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human
Honestly I mostly agree. I think we missed many earlier mid tier civilizations that were unable to record their history or lived in regions now difficult to access. But yeah I think archeology actually is one of the few science fields where people don't take shit and don't accept just any bs if you have some vague theory. You need evidence. That said I think it seems unlikely some Atlantis tier civilizations existed in Antarctica or some place where it never made sense for humans to settle or build advanced architecture. I would regard cultures on the level of the Minoans high cultures. I did digging into some alleged Danube high culture years ago but the only stone plate possibly able to prove they had a writing system was damaged by acid making the determination of its age impossible. They also spoke of ancient pyramids in modern Romania but claimed they were unable to prove they were man-made. I wouldn't rule this out but yes civilizations with huge settlements, writing and consistency kinda never were missed. The Greeks, Romans, Chinese or someone else would have had a clue of them. The only hint are those mythical non human people legends. But sadly those are the easiest to dissolve by a total lack of archeological proof or anthropological explanations.
gpt
I think where people make the mistake in ancient advanced civilizations is they assume they would be like us, purely based in the material advancement of mechanical technology. But in reality they may have been more spiritually advanced. A good example is how pre dynastic egypt used Gods/animals as metaphors for divine attributes of reality, where in the dynastic period they devolved into literally worshipping said images/animals.
human
A detailed pantheon and a sound philosophy prove that a civilization is advanced in many ways. Especially pagan high cultures had deities representing sciences and medical knowledge. Meanwhile 'muh spiritual is everything it's not connected to muh material' fags haven't really amounted to all that much. Their philosophies also sucked more and I think pure icon worship done by some African tribes was probably still more tied to some logical reality based philosophy than that.
gpt
Also look up the Ashanti Kingdom and their architecture.
human
No, thank you. I want to know about civilizations that knew about geometry and esoteric knowledge. Go away >>>/r/eddit