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Refugees from a lost civilisation whose ruins and relics lie submerged on the seabed deep beneath the Persian Gulf may have founded ancient, advanced Middle Eastern societies thousands of years ago in the time before the Pharaohs. According to Jeffrey Rose, a Birmingham uni archaeologist, recent excavations and discoveries indicate that a large number of substantial and relatively sophisticated settlements sprang up around the shores of the Persian Gulf quite suddenly perhaps 7,500 years ago.
“Where before there had been but a handful of scattered hunting camps, suddenly, over 60 new archaeological sites appear virtually overnight,” says Rose. “These settlements boast well-built, permanent stone houses, long-distance trade networks, elaborately decorated pottery, domesticated animals, and even evidence for one of the oldest boats in the world.”
That was all big stuff back then: even the ancient Egyptians, living along the unfeasibly fertile Nile delta and so not required to scuffle for a living as much as most prehistoric people, had yet to really get their act together back then. Rose believes that the suddenly-appearing Gulf shore settlements may have been established by refugees from a highly developed society living mainly on what is now the bottom of the sea – the Gulf having only flooded about 8,000 years ago.
Originally posted by Ilovecatbinlady
Wow, just wow. A viable and sophisticated civilization in the Persian Gulf that predates Ur and the city states along the Euphrates River.
If there was such a civilisation existed 8000 years, then it means a settled trading humanity must have existed elsewhere and our knowledge of a forgotten prehistory is being uncovered.
Originally posted by Kandinsky
reply to post by Ilovecatbinlady
I'm a regular reader of El Reg, it's a great site with a sense of humour (!).
There's a big difference between what Rose says and has written and the title of the Register article. He talks about 'settlements' not civilisation. Massive difference there.
The rest of the article and the idea of a sunken major settlement and culture is pretty interesting stuff. The original paper sounds fascinating. Maybe in the next few weeks something more will be posted about the details? It hasn't hit Hall of Maat yet and there's only an abstract out there at the moment.
Slayer will likely love this thread.
Rose believes that the suddenly-appearing Gulf shore settlements may have been established by refugees from a highly developed society living mainly on what is now the bottom of the sea – the Gulf having only flooded about 8,000 years ago.
Originally posted by Ilovecatbinlady
reply to post by xSMOKING_GUNx
Here is the link;
www.theregister.co.uk... _garden_eden_gulf_lost_civilisation/
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Originally posted by Ilovecatbinlady
Wow, just wow. A viable and sophisticated civilization in the Persian Gulf that predates Ur and the city states along the Euphrates River.
If there was such a civilisation existed 8000 years, then it means a settled trading humanity must have existed elsewhere and our knowledge of a forgotten prehistory is being uncovered.
Yup another piece to the puzzle.
Focus on the parts of "Origin and Myth"
Origins of Atlantis/Lemuria Myths Part-1
Origins of Atlantis/Lemuria Myths Part-2
Originally posted by Kadmiel
reply to post by Golithion
just the fact that you agree with hogland and his looney tune psedo science is just laughable. He is the most unreliable psedo scientist and just makes things up to get attention. But the fact that they actually found evidence of a lost civilization is just amazing here we have proof that humans have been around and were more technically advanced then the 6-8000 years that main stream scientist say kudos on a great find..