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Originally posted by Confused and Dazed!
I don't know about ET, but I have been to Mesa Verde, and one thing is clear. They were afraid of something, and went to great lengths and tremendous efforts to be inaccessible and hidden from view. I was totally amazed at some the hanging cliff dwellings. Even today's park rangers say that accessing them, is very dangerous, and often life ending if you were to miss step...
They also had look out towers strategically placed within line of sight, so that they could warn the tribe, and they could scramble for cover. WHY?
Something was after them...the quest is to find out what exactly!
Originally posted by pieman
i thought the discs hanging from the heads of the figures in the first picture was interesting too, i think the vikings used to glue their coins to their hair and beards and it makes for an interesting detail.
another thing i noticed, when you mentioned "bow", might the two gentlemen in the first drawing be holding crossbows?
Originally posted by Ridhya
I think crossbow is improbable, as far as I know they were not in use by the Norsemen, and while there were skilled bowmen, it was seen as more of a cowardly weapon, hence preference for axes and swords and spears.
The Tel Dan inscription was written around 1000 BCE. Since the Los Lunas inscription uses the same script, it is safe to conclude that the Los Lunas inscription was written by a Hebrew people about 3,000 years ago.
Originally posted by DaddyBare
Maybe but We natives are known to have our own elabrate head gear.
Originally posted by pieman
if they were sailing off into the unknown, i assume they'ld take the best hunting weapons they could find. if you think about it from their point of view, i can't imagine they expected to find human settlements at all when they set out from iceland, which might explain the lack of axes and swords.
Originally posted by DaddyBare
Inscription Rock down in Los Lunas, about 20 miles south of my place and not very well known.... Is covered in ancient Hebrew script!!!!