I find it fascinating to realize all the similarities between the ancient Egyptians and the ancient civilizations of the Americas. Pyramids are one obvious similarity. Heiroglyphics represent another. But there are many more.
Gold, for instance, is extremely difficult to find, and even more difficult to accumulate in large quantities. Why would two separate civilizations with absolutely no connections treasure the same material? There are many things of greater value such as food, shelter and good health. Gold provides none of these except through a falsely implied value. Likewise, gems also implied value in the form of wealth to both Egyptians and Meso-Americans.
Religion and politics were intertwined in both Egyptian and most large Meso-American cultures. Most often, the ruler was a God-like figure, with unequivocable power, much like the pharoahs.
Large agricultural and military components provided power to dominate neighboring villages and tribes. Calendars and astronomical data were advanced, detailed, and quite accurate. Religious rites were along similar lines dealing with creation, birth, death, power, morals and law.
While it seems certain that the Egyptians and Phoenicians were quite capable of sailing to the Americas, little is known about Meso-American mariners. Pizzaro witnessed large sailing rafts traveling along the coastlines. But there’s very little evidence of Meso-American travel to the Mediterranean.
It seems inevitable that at some point in the future, we’ll find even more similarities between the Ancient Mediterranean civilizations and the Americas. I wonder if they’ll ever find absolute connections? To date, there are no provable connections between Egyptians and the Americas. However, there are some extraordinary connections between West Africans and the Americans. And, the West Africans also built pyramid type structures prior to the spread of the Sahara. Interesting.
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Comment by Jim — September 30, 2009 @ 11:12 am
Hey there Bro,
Good site. Some useful and knowlegeable articles man
I know, I am creeping,lol. I hope can produce something like this myself one day. Who did you buy your templates from?
Hopefully one of you kind souls could help me out a little here. I am looking for someone who I was reliably told used to be a member with this site. They used to use the tag ‘wizardwebtwo’.
Because I am looking to start my own website on health related content for items such as: opalescence teeth whitening (hence the where did you get your templates from,lol) but am having realllll difficulty getting hold of dropshippers for these goods. I had been in touch with this guy but my PC got stolen and unfortunately had all my contact details on it (I know, I know, should have backed it up
)
So if you people have heard or seen anything of this guy could you let me know please? Failing that maybe one of you guys knows someone?
And, which hosting do you use as I keep informed negative stories about the host I am thinking of placing my site with. And any other useful tips you can give re starting up my website would be helpful and very appreciated.
I do hope that someone has useful info about this
Thanks Mate,
Comment by davethedudescoggins — October 18, 2009 @ 4:51 am
Hey Dave the Dude,
I normally just delete posts like this, but it was an amusing piece of work just to get your link in for some tooth whitener. And, it’s pretty targeted too. People come here all the time looking to brighten their smiles. BTW, people still steal computers? What’s a hot, second-hand computer worth these days? 10 bucks? 20?
Comment by Jim — October 18, 2009 @ 11:36 am
How long did it take you to write this?
Comment by Cristian — November 8, 2009 @ 12:02 am
Hi Christian. I’m not sure whether you’re referring to the book or the post. The post took about half an hour to 45 minutes–can’t remember exactly how long it took. The book took 10 years in my spare time. I was working 50-60 hours a week as a truckdriver when I wrote the book. Those were the good old days, when I had time to think. Now I work in marketing, copywriting and maintaining web sites. It’s more difficult to find time to write, and then be able to focus on it. If you can write without distractions, it’s much better to be the “starving artist”. But, if you have family and obligations, you really can’t afford to spend so much time writing. If it was possible to just write, I don’t think it would be all that difficult to put out a novel every 12-18 months.
Comment by Jim — November 8, 2009 @ 1:50 pm
Hello!
It’s very easy to add social bookmarking to a WordPress site. Just go to the dashboard in your admin panel. On the left, click on “Plug-ins”. When the menu expands, click on “Add New”. Where it says “Popular Tags”, click on “Bookmark” or “Bookmarks”. Pick out the one you like best. On the right, you’ll see a link that says “Install”. Click that, and most times you’ll be done. Your site will have the tool you want. Make sure you click on the link to the site to make sure that’s what you want.
You’ll also find all kinds of plug-ins for polls, slideshows, SEO and lots of other things to make your site more fun and interesting. They’re generally very easy to use, too.
Comment by Jim — February 21, 2010 @ 2:04 pm