Another off-the-wall theory that has a surprising number of adherents (and if you believe it, Admiral Byrd as one of them)
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www.crystalinks.com/underciv.html
The Hollow Earth and hidden civilizations
Moderator: Vraith
You know, there really are a whole lot of lost civilizations lying around. I was once told the joke in many archeology departments is that to find a lost city is really simple--just go to some out-of-way spot and ask the locals where the nearest one happens to be!
My fave story about that involved a team that was searching for the city of Upar in the Arabian Desert. At an oasis in the general area where they believed Upar must have stood, they asked some Bedouins one night if they'd noticed any ruins.
Their reply: "Well, there's the wall we're sitting on right now."
Yep. That was the wall of the lost city of Upar!
My fave story about that involved a team that was searching for the city of Upar in the Arabian Desert. At an oasis in the general area where they believed Upar must have stood, they asked some Bedouins one night if they'd noticed any ruins.
Their reply: "Well, there's the wall we're sitting on right now."
Yep. That was the wall of the lost city of Upar!
"O let my name be in the Book of Love!
It be there, I care not of the other great book Above.
Strike it out! Or, write it in anew. But
Let my name be in the Book of Love!" --Omar Khayam
It be there, I care not of the other great book Above.
Strike it out! Or, write it in anew. But
Let my name be in the Book of Love!" --Omar Khayam
