The Archetype Civilization: Part One

The Archetype Civilization

Part One

One of the basic tenets throughout this blog has been the concept that there was, after Eden and before the Flood, a period of about 1,656 years, ending in 2348 B.C.  During this time humans developed a world-wide, unified civilization.  To differentiate this civilization from succeeding daughter civilizations (however close) and to give it the pre-eminence that I think that it deserves, I will call this culture the Archetype civilization.  (I know.  I’m very presumptuous.  I’m getting therapy.)

We have been discussing a great many scattered pieces of evidence for this concept from around the world.  Let’s begin to pull some of these pieces of information into a more coherent whole.  

While there were regional and stylistic variances here and there, the commonalities of this culture far outweigh the differences and are still evident worldwide.  There were fundamental distinctions in the lives of the people from this time that made these common characteristics recognizable.  I’ll try to group some of those differences into categories.

1.   Physically and mentally superior citizens  

2.   Rare or strange artistic and construction materials

3.   A distinctive architectural style

4.   A recognizable, unique and universal language

Physically and mentally superior citizens

First, people lived longer, were healthier, stronger and mentally more capable.  

The Bible shows us that the lifespans of the people living up to Noah’s day were longer than our own by more than a factor of 10.  In other words, instead of living 70, 80 or 90 years, they lived for 900 years or more.

Expert analysis, by people who are medical experts on human skull development (and therefore less biased than your average anthropologist or archaeologist), was conducted on the normal maturation processes seen in the most ancient of skulls.  The analysis demonstrated that these people were very much older than anyone who has subsequently lived (see Buried Alive by Jack Cuozzo).  The ancient peoples lived longer.

The earliest human remains showed bones that were denser and more robust, with muscle attachments that were much larger than our own, on the average.  This means that their bodies were more muscular and durable.

In the book of Genesis, in the Bible, Adam was capable of both naming and remembering the names of all the animals – a feat no modern human could accomplish unaided. Additionally, ancient crania (the area of the skull that held the brain) averaged 10% more volume than the current human cranium averages. 

Their brains were uniformly larger.  They had to be smarter.

Recent studies have been conducted on the physical artifacts and construction works, writings and habits of ancient peoples.  Even those peoples that we are familiar with from more recent times, like the ancient Greeks, were found to be more creative and insightful with better memories than the average modern citizen (I dare say, even if augmented by a smart phone). 

Sorry, folks.  The facts don’t support e-volution.  De-volution is very real and provable, however, especially within humanity. 

For example, there are scholars who specialize in Greek architecture.  They have concluded that, while we can copy the styles and techniques of ancient Greek buildings, there is no way that we, as a people, could ever have created such innovative, graceful works that blended into the existing landscapes as the Greeks did.

Despite what you may have been told, humanity is not getting better and better.  We are not superior to our ancestors.  We are not evolving into a higher species.  Just the opposite in fact.  

If they possessed superior neurology, then vision and hand/eye coordination would have logically been superior in the Archetype people as well.  There is evidence to support this.  

As one example, in the blog entry entitled “Cave Sight,” we saw that earlier peoples left traces of artistic work.  The characteristics and location of that work showed both extraordinary skill and superior eyesight.

So, trait one of the Archetype Civilization is the evidence of more robust, capable and intelligent individuals.

Next time we’ll look at rare or strange artistic and construction materials

WARNING!!

     The truth is there.  You just have to see it.

     This blog has been written with the sole purpose of using the ample evidence available to verify and support the biblical record, while refuting the copious propaganda that is shoved down our throats daily by materialistic uniformitarians. 

     It is my contention that the Bible describes God's original creation of people with extraordinary capabilities who subsequently created an advanced civilization that exceeds our own.  It was destroyed in the Great Flood and we have spent the last 4,500 years trying to preserve or re-build that civilization.  I contend that science supports all this in multiple disciplines, but this information is ignored, discredited or suppressed by people who have an opposing agenda.

     Nothing that you see on this blog is original.  Any fact that you see here is obtainable on a dozen different websites and books.  I use these facts and photos, without violating their copyrights, under the legal principle of fair use practice.  That is, I use them one time, for educational purposes only.

     The point is, nothing here is made up.  The only thing that I do (or need to do) is assemble this information in its readily discernible pattern. 

      You might want to read through the first entry posted on this blog (Past Remembering: Thoughts toward a coherent view of our ancient past, our present and our future) in order to understand my theoretical and theological underpinnings more clearly.

Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 (NASB)

That which has been is that which will be,

And that which has been done is that which will be done.

So there is nothing new under the sun.

Is there anything of which one might say,

“See this, it is new”?

