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originally posted by: anonentity
a reply to: Harte
The thing is we could define a machine as a tool that increases the work done in the time allotted. The time allotted with basic hand tools does not seem to cut the mustard. Especially with things like Diorite statues. With mirror left and right sides along with the finish. Architectural style changes, seem to suggest a change in civilization on many sites throughout the world as well. From monolith to smaller stonework. The question of what caused it seems to be the million-dollar one.
originally posted by: anonentity
a reply to: Byrd
These marble slabs must have been produced in ever greater quantities. Manual sawing of stone is known for long going back to the 13th c. BC. Recent findings in the Anatolian Mediterranean now show that water-powered stone saw mills were known at least from Roman times. A relief on the cover of a 3rd c. AD sarcophagus at the north necropolis at Hierapolis in Phrygia (Pamukkale) shows a technical design - an extraordinary state of affairs on its own - of a water-powered twin stone saw mill. The mill is equipped with the crank and connecting rod system, previously thought to have been a medieval invention, by which the rotary movement of the water wheel is transformed into a reciprocal linear movement enabling mass production of marble slabs. Remains of a stone saw mill at Ephesos, with multiple saw blades, and at Gerasa (Jordan), both dating from the 6th-7th c. AD, show that the mill machinery improved since the Hierapolis mill had been designed. The way how the saw blades were mounted and guided to cut stone blocks into slabs remains subject to discussions among scientists.
originally posted by: Hanslune
They smeared non-existence civilizations? Ah where did they do that? Link please
because after the Younger Dryas event, when agriculture became the most viable food source, the remaining hunter/gatherers who clung to the old ways had it out with the new agricultural societies.
Yet HG still existed up to the current period so don't understand the comment
They lost, but the memory they carried of a better time was poisonous, and made agricultural societies too hard to control, so a bunch systematic propaganda campaigns were implemented to make any attempt at reconstructing the old ways into a terrible heresy.
Way to much faith in ancient civs doing something that organized - 99.9% of the people in the world couldn't read.
This is overwhelmingly evident when you consider that Gobekli Tepe was buried on purpose.
Yep but you cannot connect that to some imaginary propaganda campaign they probably did that with the intention of returning they may have been under attack by another group or decided to move to an area with better resources.
originally posted by: bloodymarvelous
originally posted by: Hanslune
They smeared non-existence civilizations? Ah where did they do that? Link please
Shall I quote Genesis from the Bible? The claim of all flood stories is that the people were destroyed because of their wickedness.
originally posted by: Harte
originally posted by: bloodymarvelous
originally posted by: Hanslune
They smeared non-existence civilizations? Ah where did they do that? Link please
Shall I quote Genesis from the Bible? The claim of all flood stories is that the people were destroyed because of their wickedness.
That's not even true of most flood stories from the same region, much less for "all" flood stories.
Harte
originally posted by: All Seeing Eye
During a massive global flood you would expect even stone structures could be destroyed by rushing waters carrying very large bolders that would in turn strike anything in its path. I have seen ruins that are completely upside-down as I suspect from the massive flooding.
We have already established there once was a highly advanced civilization capable of creating stone wonders, and if that be the case, then there is no reason to suspect they did not have the capabilities of warfare and forward thinking, and the destruction of the same.
As far as the "Great Hall" of records, it is being recovered, little by little, bit by bit. Inch by inch out of the mud, or by the pot full as with the Nag Hamadi, dead sea scrolls. Recently a petrified urchin was discovered on one of the Pyramid building blocks indicating they were at one time, under water.
Nope you were lied to no such thing was found. The limestone of Giza was formed during the Middle Eocene Mokattam Formation which dates to the Eocene Epoch, lasting from 56 to 33.9 million years ago and yes it has fossils in it
“During one of the documentations of the ancient coastline, I almost tripped with a block of the second level of a temple,” explained Mr. El Morsi in an article published on the website Gigal Research.
“To my surprise, the bump on the top surface of the block that almost tripped me was, in fact, an exoskeleton of a fossil of what appears to be an echinoid (sea urchin) which are marine creatures that live in relatively shallow waters.”
originally posted by: All Seeing Eye
Nope you were lied to no such thing was found. The limestone of Giza was formed during the Middle Eocene Mokattam Formation which dates to the Eocene Epoch, lasting from 56 to 33.9 million years ago and yes it has fossils in it
originally posted by: charlyv
Many ancient skeletons have missing fingers as well as early cave art that depict many hands with missing fingers.
originally posted by: All Seeing Eye
a reply to: Hanslune
Nope you were lied to no such thing was found. The limestone of Giza was formed during the Middle Eocene Mokattam Formation which dates to the Eocene Epoch, lasting from 56 to 33.9 million years ago and yes it has fossils in it
Not in it, on it. But seeing how you only want to see one story.
“During one of the documentations of the ancient coastline, I almost tripped with a block of the second level of a temple,” explained Mr. El Morsi in an article published on the website Gigal Research.
“To my surprise, the bump on the top surface of the block that almost tripped me was, in fact, an exoskeleton of a fossil of what appears to be an echinoid (sea urchin) which are marine creatures that live in relatively shallow waters.”
Fossil Discovery Suggests the Pyramids and Sphinx Were Submerged Under Water
It must be terrible for you when you see Truman getting a clue. "Send in the Clowns" lol lol
originally posted by: AndyMayhew
originally posted by: Harte
originally posted by: bloodymarvelous
originally posted by: Hanslune
They smeared non-existence civilizations? Ah where did they do that? Link please
Shall I quote Genesis from the Bible? The claim of all flood stories is that the people were destroyed because of their wickedness.
That's not even true of most flood stories from the same region, much less for "all" flood stories.
Harte
No. But, on the other hand, if a community was devastated by a massive flood, such had never been experienced before - maybe due to a tropical cyclone? - then a clever man, seeking power and dominion over his fellow survivors, would tell them that it was indeed the wrath of God, brought down on them because of their wicked ways. And if they wanted to avoid the same happening again, then they must henceforth do as he tells them ..... And there are millions who clearly believe this was the case to this day, so it obviously worked!
originally posted by: Byrd
originally posted by: charlyv
Many ancient skeletons have missing fingers as well as early cave art that depict many hands with missing fingers.
Okay... stop the popcorn machine right there.
Yes, many skeletons have missing fingers... and missing toes... and missing ribs and missing kneecaps and hyoid bones.
Speaking as someone who's done digs, VERY few skeletons are found complete. This includes human skeletons. It's the tiny unattached bits that fall away/decay into dust/get lost/get eaten by scavengers. You're lucky if you can recover all the finger bones and all the toe bones and so forth. Teeth are recoverable because they're the hardest structure in your body and they're attached pretty firmly to the jaw.
Yes for the most part, with some considerations of the type, duration, depth, volume, and direction of the flooding waters.
During a flood event, sediment doesn't just sit down nicely on top of things. It piles up in drifts. It doesn't act like a bricklayer. It doesn't build pyramids and if a big flood hit the pyramid, you'd get one side covered up with sediment (making it appear to be a solid thing instead of showing individual blocks as it does.