Are there really unexplained things in ancient times, which indicates the existence of prehistoric civilization?
Many people on the Internet are surprised at some ancient ideas and advanced technologies, thinking that these things can't be explained by science now, and some ancient man-made objects can't be made now, which shows that prehistoric civilization exists. So what is the truth? Let's analyze it together.
there is no ignorance in this world, only the unknown.
what does this sentence mean? That is, our universe is knowable, but this knowability is gradual, deepening and endless. But there are not mysterious and unknowable things, as some people preach. The same is true for some ancient human phenomena. Because the ancient records are unknown or missing, it is difficult to crack some ancient phenomena, and some things need to be further clarified, isn't it? Can't explain it? .
what were some things in ancient times that some people thought could not be explained? There are many, many stories circulating on the Internet. Let me summarize them in three aspects:
1. Some ancient huge or exquisite projects are often described as unsolved mysteries, such as the Egyptian pyramids and Mayan civilization, and some ancient crafts are considered magical by everyone; 2. I feel strange about some ancient works and records. How can ancient people have such wise thoughts and even know the current astronomical geography, such as Tao Te Ching, Shan Hai Jing and Yijing; 3. There are many far-fetched legends, such as underwater pyramids, sunken Atlantis, various prehistoric civilizations and so on.
now let's analyze these? Can't explain it? Something.
first of all, what about the pyramids? Explain? .
pyramids are listed as one of the seven wonders of the world, mainly distributed in Sudan and Egypt, and about 8 pyramids are scattered in the lower Nile valley. One of the most famous, tallest and largest pyramids is called? Pyramid of khufu? It is 146.5 meters high and 23 meters long at the bottom, covering an area of 52, square meters. The whole tower is made of 2.3 million stones each weighing 2.5 tons.
The so-called pyramid is actually a tomb, which is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh (king) after his death. It is just as huge as the tomb of the emperor of China, except that the tombs of the emperor of China are mostly built underground, with only a dirt hill on it, while the tombs of the Egyptian Pharaoh are built with stones on the ground. When it comes to luxury, the sacrificial objects in Pharaoh's tomb are far less luxurious than those of China emperors.
pyramid of khufu is the tomb of Khufu, the second king of the fourth Egyptian dynasty. It was built in 269 BC and once dominated the world's tallest building for more than 4,5 years. It was not until the 157.3-meter-high Cologne Cathedral was built in 188 that it came second. People's mystery and rumors about the pyramids mainly come from their incomprehension about how the huge stones weighing 2.5 tons are transported and hoisted to the highest place, and some coincidental data and directions are closely related to astronomy. Therefore, it is considered that what is done by non-human ability is probably the result of the masterpiece or help of aliens.
In fact, all these are groundless. Scientists have already revealed the construction methods of the pyramids and the sources of some coincidental data through the investigation and study of the pyramids in Egypt, and there is nothing mysterious in the first place, but it is just getting more and more mysterious through misinformation. These rumors and legends are the result of far underestimating the wisdom and creativity of the ancient people. In fact, in ancient times, people had a preliminary understanding of astronomical geography, but these understandings were usually distorted to Feng Shui superstition, so the Pharaoh after death certainly wanted it? Ascension? Therefore, some data and holes used in the pyramid construction are very wonderful, so it is logical. These construction methods and scientific interpretation of data are available on the internet, and those who are interested can search and learn online, so I won't take up space here.
let's talk about Mayan civilization again.
Maya civilization appeared from 15 BC to 8 AD. It was only an advanced representative of ancient Indian civilization and a kind of advanced civilization of that era. However, Maya civilization was more accomplished in architecture, mathematics and astronomy, but far behind our eastern civilization in farming and transportation.
In fact, as long as we know it carefully, we can see that Mayan civilization is nothing more than a branch of human civilization at that time. At that same time, different civilizations existed all over the world, some of which were more advanced, such as Egyptian pyramids, ancient Greek civilization, Chinese Shang and Zhou culture and so on. There is no essential difference between the tower-shaped buildings, sculptures and stone carvings found in Mayan cultural sites and some ancient buildings found all over the world, only the styles of architectural techniques are different or different.
The Mayans are deeply religious and worship many gods, such as the sun god, the god of war, the god of death, the wind god, the rain god, the god of grain, the god of corn, etc. The sun god is the head of the gods and the incarnation of God. Therefore, the ancient Maya, the ruler of god culture, filled with stories and images of these gods in sculptures, painted pottery and murals.
