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In all fairness, there could have been long-forgotten lithic civilizations. Using stone tools, maybe a little copper, having their brief moment before they pass on. It's fun to speculate on, and no ancient high-technology or ancient astronauts required.
And gradually the basic technology which eventually supported early city states was developed. Cordage and textiles, fired pottery, plant and animal breeding, elementary metallurgy, etc. The key to the city-state was the development of a storable staple crop which enabled the feeding of the labor force needed to build the permanent stone structures which Steve finds so fascinating.
It was common for mainstream to pin the beginning of civilisation around 5 to 6,000 years ago with Mesopotamia with the rise of agriculture, settled social living and writings ect.
Wait a minute:I hope we are not going to see a repeat of predynastic Egyptian vases being figured to such a high degree of accuracy and precision they must had access to computer controlled robots or the dynastic Egyptians had cranes to move obelisks.
Reliefs from the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari show large obelisks on sledges being pulled by teams of workers along lubricated paths and ramps. Obelisks were transported along the Nile on so called obelisk ships.
I'm not talking about the creationist narrative as we have evidence of sophisticated societies going back 30,000 years.
Ok so thats more or less the same time period. But now we are finding that the beginnings of crops and agriculture and sophisticated settlements going back way earlier.
Lol, yes some say we are dumber today than in the past. But I mean humans were said to be fairly primitive with basic flint tools, had not discovered pottery, the wheel or writing or any sophistication in thought or belief.
The idea that humans were primitive nomads with simple flint tools and little sophistication in thinking and belief.
Yes they built the pyramids with simple copper tools and manpower which doesn't match the level of what has been produced.
Here is the other video that goes into more detail. It questions the mainstream timeline as not making sense to the level of sophistication and knowhow at that time. That somehow humans went from primitive nomads to settled groups building massive megaliths and constructions in virtually 200 years.
What do you mean.
Like Khufu whose name is painted in the Giza Pyramid as the only evidence he built it. Some say later added by those who first discovered this. There is no other evidence except for a small statue of Khufu found miles away.
www.ancient-origins.net
No this is simply looking at the evidence. No conspiracies.
Then why was the discovery of Gobekli Tepe seen as radically changing our view of the eolution of humans into civilised societies.
I was not intending to include theology. Just a simple look at the archeology and perhaps anthropology and cultural factors as to thought and belief. But not necessarily biblical belief. Just belief and thought generally and how it evolved.
Its what this represents as to human thinking and belief. If for example humans were far more knowledgable and had far more sophisticated beliefs then this undermines the idea of a slow and gradual evolution from primitive to advanced.
Not always. Often its dogmas and holding on to certain assumptions. For example when Petrie discovered some of the artifacts he described based on the measurements that this suggested advanced knowledge for that time.
Khufu's name or Cartouche was found in the uppermost load relieving chamber above the roof of the King's Chamber by Howard Vyse in 1837. These chambers are inaccessible and the Cartouche must have been added by the builders.
Not just shaping stone though this seems under appreciated considering the level of achievment for ancient peoples who were more or less just coming out of primitive nomads.
Please read more carefully: You were claiming "mainstream" narratives had civilization at 5-6000 yr which is not what they claimed at all. I noted that it was a date more like a creationist narrative.
Sounds like you are part of the "some say" given how you ended that statement.
"[Australia] is a primitive scociety that has not yet developed [the republic] and is stuck at a more primitive form of government [monarchy]." -- Sid Meyer
Sure it does. Don't be foolish.
Pass on more videos from yet another prehistory grifter.
You're talking about "ancient
Nope, nope, nope. Not going to deal with those cranks again.Often these megaliths have no evidence of who built them. The only evidence we have is the cultures own stories which says they did not build them but found these works and then used them as their own.
For example the only signature of the megaliths in Peru are the different building techniques. We see the style of the megaliths compared to the culture that is attributed to have made them which is completely different and not as sophisticated.
The large stones were already there. The samll stones are from later such as the Inca people. But they say its not theirs and they found these megaliths. Yet mainstream archeology wants to attribute these megaliths to the Inca who show a completely different style which is far less sophisticated and comes later.
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The High-Tech Stonework of the Ancients: Unsolved Mysteries of Master Engineers
There are many stone artifacts from the ancient world made from the hardest stone on the planet such as granite and diorite, which have been cut and shaped with such quality, precision and accuracy that the standard explanations of their manufacture are simply inadequate.
The High-Tech Stonework of the Ancients: Unsolved Mysteries of Master Engineers
There are many stone artifacts from the ancient world made from the hardest stone on the planet such as granite and diorite, which have been cut and shaped with such quality, precision and accuracy that the standard explanations of their manufacture are simply inadequate.
Atlantis is a fictional island that is a minor component of a couple works of Plato.
The drying of the Sahara may have led to people taking refuge in the Nile and accelerating the starting of Egyptian society, but it has nothing to do with a island that wouldn't be invented for thousands of years.
Sure dude.
The civilisation myth: How new discoveries are rewriting human history
The civilisation myth: How new discoveries are rewriting human history
In an evolutionary eyeblink, our species has gone from hunting and gathering to living in complex societies. We need to rethink the story of this monumental transitionwww.newscientist.com
He still hasn't explained the mystery of Carhenge...I hope we are not going to see a repeat of predynastic Egyptian vases being figured to such a high degree of accuracy and precision they must had access to computer controlled robots or the dynastic Egyptians had cranes to move obelisks.
