Kon Tiki Redux-Old Theories Still Afloat

marduk · Post by **marduk** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:01 pm

Hmmm....just like the fellow who saw a hand axe until told it came from North America.....and then he said there were no hand axes in North America?

I know someone who's found hand axes in N america
and i have never doubted him or thought it wasn't possible
i just require evidence
I am not a member of any club whatsoever
the only one i ever did join was the tufty club when i was 6
i think my membership has now lapsed

Essan · Post by **Essan** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:57 am

Minimalist wrote:You are far too wedded to the status quo, marduk.

And he likes it, he likes it, he likes it, he likes it, he likes it whooooaaaa ..... Rockin' all over the World ....

What's wrong with a bit of Quo at the wedding party?

gunny · Post by **gunny** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:36 am

A REPORT in the past had a steale showing the white Tiki "gods" being killed in a battle. Has anyone investigated the site of this battle with DNA to find and date these people?

marduk · Post by **marduk** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:49 am

source ?

Post by **Minimalist** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:18 am

Gunny is referring to Monte Alban.

Pippin · Post by **Pippin** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:37 am

Does this debate ever return to its topic?

Pippin

Post by **Minimalist** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:02 pm

I thought the whole point of Heyerdahl's voyages were to show that pre-historical travel between the Americas and the rest of the world was possible.

marduk · Post by **marduk** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:12 pm

he proved that it was
just that it wasn't reliable with the knowledge base that he could utilise

the test of course came when he actually had a design for a ship that was supported both archaeologically and textually
The Tigris made it all the way no problem
the others didn't do so well
his grandson "Olav" was due to set out in may this year on his own ship called Tangaroa sea god of the polynesian pantheon
but i think the venture was cancelled due to funding problems
and it seems to have been dropped from the news altogether
http://www.theoceans.net/news.php?id=1934
which is a real shame
I'd like to see them prove it with style
but you've got to remember that what Thor tried to do was something that no native culture ever claimed it had done
without exception the south american indians races either claimed that they made thri way there on foot or that they island hopped and settled on the islands on route
the only claim in the ancient world to have crossed the ocean to the place of the rising sun was in Gilgamesh where it says
"son of the august cow, Rimat-Ninsun;... Gilgamesh is awesome to perfection.
It was he who opened the mountain passes,
who dug wells on the flank of the mountain.
It was he who crossed the ocean, the vast seas, to the rising sun,
who explored the world regions, seeking life.
It was he who reached by his own sheer strength Utanapishtim, the Faraway, "
late in the texts it goes on to describe the natives that lived there in a place beyond a cedar forest
"where, like a bird, they wear garments of feathers,
and light cannot be seen, they dwell in the dark, "
not a bad description for 2100bce

Pippin · Post by **Pippin** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:45 pm

Hi

Olavs trip wasn't canselled. At the Kon-Tiki Museum in Norway they had newspaper articles showing the raft getting to Polynesia.

Pippin

Sam Salmon · Post by **Sam Salmon** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:16 pm

marduk wrote:his grandson "Olav" was due to set out in may this year on his own ship called Tangaroa sea god of the polynesian pantheon
but i think the venture was cancelled due to funding problems
and it seems to have been dropped from the news altogether

For the Love of all that's holy man if you weren't so absolutely full of yourself you'd follow the link I gave in my first post on this thread which details-albeit in a somewhat threadbare fashion-the progress of his Grandson's voyage.
They have in fact made landfall in Polynesia-weeks ago-and continue onwards.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:31 pm

Hi Sam - you should stop by more often.

We're trying to be patient with Marduk.

Post by **Minimalist** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:18 am

We are?

marduk · Post by **marduk** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:17 am

They have in fact made landfall in Polynesia-weeks ago-and continue onwards.

thats excellent news
i knew they'd make it if they actually set off
but what was with the news blackout
this should have been on the evening news but they didn't mention it
and i have been searching the webnews for details as well using the search string "tangaroa olav heyerdhal"

yayayay

Post by **Minimalist** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:50 am

this should have been on the evening news but they didn't mention it

Maybe it couldn't make it past the editors because of all the wars?

marduk · Post by **marduk** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:36 am

probably