Archaic Lens
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I take pictures of ancient statues with their hands around their navel. 25+ countries and counting.
Joined March 2012
Ancient Navels of the Earth Part I of III (full version - sound on) Let's go on the ground to Easter Island, Cusco, Peru and Delphi, Greece and examine a package of symbols and skills that is present in all three locations which bear the same ancient name, the navel of the
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The Birdman was here.
The Kassly-Schaefer Birdman Tablet found near Cahokia Mounds (Illinois) displayed in the site museum.
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Why is Gobekli Tepe important to me personally? I spent three years tracking down every statue I could find, anywhere in the world, with its hands / arms meeting around its navel. I came away convinced that this symbolism both originated at Gobekli Tepe and subsequently spread
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Ancient methods
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The duomo in Milan called… they need you!
Charlie Gee, a Stonemason who helps to restore old cathedrals throughout Europe with incredible precision A skill set that is becoming rarer to find and master in a more modern world He is only 23 years old
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I do wonder if this is how a lot of intricate ancient art was done. Like Angkor Wat
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Let’s talk ancient animal relief carvings. I’ve got Olmec (left) Sulawesi (middle) and Gobekli Tepe (right).
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We know the universe is expanding. It only makes sense that it would contract at some point, all the way back down to the singularity it was before it started expanding. But what if it has done this an infinite number of times in the past? What if every time it expands,
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Hey now
Bone Figurine of a Standing Woman with Lapis Lazuli Eyes Pre-Dynastic Egypt, Naqada I Period (c. 4000–3600 B.C.)
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Everyone should be aware of this man’s work, another amateur sleuth solving one of history’s great mysteries only this time it’s potentially Shakespeare’s last will and testament https://t.co/mjE0bn7meR
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Perhaps believability is the factor. I go to the Urfa museum and Gobekli tepe and I believe it. It all makes sense to me. I go to the Mexico museum and I almost don’t believe any of it. And I say that in the poetic sense of course.
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One would be hard pressed to find a greater collection of treasures than the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. I hear you say the British Museum, or the Louvre, the Cairo museum, hell even the Baghdad museum should be on this list. Yet somehow the national museum
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