[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin! Nice find!

In her Plato Prehistorian: 10,000 to 5000 B.C. Myth, Religion, Archaeology, Mary Settegast reproduces a table which shows four runic character sets; a is Upper Paleolithic (found among the cave paintings), b is Indus Valley script, c is Greek (western branch), and d is the Scandinavian runic alphabet.

[Beowulf9]

Hey, Sunken Civ! Nice to see YOU!

[left that other site]

Archaeologists worldwide are approaching this discovery with caution, lest their reputation be runed.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Come on. An “(H)” in one glyph on the squared-off keystone on one corner of one temple in Turkey is like a ((o)) on a simple smooth rock in Australia?

Yes, people could have walked in 2 years from Turkey to the Australian outback before the land-bridge was lost/submerged, and, yes, the two symbols could be linked.

But, no - The two do not look anything related except by someone desperately looking to publish an “Aborigines are special” paper for his/her publishing list for his/her next promotion.

[WMarshal]

I am absolutely certain that much of our history is under the ocean. I wish that there was a project to sink a shaft down 350’ to 450’ down to the old sea level at various places in the Nile Delta and then to sent horizontal shafts to further explore interesting layers that look promising. Sea levels have been rising for the last 13,000 years with numerous pulses and pauses and I am sure that there are various layers of civilization from 25’ all the way down.

People have always lived near deltas where rivers meet the sea (trying to kill the planet by driving SUVs and overfishing mother ocean /sarc).

[Monkey Face]

The runes are more interesting than the story you pinged me to, SC.

I figure the pillar is probably indicative of something left behind by early nomads ~~ you know? when the earth was still half land and half water? before it split up?

Yah. Like that.

;o]

Thanks for the ping!