Evidence that Ancient People Were Very Intelligent (Part 2)

This is the 2nd addition to my blog series on "Evidence that Ancient People Were Very Intelligent".

I recently came across an article by Brian Thomas, M.S. "Were Stone Age Britons Trigonometry Experts?" which referenced a news story "Did ancient man use 5,000-year-old travel chart to navigate across Britain" The news story described how Tom Brooks, an amateur historian, analyzed 1,500 prehistoric sites in southern England and Wales and was able to connect all of them to at least two other sites using isosceles triangles (triangles with two sides the same length).



What is amazing about this is that the "sides of some of the triangles are over 100 miles across, yet the distances are accurate to within 100 metres. You cannot do that by chance."

Tom Brooks stated, 'So advanced, sophisticated and accurate is the geometrical surveying now discovered, that we must review fundamentally the perception of our Stone Age forebears as primitive, or conclude that they received some form of external guidance.'

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Evidence that Ancient People Were Very Intelligent (Part 1)

Somehow, during the construction of Solomon's Temple, the ancient people were able to move limestone blocks that weighed between 800,000 - 2,000,000 pounds a distance of more than one mile. We do not have the technology today to perform this feat, nor do we know how they accomplished this amazing task.

"During the last few years Jewish archaeologists have made fascinating discoveries on and beneath the Temple Mount that pinpoint the original site of Solomon's Temple...

When Jewish archaeologist excavated the area, they exposed massive foundation stones from the Second Temple and some deep foundation blocks that may have existed since the First Temple. Several of the carved limestone blocks measure forty-six by twenty feet by ten feet. They weigh from four hundred to one thousand tons each and fit so closely together that you cannot place a razor blade between them (In comparison, the largest stones used in the Great Pyramid seldom exceed fifty tons.) We know of no modern technology using cranes or helicopters that could transport such massive blocks of stone over one mile from the quarry to the Temple Mount. 1

1 Jeffrey, Grant R.; The New Temple and the Second Coming, 2007, Waterbrook Press, pg. 96-98.

Wake the Village - 2009 Gala

Wake the Village - 2009 Gala: You know it takes a village to raise a child, and now more than ever, the village must come together to support the children who need services the most.

Join your friends from Bethany Christian Services of MN for an evening of fun and fund-raising.

When: Saturday, October 24, 2009 from 6:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Where: Marriott Minneapolis West, 9960 Wayzata Blvd. in St. Louis Park.

Appetizers, cash bar, entertainment, and silent auction.

Cocktail attire admired, but not required. More details to come. Visit their website at www.bethany.org/plymouth