Birds? Of No Feather Flock Together? Strange Creatures in Museums Indicate That the Ancients knew the Pterosaur
by Chris Parker
Photos 1&2 and other photos at the Bottom of the Article. Six Dynasties, China. Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Six Dynasties, (AD 220–589), in China, the period between the end of the Han dynasty in AD 220 and the final conquest of South China (589) by the Sui (established in 581 in North China). The name is derived from the six successive dynasties of South China that had their capitals at Jianye (later Jiankang; present-day Nanjing) during this time: the Wu (222–280), the Dong (Eastern) Jin (317–420), the Liu-Song (420–479), the Nan (Southern) Qi (479–502), the Nan Liang (502–557), and the Nan Chen (557–589). At the same time, the North was ruled by a succession of kingdoms founded by invaders from Central Asia. Encyclopedia Brittani
Photo 2 & 3 Modern Comparisons
Photos 4 & 5 Museo Larco, Pre Columbian w/ Modern Comparisons are compared to recent eyewitness accounts
The Pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents, spanning the time of the original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic period to European colonization during the Early Modern period.
While the phrase "pre-Columbian era" literally refers only to the time preceding Christopher Columbus's voyages of 1492, in practice the phrase is usually used to denote the entire history of indigenous Americas cultures until those cultures were exterminated, diminished, or extensively altered by Europeans, even if this happened decades or centuries after Columbus's first landing... Wikipedia
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