Friday, December 16, 2005

And while I'm waxing iconoclastic . . .

The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts

Could it be, however, that conventional science is just as mistaken as the Bible stories? There is a great deal of archeological evidence that the history of life on earth might be far different than what current geological and anthropological texts tell us.

(Via Chapel Perilous.)






And don't miss my own free-form speculation on the connection between "impossible" grooved spheres and Saturn's moon Iapetus.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

in what way do you mean "impossible"?

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/mom/spheres.html

Anonymous said...

Could be someone in a far future creates a time machine. As part of a prank he fires it up and starts tossing stuff through to far flung past epochs.

"Hehe! This will really bake their noodle!"

Mac said...

Boogey Man--

I've thought of that. If any of these objects are true anachronisms and not misidentifications/hoaxes -- and that point is open to debate -- I'd almost be more inclined to accept that they were displaced in time than created by some unknown prehistoric civilization.

Ken said...

I thought it has been established that these mystery spheres are natural phenomena.

Mac said...

Ken--

The spheres appear to be natural formations. The grooves are more difficult to explain, and it's unclear how many of the spheres have them.

In any case, I find some of the other artifacts more intriguing.

Mac said...

Gordon--

I, for one, appreciate your skepticism.

As most readers can tell from reading the comments at my old sphere post, I wrote my original column -- what I clearly label "free-form speculation" -- before conversing with those more knowledgable than me.

By no means do I choose to be "bothered by facts."