I've been to Luxor, Valley of Kings and some other places in Egypt.
At the time, i wasn't armed with any of this knowledge, which is a bit of a shame as it would have made the trip much more interesting.
haha
"We needed a way to keep an eye on the American citizens without them knowing. It was imperative, for their own safety of course. We hired only the best. It took years. We designed, built, tested, failed. We persisted. Eventually, over decades, we had it. A fleet of covert technological surveillance devices unlike anything the world had ever seen. We called them, 'Birds'"
- Richard Nixon (1978)
As far as is presently thought , the lost Guatemalan civilisation was an advanced one. Waterways, cross-continental roadways, precision stonework, etc.
Also, they're now understanding that these lost cities in South America were of similar size and also bigger than European cities of the time.
From the FAQ . . .
Well since you watched the video...
It strikes me as negligent, how mainstream archaeology completely overlooks the gulf in quality between the objects and the engravings on them?
I mean those boxes in the Serapeum(of Saqqara), it looks like a bunch of kids scribbled stuff on the side of them. Nevermind the fact the engraving shows clear tool marks while the boxes themselves show none.
One wonders how a trained eye could overlook something so obvious.
Actually I've only watched about a quarter of the video. Not sure I'm interested enough to watch the rest even if I do get some time.
I can't not be interested.
It's a legit mystery and it's entirely intriguing how such spectacular work would have no writing on it.
Consider taking years, decades or centuries to create something and not leaving so much as a symbol on it to say why it was made or who created it.
All this does is strengthen my resolve to become a documentary film maker once I retire :)
Plum...the world still is a very interesting place.
I know man haha.
My biggest dream is to retire with enough $ to explore sites of interest for extended periods.
I've always been an inquisitive so and so. My mother still says that I once learned how to ask "Why?", and have never stopped doing it since.
Other's find it annoying but I'm grateful for my wiring.
DumbPlum, just for the record, in my own interactions with you you're seldom asking why and you're usually banging on about how it is.
It's futile to question the obvious, but some obvious truths are still eluding some...sometimes feel like it's eluding most.
Oh yeah?
Then you weren't keeping up with this thread as well as I thought you were.
Even as recently as...
"It's a legit mystery and it's entirely intriguing how such spectacular work would have no writing on it."
Or perhaps...
"One wonders how a trained eye could overlook something so obvious."
And how about...
"How and why were their means never recorded? Again, these were pinnacle achievements and nobody wanted to have a little brag or perhaps secure the techniques for future generations by recording them?"
So...what n ow?
Plum, you are wasting your time on someone who's content with his world view and not prepared to consider other possibilities or scenarios...he wants his own to be true so much, he can't even imagine anything else.
My problem is exactly the opposite Draad.
"...he wants his own to be true so much, he can't even imagine anything else."
Anyway, I've been reading about the lost labyrinth of Egypt.
There's a ton of figures, ranging from ancient to more recent in history, that have documented it. When combining all their descriptions, a clear idea of the labyrinth can be formed. Said to have thousands of rooms, halls, pillars and spans multiple levels beneath the ground.
The Cretan labyrinth is recorded to have been modelled after it but is only a fraction the size of the Egyptian one.
Word is, it's so massive and ornate that it may be a greater architectural achievement than what Khufu's is. Imagine that!!!
It's location is pretty we'll known and ground penetrating radar has even confirmed its whereabouts. Strangely, the Egyptian authorities are refusing any exploration or study of the place.
Perhaps there's something in there that may make detract from Islam. Heaven forbid.
Not sure why I'd wish so hard for my beliefs to be true . . . considering I don't believe in any kind of afterlife.
I'd love to be wrong and go to some clouds in the sky after I die where the angels play harps and I'm blissfully happy forever or even better go to the Islamic heaven and screw a different virgin every day . . . but I don't believe any of that stuff . . . I believe you get this one life and when you die the worms get you.
As usual, the Squeaky Toy's obsessive need to portray me in a bad light is clouding his capacity for reason.
"... Toy's obsessive need to portray me in a bad light is clouding his capacity for reason...."
Your obsessive need to be an arse is obvious to all...I don't need to portray you as anything...you have done that all on your own...I just yell at your hypocrisy in the impossible hope that the clouds would lift someday.
For those interested, here is a link to an article about the lost labyrinth of Egypt.
Pretty amazing stuff.
Like Draad says, there's still so much to discover.
PS check out the ground scan lower down in the article.
How is it that the Egyptian authorities aren't at all interested in investigating this place?
Where it to be excavated and opened up, it would easily become one of the biggest tourist attractions in the world.