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Ancient-wisdom: Online Prehistory.

 

...'Exploring the Frontier of Prehistory'... 

As well as serving as a catalogue of prehistoric sites, artefacts, and information, this website openly tackles the thorny 'veil of mystery' that surrounds certain more controversial prehistoric discoveries in order to put them into more easily understandable contexts.

The current archaeological 'renaissance' is revealing the past at an unprecedented rate, but some of the most poignant aspects of prehistoric research arguably lie beyond the boundaries of archaeology and require a more multi-disciplinary approach in order to better understand them, thereby discerning what more there may be to learn beyond the objects themselves.

 
Quotation of the Month:

'...The best mirror is an old friend...'

 News and Discoveries:

(Jan 18, 2012: MailOnline)
'World's Oldest Astrology Board found in Croatia'...

 

(Jan 2, 2012: HeritageDaily.com)
'Unique 7,500 BC Obsidian Bracelet Baffles Scientists'...

 

(Dec 22, 2011: Arabnews.com)
'Thousands of rare documents burned in Egypt clashes'...

 

(Dec 10, 2011: The Independent)
'Rare earth-mother figurine found in France'...

 

(Dec 8, 2011: ScienceDaily)
'Palaeo-climate record points towards rapid change'...

 

(Dec 4, 2011: Physorg.com)
'Scientists aiming to clone a Mammoth by next year'...

 

(Nov 28, 2011: BBC News)
'Solar worship at Stonehenge before the monument existed'...

 

(Nov 25, 2011: Chron.com)
'Mexico acknowledges a second Mayan reference to 2012.'...

 

(Sept 12, 2011: SpeigelOnline)
'Is the 35,000 year old 'Lion-man' a 'Lion-woman...?'

 

(Aug 22, 2011: BBC NewsOnline)
'Scottish mummies made from jigsaw of body parts'...

 

 

Table of Contents:

   
Index of Ancient and Sacred Sites:

Navigate your way around the prehistoric world with the ancient-wisdom database of ancient and sacred sites. Search for sites either by country or by their type of construction (pyramids, stone-circles etc). The database is always being added to, with those sites related to the content of the website being given priority. Please Contact-Us if you feel there is somewhere 'missing'.

(Index of Ancient Sites)

 
 
   
Archaeoastronomy:

The long debated field of Archaeoastronomy has finally matured following years of persistence on behalf of researchers around the world. The deliberate placement and orientation of the megaliths, along with several specific design and construction features clearly demonstrates the intimate relationship between the builders, their buildings, the living-landscape and the universe they found themselves in.

(Archaeoastronomy Homepage)

 
 
   
Anomalous Discoveries (Out of Place Artefacts):

A look at some of the more challenging anomalous archaeological discoveries of recent times. These controversial discoveries have long unsettled the scientific community, who tend to label them either as 'Fake' or 'Anomalous'. It is exactly because the term 'prehistory' refers to the time before written history, that we have a difficulty in understanding the context of many discoveries but until we face them head on, they will remain classified as O.O.P.Arts.

(Anomalous Artefacts Homepage)

 
 
The Living Earth (Gaia).    
The Living Earth (Gaia):

This section explores the relationship between our ancestors and the living earth-mother.

The concept of a 'living earth' was revised in the 1970's by James Lovelock, who recently announced his prediction of a global human catastrophe of unprecedented proportions this century as a result of the laziness of our behaviour... So much to re-learn and so little time to learn it.!

 (Living Earth Homepage)

 
 
    The Baghdad Batteries (Now lost to war)
Prehistoric Science and Technology:

Petrie's work at Giza demonstrated that our perception of prehistoric abilities falls well below the actual achievements of our ancestors. This section is in recognition of the unsung and unshaven prehistoric genius that led us step by step to the state of ignorance we currently find ourselves. 

(Science and Technology Homepage)

 
 
   
Palaeolithic Wisdom:

The origins of consciousness as recorded by our Palaeolithic ancestors. The 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' at Chauvet, France has changed the way we look at our Palaeolithic ancestors. It is just one of hundreds of European caves that are revealing a new dimension to our relationship with the world, offering a tantalising glimpse at a sophisticated set of behaviour, skills and imaginative processes operating in Palaeolithic times.

.(Palaeolithic Homepage)

 
 
   
Geodesy (The World-Grid):

Just as we were adjusting to the idea of Leylines and the Megalithic yard, along comes the suggestion that the placement of prominent prehistoric sites at significant latitudes and longitudes was due to the application of a geodetic system of mathematical knowledge. The 'linear-mentality' of our ancestors seems to have had no frontiers, but what if any, was the origin and purpose of networking sacred sites.

(Geodesy Homepage)

 
 
Leonard's Vitruvian Man.    
Sacred Geometry:

The synchronicity of the universe is determined by certain mathematical constants which express themselves in the form of 'patterns' and 'cycles' in nature. Life itself is also governed by such processes, as Da Vinci's Vitruvian man (left) so aptly demonstrates. Why is geometry sacred and how can we benefit from the incorporation of these constants into design, construction, art and music.

.(Sacred Geometry Homepage)

 

 

 
 
   Other Featured Articles:
 

Research is showing that the Neolithic landscape was carefully shaped and constructed, connecting us both spiritually and physically to both the cosmos and the afterlife.

A look at the cross cultural connections that existed in prehistory. Trade and exchange between cultures has led to the adoption of mythologies, art, language and even the Gods themselves.

  • Stone Selectivity:      (Quick Link)     

The deliberate and far more costly selection, transport and use of specific stone types ('pieces of places') offers an insight into the way stone was viewed in prehistory.

The natural acoustic properties of certain locations appear to have been realised as far back as the Palaeolithic. In addition, several ancient structures are now recognised to contain sonic properties in their design.

These very specific design construction features were built into several prominent passage mounds. Their presence betrays an example of the scientific Neolithic mind, and the mechanism of the heavens.

The giant Olmec heads at La Venta and Vera Cruz are certainly suggestive of a Negroid presence at earliest stages in Pre-Columbian history. They also betray a curious knowledge of magnetism.

Stones with holes in them - A common construction feature around the ancient world, but what do they mean..? Why would we put ourselves through the heart of stone.?

Just how coincidental are the examples of 'faces' in stones at megalithic sites and what was the function of such natural anthropomorphic features to the prehistoric builders.

It has been suggested that we owe our imaginative leap to the natural (Psychotropic) products of the earth-mother. This page explores the role of natural chemicals on the evolution of imagination.  

So much has been lost to us through natural and man-made disasters, but what are we to learn from it if anything... or are we blindly heading to the end of another cycle of destruction.

   

 

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