[mcrom901]

check out this amazing discovery.....

Something amazing has been discovered in an area of South Africa, about 150 miles inland, west of the port of Maputo. It is the remains of a huge metropolis that measures, in conservative estimates, about 1500 square miles. It's part of an even larger community that is about 10,000 square miles and appears to have been constructed -- are you ready -- from 160,000 to 200,000 BCE!

cntd....

http://www.viewzone....mscalendar.html

[TheSearcher]

mcrom901, on 04 November 2009 - 10:21 AM, said:

check out this amazing discovery.....

Something amazing has been discovered in an area of South Africa, about 150 miles inland, west of the port of Maputo. It is the remains of a huge metropolis that measures, in conservative estimates, about 1500 square miles. It's part of an even larger community that is about 10,000 square miles and appears to have been constructed -- are you ready -- from 160,000 to 200,000 BCE!

cntd....

http://www.viewzone....mscalendar.html

You got any other link pertaining to it? As this is considered a gaming site, it's blocked from work. Please also avoid, youtube links and link to things like photobucket, they're also blocked. Thanks.

[Emma_Acid]

mcrom901, on 04 November 2009 - 09:21 AM, said:

check out this amazing discovery.....

Something amazing has been discovered in an area of South Africa, about 150 miles inland, west of the port of Maputo. It is the remains of a huge metropolis that measures, in conservative estimates, about 1500 square miles. It's part of an even larger community that is about 10,000 square miles and appears to have been constructed -- are you ready -- from 160,000 to 200,000 BCE!

cntd....

http://www.viewzone....mscalendar.html

Great, more Nibiru nonsense.

[DurgaMata]

Nice find. Shame they are using Orions belt constellation to date it.

[Abramelin]

It's old news (and discussed here before), and the dating of the site is greatly exaggerated.

[jules99]

I couldnt find a great deal of information on these sites; though theyve been compared via method of construction to similar ruins in Rhodesia.
Youve got to hate this aspect of the story though; The native countrymen were never allowed credit for these stoneworks...see political implications;

http://en.wikipedia....tional_Monument

And from the OP it seems like they are being denied credit for the work again. Aliens this time, oh well.

[TheSearcher]

jules99, on 04 November 2009 - 12:23 PM, said:

I couldnt find a great deal of information on these sites; though theyve been compared via method of construction to similar ruins in Rhodesia.
Youve got to hate this aspect of the story though; The native countrymen were never allowed credit for these stoneworks...see political implications;

http://en.wikipedia....tional_Monument

And from the OP it seems like they are being denied credit for the work again. Aliens this time, oh well.

Thanks for posting that link, at least I have an idea what the article is about. Like Abremelin says, the age is very much exagerated, Why did they use Orions belt as method to calculate the age? In most other cultures but ours, Orion's belt means nothing, we just assume it does. The stars are bright yes, but we don't know what they used or even if the dating is correct. Assuming the age of 200.000 years to be correct, is jumping to conclusions, like allways.

The sheer size of it though, makes it very impressive to be honest.

[Emma_Acid]

TheSearcher, on 04 November 2009 - 11:54 AM, said:

Why did they use Orions belt as method to calculate the age? In most other cultures but ours, Orion's belt means nothing, we just assume it does.

Its something to do with precession I think. I saw a Graham Hancock doc about the pyramids and his argument was that they are laid out in a way that resembles the night sky, but its the night sky x thousand of years ago, so thats when they must have been built. Utter nonsense of course, but I think this is what they're getting at.

[Mattshark]

Abramelin, on 04 November 2009 - 11:20 AM, said:

It's old news (and discussed here before), and the dating of the site is greatly exaggerated.

Yep, I have the original site and they claim it has reiki symbolism too, this suggests two things. 1) The authors are thick. Reiki is a 20th century idea from Japan. 2) They are just making rubbish up to appeal to new agers who'll buy anything.

[DurgaMata]

jules99, on 04 November 2009 - 11:23 AM, said:

I couldnt find a great deal of information on these sites; though theyve been compared via method of construction to similar ruins in Rhodesia.
Youve got to hate this aspect of the story though; The native countrymen were never allowed credit for these stoneworks...see political implications;

http://en.wikipedia....tional_Monument

Wow... They remind me of the nuraghi in Sardinia with the conical towers and no mortar used.

[Pax Unum]

these look like the remains of African kraals, perhaps remnants of the Mutapa Empire. the method for dating them is dubious... IMO

[PersonFromPorlock]

Mattshark, on 04 November 2009 - 08:22 AM, said:

Yep, I have the original site and they claim it has reiki symbolism too, this suggests two things. 1) The authors are thick. Reiki is a 20th century idea from Japan. 2) They are just making rubbish up to appeal to new agers who'll buy anything.

Oh, come now. Clearly, the implication is that 22nd Century Japan will develop time travel. Sigh... such cynicism in one so young!

[jaylemurph]

PersonFromPorlock, on 04 November 2009 - 07:49 PM, said:

Oh, come now. Clearly, the implication is that 22nd Century Japan will develop time travel. Sigh... such cynicism in one so young!

You know, I was a sucker for saying that the Empire of Zengh people (who say it existed 50,000 years ago in Africa) were the nadir of human intelligence. Sadly there's nothing so stupid that people can't find something stupider to believe, I guess.

--Jaylemurph

PS: Bassets. Space Bassets. They built it. You know it.

[TheSearcher]

Emma_Acid, on 04 November 2009 - 01:25 PM, said:

Its something to do with precession I think. I saw a Graham Hancock doc about the pyramids and his argument was that they are laid out in a way that resembles the night sky, but its the night sky x thousand of years ago, so thats when they must have been built. Utter nonsense of course, but I think this is what they're getting at.

I agree on one thing, utter nonsense. That's grasping at straws because you don't like the outcome of conventional dating methods. Pretty sad really.

[Black hole]

Its an interesting article and definitely makes you think about things. The Sumerian's history or legends as we put it are fascinating though we only call it legend because we never saw it and although they wrote about it we don't believe them? I mean the story does sort of explain how we suddenly evolved at such an accelerated rate. And if the Sumerian's did just make these stories up then they where very ahead of there time. Also do you not wonder why gold is such a limited resource on this planet is it not possible that an alien species where just going from planet to planet to gather all the rare valuable resources?