After our discussion of Shinto, I wanted to share some music- very powerful, and related to the work of the late Dev Engstrom.
You can listen here.
Interesting article by Julien d'Huy in Scientific American regarding comparative mythological and the origins and early migration of human society.
“Folklorists, anthropologists, ethnologists and linguists have long puzzled over why complex mythical stories that surface in cultures widely separated in space and time are strikingly similar. In recent years a promising scientific approach to comparative mythology has emerged in which researchers apply conceptual tools that biologists use to decipher the evolution of living species. In the hands of those who analyze myths, the method, known as phylogenetic analysis, consists of connecting successive versions of a mythical story and constructing a family tree that traces the evolution of the myth over time.”
China News Daily reports on the discovery of ancient ruins at the bottom of Fuxian Lake, Yunnan Province.
A Chinese submarine archaeology team stationed in Fuxian Lake… discovered lots of blocks scattered on the lake bottom. With the advanced use of detectors, they saw stones that formed a wall seen on a sonar display along with various flagstones. High stairs appeared in front of them. Flagstones covered with moss seemed to reveal an ancient sunken city.
Also see this blog post at GoKunming.
From China Travel Guide:
The detected ancient city reached an area of 2.4 sq km (1 sq mi) with 8 main buildings. The most amazing one is Fuxian Lake Pyramid. This 5-storey building is 21 m (69 ft) high and the shape is like the pyramid of Maya. A stage-style building with many bronze buckles was speculated to be a Sacrificial Altar. There are many 8 to 15 cm (3 to 6 in) holes in the under-water buildings like a “Hoofprint of Sea Horse (a kind of animal in legend of the lake)”. Researchers consider that they were probably used for building houses.
In this interview about Ancient Greeks’ relationship with technology, Adrienne Mayor posits many interesting ideas that might contrast with common preconceptions about technology in the classical world. I was particularly struck by this quote:
Actually, the Greeks tended to look backwards at high technology, imagining that gods and people in antiquity might have had skills that surpass what people could do today.
The only image of work actively being done the site before an information blackout was imposed.
Possible links to the ubiquitous Deluge Myth are cause to reconsider our understanding of the Human Timeline, including the start of the Bronze Age, and the migration of early Homo Sapiens west from subsaharan Africa.
Prime A from approximately 4000 meters above. Photo courtesy of the National Oceanographic Institute.
Use of the LIDAR technology is giving detailed information of the surfaces of both Prime A and Prime B.
Current evidence suggests a link to early Asian societies, though suspected bias confirmation is possible and should be considered.
Early LIDAR samples of the Prime A site.