TBBills Fan Posted March 20 Posted March 20 (edited) https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64220144/egyptian-tomb-abydos-dynasty/ I find this stuff fascinating. I feel like there is much about our past that we don't understand... How much do we really know and understand about ancient cultures? Egypt is the most widely known and even with Ancient Egypt there is much we don't truly know Edited March 20 by TBBills Fan 2 Quote
Royale with Cheese Posted March 20 Posted March 20 2 hours ago, TBBills Fan said: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64220144/egyptian-tomb-abydos-dynasty/ I find this stuff fascinating. I feel like there is much about our past that we don't understand... How much do we really know and understand about ancient cultures? Egypt is the most widely known and even with Ancient Egypt there is much we don't truly know Dude, in my honest opinion, we probably are about 10% accurate with ancient cultures. A lot of history is a mystery, we are giving our best guesses and even the written history is from the perspective of the author. We see today how everything is slanted, it's hard not to think it wasn't the same back then. Not to mention, an eye witness will outright exaggerate a story to where it's basically a lie. 2 1 Quote
TBBills Fan Posted March 21 Author Posted March 21 3 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: Dude, in my honest opinion, we probably are about 10% accurate with ancient cultures. A lot of history is a mystery, we are giving our best guesses and even the written history is from the perspective of the author. We see today how everything is slanted, it's hard not to think it wasn't the same back then. Not to mention, an eye witness will outright exaggerate a story to where it's basically a lie. I agree with this. yhis is very well said Plus we keep finding out more and more. The pyramids, we grew up believing were burial chambers but I. Reality they were not. Now, we are finding evidence that human history may go back much further than we realize. How and what happened is such a mystery. We don't know what we don't know. We know a lot less than we think we know Quote
Orlando Buffalo Posted March 21 Posted March 21 4 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: Dude, in my honest opinion, we probably are about 10% accurate with ancient cultures. A lot of history is a mystery, we are giving our best guesses and even the written history is from the perspective of the author. We see today how everything is slanted, it's hard not to think it wasn't the same back then. Not to mention, an eye witness will outright exaggerate a story to where it's basically a lie. If you ever visit Ireland they have a place called Newgrange that is over 5000 years old and was lost for about 1000 years at one point. Several people have spoken as if they know what it was but the honest answer is no one has the slightest clue, we have no line from them to know at all. Quote
Buffalo716 Posted March 21 Posted March 21 Realistically the only truth is that humans.. ancient humans from 5 10 15,000 years ago were more advanced than given credit for That does not mean they were on some super technological level like today like Graham Hancock would have you believe But we certainly are capable of more than giving credit for but there's zero doubt in my mind that we are also at the Apex of what the human civilization has ever reached I do not believe in Atlantis or that there was a super sophisticated Lost Civilization that was on our same scope 2 Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 22 Posted March 22 As certain new technologies make things easier, humans will lose natural cognitive ability. That intuition... https://discoverwildscience.com/how-polynesian-navigators-used-celestial-science-to-cross-the-pacific-1-280034/ 2 Quote
TBBills Fan Posted March 25 Author Posted March 25 On 3/22/2025 at 7:46 PM, ExiledInIllinois said: As certain new technologies make things easier, humans will lose natural cognitive ability. That intuition... https://discoverwildscience.com/how-polynesian-navigators-used-celestial-science-to-cross-the-pacific-1-280034/ Yes, this is true. Quote
TBBills Fan Posted March 25 Author Posted March 25 https://www.foxnews.com/travel/ancient-sketches-from-200000-years-ago-found-spanish-cave?dicbo=v2-pglvdUj&obInternalId=71118&obnews=1 200,000 year old sketches found 1 Quote
Augie Posted March 25 Posted March 25 13 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/ancient-sketches-from-200000-years-ago-found-spanish-cave?dicbo=v2-pglvdUj&obInternalId=71118&obnews=1 200,000 year old sketches found Researchers are trying to confirm that it is actually Keith Richard’s signature at the bottom. 3 Quote
TBBills Fan Posted March 25 Author Posted March 25 7 minutes ago, Augie said: Researchers are trying to confirm that it is actually Keith Richard’s signature at the bottom. bahha Quote
