Speculation: what archaeological sites will be found in the near future?

[Harte]

Evidence for that? Should I ask who did it?

Some rich guy.
I think his name was Musk. Alien Musk.

Harte

[Harte]

You know how the Nag Hammadi library was probably books hidden circa A.D.367 after they were banned?

I'm thinking wouldn't it be cool if circa A.D. 100, the bulk of the Library of Alexandria got hidden away, well some time before A.D. 260. Wouldn't it be cool to find the secret hidden cache?

Practically the whole library was in Rome by then.

That would be cool. Then if they evolved to Homo Sapien in America they would be real American natives like the coyote and the jaguar.

It's not impossible that erectus lived in the Americas, but that certainly doesn't mean they "evolved" into humans.
Erectus and sapiens existed at the same time.
If Erectus had been present, they were long gone from the new world by the time sapiens got here. Otherwise it would show up in the DNA.
That's what we do. Have sex with any (usually) two-legged thing.

Harte

[Bootless]

Practically the whole library was in Rome by then.
It's not impossible that erectus lived in the Americas, but that certainly doesn't mean they "evolved" into humans.
Erectus and sapiens existed at the same time.
If Erectus had been present, they were long gone from the new world by the time sapiens got here. Otherwise it would show up in the DNA.
That's what we do. Have sex with any (usually) two-legged thing.

Harte

Unless some went to Cyprus

The influence of the Library declined gradually over the course of several centuries. This decline began with the purging of intellectuals from Alexandria in 145 BC during the reign of Ptolemy VIII Physcon, which resulted in Aristarchus of Samothrace, the head librarian, resigning and exiling himself to Cyprus. 

Library of Alexandria 

Looking at Wikipedia, it seems that H. Erectus stayed mostly in warmer, non jungle areas, so didn't spread North much. So probably never had the chance to reach the Americas.

[Tecate]

I agree with Bakodiver’s post as well. How many submerged ruins would we find in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean or really any other place off the coasts?

Interesting to see what could be found if it were really looked for…


Tecate

[Harte]

Unless some went to Cyprus

Rome had complete access to the library beginning around 30 BC.
But only a small fraction of texts from Rome survives today so same thing anyway.

Looking at Wikipedia, it seems that H. Erectus stayed mostly in warmer, non jungle areas, so didn't spread North much. So probably never had the chance to reach the Americas.

Probably not, but not Impossible.
They certainly spread into East Asia, and that wouldn't have required getting into the cold or the jungle.
That far back there were a great many more islands strung across the Pacific. We do know that Erectus made it offshore (Flores.)

Harte

[Hanslune]

Why look on land?  Humans tend to congregate on seashores where food is plentiful.  Sea levels were 350 ft lower in prehistoric times.  Look at 350 ft depths around continental shelves.  That's where evidence of prehistoric civilization will be found.

Actually the first civilizations formed on rivers, Caral-Supe was near the sea but it was the Minoans that were first serious sea civilization that we know of. When the water started to rise it would have been very slow and the civs could easily moved back  - no one usually builds right at sea level due to those pesky waves. Had a civilization been on the East coast of North America  = per old Hancock  - we should find relics of them inland, but we don't. Example for the Vikings we found the Maine Penny, something traded possibility or being raken. On Iceland we found AI DNA which means there was some human contact also. Old Kingdom Egyptian pottery (c. 2649–2150 B.C.) has been found throughout Egypt of course but also in neighboring regions, notably the Levant (modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine) and Nubia (modern-day Sudan). he distribution reflects Egypt's significant regional trade network during this period. This applies to all the other civilizations too.

[Hanslune]

Rome had complete access to the library beginning around 30 BC.
But only a small fraction of texts from Rome survives today so same thing anyway.


Probably not, but not Impossible.
They certainly spread into East Asia, and that wouldn't have required getting into the cold or the jungle.
That far back there were a great many more islands strung across the Pacific. We do know that Erectus made it offshore (Flores.)

Harte

List of ancient books known to have existed but now lost : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_literary_work

[quintessentone]

What are you hoping to, expecting to, or wish to see archaeologists find in the near future?

1. A flowering of human culture in the Eemian (130,000 - The Last Interglacial) years ago but which died out
2. Connection being the Ubaid, Sumer and Gobekli Tepe
3. Homo Erectus in the Americas
4. A 'settlement' of crude structures found - a 'village' going back to 300,000 years ago
5. A 'cemetery' going back 750,000 years ago
6. A large canoe/raft/'boat' going back 100,000 years ago
7. A village or grouping of habitations going back 15,000 years ago
8. Early domestication of animals back to 20,000 years
9. Early domestication of plants back to 30,000 years ago
10. Better weapons – spear thrower, bow and arrow 75,000 years ago
Your input?

I would like to see anything and everything that may explain the mysteries of us and the universe.

[Harte]

I would like to see anything and everything that may explain the mysteries of us and the universe.

You don't ask much, do you.
Harte

[Hanslune]

Harte I was told by the deputy assistant to the sub-manager of the reformed Illuminati bureau of world monitors and discount hazmat store - that you are in fact the Count of Saint Germain?