#Mohenjo-Daro

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A Gallery of the Indus Valley Civilization

The Indus Valley Civilization (c. 7000-c. 600 BCE) is among the oldest in the world but, as it was only “discovered” in 1829 – after ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian sites had already been excavated – many of the “firsts” of civilization were attributed to these cultures while, today, scholars believe they should be credited to the region of modern-day India.

Little is known of the Indus Valley Civilization (also known as the Harappan Civilization and the Indus-Sarasvati Civilization) because, unlike Egyptian hieroglyphics or Mesopotamian cuneiform, the Indus Script (also known as Harappan Script) has not yet been deciphered. All that is known of the culture comes from physical artifacts found at sites such as the ruins of the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro.

This gallery presents some of the best-known sites and artifacts excavated to date along with maps of the region based on the chronology suggested by these finds and their location. At the height of the Indus Valley Civilization, Harappa and Mohenjo-daro are thought to have had populations numbering between 40,000-50,000 but little is known of their daily lives today other than what is suggested by their art and architecture.

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[lindahall]

Ernest Mackay – Scientist of the Day

Ernest John Henry Mackay, an English archaeologist, died Oct. 2, 1943, at age 63. 

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I am Death, the Destroyer of Worlds, bringing death to all living things: Chronicles of a prehistoric nuclear apocalypse

A few people doubt that at the turn of the XXV-XXX millennia BC, a war with the use of nuclear weapons raged on our planet. This is confirmed both in the ancient Indian texts "Ramayana" and "Mahabharata", and scars in the form of funnels from explosions of nuclear warheads on the surface of the Earth.

There are more than a hundred craters with a diameter of 2 to 3 kilometers, whose age is 25-35 thousand years, as well as two huge craters, the age of which also fits into this time interval.

The first is located in South America and its diameter is 40 kilometers, the second is found in South Africa with a diameter of 120 kilometers. One of the largest battles of that war with the use of nuclear weapons took place in the territories of today's India and Pakistan.

Then this was part of the Rama empire. As a result of archaeological excavations at the site of the capital of the vanished empire, Mohenjo-Daro, human skeletons were found with traces of radioactive damage and sand baked to glass, exactly like that found in modern nuclear test sites.

There are two versions of the nuclear apocalypse that happened in the Earth's past. In the first case, the Asuras and reptilians, aliens from outer space, fought. Asuras lost the war and tried to hide in their underground shelters.

However, earthquakes and floods caused by a nuclear cataclysm on a planetary scale destroyed their underground cities and forced them to rise to the surface again. There, the invaders who colonized the Earth were already waiting for them, and the Asura race practically ceased to exist.

In the second case, the conflict allegedly took place between the Atlanteans (Aswins) and the Lemurians, representatives of the Rama empire. As a result of nuclear bombardments by the Atlanteans, which they carried out from their aircraft - vimanas, the Rama empire was almost completely wiped off the face of the Earth.

This is how it is described in the Mahabharata epic: “In all its splendor, red-hot columns of smoke rose and flames brighter than ten thousand suns ... the corpses burned beyond recognition. The survivors lost their nails and hair. The birds are gray. All food became unusable. The soldiers who escaped the fire rushed into the water to wash away the ashes ... ".

On the face are all signs of radiation sickness in survivors and radiation contamination of animals and food. Given that the surviving soldiers rushed to wash off the radioactive ash, the Lemurians were well aware of the concept of "radiation". Also, do not forget that traces of nuclear bombings were found on different continents of our planet.

This is explained quite simply. The Lemurians also had their own air fleet, consisting of vimanas. It can also be assumed that they also possessed nuclear weapons and nothing could prevent them from using it on the territory of the Atlantean empire as a weapon of retaliation.

And what happened in the end? According to the ancient texts, after the completion of the bombing, the whole planet was raining radioactive rain for three days and three nights. This event is mentioned by almost all the peoples of the world, including in the legends of the Maya, the people of the Far North and the Australian Aborigines. And a little later, the Great Flood happened. The earth, as best it could, washes away traces of radiation contamination.

