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davidmorgan
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|  Posted 20-12-2017 at 10:55
I recently came across the "Inca Cross" which seems to be an "invented tradition" - Wikipedia.
I would say what the new-age druids get up to at Stonehenge is along these lines.
I guess there are other examples (e.g. anything to do with aliens).
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cerrig
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| Posted 20-12-2017 at 12:38
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/we-may-not-be-alone-former-pentagon-ufo-official-says-about-evidence-of-alien-life/ar-BBH1P4V?li=BBoPWjQ
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| Posted 21-12-2017 at 10:10
I’d agree with you, David.
The past is often presented as a version of the present, with objects given modern labels. Another similar issue is anthropomorphism of items, with little evidence. Eg calling a rock a ‘venus’ just because it has dots on it.
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| Posted 29-12-2017 at 09:03
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/video-shows-us-navy-jet-tracking-mysterious-ufo/vi-BBHspTi
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| Posted 29-12-2017 at 20:40
Kevin??? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WLLJC0GmD0
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| Posted 06-01-2018 at 04:37
Fake "American Indian" rituals, crafts, legends and "traditions" abound.
They often have a tiny kernel of actual indigenous tool, craft or ritual, like the modern "dreamcatcher" craft item which appears to have its origin in an actual good luck charm resembling a spider web in a willow hoop (Ojibwe origin) hung over infant's cradles.
David Morgan and I saw a group of young people (who appeared to be Christians of some denomination) conducting some sort of ritual activity involving flags and mini "ram's horns" on top of Monk's Mound last August.
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| Posted 04-02-2018 at 12:42
Worth reading!
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-design-beacons-for-humanitys-afterlife/
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bat400
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| Posted 14-10-2018 at 23:30
More about the "Inca cross."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakana#/media/File:Tawa_chakana.svg
On a recent trip to Peru many of our museum guides pointed out an image in ancient artwork that they said was a reference to the "Southern Cross", meaning the 5 star Constellation. This was generally a diamond shape (sometimes with inward sloping sides,) or a 12 side figure resembling a large "+" sign.
You can one here: http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=186720 on the left hand side.
If you take one quarter of the "Chakana" image, you get a sort of staircase with 3 steps. This is definitely an ancient symbol. Museo Nacional de Arqueología Antropología e Historia.
[ This message was edited by: bat400 on 2018-10-14 23:52 ]
[ This message was edited by: Andy B on 2018-10-15 13:43 ]
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