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[[File:Society of the Ancients.png|thumb|SOTA home page, featuring the [[wikipedia:Antikythera mechanism|Antikythera mechanism]].]] | [[File:Society of the Ancients.png|thumb|SOTA home page, featuring the [[wikipedia:Antikythera mechanism|Antikythera mechanism]].]] | ||
[[File:SOTA symbol.jpg|thumb|Forerunner symbol.]] | [[File:SOTA symbol.jpg|thumb|Forerunner symbol.]] | ||
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== List of featured artifacts == | == List of featured artifacts == | ||
=== Out-of-place handprint === | === Out-of-place handprint === | ||
{{Article | {{Article Quote|Hand shaped print found in limestone. 110 million years old.}} | ||
{{Main|Out-of-place handprint}} | {{Main|Out-of-place handprint}} | ||
The Society of the Ancients claimed that the artifact is a 110 million-year-old human handprint found in limestone. | The Society of the Ancients claimed that the artifact is a 110 million-year-old human handprint found in limestone.<ref name="evidence"/> It is used as evidence for their hypothesis of ancient alien visitors to Earth. | ||
=== Stonehenge === | === Stonehenge === | ||
{{Article | {{Article Quote|How did they do it? Why did they do it? Hundreds of years of work to build a calendar seems like a faulty explanation. Point – Notice the shape. The Round nature with counterpoints seems to bee an ancient theme.}} | ||
{{Main|Wikipedia:Stonehenge|l1=Stonehenge}} | {{Main|Wikipedia:Stonehenge|l1=Stonehenge}} | ||
The Society of the Ancients suggested [[Forerunner]] involvement in the creation of Stonehenge. In addition to suspicion of an ancient people's interest in investing such effort into its construction, the circular shape was used as evidence to support their claim. | The [[Society of the Ancients]] suggested [[Forerunner]] involvement in the creation of Stonehenge. In addition to suspicion of an ancient people's interest in investing such effort into its construction, the circular shape was used as evidence to support their claim.<ref name="evidence"/> Many of their proposed artifacts that were affected by alien interventions consists of items with the familiar circular pattern used in [[Forerunner symbols|Forerunner glyphs]].<ref name="evidence"/> | ||
=== Antikythera mechanism === | === Antikythera mechanism === | ||
{{Article | {{Article Quote|This device was created 1500 years before the Renaissance inventors even began to play around with devices of similar complexity. Point – Notice the round shape again.}} | ||
{{Main|Wikipedia:Antikythera mechanism|l1=Antikythera mechanism}} | {{Main|Wikipedia:Antikythera mechanism|l1=Antikythera mechanism}} | ||
The Society of the Ancients questioned if its creation was influenced by [[Forerunner]] visitors in [[Earth]]'s ancient history. | The [[Society of the Ancients]] questioned if its creation was influenced by [[Forerunner]] visitors in [[Earth]]'s ancient history.<ref name="evidence"/> | ||
=== Crop | === Crop cicles === | ||
{{Main|Wikipedia:Crop | {{Main|Wikipedia:Crop cicle|l1=Crop cicles}} | ||
Despite evidence crop circles are man-made hoaxes, the Society of the Ancients suggested a crop circle made in Ambertshire, England in 1985 was the result of alien visitation, citing its similarity to patterns seen in ancient artifacts thought to have been influenced by visitors that would later be identified as [[Forerunner]]. | Despite evidence crop circles are man-made hoaxes, the Society of the Ancients suggested a crop circle made in Ambertshire, England in 1985 was the result of alien visitation, citing its similarity to patterns seen in ancient artifacts thought to have been influenced by visitors that would later be identified as [[Forerunner]].<ref name="evidence"/> | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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File:Cropcircles 060507.jpg|A [[Wikipedia:Crop circle|Crop circle]] in Ambertshire, England in 1985, featured on SOTA's site | File:Cropcircles 060507.jpg|A [[Wikipedia:Crop circle|Crop circle]] in Ambertshire, England in 1985, featured on SOTA's site | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
