Prehistory Decoded

  There's a new YouTube channel that's worth checking out; DeDunking .  DeDunker is a Hancock fan, but without all the WOO. He thinks Hancock is probably on to something, and there probably was some kind of lost civilisation, without being specific about when or what it looked like. This seems quite reasonable. He doesn't defend Hancock to the hilt, of course he can't, but he does take aim at the popular YouTube critics of Hancock who misrepresent his position, or haven't done their homework, or who are mischievous, sly or deceitful. He's basically on the side of science and argues from good faith. I like his approach and he makes a lot of good points. It helps that DeDunker is a fan of archaeoastronomy, which is something that archaeologists typically ignore to their own detriment. It seems he likes my work on Gobekli Tepe too, and also takes on David Miano's unethical videos about me. He asked for info in advance about this.

The Pashupati Seal, image from Wikipedia The Pashupati Seal was recovered from Mohenjo-Daro, Indus Valley (now mainly in Pakistan) and thought to date to around 2000 BCE. It shows a seated Master-of-Animals figure, surrounded by 4 opposing animals, which is consistent with Gurshtein's theory of an early system of zodiacal dating using precession of the equinoxes. Many other Master-of-Animals figures are known; see here . They are mostly consistent with either the Greek zodiac or the Gobekli Tepe zodiac. The problem with this Master-of-Animals is that the zodiac doesn't conform to one we know. At 2000 BCE the solsticial/equinoctial constellations are; Taurus (spring), Capricornus (winter), Libra (autumn) and Leo (summer). Thus, using the Greek zodiac we should have a bull, sea-goat, scales and lion, respectively. Of course, the scales and sea-goat are not actual animals, so we shouldn't expect to see them in a proper zodiac anyway. This leaves the bull and feline symbols, wh