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Archaeologists are mystified by ancient “gates” in Saudi lava fields
Ars Technica ^ | 20 Oct, 2017 | ANNALEE NEWITZ

Posted on 10/22/2017 11:16:29 AM PDT by MtnClimber

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To: MtnClimber

Those are leftover Ski Runs from when the aliens Skied the Lava Flows.


21 posted on 10/22/2017 12:07:11 PM PDT by eyeamok (Idle hands are the Devil's workshop)
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To: ZOOKER

Your theory makes sense.


22 posted on 10/22/2017 12:15:52 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: ZOOKER

Good hypothesis. I guess my quesion would then be “where are these other newer stone structures?” I suppose the answer is that they would be under a mountain of sand somewhere. Seems like there are none in this vast lava field so they came to take the rocks and move them to some vast distance. Except these aren’t some specially quarried rocks, they’re just a bunch of rough rocks like you’d find anywhere. so why bother lugging them to who knows where?


23 posted on 10/22/2017 12:25:13 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie
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To: MtnClimber
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24 posted on 10/22/2017 12:27:32 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: PIF

I think I see an EZ-Pass lane in one of the photos.


25 posted on 10/22/2017 12:35:20 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
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To: Zeneta

That is my thought, too. The ultimate in “recycling”... an entire civilization folded under earth’s mantle and melted into oblivion. Erased so completely that it never was.


26 posted on 10/22/2017 12:46:19 PM PDT by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven)
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To: 2banana

Where the morlocks held the eloi


27 posted on 10/22/2017 12:55:39 PM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: MtnClimber

Animal pens would be my first guess, but maybe they were property lines for agricultural fields? Divert some drying wind, or just provide and orderly way to handle the rocks plowed up when clearing the field?

Maybe they helped with some agricultural task, like a place to lay out some of the harvest for drying, while keeping it off the ground to minimize rot. Perhaps a vine plant might be trained to grow on the wall as a support, to keep it off the ground (like peas, melons or grapes).

The rocks may have been the base for an additional wood, lath, mud/mud brick or cloth structure; for support, containment, shelter or shade.


28 posted on 10/22/2017 2:33:03 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: Zeneta

I always wondered about that. Would make a good book.


29 posted on 10/22/2017 2:53:06 PM PDT by armourenthusiast (Trumperific)
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To: MtnClimber
Amazing that rocks could stay stacked for thousands of years where the natives are known for destroying things.

Above is one of the round "rooms" found by the Desert Team where the lines of "kites" intersect. In the background, you can also see one of the low lines that extends from this "room."

Below is a good image showing how low the lines are.


30 posted on 10/22/2017 3:04:16 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (I told you so)
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In my opinion this image shows a 4-legged animal crossing from right to left and overlapping the largest gate. They call this glyph a "kite."

Also, it is not a gate. It is a door. You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension - a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... the Twilight Zone.

31 posted on 10/22/2017 3:18:21 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (I told you so)
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There are similar structures in South America.

Archeologists thought those were for tax collection. (When ancient taxes were paid in grain and produce).

32 posted on 10/22/2017 3:53:13 PM PDT by Does so (McAuliffe's Charlottesville...and...The Walter Duranty Press"...)
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To: MtnClimber

“We came here to eat. Not to mystified.” —Road To Zanzibar


33 posted on 10/22/2017 4:06:50 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: TXnMA; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks TXnMA. I think your earlier posting on these structures is the best suggestion -- that at least the longer ones were laid down to channel water, and the "rooms" could be pools or ponds to retain the runoff, as the rainfall declined thousands of years ago. BTW, the geographical description given in the Old Testament for the location of Eden may refer to two now-vanished rivers that flowed out of Arabia and met the other two in a now-flooded spot under what is now the Persian Gulf.

34 posted on 10/23/2017 3:52:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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35 posted on 10/23/2017 3:56:10 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: MtnClimber

Cthonians.


36 posted on 10/23/2017 5:43:07 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: tumblindice

Nice! I just got a job as a translator with this life hack!


37 posted on 10/23/2017 5:45:44 AM PDT by refreshed (But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
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To: tumblindice

Nice! I just got a job as a translator with this life hack!


38 posted on 10/23/2017 5:45:44 AM PDT by refreshed (But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
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To: refreshed

Lol


39 posted on 10/23/2017 5:50:20 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: SunkenCiv

Whoa!

Again!

I have my own theory, but this time, I’ll keep it to myself, since it’s not quite formed into something recognizable by others.


40 posted on 10/23/2017 6:04:09 AM PDT by Monkey Face (In the phrase "illegal immigrant" the issue is not the noun part. The issue is the adjective part.)
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