Mr Dimbleby Take Note...
...at least the scorpion has eight legs.
An ancient stone carving in modern-day Turkey is sensationally challenging the theory that the origins of Vulture Central lie in France. In 2012, we reported that a Paleolithic artist in the eastern French Pyrenees paid homage to the mighty vultures soaring above the gorges hemming the river Jonte, in the process creating the …
This same morning, not three hours ago, I watched part of a documentary in the History Channel about this same place and these same glyphs. I didn't quit catch the name -Göbekli Tepe- and spent some minutes considering how to get more info on the subject.
Thanks, ElReg. You just saved me several hours of research. :-D
>reach for the cop out of religion.
I think you'll find that they usually cop out on 'ritual behaviour'. It's our modern minds that translates that as 'religion', even though 'ritual behaviour' equally includes Saturday afternoon at Stamford Bridge and Saturday evening in the Dog & Duck.
Extract from one of the Ted Talks
"As natural garbage collectors, vultures are vital to our ecosystem -- so why all the bad press? Why are so many in danger of extinction? Raptor biologist Munir Virani says we need to pay more attention to these unique and misunderstood creatures, to change our perception and save the vultures. "
El Reg - Bad Press - never.........
Louis who?
Anyway, it's not handbags, it clearly depicts a snarl-up on the M25 as visualised by some herb-smoking bearded wiseman-dude during an unusually clairvoyant bender involving the sting of a scorpion, playing football with carion eating swan-wannabees on antique (well it would be) parquet flooring, and the menacing involvement of a dodgy looking gecko-like creature down at the bottom. And for some reason it's formed the inspiration for a giant stone 3D jigsaw puzzle. Go figure.
Anyone else got better plans for Friday night?
to put it another way, twice as old as stonhenge - at least. Approaching halfway to the age of the chauvet cave paintings. I don't think the article brings that into context.
The carvings are deliberate, precise, clear in what they represent (handbags aside). They feel oddly modern.