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Massive New Monument Found in Petra
nationalgeographic.com ^
| 06-08-2016
| By Kristin Romey
Posted on 06/09/2016 9:25:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv
PinGGG!.............................
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posted on
06/09/2016 9:26:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: Red Badger
One of the most fascinating places on the planet.
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posted on
06/09/2016 9:41:29 AM PDT
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: Red Badger
Its description could be a market place.
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posted on
06/09/2016 9:46:01 AM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
To: Red Badger; blam; BenLurkin; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; ...
Hey, nice pics! See also the earlier topic. Thanks Red Badger.
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posted on
06/09/2016 9:49:27 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
To: Red Badger
No worries. Isis/is/isil has plans for all those historic items. You didn’t build that. Moose-ham-head built that. If not............BOOM!
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posted on
06/09/2016 9:53:38 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: rktman
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posted on
06/09/2016 9:57:20 AM PDT
by
publius911
(IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
To: SatinDoll
Its description could be a market place.Or a double-wide Olympic swimming pool.
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posted on
06/09/2016 9:58:57 AM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: SatinDoll
I’m thinking maybe a temple of some sort, that was abandoned or demolished after Christianity took root..........................
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posted on
06/09/2016 10:05:53 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: Red Badger
Construction shack -- torn down after the real construction work was finished... '-)
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posted on
06/09/2016 10:56:51 AM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias; "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
To: TXnMA
It looks like the outline of a temple and courtyard. Perhaps to some pagan moon god..................hmmmm, who could that be?......................
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posted on
06/09/2016 11:00:20 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: Red Badger
FWIW, the "Rose-red" Petra area seriously needs a good LiDAR overflight...
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posted on
06/09/2016 11:03:02 AM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias; "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
To: SunkenCiv
Awesome, as usual! Thanks for the ping!
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posted on
06/09/2016 11:44:20 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I'm not much on seizing the day. I just kinda poke it with a stick. :o]))
To: TXnMA; Red Badger; Fred Nerks; SunkenCiv; blam; All
Perhaps it was the place where caravans keep their livestock enclosed along with guest houses and supply buildings. Why does every find always have to be religious/ceremonial?
To: gleeaikin
"Why does every find always have to be religious/ceremonial?" Ditto.
A bingo hall, maybe?
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posted on
06/10/2016 5:39:46 AM PDT
by
blam
(Jeff Sessions For President)
To: gleeaikin
I’ve often wondered that as well, but this structure and layout is too precise and well planned for a stable and stockyards............
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posted on
06/10/2016 6:15:47 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: gleeaikin
Plus, if you look closely at the pic on the left, you will see that it is a series of raised platforms, like stepped plains, so the camel theory is kind of a no go...............
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posted on
06/10/2016 6:17:26 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: gleeaikin
..........and there are other known temple structures nearby, some Christian, some not...................
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posted on
06/10/2016 6:31:24 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: gleeaikin; blam
Also note that the entire layout is facing slightly southeast, if you assume that the ‘front’ of the structure is the wide open area between the smaller square and the cliffs. That would indicate to me that it was made to face the rising sun. I don’t know what precise direction the sun rises at that location on the spring equinox or the summer solstice, but I’d bet it’s pretty close to that layout’s orientation.......................
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posted on
06/10/2016 6:48:35 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: Red Badger; Fred Nerks; SunkenCiv; blam; All
Couldn't resist "playing with" the image -- and doing a little wild speculation.
So -- I rotated the image until it was orthogonal on the page, and then did a little spatial filtering to enhance linear features. The white dashed lines are what linear features I think I can see on the enhanced image.
Then -- just for grins -- I overlaid transparent, colored polygons where I speculate that there were four (4) stacked (but, not necessarily concentric) raised mounds or platforms -- including a staircase from the second to the third level...
...and, you really don't want to know my wild-@$$3d theory on the why it was built -- and the function it served... '-)
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posted on
06/10/2016 11:11:56 AM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias; "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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