Forwarded from /r/Mapporn
Forwarded from History Memes (Joᛋᛋef)
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Forwarded from Portal Ibis
Tondo of a red-figure kylix showing Heracles sailing across the sea in the goblet of Helios. Attributed to Douris (ca. 480 BCE). From Vulci, Italy. Vatican Museums, Rome
Forwarded from Geology & Mineral smol channel
Zoomorphic Swastika from Kardzhali, Bulgaria :
The small artifact is one of the emblematic artifacts from Bulgaria, found from Kardzhali and dating back to Neolithic. Its age is 8 millennia. This jade amulet in the shape of a swastika has zoomorphic arms (ends of arms are shaped like frog legs).
Closer examination of the artifact showed that the polishing of the amulet which was done with an abrasive material had traces of processing only in one direction. Hand polishing suggests that the microscratches are in two or more directions, so a mechanical device, most likely a wheel was used to produce it. The problem is that according to archaeological science, this type of technique was discovered 3000 years later.
A great mystery is how, with the technology and tools we know Stone Age humans used, they could achieve such perfection in processing one of the hardest minerals.
National Museum of Bulgaria
The small artifact is one of the emblematic artifacts from Bulgaria, found from Kardzhali and dating back to Neolithic. Its age is 8 millennia. This jade amulet in the shape of a swastika has zoomorphic arms (ends of arms are shaped like frog legs).
Closer examination of the artifact showed that the polishing of the amulet which was done with an abrasive material had traces of processing only in one direction. Hand polishing suggests that the microscratches are in two or more directions, so a mechanical device, most likely a wheel was used to produce it. The problem is that according to archaeological science, this type of technique was discovered 3000 years later.
A great mystery is how, with the technology and tools we know Stone Age humans used, they could achieve such perfection in processing one of the hardest minerals.
National Museum of Bulgaria
Forwarded from 𝔸ℝℂ𝔸ℕÆ𝕌𝕄
Jürgen Spanuth’s Atlantis of the North claims that Atlantis was located near Helgoland in the North Sea and that its destruction around 1200 BCE caused the migration of the Sea Peoples into the Mediterranean. Drawing on archaeology, mythology, and ancient texts, Spanuth links Plato’s account to northern Europe, arguing that natural disasters and cultural upheaval in the Bronze Age support his theory.
🔥1