The Sistine Chapel of the ancients discovered...

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On phone can't wait to get on my pc. More threads like these

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Got to visit Derinkuyu while in Adana for the USAF, if I can find the box with them ill upload the pictures I took.

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Since im stuck at home with a sick little one (bronchitis my old foe) ill try to get through the videos today, the pictures look amazing.

If you have more gems tucked away please do post them, I love it!

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When I first saw this discovery,I must admit I thought it was faked recently as its just so well preserved-Its in the jungle remember,where they get crazy amounts of rain.

I was happy to find out I was wrong when I watched the documentary with the Tomb Raider like archaeologist


I like to think this place was really busy,with ladders and platforms full of people documenting their awesome environment,and maybe families of the artists milling about at the base,mixing the pigments,maybe dancing and cooking food.

All those hand prints low down..was that the kids just having a go or maybe the "signatures" of the artists?

Such a beautiful piece of our history-worth more than any amount of money IMO.

originally posted by: abigredneck
Correct you are. I live in a rain-forest as well and this looks suspicious at best. I don't know, not the brightest bulb in the pack but I don't believe it is very old. The forest takes what we leave very fast here. I am fighting with it constantly , winning I am not.


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I appreciate your post. This was my thinking as well when I first read the articles I found on it. Archaeologists aren't always the "brightest bulb" either. They make mistakes, overlook the obvious, and are often consensus driven, but it is my understanding this area is moderately protected from rainfall and the thick growth of trees and other greenery have shielded much of it from intense sunlight.

Iriarte tells artnet News that the artists’ choice of smooth rock walls sheltered from rain served as an ideal canvas for the detailed paintings...

I would say it's a given that at least some of it has been lost to time and the elements. Also, this find will be scrutinized by many other academics. If there are problems with the dating, it will likely come out.

originally posted by: visitedbythem
The wind doesnt blow there? The sun doesnt fade the colors? Rain never hit it?

Watch me draw a T Rex on my wall... This house is old!

The pictures are beautiful. They really dont look that old

Good questions. See my post to "abigredneck".

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Got to visit Derinkuyu while in Adana for the USAF, if I can find the box with them ill upload the pictures I took.

I would love to see them.

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When I first saw this discovery,I must admit I thought it was faked recently as its just so well preserved-Its in the jungle remember,where they get crazy amounts of rain.

I was happy to find out I was wrong when I watched the documentary with the Tomb Raider like archaeologist

I like to think this place was really busy,with ladders and platforms full of people documenting their awesome environment,and maybe families of the artists milling about at the base,mixing the pigments,maybe dancing and cooking food.

All those hand prints low down..was that the kids just having a go or maybe the "signatures" of the artists?

Such a beautiful piece of our history-worth more than any amount of money IMO.

I haven't made it all the way through yet. I'm about half way through. I was pleased that one of the archaeologists confirmed my thinking of possibly 13,000 plus years for some of the art.

More images for anyone interested. More Photos Have Emerged from the Massive Rock Art Discovery in the Amazon...

If a 9-mile long wall covered in thousands upon thousands of hand paintings can remain hidden for 12,000-years what other secrets does this jungle hide?.

This find could be the No1 greatest wonder of the world. An astonishing discovery.

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Very interesting subject. I enjoy ancient history and archaeology tremendously. Thank you for posting. Please continue.

Thank you for the thread. This is a nice delve into ancient history that tickles.
I hope when deciphered it shows the entrance to Agharti

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I haven't made it all the way through yet. I'm about half way through. I was pleased that one of the archaeologists confirmed my thinking of possibly 13,000 plus years for some of the art.

There are certainly animals which I don't think exist anymore looking at some of the images.
Amazing to think there were people painting on that wall when most of Europe was covered in ice.

I wonder how much of our digital world will survive 13 000 years into the future..I can't help thinking there won't be much.
Hopefully there will still be something sentient alive then who will find a few ancient internet memes and wonder about the humans who created them,and why.

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Looks recent and not genuine, a cultural/political stunt by Farc supported by Left Wing MSM Iin order to obtain protected status and funding, just typical Leftist graffiti and vandalism.

This s a genuine site in Peru that maybe inspired them..



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And those are copied from Utah Petroglyphs, this is not sophisticated hoaxing.

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Looks recent and not genuine, a cultural/political stunt by Farc supported by Left Wing MSM Iin order to obtain protected status and funding, just typical Leftist graffiti and vandalism.

Err...what??


Get that deranged political crap out of here, it infects enough of these boards as it is.

Awesome I actually appreciate you posting this with the videos...

This is the first thread I've clicked on today and it looks like something I'll actually enjoy following...

Gonna watch the YouTube documentary tonight after work..

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When I first saw this discovery,I must admit I thought it was faked recently as its just so well preserved-Its in the jungle remember,where they get crazy amounts of rain.

I was happy to find out I was wrong when I watched the documentary with the Tomb Raider like archaeologist

I like to think this place was really busy,with ladders and platforms full of people documenting their awesome environment,and maybe families of the artists milling about at the base,mixing the pigments,maybe dancing and cooking food.

All those hand prints low down..was that the kids just having a go or maybe the "signatures" of the artists?

Such a beautiful piece of our history-worth more than any amount of money IMO.

I love how you described how it might have been bustling with activity. I imagine The aroma of the food and sounds of conversation and laughing drifting up to the artists..

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As I said in a previous post, I had/have my own reservations about the site. I also have my problems with mainstream archaeology, but this site has had a team of them there. Faking 8-9 miles of red ochre paintings would cost them their careers at a minimum, and although I have my problems with peer review as well, in this case, I will wait and see what other more experienced academics think about the site before calling it a hoax.

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The area is controlled by Farc so they would be responsible, everything about the painting is wrong, normally one finds a confused layering as murals were added to over long periods, this has been created at the same time by the same hand, the themes are a pastiche from other known sites, what you get if you google rock art, they look like they were painted last week because they pretty much were, in a decade they will be faded in the tropical climate, paintings of this type only survive in dry conditions, this is a political and cultural crime.

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Right, well the site is very limited access which would help perpetuate any hoax, i haven't seen any evidence for such extensive 8-9 miles of red ochre paintings they always seem to show the same or what looks more like from Utah or Lascaux, the stylistic variations seem ridiculous, there are some places were the idea of these being genuine is seen as hilarious.

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If true, they're good enough to deceive a whole team of experienced archaeologists. Or are you saying the archaeologists are in on the scam and even faked the testing of the ochre paint? Serious question. I have no problems with it being challenged (in fact I encourage it), but unless you have been there, it's going to be difficult to prove such an assertion.

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as a graffiti writer i am impressed thats the largest illegal wall ever