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Eerie Figures With Giant Heads Found Painted in a Rock Shelter in Tanzania
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| June 29, 2022
| Michelle Starr
Posted on 07/03/2022 5:48:47 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: seowulf
I'm not sure he ever knew anything about anything. :^) And he's never been as entertaining as Giorgio A. Tsoukalos:Is such a thing even possible? Yes, it is.
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posted on
07/03/2022 7:50:38 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/03/2022 8:07:53 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
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To: SunkenCiv
Co-existing with realistically drawn figures does tend to make this interesting.
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posted on
07/03/2022 8:43:33 AM PDT
by
GingisK
To: gundog
Goodness! She is beautiful!
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posted on
07/03/2022 8:44:10 AM PDT
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GingisK
To: GingisK
My guess is, cave art was entertainment, and everyone including children participated in its making. :^)
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posted on
07/03/2022 8:49:25 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
That is a very level-headed guess. If I were to help with the art, you’d also end up with something like that.
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07/03/2022 9:05:05 AM PDT
by
GingisK
To: gundog
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posted on
07/03/2022 9:14:39 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
Eerie, weird, creepy, these are the words that attract readers, even though there is nothing at all eerie about ancient graffiti.
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posted on
07/03/2022 10:02:08 AM PDT
by
webheart
To: SunkenCiv
Those are clearly weather balloons.
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posted on
07/03/2022 12:50:31 PM PDT
by
unlearner
( Si vis pacem, para bellum. Let him who desires peace prepare for war.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/03/2022 3:26:58 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
To: SunkenCiv
SC; I really like the 4 horned giraffe that is gazing down on the crowd! (i know...probably2 ears and 2 horns by a mediocre artist!)
Who knows? A party or celebration? Back from a hunting trip and having a big barbeque? A family portrait including livestock and family pets? (Anybody see Betty Boop and Siren Head in there?)
To: seowulf
Crash go the Chariots! Van Daniken at a certain point in his book wrote “I seem to remember the Bible saying....” regarding gold foil on the Ark of the Covenent.
Von D. could not even be bothered to open a book that is universally available book to verify and footnote a remembered statement in support of the central thesis of his book. Why would anybody need to ever take him seriously again?
To: SunkenCiv
I was just reading “Archaeology” magazine, and I noticed that “rock shelters” is the term-of-art these days, instead of “caves.”
Also, they say “horse riders” instead of “horsemen.”
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posted on
07/03/2022 7:00:59 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: x
BUMP to link in post 5 for later
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posted on
07/03/2022 7:13:14 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(“Government is the problem.” --Milton Friedman)
To: Tax-chick
I was just reading “Archaeology” magazine, and I noticed that “rock shelters” is the term-of-art these days, instead of “caves.” Fred Flintstone was a man ahead of his time.
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posted on
07/03/2022 7:16:07 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ . . . - - - . . . "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️)
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
Maybe the giraffe had a Saturday morning kids’ show.
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07/03/2022 9:05:46 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Tax-chick
Rock shelters can be just a slight overhang, but the description subsumes caves, which a slight overhang isn’t. :^)
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posted on
07/03/2022 10:24:06 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
Why would anybody need to ever take him seriously again? I'm not sure anyone ever took him seriously. On the other hand, this came out in the 60-70s and there was a lot of flaky, drug addled ideas at the time.
I read it when I was 11 or 12 and thought it was OK for science fiction.
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07/04/2022 6:54:20 AM PDT
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seowulf
(Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
To: seowulf
“I read it when I was 11 or 12 and thought it was OK for science fiction.”
Oh... OK!
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