Syl wrote:

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Enterprising lot those ancient Egyptians.

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 Or.................🤷

There have been civilisations that have disappeared from this planet.   Each and every cause is cited as a calamitous climate change, which begs the question why is our current climate change being blamed on fossil fuels when these other civilisations didn't use that?

The Tiwanaku civilisation, which precedes the Inca civilisation and has a lifespan of 25 centuries, is known as the 'mother culture' of South America. The civilisation mysteriously vanished without a trace.

Discovered in the mountainous region of Cappadocia in Turkey, the underground city of Derinkuyu is perhaps one of the more stunning archeological finds of the last century. Built underneath the mountains is a subterranean city that, at its height, is thought to have been the home of more than 20,000 people. 

The city is more than 85 meters beneath the earth and boasts 18 different levels of tunnels. The exact date of when this city was first built is not exactly clear, but there are a handful of historians who suspect Derinkuyu to be Hittite in origin. The Hittites were a Bronze Age people who lived in much of the Anatolian Peninsula. Known for their warrior culture and mastery of the chariot, the Hittites, like many of the other civilizations, were wiped out during the calamitous Bronze Age Collapse between 1200 BC and 1150 BC. 

If this Hittite theory is correct, then it is possible that many of its original inhabitants left to seek refuge from war, famine, or natural disasters. Other counter theories claim that Derinkuyu was built in response to the Bronze Age Collapse and was intended as a kind of primitive fallout shelter from what would have been nothing short of an apocalyptic event for these people.

The Akkadian Empire formed 4,300 years ago, when Sargon the Great consolidated the city-states of ancient Mesopotamia under his rule. It extended along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers from the Persian Gulf into modern Turkey. But within two centuries of its founding, around 2150 B.C.E., the empire suddenly collapsed.

In recent decades, some archaeologists have suspected the Akkadians succumbed to drought. The Curse of Akkad, a contemporary poem that purportedly tells of the empire’s decline, says “the large arable tracts yielded no grain, the inundated tracts yielded no fish, the irrigated orchards yielded no syrup or wine, the thick clouds did not rain.”

Then, in 2018, paleoclimatologists discovered new evidence in an unlikely place: northern Iran’s Gol-e-Zard Cave, hundreds of miles away. It may be distant, but the cave lies directly downwind of Akkadian territory, and the composition of its stalagmites offers a precise record of dry spells in the region — higher magnesium levels indicate dusty periods, once of which coincides perfectly with the fall of the empire.

Pyramania

jackb wrote:

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This news release has seriously unsettled the world of science history
engineering archaeology philosophy and more.
It's caught peoples imaginations around the world.
It is really mind blowing.
The pyramids have possibly been the greatest mystery of the last few thousand years.
Who built these things why>
You don't build something like this without reason and purpose.
Trying to convince people the last couple of hundred years that these
were elaborate tombs no longer works and why would it?
No mummies or other human remains have ever been found in these pyramids.
No statues no wall art in fact not a lick of paint or dye or ink anywhere.
No hieroglyphics nothing.
For a long time I've thought of these structures as something industrial or in themselves huge machines maybe power plants.
Massive impossible and mysterious.
Now the whole thing has gone right of the chart!
Many people around the world are looking for a hoax but it doesn't seem to be materialising.
If this is real it upends just about everything we thought we were beginning to understand.
Truly mind blowing.

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  I think there are many things we've underestimated or not yet discovered.   Apparently, the surface that the pyramid is on, is that flat and even that today you'd have to use laser technology to get the same result.

TESLA KNEW The Secret of the Great Pyramid:

Unlimited Energy to Power the World

jackb wrote:

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This news release has seriously unsettled the world of science history
engineering archaeology philosophy and more.
It's caught peoples imaginations around the world.
It is really mind blowing.

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 I wouldn't get too excited. This one doesn't pass the smell test.

“Be careful where you choose to get your information from. If you develop a critical mindset it will help you to evaluate the story and decide whether you think it is true or not. Approach what you read with a heavy dose of cynicism."

(Richard Bowyer, Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Derby)