense. If you have an object or building that doesn't appear to serve a practical purpose you have to wonder what it was built for. Something important, probably, or they wouldn't have gone through the trouble. This is particularly true when there are human or animal figures involved. There's some sort of social value to these things, even if we don't exactly know what it is.

I love learning about this stuff. So tired weeding through political posts to find actually good stuff like this

Those aren't the kind of figures you'd expect the crawl out from under your bed in the middle of the night and eat your soul at all, nope, cuddly little bastards, ain't they?

I am by no means an expert in the esoteric however a few things struck me...

Masks with apparent black robes.


19

19 is the ancient number of Surrender

2019 is around the corner...

originally posted by: abeverage
19 is the ancient number of Surrender

2019 is around the corner...

That's two thousand years off.