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Was there an ancient civilisation built on Antarctica? Well, that’s the claim made by certain posts that have been circulating online since early December 2022. Some of these posts feature photos of snow-covered, made-man monuments said to have been discovered during an expedition led by Admiral Byrd* back in the mid-20th century.
(* No relation to a certain Byrd here on Ma'at ... )
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Hermione
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Pacal Wrote:
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> The idea that Antarctica has been around for a
> while. In 1995 Rand & Rose Flem-Ath published
> When the Sky Fell: In Search of Atlantis,
> (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London.), that
> advanced the idea that Atlantis was in the
> Antarctic. So it is not very new.
Which was based on the earlier
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Geotio
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Ancient History
The idea that Antarctica has been around for a while. In 1995 Rand & Rose Flem-Ath published When the Sky Fell: In Search of Atlantis, (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London.), that advanced the idea that Atlantis was in the Antarctic. So it is not very new.
Of course the idea faces many, many problems the most important being that Antarctica has been covered with a immense thick ice sheet for
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Pacal
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Ancient History
Ice Age Civilisations
By James I Nienhuis
I think most of the long-term posters that frequent this forum and others are aware of the existence of this fellow by now. His Pseudonym Genesis Veracity is also his mission in life. To this end he has recently released this book to prove once and for all that the bible is 100% true and god in 4004bce created the earth in seven days.
I have always
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Marduk
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Ancient History
Kanga (Lee McGriffin) won the scavenger hunt at the Heb Sed which had as a bonus directive to find as many sites as you could that suggested/stated that Atlantis was in South America.
Here's the list he submitted.
etc.
Zapp and Erikson
“Their "Atlantis in the Americas" theory is based not only on the highly developed architecture of the Aztecs, Maya, Inca and ot
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Katherine Reece
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Ancient History
M.J.Thomas Wrote:
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> As I understand it, Hancock and others are arguing
> for civilisation starting thousands of years
> earlier than is currently thought by 'orthodox'
> archaeologists and historians.
> Here we have new evidence of a civilisation
> thriving in Europe 2,000 years before Stonehenge
> an
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Hermione
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> These might be more awe inspiring in their energetic output but mankind's
> damage is more endurance efforts then powerful outburst!
That is very relative and I don't agree with that!
> And if mankind's constant pouring out of pollutants causes an increase
> in the rate of ice melt thereby causing an increase in fresh water into
> the oceans, wouldn�
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wirelessguru1
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wirelessguru1 Wrote:
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> Also very easy to answer..
>
> The primary EARTH-BASED forces that have a LARGER
> effect on Earth than Man are (1) the weather, (2)
> fire, (3) earthquakes and (4) volcanos..
These might be more awe inspiring in their energetic output but mankind's damage is more endurance efforts then p
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lobo-hotei
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<HTML>Claire wrote:
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> John Wall wrote:
> > The guys with the open toed sandals, etc are the
> > refugees from the LC.
>
> I know what you meant, my point was meant to be that it is a
> caricature. (I note that unfortunate abbreviations can
> apparently affect your impression, so I thought it worth
> mentioning that this is just unflattering spin, not a
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John Wall
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<HTML>Hi all,
To give you a clue the usual stepping off point for Antartica from the Americas is Ushuaia in Tierra Del Fuego.
As this is approximately 1000 km frm the nearest part of continental Antartica I'l leave you to speculate on the likelihood of a landbridge being in existance (the reason there are dinosaur remains in Antartica is NOT because of a "land bridge" - che
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Pete Clarke
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<HTML>>>Was there a huge population explosion in South America 30,000 years ago?
No, but inconsistent food supply due to the chaotic climate during the Ice Age would force populations to be on the move in search of food far more than in the much calmer Pleiocene (i.e. if the food runs out where you are, you move somewhere where there is food).
Joe.</HTML>
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Joe_S
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<HTML>>>he same food sources would have been available at the
SA side of any link. Why go south? <<
Good quesiton, The only rejoinder I can come up with is that the seal population is concentrated in Antartica and not further North. So you go where the food is.
