Them greeks had issues.
I can believe that the sphinx was that old. back in that era, the area around the sphinx wasn’t completely desert, but rather had water around it. Plus, whichever pharoah had the sphinx built had a waterway built to it so all of the burial goods could be transported there.
Ancient Mayans were savages, man. They would ritually pull someone’s heart out while it was beating, then chop the head off, kick it down the steep stairs, then kick the body down to follow it. The steep stairs promoted the body falling all the way down, plus they spilled more blood trying to appease the gods. Whew.
Hyooge-I read that book last year, it’s great! Once you finish it, you need to pick up Tides of War by the same author. I can’t remember who it was, but one of the ancient Greek civilizations had a corps of warriors composed of nothing but homosexual lovers. The theory was that these men would rather die than be seen fleeing the battle by their lover. Kind of an interesting corollary to the women in combat issue. Diesel- There’s a book called “How wars are won” by David Bivens, I think. He goes through abd picks various principles of battle, then uses historical examples to show it in action. You ought to read it, you’d probably enjoy it.
hey jwright,
i thought it was the aztecs that did that. of cource it could of been both of them. i do know that the aztecs sacrificed anyone men, women and children mostly to the sun god. but your right they both had shed more blood then when the spanish battled and killed them.
Fingerprints of the Gods by Hancock is definitely a must-read. He’s got one that came out earlier this year that I can’t wait to read but I am waiting for the paperback to hit that stands.
Jwright.
If you think seeing a mummy is exciting you should be inside a pyramid, in the valley of kings and all the other great places in egypt. just dont tell anybody your from the states.the fact that they are number 1 on the US aid list would not stop them from tearing your heart out.
S-man,
ass-whacker - I spent a good 30 minutes analyzing these 3 mummies. It was so cool seeing the inside of an encasement, with all the additional writing. I was so excited. I’m definitely going to get some more books this summer for fun reading - if you call reading about gay spartan armies fun 
J
I’ve read some of Graham Hancock’s latest bk, “Underworld” - very interesing. Deals with manmade structures under the sea in Japan & India, among other places, that pre-date known civilisations.
Theres been alot of research that shows the Sphynx could very well be 12,000 years old (weathering of the base due to flooding at end of the last ice age in 10,500 b.c., astronomical and mathmatical evidence etc…).
Interesting to note that Homer & other thinkers of that age wrote that the Greeks are but children compared to the knowledge of the ancient Egyptians.
Fascinating stuff!
I’ve visited some ruins on the Yucatan Penninsula that were awe-inspiring.
Absolutely huge, and all built with obviously advanced mathematical knowledge.
and there were many many more sites in the jungle that have yet to be excavated.
Yep, nothing like being there.
Yeah, the book on the ‘Hot Gates’ was very good. Probably saved our way of democracy.
Thought the movie about Julius Ceasar was very good too. I think that both physically and mentally, the Greeks and Romans were better. Especially in endurance and then, thought. Of course, we being an entertainment society, I understand the majority aren’t going to a)run 5 miles every day b) read 2 books a week.
I just purchased Gates of Fire, The Last of the Amazons and Tides of War, all by Steven Pressfield. Hopefully they’re all good, we’ll see.
I am a huge fan of Roman history myself. I enjoy both the early empire AND the later Roman Empire in the east, also known as the Byzantine Empire. I took a course on the latter last semester, extremely interesting stuff. I’m hoping to go to Greece some time in the next few years and see some of the ancient Greek stuff as well as some of the medieval venetian forts and Byzantine forts / cities (like Byzantine Mistra on the Peloponessus).
Echoing Scipio and Sniper, I’m a much bigger fan of Greek and Roman history than of Egyptian.? Those cultures were amazing.? I actually spent 6 weeks back in 1995 in Greece taking a summer class on ancient Greek culture and history through the UCLA study-abroad program – that was one of the highlights of my collegiate education experience.
I do find the Mayans and Aztecs quite interesting as well – I visited some small Mayan ruins back in February when my girlfriend and I went down to Cozumel.? Given the state of their technology, they had some amazing knowledge of math and astronomy.? It’s too bad the Spanish conquistadores, in their ignorant, emotional zeal, decided to burn all the “pagan texts” that contained their scientific accomplishments and history.