The suppression of archaeological finds

There is growing evidence that the history that we are taught is not just an incomplete story, but is so radically incorrect that finds are having to be suppressed around the world. The story as it is presented is that humanity spent several hundred thousand years existing in small family groups as hunter gatherers, before beginning to settle down and begin farming approximately 10000 years ago in the regions of modern day Iraq, Iran and India, these proto-societies then spreading out around the world along trade and communication routes as populations grew and technology developed. The transition from hunter gatherer to farmer was linked to the development of metal tools, first copper and bronze then later iron. This seems at first glance to be a reasonable assessment, but that assumes that we have access to the bulk of the available evidence, and also fails to explain many anomalous discoveries, particularly in architecture and stratigraphy, or the dating of finds through their position within the soil.

Lets start with the archaeological evidence. In Egypt we find the development of monumental structures which appear to follow a sequence, the bent pyramid coming before the red pyramid, itself coming before the pyramids at Giza the pyramids themselves being a development of earlier mastaba or stepped structures, the origin for which was in the eariler civilisations of Mesopotamia particularly around the cities of Babylon an Ur. The problem with this is that there are vast missing pieces of the puzzle. The pyramids at Giza were smooth sided, covered in polished limestone and capped with gold, a tremendous development from the earlier mastaba monuments. Further, the Mesopotamian building methods are radically different to the Egyptian, utilising mud brick and coloured ceramics rather than monumental masonry. If there was a continuous evolution of building techniques one would expect to see crossover techniques. If we look at the transition between wooden construction and metal construction in bridge building in the UK there is strong evidence of this. The Iron Bridge in Telford utilises jointing techniques that exactly match previous woodworking joints, despite the fact that these are unnecessary and indeed detrimental to the overall structure. None the less they are there. In a similar vein, study of Islamic Mosques in Egypt and across the Middle East show significant crossover between the traditional wood and brick construction to building with masonry. This is particularly the case with door lintels and roof structures.

This is simply not seen in the construction of the pyramids. They are unique structures in terms of type, fabrication, size and configuration, which makes them anomalous, and therefore interesting. The story is similar with stratigraphy. Most early societies, both hunter gatherers and settled agriculturalist had a high demand for water, and tended to live near to water course. Most unmanaged water course, or rivers tend to flood on a regular basis, often seasonally, and each flood event deposits a new layer of silt across the floodplain. This presents an opportunity for archaeologists in that the sequence of inundations can be measured in much the same way that tree rings are. The problem arises when the evidence from stratigraphy is radically at odds with current thinking, as it is across much of the Middle East. At Abydos in Egypt the temple that has been uncovered was covered by over 50 metres of aluvial deposit from the flooding of the River Nile. Historically the Nile flooded twice each year, occasionally three times and the layers of deposit indicate that there were at least 42000 inundations required to cover the temple to this depth. Given that during its use the temple would be maintained and protected against inundation this suggests a date for the temple going out of use of 20000 years ago plus. To lend further credence we have the stories of the rediscovery of the Giza monuments and particularly the Sphinx in antiquity by Egyptian Pharaohs. The “Dream” inscription between the paws of the Sphinx tell how the statue had to be uncovered having been completely covered by sand and silt, again suggesting a much early construction date than history suggests.

It is my opinion that the history of civilisation, and of the early development of humanity is radically different and much older than we are told, and that there is a distinct possibility that our current civilisation dating back 10000 years is by no means the first technological civilisation humanity has created. I will come on to the implications of apocalyptic destruction myths in another post, so stay tuned.