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Carved stone block at Puma Punku. This precision-made 6 mm wide groove contains equidistant, drilled holes. It seems impossible that these highly precision cuts were made with use of stone or copper tools.

Of the animals represented on the Gateway of the Sun, two have been extinct for thousands of years. Jaguars and condors are still with us, but toxodons and elephants? During the Pleistocene epoch Cuverionius, an elephant-like proboscid thrived in the area, but both it and the toxodon disappeared with the Pleistocene Extinction some 11,000-12,000 years ago. ....

There are numerous other statues which have been found at Tiahuanaco, several of which have found their way into various museums. Most have the incomprehensible stiff designs scattered about on their surfaces in the typical Tiahuanaco style. Some are rather large, and others are small. Depictions of toxodons and several other extinct creatures are plentiful at Tiahuanaco. The images of these extinct animals are understandable on pottery and textiles - they could be copied by anyone from the stone monuments dotting the area; but how would such images get carved on the original buildings themselves without a live model?

...... There is one solution that can satisfy all of the above mysteries regarding the ruins of Tiahuanaco. This is none other than the geological cataclysm which affected the entire globe geologically and climatically, causing the Pleistocene extinction and the sinking of Atlantis. Thus, if Tiahuanaco was built before the end of the last Ice Age, then the depiction of the numerous Pleistocene animals (extinct for 12,000 years) are readily explainable. The other indications of the apparent age of the city (tilted seashore lines, lime deposits and silt) would then harmonize with the astronomical alignments built into the buildings. The evidence is strong, it seems to me, that Prof. Posnansky's original conclusions were correct. Thus I think it likely that Tiahuanaco was built at sea level c. 15,000 B.C. as an Atlantean port.

Thus I think it likely that Tiahuanaco was built at sea level c. 15,000 B.C. as an Atlantean port.

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Carved stone block at Puma Punku. This precision-made 6 mm wide groove contains equidistant, drilled holes. It seems impossible that these highly precision cuts were made with use of stone or copper tools.

Or, in other words.....Atlantis my ass.

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Carved stone block at Puma Punku. This precision-made 6 mm wide groove contains equidistant, drilled holes. It seems impossible that these highly precision cuts were made with use of stone or copper tools.

Kind of reminds me of a prank my father pulled on my uncle when I was a little beast. He took one of those pint sized brandy bottles, drained the brandy out of it and then took a toothpick, wet the tip, put some stone dust on the tip, and proceeded to "drill" a tiny hole in the bottom of the bottle by turning the toothpick between his thumb and forefinger. Took a little while and he had to keep refreshing the stone dust on the end of the toothpick, but he got it. Course then he cleaned out the bottle good, put the brandy back in while covering the hole, put the top back on and resealed it and next day gave it to my uncle. When my uncle opened it to drink it pissed out the hole all over my uncle - pretty good prank.

Point is he drilled that hole in a glass bottle with just a toothpick and some stone dust - nice and neat and with hardly any effort. The hardest part was just going slow and letting the stonedust do its work. Very easy for them to drill the holes, and I would imagine with a stick, some water and stone dust they could have just as easily made the groove too without too much effort - just needed time.

Rokcet Scientist wrote:Have you lost the faith, Ishtar?
You're not an Anunaki anymore?

rich wrote:Uh - stay away from my jar of dirt!