Joe.</HTML>
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Joe_S
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<HTML>Was there a huge population explosion in South America 30,000 years ago?
I think not.
Warwick</HTML>
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Warwick
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<HTML>Presumably for the same reason that people live in Greenland or Alaska.
The natural expansiveness of humans I suppose.</HTML>
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Justin F
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<HTML>More to the point...The same food sources would have been available at the
SA side of any link. Why go south?
Warwick</HTML>
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Warwick
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<HTML>>>Dunno ? How far is it from the southern tip of South America ? Is there anything other than penguins ? <<
Of course: Seals (2/3rds of the World's Seals live in Antartica), Fish and seveal species of Whale. These made up the bulk of the diet of native Inuit in the North (with small whales like Beluga being an important source of Vitimins) and I would postulate it w
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Joe_S
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<HTML>Joe_S wrote:
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> >> When was this land bridge?
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> The only evidence we have is very recent (1998/99). From a
> web search: remains of a duck-billed dinosaur (Hadrosaur)
> from about 66 Million years ago found in Antartica which has
> also been found in South America. This date is way too early,
> but we don't know how long this land bridge existed
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Justin F
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<HTML>>> When was this land bridge?
The only evidence we have is very recent (1998/99). From a web search: remains of a duck-billed dinosaur (Hadrosaur) from about 66 Million years ago found in Antartica which has also been found in South America. This date is way too early, but we don't know how long this land bridge existed for. It's also possible that such a land bridge
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Joe_S
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<HTML>Don't forget seals.
> Pump Shotguns weren't invented until recently.
Have you not heard of that ancient artefact found fossilised inside a rock 'the Sumerian Shotgun'? ;-)</HTML>
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Justin F
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<HTML>"Are polar bears just in the arctic ?"
Yes, but even if they weren't ancient man would have been ill advised to look on them as a food source.
Pump Shotguns weren't invented until recently. Penguins do not have a lot of humanly digestable nutritious content either. It would be along way to go for eggs.
Warwick</HTML>
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Warwick
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<HTML>Dunno ? How far is it from the southern tip of South America ? Is there anything other than penguins ? Are polar bears just in the arctic ?
John</HTML>
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John Wall
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<HTML>I agree it has always been under Ice, but could prehistoric man have gone there to hunt, perhaps?
Joe.</HTML>
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Joe_S
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<HTML>- When was this land bridge?
- When were there humans there?
- Were the freezing temperatures tolerable?
- Were these people 'civilised' ?
- Were they tempted to make this journey?
Your "quite possibly" is rapidly diminishing into a "extremely unlikely". :-)</HTML>
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Justin F
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<HTML>The geological evidence suggests that it hasn't been ice free for hundreds of thousands of years at least.
John</HTML>
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John Wall
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<HTML>Forget the Piri Ries map for a moment: is it possible that prehistoric inhabitants on South America could have crossed over to Antartica when the two contintents were linked by a land bridge? I realise there is still a heated debate over whether or not the continent was inhabited at this time, but assuming it was, then the answer to the title of your post is "quite possibly"
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Joe_S
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<HTML>And as we know there was, and is, one !
John</HTML>
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John Wall
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<HTML>OK, that's fine, but the existence of a belief that a large land-mass is required to 'balance the earth' does not exclude the possibliity that the coasts of such a landmass may have been sighted and reinforced that belief.
Even if there is little evidence for it, it is not implausible.
Australia would have been easier to reach than Antarctica of course.</HTML>
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Justin F
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<HTML>Avoid such words as twits even if you are "less wholesome" please</HTML>
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Katherine Reece
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<HTML>What amazes me about the stream of twits, from Hapgood onwards, who misrepresent the Piri Reis map is that, to a man, they seem to want us to believe that Mercator projection predated Mercator. DOH!
Stephen "less wholesome than Mr. Wall" Tonkin</HTML>
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Stephen Tonkin
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