Archeology

Friday March 2, 2007 - 12:33AM EDT

Watching a show on ancient monuments on history channel. I love this stuff. I remember watching something on how they pretty much have discovered what was known as Atlantis to Plato and it was a civilization that was far more advanced than anything of the time.  In time we may find out that advanced human civilizations are far older than we know.  What could it mean? Who knows but I love it. Our past on this planet is far from completely revealed that is for sure.  It makes me wonder about how humans could have had such and ebb and flow of advancement and decline.  We think of our earliest periods as being primitive but somethings go against such an assessment. It also makes me think of how the modern era of man still might have some catching up to do as far as longevity of society in comparison to our ancestors.

I saw another show a while ago about how missionaries and European settlers to the New World destroyed a lot of certain Native Culture's writing because they thought it was related to the devil. That kind of garbage is terrible. Even today the self interests of certain people to uphold some kind of beliefs in things get in the way of any kind of objective look or discovery of our past. I just hope we don't lose all this history because of the ignorant fools of today.