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Anthropology

FirstLight

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19. Fascinating...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:47 AM

Dec 5

One of the reasons I decided to go back to school to study Anthropology was because of early signs and symbols. I have seen that the spiral, circle, sun disc, cross, arrow, etc are found all over the world...and wonder if they are like a collective consciousness thing that "bloomed" at the same time?
Some of these symbols can be seen in cave paintings and petroglyphs, even though the dates of those are hugely different...it's like those symbols are like the "proto-language" seeds before actual writing begins...

This looks machined...i wonder if the date is correct? If so, there's way more to the human story than we could have known...

Thanks for sharing!

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Archaeologists found a mysterious stone tablet in Georgia that contains an unknown language [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 5 OP

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Since it was carved from basalt it had to have a important message. duncang Dec 5 #2

Yes I noticed the swirl at the end too. Irish_Dem Dec 5 #4

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That swirl design is on ancient Greek pottery and wnylib Dec 5 #16

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So cool! JohnnyRingo Dec 5 #3

There's so much to be discovered on this planet. Lunabell Dec 5 #5

Georgia has a wierd mythology... Mustellus Dec 5 #6

Prehistoric Dremel? dchill Dec 5 #7

Funny you wrote that, my first thought was it looks to me like a machine did the work ... marble falls Dec 5 #13

I've used Dremels frequently. That IS the look. dchill Dec 5 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 5 #18

I bet you've found some interesting objects out on the beaches. marble falls Dec 5 #20

And very well preserved, sharp edges, no erosion. How old could it be? TheRickles Dec 5 #9

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I think I sorted it out! MaineNative Dec 5 #15

And they misspelled 'Ovaltine'! It has three 'r's. marble falls Dec 5 #21

Fascinating... FirstLight Dec 5 #19