Archaeologists Announce Discovery Of Underwater Man-Made Wall (Very Old)

China Post ^ | 11-26-2002

[blam]

"Isn't that underwater temple that was found off India also supposed to be thousands of years old.

Yup. I thought I had it bookmarked but could not find it.

[Vidalia]

Maybe old structures survive longer underwater because they're no longer subject to disruption by later people?

...and climatic erosion...

[SpinyNorman]

Cthulhu bump.

Big fat Lovecraft bump!

[blam]

"A severe revision (based on facts) of civilization as we know it may be in the workings in the next 25 - 30 years..."

Count on it. The 'out of Africa' theory will come under assault also.

[aristeides]

The "out of Africa" theory is so politically correct.

[Vermont Lt]

Oh don't be silly. The world was created from materials much older than that--and then during the creation the fossils and walls were put in place--just to keep testing we heretics.

[Vidalia]

The "out of Africa" theory is so politically correct.

Especially when considering where the AIDS VIRUS originated...

[mhking]

Did someone say "time travel?"

[Jonah Hex]

Cthulhu bump.

And a Yob-Sodoff bump back to you!

;-)

[RightWhale]

If it was flooded by one of the three major glacial lake outpourings, the sea level would have risen abruptly in a week or two. Not much time to lay sandbags.

[poindexters brother]

No doubt a direct result of failing to ratify the Kyoto Treaty on greenhouse gas emissions.

[Gumlegs]

If it's the people, send shovels. If it's the army, send screen doors.

[Bernard Marx]

I suspect one major reason has to do with the fact that archaelogy started in, and was focused on, the roots of western civilization, which pretty much means it took place in the neighborhood of the Mediterranean.

I think that's true to some extent. Also, don't underestimate the impact of politics. From the beginning of WWII until the end of the Cold War, approximtely 50 years, technology like satellites and underwater gear were being developed that makes these new theories possible. Yet during the same time vast areas of the globe were out-of-bounds for archaeological research.

Simultaneously, the politically correct 'out-of-Africa' theory was being hatched. Most tenured American archaeologists were blindered by the 'religion' of certain prevailing belief models that prevented them from considering any evidence that went counter to their credo. I don't personally presume to say whether that credo is right or wrong, but real evidence has a way of not going away (unless it can be be destroyed for political reasons as in the attempts on the remains of Kennewick Man). A whole lot of interesting evidence is beginning to pile up, and if the archaeologists in the old guard don't deal with it, a new generation will.

[JmyBryan]

Good link for this type of stuff http://www.grahamhancock.com

[LostTribe]

>Most tenured American archaeologists were blindered by the 'religion' of certain prevailing belief models that prevented them from considering any evidence that went counter to their credo.

That nicely worded statement fits a thousand different historical / archeological situations. It also applies perfectly to THIS ONE.

[Dead Corpse]

Also found where curious, desktop looking PC type objects with this odd mark engraved on the front:

[MHGinTN]

Nice link. The underwater 'thing' at Graham's site is off the coast of Okinawa and would have been above water level at the end of the last Ice Age ... and it is conjectured that the site was a ruin even before it became a sumberged site, covered by the rising waters of the ice age ending.

[Constantine XIII]

Cthulhu bit my sister, then stole my cheese!

[maro]

bump

[gnarledmaw]

Ive heard that evidence has been found that a Kyoto like treaty was in place. The big problem seemed to be compliance in that it was so hard to get the gas containment units on the back ends of those wild bean eating mastodons...