Ancient Markers From the Old World

[mdog]

Hi Treasurenet Members,

I posted a link on Rangler's Land of Ophir thread a little bit ago and after I did it, I thought it might be fun to start a new thread and maybe get some trailmarker pictures from some of our readers who live on continents other than North and South America.

Every once in awhile I run across an article about trail markers that were erected during some of the ancient civilizations of the Mediteranean region. If I find such an article, I usually post it on somebody else's thread. From now on I'm going to post them here and hope that some of the people who live in those areas will send pictures of similar ancient markers. The markers might not actually be treasure signs or symbols but they are historical treasures.

I think it would be a good chance for our overseas members to teach us something about the the history of the country they live in.

And for those of you who think that the Americas were visited by ancient civilizations, you might learn about markers used during those civilizations as they moved along the old trade routes.

I would also like to see posts from archeologists and historians who have studied such things and who will share their knowledge.

I'll start out with three. The first one is the link I put on Ranglers site and it's part of a book about ancient Egypt.

http://books.google.com/books?id=C6...onepage&q=trail markers ancient egypt&f=false

The next one is about dolmens in the Mideast and Europe.

http://britam.org/Proof/Attributes/roleDolmen.html

The last one is about triliths in Arabia.

http://www.quinnemanuel.com/media/56806/on the frankincense.pdf

Please send pictures and articles.

Rick

 

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http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412012

 

[mdog]

http://www.timetravel-britain.com/articles/stones/rockart.shtml

 

[mdog]

http://www.biblewalks.com/info/RomanRoads.html

 

[Old Dog]

Sorry to report Rick,
Archies are skeered to deal with real facts and won't come on here.
responding to real facts is beyond their scope.
If it isn't written in a book some where they don't think it worthy of notice.
No matter how much physical proof we put out to prove the point.
it isn't in a book so we don't matter.

Sorry buddy

 

[Old Dog]

Added note...
we are the bane of the civilized world as well.
We are treasure hunters.
This means we have an enemy before we start and must keep an extra wary eye.
Most archies don't see what we normally make note of because of the academically closed mind set.
They are harder to teach than small children and are worth less than dust on the boots we wear out because of it.

I have taken care to note here that one archie of note ... I have been able to enlighten.
He is the curator of the Museum of Western Colorado.
Dave ... is a special kind of guy.
looks at proof and makes up his own mind.

 

[mdog]

Hi Old Dog,

It seems that archeologists in other countries study the trail markers and recognize them as a piece of the puzzle. I haven't been able to find any here in the states that study them. It could be just a matter of priorities. In my state the State Archeologist's Office has been cut to the bone and most of the work they do is for the DOT. That's where they get most of their money.

I've been trying to date a campsite in my area and I haven't been shy about letting people know that treasure hunters are the only group I've found that study markers and symbols. It's a real conversation killer with some people. The rangers at the park I study know what I'm doing and I make sure I don't do anything that will betray their trust. Two weeks ago I recieved an e-mail from one of the archeologists I've asked for help and she sent me a link that had a survey report for the area I've been interested in. So there are people around who might help but who don't share an interest in what you are doing.

I think there is a general lack of trust between treasure hunters and archeologists. It seems like both groups are looking for that certain piece of information that makes everything else fall into place. The archeologists don't want any sites destroyed because there might be some valuable information lost. The treasure hunters protect their sites because they have studied for many years and they don't want somebody coming in and destroying markers or finding the object of their search or preventing them from searching.

Most of my time is spent in research and I pass on information to both treasure hunters and archeologists. the only thing I don't pass on to either group is information about signs and markers that is given to me in a personal message.

I like the co-operation between the archeologists and the treasure hunters of England.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Rick

 

[Old Dog]

Happy thanksgiving to you and yours Rick.
Thanks for all the links and the subject is quite superior.
Keep up all your fine work.
It helps us all.

 

[mdog]

Thanks for the encouragement Old Dog. Isn't this a grand hobby we share? It's like going to school everyday and loving every minute of it.

Rick

 

[mdog]

Here's a story and some pictures that are pretty cool but the analysis is kinda strange.

http://www.humanresonance.org/geoglyphs.html

 

[mdog]

Thanks for the link abitexex.

Here is a link that I thought was real interesting and that some of you might be able to contribute to. Cairns and rock circles are a pretty basic marker used around the world in ancient as well as modern times.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtygf/county/monumenttrail.htm

Rick

 

[mdog]

Here's a link to a lesson about the ancient trade routes of the old world. No maps or pictures but the article gives a good idea of the amount of treasure moved along these old trade trails.

http://www.ruperthopkins.com/pdf/Trade.pdf

 

[Old Dog]

Good stuff Rick,
thanks for a very informative source.

 

[mdog]

http://www.cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/hans/

http://www.turkishhan.org/visiting.htm

 

[desertmoons]

Thanks md!
I added to my long long list...

 

[mdog]

Your welcome Old Dog and Desertmoons.

Here's another link.

http://www.examiner.com/architectur...t-boulder-continues-to-baffle-museum-visitors

 

[mdog]

This link has a lot of information about the trade routes in south Asia.

http://nabataea.net/trade.html

 

[mdog]

http://books.google.com/books?id=7r...=ancient chinese markers trade routes&f=false

I justed started reading this but it looked so interesting I wanted to get it posted right away.

Rick

 

[mdog]

Here's another link that shows pictures of the pecked crosses that were mentioned in the link I showed in my last post.

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2005JHA....36...31A