Unique Tombs Found In Philippines

[ibemarshall]

From the Associated Press:

Archeologists have unearthed remnants of what they believe is a 1,000-year-old village on a jungle-covered mountaintop in the Philippines with limestone coffins of a type never before found in this Southeast Asian nation, officials said Thursday.

National Museum official Eusebio Dizon said the village on Mount Kamhantik, near Mulanay town in Quezon province, could be at least 1,000 years old based on U.S. carbon dating tests done on a human tooth found in one of 15 limestone graves he and other archeologists have dug out since last year.

The discovery of the rectangular tombs, which were carved into limestone outcrops jutting from the forest ground, is important because it is the first indication that Filipinos at that time practiced a more advanced burial ritual than previously thought and that they used metal tools to carve the coffins.

Past archaeological discoveries have shown Filipinos of that era used wooden coffins in the country's mountainous north and earthen coffins and jars elsewhere, according to Dizon, who has done extensive archaeological work in the Philippines and several other countries over the past 35 years.

For the rest of the story here is the link that has photos as well:

http://phys.org/news...hilippines.html

Edited September 29, 2012 by Jollygoodfellow
- increased copy/ paste font size

[i am bob]

This will probably open up the UFO / alien race theory again... People too advanced for their time.

:mocking:

[ibemarshall]

...I wonder if George Noory will have this on "Coast to Coast AM" (http://www.coasttocoastam.com/) sometime in the future..... :dance:

[FlyAway]

This will probably open up the UFO / alien race theory again... People too advanced for their time.

:mocking:

Philippines is actually the long lost location for the city of Atlantis.

[i am bob]

...I wonder if George Noory will have this on "Coast to Coast AM" (http://www.coasttocoastam.com/) sometime in the future..... :dance:

Not likely! He would complain that the show would bring people back on asking how Art is. I doubt anyone told him Art moved back to Pahrump yet,,,,

[ibemarshall]

...I wonder if George Noory will have this on "Coast to Coast AM" (http://www.coasttocoastam.com/) sometime in the future..... :dance:

Not likely! He would complain that the show would bring people back on asking how Art is. I doubt anyone told him Art moved back to Pahrump yet,,,,

I was thinking Art was still in Manila...last time I heard him he was guest hosting from PI...sounded pretty good too...