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Investigating the path of prehistory.

Before Darwin there was no such thing as prehistory... We are only beginning to scratch the surface of the origin of our species.

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Prehistory - The Lost Chapters.

Without written records, most of the events of prehistory are unavailable to us and new discoveries often lack continuity or context, which makes it difficult to develop a clear and accurate statement of pre-historic events. This lack of information is compounded by the combined effects of natural catastrophes, wars and church-politics etc (with the recent looting of the Baghdad museum in 2,000 AD. highlighting the perpetuation of this process).

As we begin to explore our origin, another fact becomes clear - namely that that the further back we look - the less there is to find. In fact, testimony of our existence on this planet before a million years ago relies on just a few bones only, and our exact path as a species is still very much incomplete. It is perhaps understandable that when discoveries are found which do not fit into our current notions of the sequence of past events, that on occasion - we are forced to  speculate their origin.

 

The attitude of historians towards our past is changing along with each new discovery, as the following examples demonstrate:

The changing face of history

Until the discovery of Troy by Schliemann in 1870, the city was considered mythological. Turkey has now yielded Proto-Neolithic megalithic temples dating back to 9,000 BC.

(More about ancient Turkey)

The Pyramids of Giza have now been radio-carbon dated to at last a thousand years older than the date of 2,400 BC generally ascribed by mainstream Egyptologist.

(More on the dating of Gizat)

The Tsunami in the Gulf of Cambay, India in Dec 2004, revealed the presence of an underwater city - yielding artefacts radio-carbon dated to 7,500BC, the same date is now accepted as the date of a large meteorite impact on earth.

(More on this subject)

And most recently...

Gobleki Tepe, Turkey. Home to the oldest known megaliths in the world. This site has yielded numerous beautifully carved menhirs weighing several tons each and placed in circles. These finds confirm Anatolia's importance in prehistory.

(More about Gobleki Tepe)

 

Archaeo-Astronomy

It is now well recognised that a feature common to the most prolific megalithic sites is an involvement with astronomy. The success achieved in the field of archaeo-astronomy is one of the greatest testaments to the level of intellectual commitment demonstrated by  apparently uncivilised people towards understanding our place on this planet.

The number of prehistoric sites now known to include astronomical properties makes it clear that there was a huge importance placed on astronomy around the prehistoric world, and it is arguable that astronomy itself was the impetus for the design and development of many of the largest megalithic structures. The energy invested into the design and construction of such well known sites as Stonehenge, Avebury, Giza, Carnac, Newgrange, Baalbek etc, represents a form of communication with the universe before the written word, which we can perhaps begin to understand if we view the stones themselves as a language through which they are able to describe themselves to us.

 

An advanced astronomical awareness seems to be a common element around the ancient world, and from apparently unconnected cultures around the ancient world and there is a school of thought that argues the existence of cross-cultural exchange in prehistory. Although there have been many past attempts to prove such associations, it is argued that cultural similarities are not actually proof of exchange. The following pages explore the evidence to see if there is enough evidence to substantiate this theory.

 

  Prehistoric cross-cultural exchange.

There are several specific construction features and techniques found in sites around the ancient world which show identical methods of cutting the stones to joining, and fitting them and even the eventual design.

(Similar construction features)

Evidence for the theory of pre-Columbian contact between the Old-world and New-worlds is still accumulating. While similarities between cultures is not proof of contact, archaeological discoveries of European, African,  Mediterranean and Middle-eastern finds in the Americas are proving harder to ignore.

(The Pre-Columbian America's)

Regardless of the debate over the origin of the content of myths, they are a valid echo from the past. Of more interest is the question of the origin of common mythologies from unrelated parts of the ancient world.

(Examples of 'root' Mythologies)

And coming soon - Prehistoric International Trade.

(Other examples of  prehistoric cross-culturality)

 

The Geodetic Placement of Ancient Temples.

There is a growing weight of evidence to suggest that prominent Middle-eastern, Egyptian, Greek and European sites were located according to rules of geodesy. Historical accounts from Herodotus support a connection between the oracle centres of Greece and Egypt. Livvio Stecchini suggested that the Greek oracle centres were also placed according to geodesy, a theory which finds a credible voice through both mythology and archaeology while Xavier Guichard suggested that the specific placement of prehistoric sites was observed across France and Western Europe, including the use of Longitude and Latitude.. 

The remains of several important sacred Egyptian sites demonstrates clearly that Egyptians located their most important sites and temples using geodesy. The application of knowledge such as longitude, latitude, geometry, astronomy and by implication, an awareness of the spherical earth and 'sacred geometry' across the ancient world suggests a common cultural bond that reaches back into mythological times.

(More about Ancient Geometric Alignments)

(British Geodesy)   ☼   (Egyptian Geodesy)

 

Featured Articles

The largest cut-stones of all time.

A look at the Top-50 megaliths from around the ancient world.

The largest cut-stones of all time.

 
 

Stone faces...

Just how coincidental are the examples of 'faces' in stones at megalithic sites?

tapadao face, portugal: Ancient-wisdom.co.uk
 
 

Super spirals.

Portugal reveals one of the largest rock-cut spiral in the world.

Link to the Piodao - spiral
 
 

Extreme masonry.

The skills of the megalithic builders show them to be anything but primitive.

 
 
 

The Giza complex.

The last surviving 'wonder' of the ancient world.

Link to the Giza complex.
 
 

Cart-Ruts.

The origin, form and function of these ancient rock-features.

Link to the cart-ruts pages
 
 
Holed-Stones.

Stones with holes in them - A common construction feature around the ancient world.

Link to holed-stones.
 
 

Desecrated Megaliths

A look at recently destroyed or damaged megaliths.

desecrated megaliths

 
 

Anomalous Artefacts.

A compendium of ancient scientific and technological discoveries.

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 The 'Rough Guide' to ancient sites from around the world.

Includes: Stone circles, Dolmens, Menhirs, Cart-ruts, Pyramids, Holed-stones, Cursus', Underground and underwater sites, Oracle centres, Earth navels, and more...

References:

1). National Geographic, DNA Mysteries: The Hunt For Adam. Video print.

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