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.
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