Remarkable Russian Petroglyphs

Past Horizons ^ | 3-18-2012 | Hanne Jakobsen

[Renfield]

Artefacts are usually displayed in museums but sometimes there are some that just can’t be put on exhibition – as is the case with one that is hidden deep in the Russian forests.

It was known that there were rock carvings on some islands in Lake Kanozero, and Jan Magne Gjerde, project manager at the Tromsø University Museum, went out there to document them as part of his doctoral work however, when he and his colleagues had completed their work, the number of known petroglyphs had risen from 200 to over 1,000.

“I still get chills up my spine when I talk about it because it was such an emotional experience finding these carvings,” says Gjerde. “No matter how much I explore over the next 50 years, chances are close to zero that I’ll ever find anything comparable.”...

[marsh2]

Beautiful. Most likely a map, I’d say.

[Monkey Face]

WHOA!

We will find more of these in more places when the glaciers recede a bit more before the next ice age.

There are “reasons” for the Earth to breathe.

[fanfan]

Thanks for the ping Civ.

Love the total confirmation of the thesis that these guys skied UPHILL, and then DOWNHILL to outrun their game.

I saw it as a depiction of back and forth, drawn on a wall.

[SunkenCiv]

Reminds me of the Peterborough Petroglyphs in Ontario, Canada.

[SunkenCiv]

a couple more:

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/canada/peterborough-petroglyphs.htm

http://stevequayle.com/Giants/Ancient.Civ_Technol/050201.spirit.stones.html

[SunkenCiv]

and from the New World...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2862282/posts?page=24#24

[muawiyah]

The petroglyphs have the very essence of the IKEA pictorial instructions. http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/customer_service/assembly/assembly_instructions_B.html

[Miss Behave]

Thank you, SunkenCiv! Incredible.

Bump.

[muawiyah]

The petroglyph in question is carved into the granite outcrop ~ it's laying down. You must imagine it being tipped up and placed on a mountain side.

The bear goes up the mountain, then he comes down the mountain. You don't just walk over and spear the bear ~ you must catch him by surprise.

First you ski up (short strokes) then you ski down (long strokes ~ you go further for a given effort when going down hill.

Then, you get below the bear, who is running down hill and can't stop on the snow and he impales himself on your spear.

[muawiyah]

The Sa'ami petroglyphs show each man with a penis ~ rather like the Norse did thousands of years later, albeit in an erect position.

The larger the man, the larger the penis.

You are not seeing any of that on the Canadian petroglyphs.

MAY be a reason for that.

[fanfan]

Very cool Civ, I didn't know about those. I should try to see them one day.

muawiyah, I was with you till you said:
Then, you get below the bear, who is running down hill and can't stop on the snow and he impales himself on your spear.

LOL! Just imagine the poor guy who gets that job.

"Enoch, just go down the hill and wait for the running bear to fall into your spear!
It'll be easy, I promise!"

[muawiyah]

The drawing is an instruction manual for how to hunt and kill a bear.

Remember, the Sa'ami is relatively small compared to the bear. He has little room for error. If he were to run up to the bear and poke him he might hit a rib.

If, on the other hand, he is able to get ahead of the bear on the trail, and has the bear come down hill toward him, then when he spears him he has more than his own muscle at play. The bear will run into the spear with far more force than the man could apply plunging the spear into the bear.

So, it's going to be tough to get somebody to do this ~ no doubt ~ but if the bear needs killed somebody's got to do it. You reward him with the claws ~ which he can put in thongs and hand out to his favorites. You give him the bear's gall bladder for a long.............. well, you get the idea.

A successful bear hunter who uses his skis and spear correctly will get ALL the girls!

[SunkenCiv]

:’) My pleasure.