Ancient Astronauts?

[nikehead06]

I was just poking around the internet and came across this. I have always believed that ancient people were smarter than us in many ways, so I'm not suprised by the theories, let me know what you guys think!

"Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, aliens, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, EVPs, myths, ancient artifacts, religion, strange facts, odd sightings or just the plain unexplainable.

In today's world, it's not uncommon to talk about human beings orbiting the earth, walking on the moon or sometimes somebody who's done that kind of stuff driving cross country in diapers to possibly murder her boyfriend's true love. A long time ago though - say hundreds or thousands of years - mankind must have thought the only thing living way up in the heavens was God himself.

Except for the people who already knew of mortals flying beyond the stratosphere. They'd not be surprised by our space-flight accomplishments at all. There's allegedly evidence that some people cite to prove astronauts were around a long, long time ago.

Some might argue that at least hundreds of years ago our ancestors cruised through outer space in crude, wooden spaceships powered by either sail or steam. Most would argue that we made that up just now.

There really are, though, vocal proponents that argue for something called an 'Ancient Astronaut' theory. They cite quite a bit of evidence for this too. Of course none of the evidence is so grand it will knock you on your duff, proving once and for all that cavemen knew how to make oxygen tanks - compiled, however, it does make a thought-provoking list.


Wikipedia sums up part of the 'pro' arguments:

"Proponents of ancient astronaut theories point to what they perceive as gaps in historical and archaeological records and also what they see as an absence of definitive explanations in certain contexts from the archaeological sciences. Advocates of these theories put forward as evidence their interpretations of various archaeological artifacts, which they deem to have been anachronistic or beyond the presumed technical capabilities of the historical cultures they are associated with. Another common theme relies upon the interpretation of depictions in certain ancient artworks as being representations of actual extraterrestrial visitors as realized by the contacted cultures."

Some of the artwork talked about there are just anciently drawn pictures or sculptures that in retrospect, look an awful lot like today's basic image of an astronaut. Examples of this can be found in some giant Italian landscape-paintings from around 10,000 BC that seem to depict two beings wearing a circular helmet, or in 'the Great Martian Gods,' which is a picture drawn in the Saharan Desert floor of a gigantic cyclops surrounded by what looks like disk-shaped UFOs.

The alleged ancient visitations resulted in more than just pictures - the greater portion of the ancient Astronaut theories would seem to be that we are the end result. A long time ago either our ancestors or our owners came to earth, then left us behind.

Again, Wikipedia has the skinny:

"Ancient astronaut adherents often claim that humans are either descendants or creations of beings who landed on Earth millennia ago. An associated theory is that much of human knowledge, religion and culture came from extraterrestrial visitors in ancient times: ancient astronauts acted as a “mother culture.”"

So our folks basically left us, but check in from time to time to make sure we're not at each other's throats. But of course we are at each others throats, so they're not doing a very good job.

Perhaps we are a grand experiment being studied from afar, planted here ages ago for the sole purpose of seeing the evolution of consciousness and what its development makes us do.

Or perhaps really ancient people were just into sci-fi too.

They probably had a Roddenberry in a moose-skin or something. Yes, it's all clear to us now."

Awesome Or Off-Putting: Theories of the Ancient Astronaut | Hecklerspray

[Beesz]

Interesting read.
Props.

[Pathogenik]

good read. I never really thought about shit like that.

[KillaKuz]

Props never thought of that. Doubt it though God put us on this earth.

[Robert Are]

I watched some shit on the History Channel about this.

Interesting shit.

[tRiLL]

didnt mythbusters try to make an ancient rocket and it just fell over and blew up

[nikehead06]

Originally Posted by tRiLL

didnt mythbusters try to make an ancient rocket and it just fell over and blew up

I didn't see that one...

It sounds hilarious though.

[nikehead06]

Originally Posted by Sureloc Holmes

I watched some shit on the History Channel about this.

Interesting shit.

I saw something along the same lines....

[STR8DIMEZ]

Maybe. The Pyramids are a great example of this.

[henrey713]

Originally Posted by STR8DIMEZ

Maybe. The Pyramids are a great example of this.

Exactly, ever checked that shit out?
I seen a vid that said its damn near impossible for humans too have done that because how accurate it is.
Ima look for the video in my stumbleupon likes.