However, in these heritages, there are no physical objects such as wheels and bronze ironware or artistic images of painting and carving, which shows that Mayan civilization has remained in the stone civilization and created splendid stone civilization with simple tools. From the wheel, it is not clear that its transportation industry is extremely backward. Further research shows that the main food of ancient Mayans is corn, so it is also called corn civilization, and the farming operation is very backward. It adopts a kind of food called? Mipal farming? Our farming method is to burn the land once every three or four years or five or six years, burn the forest and plant corn in plant ash. There is almost no animal husbandry, so there are no images of livestock and poultry in various paintings and sculptures.
this backward mode of production doomed this civilization to be unsustainable. According to scientific research, there are three main reasons for the decline of Mayan civilization, namely, population explosion, food shortage and cannibalism. Backward farming culture and transportation capacity have led to a sharp increase in population, and famine and plague have led to a large-scale reduction of staff; The dispute between religion and food wealth has caused wars and killings among cities and factions. The number one goal of war killings is to target rulers and clergy, and the inheritance of Mayan culture is mainly in the hands of these people, who have been killed in large numbers, leading to the dating of Mayan culture.
There are some mysterious legends about Mayan culture, mainly because the astronomical calendar of Mayan culture is relatively developed, and there are some strange pictures of gods in sculptures, and some people even fake crystal skulls and astronaut sculptures, which are far-fetched to be related to the end of the world and aliens. In fact, these are sheer nonsense, such as the historical saying that there will be a world catastrophe on a certain day, and so on. These times passed one by one, and nothing happened. Originally, these conspiracy theories have long gone bankrupt, but some people must be blind to the facts selectively and believe these things with their eyes closed, so let the people who pretend to sleep go.
some ancient crafts were exquisite, but that doesn't mean they can't be made now.
It is common for people to marvel at some unearthed cultural relics, such as the ancient sword of the King of Yue, the big tripod of Si Muwu, the plain gauze and Zen clothes, and think that these extraordinary things can't be made in modern times. Why can such backward conditions be made in ancient times? This must be evidence of alien help or prehistoric civilization.
These unearthed cultural relics are really exquisite, representing the highest technological level of that era. At that time, when the manufacturing level of these articles was still crude, how to manufacture them was worth studying. But deify these objects, and even think that modern things can't be made, which is better than modern things? Slightly better? , sword? Cutting iron like mud? Wait, that's bragging.
The sword of the King of Yue
What do you mean? Yue Wang Jian? It is a Gu Jian used by Gou Jian, the King of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period. It belongs to the bronze ware in the late Spring and Autumn Period. It was unearthed in 1965 at Wangshan Chu Tomb Group in jiangling county, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province. It is a bronze sword with a length of 55.7 cm, a width of 4.6 cm and a handle of 8.4 cm. The body of the sword is engraved with exquisite hidden patterns, and there are? King Yue's dove (hook) shallow (practice) self-acting sword? The bird seal inscription is also inlaid with blue glass and turquoise.
The composition of Yue Wang Jian was analyzed by modern instruments and chemical methods, and it was proved that it was mainly made of tin bronze, which contained a small amount of aluminum and a small amount of nickel. With the modern smelting level and manufacturing technology, this kind of sword can be restored very approximately. As for the inscriptions and patterns carved on it, it is not a problem for modern science and technology or folk crafts.
It's not unusual to cast this kind of sword in ancient times. At that time, bronze ware making and sword casting were quite developed. Especially, to build the arrow used by emperors like Yue Wang Jian, the sword makers were certainly experienced masters. Although they didn't have chemical knowledge and equipment to accurately determine the proportion of casting materials, they had plenty of experience and trial and error conditions. It's not unusual to cast such a fine handle after many failures.
it's not surprising that bronze is not rusty, and it's not surprising that the blade is sharp, but it's bragging to say that cutting iron like mud. This sword had an accident when it was unearthed and exhibited. It was broken? Cutting iron like mud? The myth of. This sword participated in Singapore on August 24th, 1994? Chu Cultural Relics Exhibition in Warring States Period? At that time, a piece of plexiglass was stuck on the blade due to the careless operation of the new staff, leaving a scar .7 cm long and .1 cm wide. You should know that plexiglass is much harder than iron, and even plexiglass has caused blade damage. How can it be? Cutting iron like mud? And?
Simuwu Fang Ding
Simuwu Fang Ding was left by Shang Dynasty. It was 133cm high, 116cm long and 79cm wide and weighed 832.84kg. It was unearthed in Anyang, Henan Province in 1939. This tripod is just an outstanding representative of Shang and Zhou bronzes. There are many similar bronzes in the unearthed cultural relics of that era, which shows that the bronze tripod culture at that time was very popular and reached a high level.
We can marvel at the wisdom and craftsmanship of the ancient people, but there is really no need to make a fuss and think that it can't be explained. Isn't this as I said before, Mayan civilization, Egyptian pyramid civilization and our oriental civilization complement each other? The Mayan stone civilization was awesome, the Egyptian pyramids were awesome, and the bronzes of our Chinese civilization were even more awesome.
plain yarn Zen dress
Plain yarn Zen dress is a product of the early Western Han Dynasty BC, which was unearthed in Mawangdui, Changsha in 1972. This is the funerary object of Xin Zhui, the wife of Li Cang, the prime minister of Changsha in the Western Han Dynasty. The whole plain yarn Zen dress is light and thin, made of silk. The whole dress weighs only 49 grams, except for the neckline and cuff cloth, it weighs only 25 grams. The exquisiteness of this dress shows that the weaving level of human beings has reached a high level in the Western Han Dynasty, that's all.
