It's possible that the 5000 year old stories were myths remaining of an earlier civilization that existed eons before. after 12,000 years or more even steel would be just red dirt. They have found in other places shoe prints in coal deposits millions of years old. Puzzle.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "martyboi" <martyboi@...> wrote: > > > > > Seems like they would have found metal pieces or remnants of crafts built > 3000 to 5000 years ago by now. Or at least they would have found their > version of the "Lockheed Skunk Works" as it would have required huge > factories to build and maintain them. > > The Vamana descriptions are very intriguing when analysed in terms of modern > technology...but so are Jules Verne's ideas from the 1800's whose > descriptions of modern technology were quite prescient. > > Perhaps they were following the "prime directive" and made sure to clean up > after themselves. > > I wonder if MMY ever discussed these "fables"? >
