bertiewooster_swgoh
bertiewooster_swgoh t1_ix2ohk1 wrote
Reply to comment by aykavalsokec in How to explain similar symbols/motifs which are found around the world? by aykavalsokec
You cite three certain cultures separated by long distances that place the hands of their statutes on their bellybuttons or over their genitals.
Why on Earth could such a coincidence occur? Um, because genitals and the belly button all have to to with new life? Or the physical constraints of the stylized nature of the artworks meant there was no other real place for the hands to go. I don't know.
What I do know is that if you really want to engage with your question, go into the archeological scholarship, not reddit. Asking the question here is just a bad faith way to push your pseudoscientific hogwash.
bertiewooster_swgoh t1_ix2ndx2 wrote
Reply to comment by aykavalsokec in How to explain similar symbols/motifs which are found around the world? by aykavalsokec
How many places are there to put a statue's hands? If the arms are not separated from the torso, the hands have to go on the torso as well.
Hang your arms against your torso. Where do your hands end up? Right at the level of your genitals. Is this remarkable?
bertiewooster_swgoh t1_ix197di wrote
Are you asking this question because of that Netflix series?
bertiewooster_swgoh t1_izgzaf0 wrote
Reply to Conflict in Central Europe leading to Bronze Age Collapse by Gideonn1021
The podcast "Tides of History" has had some very interesting episodes on the Bronze Age Collapse.
Episodes 111-114 were pretty great and on topic. Episode 106 also directly addressed the question. It's a great series.
https://wondery.com/shows/tides-of-history/season/4/?epPage=12