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Huge Geometric Shapes in Middle East May Be Prehistoric
Live Science ^ | Owen Jarus,

Posted on 12/02/2015 2:52:48 PM PST by BenLurkin

Thousands of stone structures that form geometric patterns in the Middle East are coming into clearer view, with archaeologists finding two wheel-shaped patterns date back some 8,500 years. That makes these "wheels" older than the famous geoglyphs in Peru called Nazca Lines.

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Those are just some of the findings of new research on these Middle East lines, which were first encountered by pilots during World War I. RAF Flight Lt. Percy Maitland published an account of them in 1927 in the journal Antiquity, reporting that the Bedouin called the structures "works of the old men," a name still sometimes used by modern-day researchers.

The "works of the old men" include wheels, which often have spokes radiating out from the center, kites (stone structures used for funnelling and killing animals), pendants (lines of stone cairns) and meandering walls, which are mysterious structures that meander across the landscape for up to several hundred feet.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs

1 posted on 12/02/2015 2:52:48 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 12/02/2015 2:53:09 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

I saw these on the science channel today.


3 posted on 12/02/2015 2:56:45 PM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: BenLurkin

Paths made by Jews wandering in the wilderness for 40 years.


4 posted on 12/02/2015 2:56:58 PM PST by CrazyIvan (Hey Pope Francis- The Gospels are not Matthew, Marx, Luke and John.)
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To: BenLurkin
Bedouin called the structures "works of the old men,"

We have those too.


5 posted on 12/02/2015 2:59:25 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: BenLurkin

Well, if they aren’t wouldn’t we have a history of them?


6 posted on 12/02/2015 3:00:18 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: BenLurkin

and some people don’t believe in aliens.


7 posted on 12/02/2015 3:04:33 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: BenLurkin

WWMD, What Would Mohammed Do? Destroy them as relics of an ancient religion.


8 posted on 12/02/2015 3:17:53 PM PST by Vic S
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To: BenLurkin

Certainly not done by the moose limbs - they’re too busy murdering Jews.


9 posted on 12/02/2015 3:20:22 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: MNDude

The bulls eye reminds me of the old conspiracy classic movie—”Hanger 18”. (spoiler alert....)

The punch line was “Designated Landing Area” :-)


10 posted on 12/02/2015 4:57:35 PM PST by cgbg (Epistemology is not a spectator sport.)
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To: BenLurkin

Awsome, something new for ISIS to try and destroy!


11 posted on 12/02/2015 5:48:08 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: MNDude

Looking at the pictures, it’s hard to imagine aliens who probably had the ability to travel here in some sort of sophisticated craft would ‘draw’ something that looks like it was done by a 3 year old human.

Just sayin.


12 posted on 12/02/2015 5:58:43 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: BenLurkin; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks BenLurkin.

13 posted on 12/16/2015 4:02:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv
A picture:


14 posted on 12/17/2015 9:31:02 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: Pride in the USA

Of interest ping. Fascinating article.


15 posted on 12/17/2015 11:19:21 AM PST by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: lonevoice

Very cool.


16 posted on 12/17/2015 12:33:01 PM PST by Pride in the USA
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To: AdmSmith

Thanks, looks like preceramic settlements, each one holding a single (extended) family and their animals. :’)


17 posted on 12/17/2015 2:14:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: AdmSmith
Obligatory meme.


18 posted on 12/17/2015 2:17:52 PM PST by Bratch
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