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👀💭 P: 1/2 The #YangshanQuarry is an #ancient stone quarry near Nanjing, China. Used as a source of stone for building monuments of Nanjing, & it is preserved as a #historic site.
The quarry is famous for the gigantic unfinished stele that was abandoned.
#Archaeology #megalithic
The quarry is famous for the gigantic unfinished stele that was abandoned.
#Archaeology #megalithic
👀💭 P: 2/2 The #YangshanQuarry is an #ancient stone quarry near Nanjing, China. Used as a source of stone for building monuments of Nanjing, & it is preserved as a #historic site.
The quarry is famous for the gigantic unfinished stele that was abandoned.
#Archaeology #megalithic
The quarry is famous for the gigantic unfinished stele that was abandoned.
#Archaeology #megalithic
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👀💭 Part: 1/3. Have you ever wondered why so many #Megalithic structures & monuments around the world were left which appear to be unfinished? From the unfinished #Obelisk at #Aswan to the #Temple of Jupiter Baal & the stones known as the "Trilithon" at #Balbeek. #Archaeology
👀💭 Part: 2/3. Have you ever wondered why so many #Megalithic structures & monuments around the world were left which appear to be unfinished? From the unfinished #Obelisk at #Aswan to the #Temple of Jupiter Baal & the stones known as the "Trilithon" at #Balbeek. #Archaeology
👀💭 Part: 3/3. Have you ever wondered why so many #Megalithic structures & monuments around the world were left which appear to be unfinished? From the unfinished #Obelisk at #Aswan to the #Temple of Jupiter Baal & the stones known as the "Trilithon" at #Balbeek. #Archaeology
👀💭 This video provides a visual perspective on how difficult it is to move multi-ton blocks of granite, & how difficult moving #megalithic stones with modern technology, let alone many thousands of years ago. The key is alternative & #ancient methodologies. #Archaeology
👀💭 I've always had several issues with the accepted hypothesis of how the #Pyramids of #Giza were built. As a Construction professional specializing in the area of logistical coordination & application of construction methodologies I feel compelled to speak my mind. #Archeology
👀💭 These calculations assume 500 stones a day. This is a rough estimate, assuming a 8-hour day, 290 days a year, with 20 years to build the pyramid. Also assuming that more time had to be used for the huge granite blocks for the King's chamber & upper part of the #pyramid. 
👀💭1/2: The #Giza Pleateu is home to some of the most astonishing #ancient #megalithic structures on the planet. Many question how it was built as these fascinating structures seemed to have been built using some technologies more advanced than our modern day tools. #Archaeology
👀💭 2/2 I think most people don't understand what they are looking at, this stone was a practice stone being worked on by the #civilization that proceeded the original, they tried to replicate the work that had been done previously effortlessly. #Archaeology #Megalithic #Ancient
Video credit: Image credit: ancient-code.com/abusir-evidenc…
👀💭 In 2003 the Secret Tunnel Of The Pyramid of #FeatheredSerpent was discovered beneath the #Pyramid in the #ancient ruins of #Teotihuacan. It remained undisturbed for 2,000 years. The sealed-off passage was found to contain thousands of extraordinary treasures. #Archaeology
👀💭 The secret tunnel was discovered by using a radar. It was a group of researchers from Mexico's National University, back in 2003 in the ancient city of #Teotihuacan, #Mexico, located about 30 miles NE of Mexico City. #Archaeology #Megalithic #Ancient #Pyramid
Video credit: Mexico 'powder-glittered tunnel' reveals ancient relics in Teotihuacan @ On Demand News
👀💭 In 2003 the Secret Tunnel Of The Pyramid of #FeatheredSerpent was discovered beneath the #Pyramid in the #ancient ruins of #Teotihuacan. It remained undisturbed for 2,000 years. The sealed-off passage was found to contain thousands of extraordinary treasures. #Archaeology
👀💭 P1: The excavation of a 340-foot-long tunnel beneath the Temple of the #PlumedSerpent at #Teotihuacan. The tunnel contained seeds, pottery, sculptures, jewelry, shells, & animal bones. Its walls had been covered with a powder made from ground metallic minerals. #Archaeology
👀💭 P2: The secret tunnel was discovered by using a radar. It was a group of researchers from Mexico's National University, back in 2003 in the ancient city of #Teotihuacan, #Mexico, located about 30 miles NE of Mexico City. #Archaeology #Megalithic #Ancient #Pyramid
👀💭 According to recent research, there is evidence of a 4th #Pyramid which was said to be dismantled in 1759, & it took 10 months. This pyramid would have been different from the others, around 100 ft smaller than the others and apparently had a cube on top. #Archaeology #Giza
👀💭 P1: A 4th great #Pyramid of #Giza in the 1700's was documented & sketched along with the 3 that we know about today by a Danish naval captain. It may now finally have been found by a space outside the #Menkaure enclosure. #Archeology #lost4thpyramid #Egyptology #Egypt
👀💭 P2: This so called tomb is located on the #Giza Plateau, which is believed by some #Egyptologists to be a 4th #Pyramid of Giza. It was identified as a pyramid by John Shae Perring & Colonel Howard Vyse who visited the site in 1837–1838. #Archaeology #Megalithic #Ancient
👀💭 This is the Unfinished Obelisk of Aswan, Egypt stands 137 feet (42m) tall and weighs 1200 tons lies in the ancient quarries near #Aswan, #Egypt. This gigantic piece of rock was intended to be erected as an #obelisk, but for some reason it was left unfinished.
