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Front of the cave/ back of the cave......interesting how the context of cave both metaphor and artifact keeps the dialogue surprisingly fresh.

John , complements on throwing out such a wide net to see what it brings in. Ish, always love your cross-cultural connect the dots, with archival backup and pictures. Haven't read John's, 40 Page PDF yet, as I am saving it for an upcoming train trip with yellow Marker. Am currently looking at the ev...

In looking for some larger context site views of Gobleki Tepe, came across this youtube clip in German. Last quarter shows a reconstructed virtual birdseye view that gives some context of the terrain and other nearby sites and more circles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBfxUq6Z1KM Min, I agree, why make ...

Here are some fresh photos of this amazing site from November Smithonian Magazine: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/gobekli-tepe.html?c=y&page=1 Click on photo and new box pops up with bullets to 10 more photos. For some perspective on this 11,000 yr old site.... "There's m...

Before we take any sighs of relief and/or come to any cosmic conclusions " as in "OH, My!!, REALLY!?! NO Way?... Yes, Way!!" Here is a quote from the NY Times this morning. If the new collider is a car, then what physicists did today was turn on an engine, that will now sit and warm u...

John

....I left out the swim with an arm over a log with a bag tied to it, wondering if there is a better way.

The mind is a wonderful thing.

Visiting from being away from computers for most of the summer.... First things first, if indeed CERN becomes the center of a new universe yet to be defined by tomorrow ...I take great comfort in being in good and great company as we all wink(verb) out together into and on to the next thing....again...

Conch shells found their way to Tibet, which reflects a fair amount of intent and savvy on the part of someone(s). As to the outdoor "echo" sites with paleo rock art, whether painted or "bruised" by another stone it seems the same was happening indoors, and would help explain the...

FM, thanks, that was great.
Its late and am having trouble visualizing a map that expresses the "Younger Dryas" with a "black mat" strata and that without as described in the linked tables. Would love to see intersecting arcs if they are actually there.

kb brought up an interesting query in the 1st page of the Pedra Furada, Brazil post that might be pertinent to this thread: But, on the Atlantic side, and well inland. These were not “sea people.” following a “kelp highway.” And check your globe. This is a long, long way from the Topper site. And th...

Hmmm... Curiously there is a reoccurring and well documented phenomenah in the Tibetan tradition of rainbows occuring at the funeral of an extremely accomplished Llama or Rinpoche, who they described as having acheived the "Rainbow State". A double rainbow appeared above the funeral servic...

Have been sitting out the fray, as I have been traveling for the last week, with limited internet access. But now that I have had a chance to catch up, ...I have to say....some of you guys, and in this case I do mean guys, need to stand back and look at the quality(?!) of your syntax. From here, I f...

Boats I get, have been meaning to ask John about his Original/original Hematite reference, at least on the forum, but....Televison?!

The build up of walls/surfaces can be seen as a revisiting of ritual. Current travel in India will reveal shrines large and small that have de-evolved into blobs of offerings, but no less potent, alive and renewed daily. As for Gobekli Tepe being filled in, this is not hard to determine.... lack of ...

John and Ishtar.... as you might imagine, I'm with you guys on this one, AND I'm up late (EST). Always felt Julian Jaynes pryed open a hugely important door.... (makes me wish he was still alive or I went to Princeton.....actually both)...... but always suspected that he may have mistaken his metaph...