Ancient civilisation theories and conspiracies

stui magpie · Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 5:23 pm

I've always been fascinated with Ancient civilisation theories and have decided to bore you all (or enlighten you) with some information.

This is a very interesting video by someone who seems to specialise in this stuff. He's referring to an Essay published in the 60's which was classified by the CIA at the time and only recently released with 80% of it removed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu-sLX0FbF0

I found it fascinating. If you have a spare half hour, grab a glass, sit back and get your mind working.

He has a number of other videos on the channel if this sort of stuff is your bag.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsIlJ9eYylZQcyfMOPNUz9w/videos

And no, I'm not being paid to promote his stuff.

stui magpie · Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 7:40 pm

Wokko · Come and take it. Joined: 04 Oct 2005

I love this stuff, when the boy gives me time I'll have a watch.

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

The Antarctic civilisation theories are a lot of fun. I'm also a sucker for the Flat Earth Society, though I'm a little alarmed that anyone takes that stuff seriously! A friend of mine highly recommends the Ancient Aliens series on the History Channel, if you're prepared to switch your brain off and just enjoy the kookiness.

(Another good one is the idea of lost intelligent dinosaur civilisations, which is actually – given the immense time scales involved – not completely beyond the realm of scientific plausibility, at least from my understanding.)

stui magpie · Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:25 pm

Some of this stuff is really thought provoking. When you look at how long Humans have been around yet all of our history has been since the last glacial period, the prospect that there have been past civilisations with a high level of technology seems very possible.

This one goes a bit left right and sideways but is worth a look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzbZJTqiaOw

You may need to rewind, I didn't finish yet. Wink

stui magpie · Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:15 pm

This one is sort of about maths. The Golden Ratio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keLN89CWZ-A

My head hurts.

Skids · Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:13 pm

Then there's the question of how accurate carbon dating really is.

Radiocarbon dating is a key tool archaeologists use to determine the age of plants and objects made with organic material. But new research shows that commonly accepted radiocarbon dating standards can miss the mark—calling into question historical timelines

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjT0bPxx8_hAhXPfSsKHSxBC74QzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2018-06-cornell-illuminates-inaccuracies-radiocarbon-dating.html&psig=AOvVaw1APq69CBJkHZAhbYIiAXkB&ust=1555330534504616

stui magpie · Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 3:02 pm

This one's also interesting, about the age of the Sphinx based on weathering to it and rocks nearby that would seem to be water erosion, placing it thousands of years older than currently thought.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVgaD2f8hYI

stui magpie · Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 7:06 pm

This sort of follows on from the weathering of the Sphinx, recent discoveries of a lake and river network in what's now the Sahara desert, which was apparently a verdant forest area 5000 years ago and became desert very quickly over a couple of hundred years.

Lots of different independent scientific studies referenced together which corroborate each other after the fact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0_Of0WGkEs