#Archaeology
#Archaeology
👀💭 The ⬜️White box shows a crack on the obelisk, 🔵Blue shows the quarrying process around the obelisk, & the 🟥Red/Pink indicates a sculpting technique before the prime finish. I theorize this #obelisk may have been a failed attempt by a #civilization thereafter. #Archaeology
👀💭 The 🔵Blue box shows the same technique pattern used to sand down & sculpt the #obelisk, while the ⚪️White box highlights a slightly different technique than the blue, you just have to close closely. The ↪️arrow indicates the difference in finished from the near by surface.
Time for Part 5. Part 4 is here: and talk a bit more about time, life and death in #Neolithic #Malta - the link between above & below is more than just location.
So, there was a time in the 1970s in #archaeology when we tried to make sense of things by testing hypotheses. Not a bad idea, but it doesn't always work & here's why (aside the fact that humans don't behave in a linear, ordered way).
Colin Renfrew decided to map locations of #megalithic sites & figure out land & territory. Sounds logical right? Especially back then. But the research question itself isn't divorced from our context in the present. To Renfrew it made sense that...
👀💭 There recently was a discovery of physical evidence confirming that floodwaters damaged the Great #Pyramid & other structures on the #Giza Plateau. Khafre, the tallest pyramid was damaged by the flood except its top. #Archaeology
#Ancient #History #Egypt #megalithic
#Ancient #History #Egypt #megalithic
👀💭 Part 2: The salt contains many seashells and #fossils that have been radiocarbon-dated to be 11,600 years old. This evidence alone can be used to date the flood, the three main pyramids, & the #Sphinx. #Archaeology #Egypt #Giza #megalithic #ancient
👀💭 Part 3: When the water went back to the sea, it took tons of debris from the desert and deposited it along the way. This water from the ocean left behind its unique signature, which is traceable by science. #Archaeology #Egypt #Pyramids #Giza #megalithic
Antirhodos was an island in the eastern harbor of Alexandria, #Egypt, on which a Ptolemaic palace was sited. The island was occupied until the reigns of Septimius Severus & Caracalla & it probably sank in the 4th century, when it succumbed to earthquakes & a tsunami #Archaeology
There was said to be an earthquake in the eastern Mediterranean near Crete in the year 365. The site now lies underwater, near the seafront of modern Alexandria, at a depth of approximately five metres (16 ft).
The jewel of the island is, of course, Cleopatra’s now-underwater palace which lies submerged five meters or 16 feet underwater. It is only ironic that, like the site itself, Cleopatra’s final resting place is waiting to be discovered.
#TRIBECON begins #Pravara; felicitations to #AbhayBang @SearchGad & #sudarshan #VGKK for their inspiring work on #TribalHealth; @DrLahariya @whoindia among others felicitated
#abhayBang #healthsystem design for tribal communities need to be relooked for #UHC; strategies & schemes must adapt with local social & cultural context; recollects #Brainstorming with @DesirajuKeshav at @SearchGad leading to #ExpertCommittee #tribalhealth @TribalHealthIND
#TRIBECON #AbhayBang notes with happiness increasing interest in #tribalhealth research, yet this continues to be “off the beaten path”; congratulations to #pravara medical college in bringing this together; the proposed #Bandardhara declaration to improve #tribalhealth research
#PrehistoryOfPenwith: A Thread
The end of #Cornwall where I live, #Penwith, is incredibly rich in prehistory.
I know very little about our standing stones/circles and fogous so this thread's here for me to learn a bit more and share my photos.
Please contribute!
#megalithic
The end of #Cornwall where I live, #Penwith, is incredibly rich in prehistory.
I know very little about our standing stones/circles and fogous so this thread's here for me to learn a bit more and share my photos.
Please contribute!
#megalithic
I'll start things off with Tregeseal East Stone Circle ('The Dancing Stones'). 19 stones, once part of a system of 2 or even 3 circles.
Under Carn Kenidjack 'The Hooting Cairn' with Tregeseal Holed Stones nearby. A fantastic place.
#PrehistoryOfPenwith
#megalithic
Under Carn Kenidjack 'The Hooting Cairn' with Tregeseal Holed Stones nearby. A fantastic place.
#PrehistoryOfPenwith
#megalithic
Boskednan Circle ('The Nine Maidens')
19 stones, possibly part of the Carn Galver processional route.
Sometimes overlooked due to being near the more famous Mên-an-Tol but one of my favourites. An hour here at dusk, alone, is really very special.
#PrehistoryOfPenwith
19 stones, possibly part of the Carn Galver processional route.
Sometimes overlooked due to being near the more famous Mên-an-Tol but one of my favourites. An hour here at dusk, alone, is really very special.
#PrehistoryOfPenwith
1. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಾರು 820 ಶಿಲಾಯುಗದ ನೆಲೆಗಳು ದೊರೆತಿವೆ, ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ 600 ಸಮಾಧಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು 220 ವಾಸದ ನೆಲೆಗಳು.
#StoneAgeKarnataka
#StoneAgeKarnataka
2. ರಾಯಚೂರಿನ ಲಿಂಗಸೂಗೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಕ್ಕ ಒಂದು ಶಿಲಾಯುಗದ ಕಲ್ಲಿನ ಕೊಡಲಿ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿನ ಶಿಲಾಯುಗದ ಮೊದಲ ಅರಕೆ(1842),ಇದನ್ನು ಪತ್ತೆಹಚ್ಚಿದವರು ಕ್ಯಾ.ಮೀಡೋಸ್ ಟೇಲರ್.
3. ರಾಬರ್ಟ್ ಬ್ರೂಸ್ ಪೂಟ್(1834-1912) ಅವರು ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಲವಾರು ಶಿಲಾಯುಗದ ತಾಣಗಳನ್ನು ಪತ್ತೆಹಚ್ಚುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಖ್ಯವಾದದ್ದು ಸಂಗನಕಲ್ಲು ತಾಣ.
