Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "Oldest Road In Britain | Britain's Ancient Tracks (Archaeology Documentary) | Timeline" video.

  1. I love documentaries like this. History with a passion and a human touch. At the same time I also enjoy the reasoned videos that question the mainstream historical record. With the discovery of Golbeki Tepe in Turkey. The geologic analysis of the erosion of the Sphinx Enclosure and other areas at Giza. The sonar images of structures in the Arabian Sea off of Mumbai. The enigmatic Yunagami site. I'm not talking about the woo that's some spout about aliens, power generating crystals or a supposed high technology civilization. When the Ice Age ended humanity saw the rise of sea levels of 120 meters or more depending on location. The reason I say more is some areas due to isoclastic responses of the Earths crust actually remained at sea level due to this effect. If some areas remained effectively at sea level other areas should have seen more submergence. And others less. Another reason I give some credence to these videos is what cultures of the past said about themselves. That they were inheritors of older cultures. A good example the King's List at the Temple of Seti I. This list goes back through the kings of Dynastic Egypt. And then keeps going. The standard response of Egyptologists is these are mythical figures. Perhaps they are. But what is wrong with taking the core of it at face value. Analysis of Aboriginal Oral Histories reaching back into the Dream Time have uncovered that inside the stories are truths about the landscapes, and the routes the early Australians followed. I believe our history is far older in terms of civilization that Sumer or Egypt or the Indus or any other known culture. Another thing is boats go back along way into pre-history. The Polynesians were basically a Neolithic culture in terms of their tools. Tools and weapons of stone, wood, shell and bone. Yet at the same time they are perhaps the greatest sailors and navigators in human history. Who is to say there were no equals to them in the past. Any time acedemia or mainstream archeologists say this happened because we know it did and the analysis is based on things like "context" take it with a grain of salt. And the farther back the more it becomes conjecture. One thing I would prefer to see more of is experimental archeology. For much of Human history all we have are artifacts. Fine. Do experimental archeology to find out just how tools and artifacts were made. And if you can't replicate the items then adjust your thinking. Look at new approaches. Or if in the end you can't say, just be honest and say you can't.
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