[LucidElement]

If you look at a Sumerian exhibit you see pictures of astronauts, and oxeygen tanks and spaceships, its interesting, how did they predict such things? alien gods? what exactly is it about the Sumerians that make things so interesting.

[ninjadude]

No. That's what you see with a modern eye. That's not at all what the Sumerians were representing.

[questionmark]

LucidElement, on 07 November 2009 - 07:29 AM, said:

If you look at a Sumerian exhibit you see pictures of astronauts, and oxeygen tanks and spaceships, its interesting, how did they predict such things? alien gods? what exactly is it about the Sumerians that make things so interesting.

Depending on what you are smoking at the time you also see Siegbert's follies in full performance tap dancing away.

[Abramelin]

LucidElement, on 07 November 2009 - 06:29 AM, said:

If you look at a Sumerian exhibit you see pictures of astronauts, and oxeygen tanks and spaceships, its interesting, how did they predict such things? alien gods? what exactly is it about the Sumerians that make things so interesting.

Even if you don't Sitchinize them, they still are an interesting people:


http://www.iranian.c.../March/Gutians/

http://www.historywi...mesopotamia.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer

[ShadowSot]

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http://www.iranian.c.../March/Gutians/

That statue of Tell Asmos sort of looks like Cthulu, a chibi version anyway.

[Cybele]

LucidElement, on 07 November 2009 - 05:29 AM, said:

If you look at a Sumerian exhibit you see pictures of astronauts, and oxeygen tanks and spaceships, its interesting, how did they predict such things? alien gods? what exactly is it about the Sumerians that make things so interesting.

People have misinterpreted not only Sumerian, but Egyptian and Mayan art as well. Whenever a culture has even remotely ambiguous or abstract looking art or hieroglyps, the UFO enthusiasts will make what they want of it, despite strong historical evidence to the contrary.

[kmt_sesh]

Cybele, on 07 November 2009 - 02:57 PM, said:

People have misinterpreted not only Sumerian, but Egyptian and Mayan art as well. Whenever a culture has even remotely ambiguous or abstract looking art or hieroglyps, the UFO enthusiasts will make what they want of it, despite strong historical evidence to the contrary.

And so it goes. Sadly you are completely right, Cybele. It's incredible the flights of fancy people come up with when they look at ancient art but have no idea how to examine or interpret such art appropriately. I am amazed and astounded by what some adults come up with. Ancient art isn't nearly as mysterious as the shocking notions that enter modern people's heads.

I'm a docent at the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. I've spent a considerable amount of time in its museum, teaching people about its collections. These collections include extensive numbers of artifacts from the protohistorical periods, Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, and other ancient peoples of Mesopotamia. I can assure you with complete confidence that astronauts, oxygen tanks, and spaceships are not featured among them.

[TheSearcher]

ShadowSot, on 07 November 2009 - 09:23 PM, said:

That statue of Tell Asmos sort of looks like Cthulu, a chibi version anyway.

It does at that. I never realised it before, lol. You do realize that some are going to use this and say that Chtuluh was real, right?

kmt_sesh, on 08 November 2009 - 07:21 AM, said:

And so it goes. Sadly you are completely right, Cybele. It's incredible the flights of fancy people come up with when they look at ancient art but have no idea how to examine or interpret such art appropriately. I am amazed and astounded by what some adults come up with. Ancient art isn't nearly as mysterious as the shocking notions that enter modern people's heads.

I'm a docent at the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. I've spent a considerable amount of time in its museum, teaching people about its collections. These collections include extensive numbers of artifacts from the protohistorical periods, Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, and other ancient peoples of Mesopotamia. I can assure you with complete confidence that astronauts, oxygen tanks, and spaceships are not featured among them.

The thing is, we see this art with modern eyes and associate things we don't recognise with concepts and images we know. Normal human behaviour really. This does not make such interpretations correct though.
Seeing astronauts, oxygen tanks, and spaceships is utter nonsense.