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How can we know who we are if we don't know where we come from? It is clear from many fragments of evidence, traditions, and lore that we have an incomplete picture of the earliest days of. It's possible that whole civilizations, some with advanced technology, have come and gone. At the very least, human culture reaches much further back in time than conventional history admits. There are many mysteries in our, but there may be clues to that past around the world in the form of sunken cities, ancient structures, cryptic hieroglyphics, artwork and more.
Ancient Origins articles related to lost civilization in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths. Lost Civilizations, Found by Drones. Will set out with his colleagues to the rainforests later this year to uncover signs of ancient civilizations that once inhabited the thick forests.
This prompted Erich von Daniken in his book 'Chariots of the Gods' to suggest they were actually runways for extraterrestrial craft. As if they would need runways. More intriguing are the gigantic figures of more than 70 animals carved into the ground — a monkey, a spider, a hummingbird, and others.
The puzzle is that these lines and figures are of such a scale that they can only be recognized from a high altitude. (They were rediscovered by accident in the 1930s by an overflying airplane.) So what is their significance? Those who think it did exist have sought evidence or at least clues in almost every corner of the globe. Edgar Cayce's famous prophecies said remnants of Atlantis would be found around, and in 1969 geometric stone formations were found near Bimini that believers said confirmed Cayce's prediction. Other proposed locations for Atlantis include, off the coast of, and possibly even off the coast of Cuba (see below).
Writer Alan Alford makes the case that Atlantis was not an island at all, but rather an exploded planet. The controversy and theories will likely continue until someone uncovers a sign saying: 'Atlantis, pop. There has been a lot of hand-wringing over the supposed prophecies of the. More people fear it, perhaps, than feared the ominously predicted catastrophes of the year 2000. All the fretting is based on the finding that the Mayan 'Long Count' calendar ends on a date that corresponds to our December 21, 2012. What does this mean?
The end of the world through some global cataclysm or war? The beginning of a new era, a new Age for mankind? Such prophecies have a long tradition of not coming to pass. 2012 has obviously come and gone, but some people still think there's something to the prophecy — that 2012 was just the beginning. Off the southern shore of, under 20 to 100 feet of water lies enigmatic structures that may have been built by some ancient, lost civilization. Skeptics say the large, tiered formations are probably natural in origin.
'Then, in late summer of the following year,' writes Frank Joseph in an article for Atlantis Rising, 'another diver in Okinawa waters was shocked to see a massive arch or gateway of huge stone blocks beautifully fitted together in the manner of prehistoric masonry found among the Inca cities on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, in the Andes Mountains of South America.' This seems to confirm that these are manmade ruins. In May 2001, an exciting discovery was made by Advanced Digital Communications (ADC), a Canadian company that was mapping the ocean bottom of Cuba's territorial waters. Sonar readings revealed something unexpected and quite amazing 2,200 feet below the surface: stones laid out in a geometric pattern that looked very much like the ruins of a city.
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'What we have here is a mystery,' said Paul Weinzweig of ADC. 'Nature couldn't have built anything so symmetrical. This isn't natural, but we don't know what it is.' A great sunken city?
It must be Atlantis, was the immediate suggestion of many enthusiasts. Nearly as famous as Atlantis is the legendary lost world of Mu, sometimes called Lemuria.
According to tradition among many Pacific islands, Mu was an Eden-like tropical paradise located somewhere in the Pacific that sunk, along with all of its beautiful inhabitants, thousands of years ago. Like Atlantis, there is ongoing debate as to whether it really existed and, if so, where. Madame Elena Petrovna Blavatsky, the founder of the Theosophy movement in the 1800s, believed it was in the. The ancient residents of Mu have become a favorite of channelers who bring their enlightened messages to present times.
One of the most intriguing tales of the discovery of ruins of a lost civilization is the story of Dr. In 1970, while diving near the Bari Islands in the Bahamas, Dr. Brown claimed to have come across a pyramid 'shining like a mirror' that he estimated was 120 feet tall, although he could see only the top 90 feet.
The pyramid had a colored capstone and was surrounded by the ruins of other buildings. Swimming into a chamber, he found a crystal held by two metallic hands. Over the crystal hung a brass rod from the center of the ceiling, at the end of which was a red multifaceted gem of some kind. Brown said he took the crystal, which allegedly has strange, mystical powers.
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