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Remarkable Russian Petroglyphs
Past Horizons ^ | 3-18-2012 | Hanne Jakobsen

Posted on 03/22/2012 5:41:26 AM PDT by Renfield

Artefacts are usually displayed in museums but sometimes there are some that just can’t be put on exhibition – as is the case with one that is hidden deep in the Russian forests.

It was known that there were rock carvings on some islands in Lake Kanozero, and Jan Magne Gjerde, project manager at the Tromsø University Museum, went out there to document them as part of his doctoral work however, when he and his colleagues had completed their work, the number of known petroglyphs had risen from 200 to over 1,000.

“I still get chills up my spine when I talk about it because it was such an emotional experience finding these carvings,” says Gjerde. “No matter how much I explore over the next 50 years, chances are close to zero that I’ll ever find anything comparable.”...

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TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: archaeology; canada; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; karelia; ontario; paleolithic; peterborough; petroglyphs; saami
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To: SunkenCiv

Beautiful. Most likely a map, I’d say.


21 posted on 03/23/2012 12:27:26 AM PDT by marsh2
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To: SunkenCiv

WHOA!

We will find more of these in more places when the glaciers recede a bit more before the next ice age.

There are “reasons” for the Earth to breathe.


22 posted on 03/23/2012 10:11:57 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If you think health care is expensive now, wait til it's free.)
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To: muawiyah; SunkenCiv
Thanks for the ping Civ.

Love the total confirmation of the thesis that these guys skied UPHILL, and then DOWNHILL to outrun their game.

I saw it as a depiction of back and forth, drawn on a wall.

23 posted on 03/23/2012 4:20:26 PM PDT by fanfan (This is not my Father's Ontario. http://www.ontariolandowners.ca/)
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Reminds me of the Peterborough Petroglyphs in Ontario, Canada.
Peterborough Petroglyphs, Ontario | amazing tourism traveling Peterborough Petroglyphs, Ontario | amazing tourism traveling Peterborough Petroglyphs, Ontario | amazing tourism traveling
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24 posted on 03/23/2012 6:10:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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a couple more:

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/canada/peterborough-petroglyphs.htm

http://stevequayle.com/Giants/Ancient.Civ_Technol/050201.spirit.stones.html


25 posted on 03/23/2012 6:11:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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To: Fred Nerks; Renfield; muawiyah; w4women; Paine in the Neck; Sea Parrot; JoeProBono; Miss Behave; ...

and from the New World...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2862282/posts?page=24#24


26 posted on 03/23/2012 6:14:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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To: marsh2

The petroglyphs have the very essence of the IKEA pictorial instructions. http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/customer_service/assembly/assembly_instructions_B.html


27 posted on 03/23/2012 6:29:30 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: SunkenCiv
Thank you, SunkenCiv! Incredible.

Bump.

28 posted on 03/23/2012 6:42:54 PM PDT by Miss Behave (All ways, always.)
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To: fanfan
The petroglyph in question is carved into the granite outcrop ~ it's laying down. You must imagine it being tipped up and placed on a mountain side.

The bear goes up the mountain, then he comes down the mountain. You don't just walk over and spear the bear ~ you must catch him by surprise.

First you ski up (short strokes) then you ski down (long strokes ~ you go further for a given effort when going down hill.

Then, you get below the bear, who is running down hill and can't stop on the snow and he impales himself on your spear.

29 posted on 03/23/2012 6:44:01 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: SunkenCiv
The Sa'ami petroglyphs show each man with a penis ~ rather like the Norse did thousands of years later, albeit in an erect position.

The larger the man, the larger the penis.

You are not seeing any of that on the Canadian petroglyphs.

MAY be a reason for that.

30 posted on 03/23/2012 6:49:05 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: SunkenCiv; muawiyah
Very cool Civ, I didn't know about those. I should try to see them one day.

muawiyah, I was with you till you said:
Then, you get below the bear, who is running down hill and can't stop on the snow and he impales himself on your spear.

LOL! Just imagine the poor guy who gets that job.

"Enoch, just go down the hill and wait for the running bear to fall into your spear!
It'll be easy, I promise!"

31 posted on 03/25/2012 12:29:41 PM PDT by fanfan (This is not my Father's Ontario. http://www.ontariolandowners.ca/)
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To: fanfan
The drawing is an instruction manual for how to hunt and kill a bear.

Remember, the Sa'ami is relatively small compared to the bear. He has little room for error. If he were to run up to the bear and poke him he might hit a rib.

If, on the other hand, he is able to get ahead of the bear on the trail, and has the bear come down hill toward him, then when he spears him he has more than his own muscle at play. The bear will run into the spear with far more force than the man could apply plunging the spear into the bear.

So, it's going to be tough to get somebody to do this ~ no doubt ~ but if the bear needs killed somebody's got to do it. You reward him with the claws ~ which he can put in thongs and hand out to his favorites. You give him the bear's gall bladder for a long.............. well, you get the idea.

A successful bear hunter who uses his skis and spear correctly will get ALL the girls!

32 posted on 03/25/2012 12:49:08 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: fanfan

:’) My pleasure.


33 posted on 03/26/2012 7:07:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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