god, or aliens?

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Thanks, hadn't heard of it.

Me neither, actually. I was looking for the size of the stones of Ggantija and found that. It's quite mind-boggling how old that is! Are there older man-made structures?

Originally posted by Palynka
Me neither, actually. I was looking for the size of the stones of Ggantija and found that. It's quite mind-boggling how old that is! Are there older man-made structures?

Jericho and Damascus are believed to have evidence of settlements that can be dated to around 9,000BC. But no man-made structures like at Gobelki Tepe survive i think.

Originally posted by Palynka
Me neither, actually. I was looking for the size of the stones of Ggantija and found that. It's quite mind-boggling how old that is! Are there older man-made structures?

It seems to be the oldest known to date.

Here is a pre-pottery Neolithic (PPN) conspiracy theory revolving around a plot hatched by an elite of shamanic 'bird-men':
http://www.andrewcollins.com/page/articles/Gobekli_Tepe_interview.htm

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
It seems to be the oldest known to date.

Here is a pre-pottery Neolithic (PPN) conspiracy theory revolving around a plot hatched by an elite of shamanic 'bird-men':
http://www.andrewcollins.com/page/articles/Gobekli_Tepe_interview.htm

There are some intriguing theories there. Now I'm feeling like ordering the Cygnus Mystery. 😵 I guess the advertising worked (despite him sounding like a bit of a crackpot, to be honest).

Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_X-3 😲

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Silence!

Are Yavancharya's five solids a specific mandala?
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Originally posted by black beetle
Are Yavancharya's five solids a specific mandala?
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I really dont know how to approach this question, suffice to say I have great respect for Pythagoras and the other Greek 'democrats'. Any help Blackbeetle?

Originally posted by karoly aczel
I really dont know how to approach this question, suffice to say I have great respect for Pythagoras and the other Greek 'democrats'. Any help Blackbeetle?

Thales offered that water is the material cause of all things, but the idea of primeval waters as the origin of the universe is of Vedic origins.

On the other hand the teachings of That Man and the Indian philosophy are similar. Sir William Jones (Works, iii. 236), Colebrooke (Miscellaneous Essays, i. 436 ff.), Garbe (Philosophy of Ancient India, pp. 39 ff), Schroeder (Pythagoras und die Inder), Hopkins (Religions of India, p. 559 and 560), Macdonell (Sanskrit Literature, p. 422) and Winternitz (Visvabharati Quarterly Feb. 1937, p. 8) among else testify to the Indian inspiration of Pythagoras;


Methinks Orphism, Pythagorean philosophy, Neo-Platonism and Stoicism amongst else are of Samkhya-Vedanta thought of India origin. Brahmins and Buddhists were in Greece before Plato; a Greek book about India was probably written by Scylax, a Greek captain commissioned by Darius to explore the course of the Indus about 510BC according to Herodotus iv. 44
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Originally posted by black beetle
Thales offered that water is the material cause of all things, but the idea of primeval waters as the origin of the universe is of Vedic origins.

On the other hand the teachings of That Man and the Indian philosophy are similar. Sir William Jones (Works, iii. 236), Colebrooke (Miscellaneous Essays, i. 436 ff.), Garbe (Philosophy of Ancient India, pp. ...[text shortened]... ioned by Darius to explore the course of the Indus about 510BC according to Herodotus iv. 44
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And Indian spirituality (hinduism,bhuddhism) can be traced back to Upanishads,right? A book which has 20 000 refrences to 'soma'

Originally posted by karoly aczel
And Indian spirituality (hinduism,bhuddhism) can be traced back to Upanishads,right? A book which has 20 000 refrences to 'soma'

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