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Stan and Minimalist wrote: Quote: The trouble is, it doesn't resemble any kind of building... it isn't symmetrical, and doesn't appear to have any functional components such as stairs, walls, windows, roofs, etc. Very true, Stan. But neither does Menkaure's pyramid. But M's pyramid is perfectly, spe...

I'm not interested in it, either. I see it as "pop culture." I admire Ballard a lot, and I suppose, like Cousteau , he has advanced the technology of underwater exploration, which can be used for more significant studies. The Titanic even had a twin...so we don't have to look at the wreck ...

for example these stones, were they built pre or post flood? If they were built pre-flood, then their existence gives credence to the Biblical record that a previous civilization did exist and was wiped out as the Bible said. If they were post-flood, then they would give evidence to the technologic...

There has been discrimination against the aborigines, and their lives in the cities were squalid. BUt they prefer the open spaces. Unlike the Indians, the aborigines are said to abjure pesonal property and prefer tend to want to live off the land. BUt they neverhad agriculture. They think the whites...

In anthropology, the social structures and habits of ancient tribes or groups are sometimes inferred from tribes and groups living today, which appear similar. I read some things in the last few days from old National Geographics and on the internet describing the aborigines of Australia. Does anyon...

http://www.algonet.se/~gbrusb/shaman.jpg This is the only image I could find of the "oldest art in the world" from the Fumane cave in Italy. It is supposed to be 34,000 years old. It is mentioned (but not pictured) in the article posted yesterday by Michelle: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/...

http://www.vnn.org/world/WD0401/WD01-8500.html Here's an article about the oldest statue of a "human" yet found. It's from 2003. It alludes to several themes we have talked about on this forum: migration, neandertal vs. homo, etc. http://www.lonetal.net/im/content/loewenmensch_200_2.jpg

i envy your experience in Antarctica, RS, re the fearless animals, as well as the visit. A friend recently told me of an experience in the Galapagos, where he couldn't help touching a bird on her nest....just to see how tame she was... it didn't seem to bother her. he also had an experience of carry...

It was stated in the story that there was "an egg-laying mammal" that was so tame it allowed someone to pick it up and carry it off. I don't know if that alluded to the tree-kangaroo....'cause kangaroos don't lay eggs, and because they live in trees, maybe? BUt there's that picture... And ...

there are dozens of big objects [1000feet] in that strip of map and since they aren't in a town, they aren't listed.

for instance
http://216.109.132.28/test3.jpg

Wow!

It sounds as though the Romanians haven't discovered the benefits of
tourism....

Frank Harrist wrote:

How does the screen get so wide?

You mean the posts running off into the next room?
That is happening to me, too, on both my browsers.


Eratoh:

I wondered about that "embarrassment of riches." It must be true of that whole part of the world!

It ain't just Italy... This paragraph from ARCHAEOLOGY is also worth reading: The 1970s saw the continuing pillage of archaeological sites in Italy and elsewhere, as well as an increasingly organized movement to halt the trade in illegally unearthed artifacts. In 1970, UNESCO had passed its landmark...

From a linguistic and political point of view, the site in Romania has some parallels to the "Bosnian Pyramid." Apparently it was neglected by the archaeological establishment and government(s) in Bosnia (granted, they've probably had other priorities during the last 15 years or so!). In B...

and they come right to your living room with the touch of a button!!

(If you have a PC, that is!)

I think google earth is a revolutionary tool, making these images available essentially to "everybody in the world"....but who knows what will happen as a result. I seem to recall that the US govt. refused to make some images available, maybe of the DC area. According to Google, the images...