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morphius2661
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The Piri Re'is map
#7440688 - 09/22/07 02:30 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_1.htm
I thought this was interesting. It talks about an ancient map that should not exist because of the accuracy of it. Piri Re'is drew the map from a collection of other older maps in 1513, some maps from the time of Alexander the Great (531 BC).
It's pretty long but a good read. Very interesting. Here are some of the key points made at the bottom for those not wanting to read it all:
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Here is a summary of some of the most unusual findings about the map:
* Scrutiny of the map shows that the makers knew the accurate circumference of the Earth to within 50 miles.
* The coastline and island that are shown in Antarctica must have been navigated at some period prior to 4,000 B.C. when these areas were free of ice from the last Ice Age. * The map is thought to be one of the earliest "world maps" to show the Americas. Early scholars suggested that it showed accurate latitudes of the South American and African coastlines - only 21 years after the voyages of Columbus! (And remember, Columbus did NOT discover North America - only the Caribbean!) Writing in Piri Re'is own hand described how he had made the map from a collection of ancient maps, supplemented by charts that were drawn by Columbus himself. This suggests that these ancient maps were available to Columbus and could have been the basis of his expedition.
* As can be seen below, an azimuthal projection ( looking at the globe from a point above the globe), from the point above Cairo, Africa (Egypt) shows that the Piri Reis map corresponds more or less with the lower right quarter of this map if one rotates it some 20 degrees counter clockwise.
The contours from the Piri Reis map (top image), and an azimuthal projection of the real globe (bottom image), show very similar distortions.
* Piri Re'is own commentary indicates that some of his source maps were from the time of Alexander the Great (332 B.C.).
I first read about this in a book which also talked about how half of the Sphinx in Egypt seems to have water errosion and the top half is much newer than the bottom.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Really makes you wonder if there was some advanced civilization around to help out early humans. Or perhaps early humanity(100k years ago, or more whatever) wasnt actually early at all, but as technologically advanced as we are and eventually destroyed themselves, thus resetting the globe back to 'ancient times'
I just thought it was interesting so I'd share.
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LucidDream
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Pre-history is fascinating. There are these tantalizing clues that point to civilizations of which we've never even heard. A great book on the subject is Pyramid Odyssey by William R. Fix. It's a little...out there at times, but there is a lot in it that goes way beyond the Great Pyramid and explores the possibility of an ancient culture which disappeared in some cataclysm.
In Fix's scenario, a few survivors may have carried their learning and knowledge to other cultures, trying desperately to preserve what they knew. There are interesting parallels that sometimes pop up in disparate cultures, ancient traditions of "bearded white culture bearers."
If nothing else, he makes you realize how little we really know about "prehistory," and that with modern historians, the further back in time they go, the more they're just talking out of their asses. He shows that Egyptologists in particular are really full of shit in many particulars about their supposed field of expertise. It's a great read. I wish I still had a copy of it.
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