Already it has existed for ages

Which were before us.

Gunung Padang

Gunung Padang

               
        This will be a short blog entry.  I wanted to get this posted, because it concerns recent discoveries and the investigations are new and on-going, with more exciting discoveries coming to light all the time.

     When I think of Indonesia, we're talking about an island nation combining Polynesian, Asian and Indian influences in a unique way.  Their culture, their land and their history are unlike any other.

Hilltop of Gunung Padang

      It is, therefore, interesting to find that they have megalithic ruins that have only recently been explored and researched.  In that, they are like the rest of the major land masses in the world.

Slope of Gunung Padang

     The site of Gunung Padang is located on the island of Java.  It is located near Karyamukti village, Cianjur regency, West Java Province of Indonesia, about 35 miles southwest of the city of Cianjur.  At about 2,900 feet above sea level, the site covers a hill, called Punden Berundak.  A series of terraces bordered by retaining walls of stone are accessed by about 400 successive andesite steps rising about 311 feet.  It is also covered with massive rectangular stones of volcanic origin. 

View from the top of the hill of Gunung Padang

The local peoples have known about this site as long as they have been there and have considered it a holy site where many people go for prayer and meditation.

One of the terraces of Gunung Padang

 
     To the casual visitor, it seems to be a steeply inclined hill, like others on the island.  As you get closer to the top, you come across more and more beams of andesite.  Andesite is a type of granite, very dense and hard.  Scattered logs of stone look as though they were strewn from the top of the hill like jackstraws.  

Artist conception of the entire Gunung Padang site

 

While there has been some minimal surveying and research of the area since 1979, a more intensive survey conducted in 2012 showed the following:

• The site was dated 4,500 years B.C. by carbon dating at about 13 feet below the surface and 12,500 years at 40 feet below the surface).  Artifacts at the surface dated to about 2,800 years B.C.  (Please keep in mind the problems that this author has with current radiometric dating methods.)
• Based on geoelectric, geo-radar, and geomagnetic testing, at least up to 50 feet from the surface there is construction with large chambers.
• Unlike the south side with its 5 stone terraces, the east side has 100 stone terraces with width and height of 6.5 x 6.5 feet. The west side also has stone terraces but is still covered by soil and bush, and the north side has, in addition to a 5-foot-wide stair, terraces also.
• The site area is approximately 25 hectares (2,500 acres).
• Construction of the terrace walls is similar to that of Machu Picchu in Peru. 

Another, closer artist's conception of the site

 In 2014, the Education and Culture Ministry cited these facts and recommendations:

• There is a large structure below the surface.
• A core zone site area has been confirmed.
• Many man-made artifacts have been discovered.
• The construction of the site spans four eras.
• A recommendation has been made to extend the survey, renovation concept, conservation and management of the site.

 

With these facts, we have the same questions as we did in the case of Teotihuacan and Puma Punku.  What process, other than a massive flood, could account for a structure set on such a high prominence (remember, it’s 311 feet above the surrounding landscape) that is completely buried in soil to a depth of 40 feet?  In addition, no process of erosion or other process other than a massive flood, could account for the random scattering of the massive andesite beams.

I look forward to seeing what is discovered as this undisturbed and highly visible megalithic site is researched and its secrets unveiled.  At least, before the uniformitarians start burying the inconvenient truths that will inevitably be unearthed.

WARNING!!

     The truth is there.  You just have to see it.

     This blog has been written with the sole purpose of using the ample evidence available to verify and support the biblical record, while refuting the copious propaganda that is shoved down our throats daily by materialistic uniformitarians.  

     It is my contention that the Bible describes God's original creation of people with extraordinary capabilities who subsequently created an advanced civilization that exceeds our own.  It was destroyed in the Great Flood and we have spent the last 4,500 years trying to preserve or re-build that civilization.  I contend that science supports all this in multiple disciplines, but this information is ignored, discredited or suppressed by people who have an opposing agenda.

     Nothing that you see on this blog is original.  Any fact that you see here is obtainable on a dozen different websites and books.  I use these facts and photos, without violating their copyrights, under the legal principle of fair use practice.  That is, I use them one time, for educational purposes only.

     The point is, nothing here is made up.  The only thing that I do (or need to do) is assemble this information in its readily discernible pattern. 

      You might want to read through the first entry posted on this blog (Past Remembering: Thoughts toward a coherent view of our ancient past, our present and our future) in order to understand my theoretical and theological underpinnings more clearly.

Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 (NASB)

That which has been is that which will be,

And that which has been done is that which will be done.

So there is nothing new under the sun.

Is there anything of which one might say,

“See this, it is new”?

Already it has existed for ages

Which were before us.