SoTier Posted March 26 Posted March 26 On 3/20/2025 at 10:00 PM, Buffalo716 said: Realistically the only truth is that humans.. ancient humans from 5 10 15,000 years ago were more advanced than given credit for That does not mean they were on some super technological level like today like Graham Hancock would have you believe But we certainly are capable of more than giving credit for but there's zero doubt in my mind that we are also at the Apex of what the human civilization has ever reached I do not believe in Atlantis or that there was a super sophisticated Lost Civilization that was on our same scope The accomplishments of early humans are truly awe inspiring because the things they created or learned to do had never been done by anyone ever before. Every step had to be created out of nothing. Early humans learned to make tools not just use whatever tools they had at hand which numerous other animals could do. They also learned to make fire and use it for lighting the darkness and then cooking food. They developed complex languages based on ideas, not just the simple calls/grunts/whistles that other animals used as alarm or locating calls. They developed visual and musical art. They domesticated wolves and then herd animals like sheep, goats, cattle and eventually horses. They learned how to grow food. That's all before they became "civilized" enough to develop cities, astronomy, calendars, writing, religion, etc. On 3/22/2025 at 7:46 PM, ExiledInIllinois said: As certain new technologies make things easier, humans will lose natural cognitive ability. That intuition... https://discoverwildscience.com/how-polynesian-navigators-used-celestial-science-to-cross-the-pacific-1-280034/ The Vikings likely used celestial science to cross the Atlantic to Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland about 400 years before other Europeans learned to use the magnetic compass and astrolabe to navigate the oceans. Like the ancient Polynesians, the Viking culture was strongly associated with seafaring. 1 2 1 Quote
Buffalo716 Posted March 26 Posted March 26 10 minutes ago, SoTier said: The accomplishments of early humans are truly awe inspiring because the things they created or learned to do had never been done by anyone ever before. Every step had to be created out of nothing. Early humans learned to make tools not just use whatever tools they had at hand which numerous other animals could do. They also learned to make fire and use it for lighting the darkness and then cooking food. They developed complex languages based on ideas, not just the simple calls/grunts/whistles that other animals used as alarm or locating calls. They developed visual and musical art. They domesticated wolves and then herd animals like sheep, goats, cattle and eventually horses. They learned how to grow food. That's all before they became "civilized" enough to develop cities, astronomy, calendars, writing, religion, etc. The Vikings likely used celestial science to cross the Atlantic to Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland about 400 years before other Europeans learned to use the magnetic compass and astrolabe to navigate the oceans. Like the ancient Polynesians, the Viking culture was strongly associated with seafaring. Well said Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Yeah... But early humans built on early tools... Just like later our space computers where flipped all manually. There has always been a "slow march to automation" from day one. Quote
Just Jack Posted Wednesday at 12:12 PM Posted Wednesday at 12:12 PM 12 hours ago, SoTier said: The accomplishments of early humans are truly awe inspiring because the things they created or learned to do had never been done by anyone ever before. Every step had to be created out of nothing. Early humans learned to make tools not just use whatever tools they had at hand which numerous other animals could do. They also learned to make fire and use it for lighting the darkness and then cooking food. They developed complex languages based on ideas, not just the simple calls/grunts/whistles that other animals used as alarm or locating calls. They developed visual and musical art. They domesticated wolves and then herd animals like sheep, goats, cattle and eventually horses. They learned how to grow food. That's all before they became "civilized" enough to develop cities, astronomy, calendars, writing, religion, etc. That always intrigued me. For instance, something as simple as bread. Who thought eons ago, let me take this plant, grind it into dust, combine it with other things, heat it up, and then see if it's good to eat. 1 Quote
Augie Posted Wednesday at 01:59 PM Posted Wednesday at 01:59 PM 1 hour ago, Just Jack said: That always intrigued me. For instance, something as simple as bread. Who thought eons ago, let me take this plant, grind it into dust, combine it with other things, heat it up, and then see if it's good to eat. It had to be a hungry and courageous person to eat the first oyster. 1 Quote
Royale with Cheese Posted Wednesday at 02:09 PM Posted Wednesday at 02:09 PM 2 km long pillars/supports 1 Quote
TBBills Fan Posted Wednesday at 06:28 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 06:28 PM 4 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: 2 km long pillars/supports I'll listen to this on the way home. Quote
Royale with Cheese Posted Wednesday at 06:48 PM Posted Wednesday at 06:48 PM 17 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said: I'll listen to this on the way home. If you haven't seen the visual. Quote
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