It is possible to treat this kind of information in different ways, but there are definitely all the prerequisites for the fact that the Earth was already once subjected to the destructive effects of nuclear weapons. 

And it seems that it is no longer so important who and with whom then fought, given that at present we do not see either Asuras, or Reptilians, or Atlanteans with Lemurians on the streets of our cities. Apparently, in the end, it is impossible to win a nuclear war. Read the full article

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'Evidence of ancient nuclear war' found in 4,000-year-old city

Billy Carson, a scientist known for his unconventional theories, believes that an ancient nuclear war was the catalyst for civilization on Earth. He shared his theory on the Joe Rogan podcast, stating that the Mohenjo-Daro archaeological site in Pakistan provides evidence of a nuclear explosion. “The buildings turned to glass, the sand turned to glass and the bodies are still laying in the street…

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Le Rig Veda et les origines des premières cités de la vallée de l'Indus-Sarasvatî.

À l’intersection de la légende, de la mythologie et de l’archéologie se trouve un texte ancien : le Rig Veda, l’un des plus vieux textes sacrés de l’humanité. Mais que nous raconte-t-il réellement des origines des premières cités de la vallée de l’Indus et de la Sarasvatî, cette mystérieuse civilisation des 7 rivières, dont les premières villes ont émergé autour de 3500 BCE ?La version…

[frigidreads]

One of the great cities of the Bronze Age Indus River Valley Civilization also called the Harappan Civilization. I talk about what we know, what we don't know and what we've uncovered. As well as touching on the eternal battle to protect and preserve the site for future generations of humanity.

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Mohenjo-Daro is an archaeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan.

Mohenjo-Daro is an archaeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2500 BCE, it was the largest settlement of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, and one of the world’s earliest major cities, contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Minoan Crete, and Norte Chico. With an estimated population of at least 40,000 people, Mohenjo-Daro prospered…

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Time Travel Question 62: early Modern and Much Earlier

These Questions are the result of suggestions from the previous iteration.

This category may include suggestions made too late to fall into the correct grouping.

Please add new suggestions below if you have them for future consideration.

I can't remember if we did this one. It would have been late last summer. i think we did some specific species, but i can't remember if it was done in total. I am quoting the whole suggestion here: "Carboniferous forests, before Angiosperms became dominant. I want to see the lepidodendrons and the huge equisetes and all the many Araucaria and gnetophytes and ginkgos that once thrived."

It is too late to fix the typo, but the First item should read somemething like: "People, species, and landscapes of California circa 1400.

[h0bg0blin-meat]

I'm just gonna say it.

It is okay if IVC had an entirely separate religion, or lack, thereof. Please do not view this civilization with a predisposition or from the lens of an already-existing religion. Be more open-minded.

[mascamaiorum]

"The Lord of Animals", Pashupati Seal, from the city of Mohenjo Daro, Indus Valley Civilisation

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Hyrule's Horse God Malanya

[yaba-sanshiro]

they should sell replicas of this guy in every store in every place in the world forever

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A street at the ancient city of Harappa in Pakistan. 2500-2000 BCE, Indus Valley Civilisation.

[mahgnib]

A 4500-year-old statue of a dancing girl from what was the then-major city of Mohenjo-Daro, in what is now Pakistan.

[rigvedanew]

The Rig Veda and the origins of the first cities of the Indus-Sarasvati valley.

At the intersection of legend, mythology and archaeology lies an ancient text: the Rig Veda, one of humanity’s oldest sacred texts. But what does it really tell us about the origins of the first cities of the Indus Valley and Sarasvati, this mysterious civilization of the 7 rivers, whose first cities emerged around 3500 BCE? The “official” version – or at least the one that remains widely…

[novaae]

missing the mesopotamian civilization augh