It will certainly be difficult to completely restore the above three things, but it is better to make them, such as making sharper and firmer swords, making more beautiful and huge bronze tripod, weaving thinner and more beautiful plain yarn Zen clothes, and modern technology and equipment are completely easy. In fact, modern technology is developed little by little on the basis of ancient times, becoming more and more advanced and efficient.
now let's talk about ancient thoughts.
In ancient times, there were many thinkers whose discourses and thoughts have been circulated for thousands of years, and many of them still have strong practical significance. Some people find it strange that ancient people are still in a period of ignorance. How can there be such extraordinary wise men? Are they not mortal but immortal, or have they been instructed by aliens? From this, many strange stories spread.
In fact, those ancient thoughts are not strange at all, but some understandings gained by some clever and wise ancient people who studied natural phenomena and human society, such as Laozi and Confucius. There are idealism, materialism, essence and dross in these ancient thoughts. Because they contain such universally applicable things as dialectics, such as the complementarity of yin and yang, the extreme contradiction of things, the creation of nothing, etc., they conform to some internal laws of the development of things, and are consistent with the celestial movement and the origin of the universe described by modern science, they feel amazing.
The general law of the development of these things is the truth, which is people's general view on the occurrence and development of things and belongs to the philosophical category. Philosophy is just a methodology, which is based on the constant understanding of nature. The more people know about nature, the more correct the world outlook methodology of philosophy will be. It's a pity that some people always get this wrong, and always regard philosophy as scientific discovery and invention.
The discovery and invention of modern natural science are completely different from ancient philosophy. For example, it was found that the earth is round, the earth is not the center of the universe, and the universe is vast and vast, which the ancients could not imagine and predict. At that time, the ancient people in the East were still immersed in the limitations of the round place and dreamed of worrying about the sky.
The ancient Greek civilization and the oriental civilization complement each other.
as far as classical philosophy is concerned, a relatively complete system was formed as early as the ancient Greek era. Ancient Greek civilization is the birthplace of western civilization, which complements eastern civilization. However, the difference between ancient Greek civilization and Oriental civilization is that the East is more focused on humanistic philosophy, and some thinkers, writers and politicians, such as Laozi, Confucius, Mencius, Zhuangzi, Mozi, Xunzi, Han Feizi and Yan Zi, have emerged. These wise men pay more attention to revealing phenomena and ignore the essence of things, and all speak the truth.
Western philosophy has developed together with modern mathematics and scientific laws. Contemporary with Oriental civilization, there appeared many masters of philosophy and mathematical science in ancient Greece, such as Euclid, Socrates, Plato, Hippocrates, Pythagoras, Archimedes, Leucippus, Aristak, Aristotle, alker Mans, Eratosthenes, Xi Pakkas, etc. These people not only talked about philosophical principles, but also observed nature and experimented with hands, discovered many scientific principles, and summarized higher-level philosophy from these natural scientific discoveries, so they were even more.
These philosophical thoughts and scientific discoveries are still guiding human civilization today, such as Euclid's geometry, the medical concept of Porlatus, Archimedes' buoyancy theorem, hipparchus' astronomical theory and so on. We follow the thread of classical thought until now, and we will find that modern philosophical thought is developed slowly on the basis of classical thought and natural science.
both China's and the world's ancient thoughts still have important research value and practical significance, but they can't all be regarded as classics. It is talk.an excellent idea is to discard the false and retain the true, get the rough and get the essence and carry it forward. Some people regard some ancient dregs as classics and preach them everywhere, but they abandon some real essence as our shoes and boast of inheriting civilization. It can only be a great sorrow for such people.
does prehistoric civilization exist or not?
Looking at all kinds of statements and conclusions of scientific research, all prehistoric civilizations are far-fetched, or nonsense that creates rumors and lies. So far, there is no really valuable evidence, including Atlantis civilization, submarine pyramids, giant skull fossils, nuclear reactors hundreds of millions of years ago, metal screws and metal balls, and so on.
this is the conclusion that I got through years of study. Of course, I am not an archaeologist or a geneticist, but the spirit of science is to be willing to learn and believe in scientific conclusions. Time-space communication has published many articles on these so-called prehistoric civilizations, so I won't waste my pen and ink here. If you are interested, you can consult my answers and articles published in the past.
I only said that in scientific archaeology and genetic research, biological evolution research and even the evolution research of the universe and the earth, the scientific community has reached some conclusions with * * * knowledge, including the discovery of the earliest evidence of life ~ microfossils 3.7 billion years ago; Including life from heterotrophs to self-health.