Is there any Credible Evidence of a Lost, Technologically Advanced, Worldwide Civilization?
A commentary by Robert Arvay Preface According to a speculative hypothesis, a worldwide civilization once existed that was far more technologically advanced than the present one. There is little direct physical evidence to support that hypothesis, but a considerable volume of indirect evidence is cited in favor of it by some popularizers. If the hypothesis is substantially true, then there are significant implications for the future technological advancement of human civilization. Not surprisingly, experts in various relevant fields strongly dispute such speculations, with well-reasoned objections. For example, this one: “. . . are we to believe that after centuries of flourishing every last tool, potsherd, article of clothing, and, presumably from an advanced civilization, writing, metallurgy and other technologies—not to mention trash—was erased? Inconceivable.” ( Internet citation: Scientific American dot com—No, There Wasn't an Advanced Civ...