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Anthropology

Spitfire of ATJ

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21. Well, that is 10,000 years in the future in the second diagram.

Reply to moobu2 (Reply #19)

Sun Sep 30, 2012, 01:48 PM

Sep 2012

Picture one like Scorpio though. There's no way the tail and claws existed too long ago so the Zodiac came about in the not too distant past.

I've heard people say the Spinx is to commemorate the transition between the Ages of Virgo and Leo which would be prior to the Age of Taurus which is prior to the Age of Pisces (The age we are in now). As intriguing as that is, the star positions didn't form the constellations we have now that far back so the Zodiac didn't exist back then.

My theory is the Zodiac is likely the invention of nomadic European Gypsies who were famed for their fortune telling. That would explain it's lack of specific origin.

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Look at this flash movie of a tour of the interior of the Lascaux cave paintings [View all] moobu2 Sep 2012 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #1

Absolutely AMAZING Thank you so much for posting. snagglepuss Sep 2012 #2

WAY Cool!!! Thank Much benld74 Sep 2012 #3

Thank you Rainforestgoddess Sep 2012 #4

Moobu, thanks so much for the wonderful memories... Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #5

I never visitted Lascaux, but in the summer of 1971 I did get to visit tblue37 Sep 2012 #6

Awe-inspiring and humbling! We ain't invented nothin'! Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #7

I wish I could have seen Lascaux in person. As amazing as Altamira is, tblue37 Sep 2012 #8

Hello to a Jayhawk from a former Nebraska Cornhusker. Nice to meet you, tblue! Surya Gayatri Sep 2012 #9

Hi back atcha. But be careful--there is another "tblue" here on DU--which is why I am tblue37. tblue37 Sep 2012 #10

Two of the most thought-provoking things about these paintings: Vox Moi Sep 2012 #11

The origin of the Zodiac has to be recent enough for the stars to be close to their current state. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #14

It's known as the Plough to some cultures moobu2 Sep 2012 #19

Well, that is 10,000 years in the future in the second diagram. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #21

Thanks for that link Tumbulu Sep 2012 #18

I think these caves were where youths were "initiated". Odin2005 Oct 2012 #24

Beautiful ! left-of-center2012 Sep 2012 #12

this is what makes this site so excellent... donal dubh Sep 2012 #13

I feel the same way- welcome! (nt) Tumbulu Sep 2012 #17

THIS LITTLE LASCAUX TOUR REMINDS ME OF MORE COSMIC, POWERFUL ISSUES THAN OCCUPY ME MOST OF THE TIME drynberg Sep 2012 #15

The whole site kicks ass. alfredo Sep 2012 #16

Excellent & amazing! lillypaddle Sep 2012 #20

Excellent! Thanks n/t DavidL Oct 2012 #22

When Picasso saw the cave paintings he exclaimed "We have invented NOTHING!!!" Odin2005 Oct 2012 #23

Unforgettable. Thank you, so much for this experience. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2012 #25