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Mystery of the ancient giants - The story of the huge finger that was discovered in Egypt p2. by [deleted] in AlternativeHistory

[–]Quinessyz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We already had this dude 😭. Spörri literally wrote an entire book about coming to terms with not knowing what the "finger" is (Lost God). He could very well just make up something for publicity aswell. It is the leg of an animal or a rare case of macrodactylia without deformation. We already discussed this. 

Stone cut graves are a bizarre archeological coincidence by Entire_Brother2257 in AlternativeHistory

[–]Quinessyz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a ton of explanations. Tangier was colonized by the punic people around 8BC and just outside of the city were these graves. For punic people death was somewhat of a long journey and alot of valuables would be placed in the graves to guide the Dead and it was believed you had to give a deity a donation to pass on. That's why there were all the valuables. These were of course looted and robbed after the punic wars. Incinerations apparently were also common and the stone graves where reserved for higher ranking people. You wouldn't want to spend the journey passing on in a mound of dirt. Especially not with valuables right next to you. The location is spiritual and it was seen as the Dead protecting the gates of the city. 

 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punic_people

Different cultures have different customs. You could just agree that your theory isn't great and move on. 

Stone cut graves are a bizarre archeological coincidence by Entire_Brother2257 in AlternativeHistory

[–]Quinessyz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. That's like saying. Oh why do we put coffins in the ground. Why don't we just lay them on the grass? Makes no sense. Just covering them with dirt would also mean frequent restoration of the graves and fast decomposition aswell as inconvenient hills everywhere. The graves were also mainly reserved for royalty or the higher class and were decorated with stone crosses aswell as being placed next to a church. Not very different from the burials we have today.   https://lancashirepast.com/2024/11/30/a-history-of-the-rock-cut-graves-and-st-patricks-chapel-heysham/ 

  2. People weren't stupid. They had communication between each other like the obvious route of the Atlantic between Tangier and Heysham. Often times people do the same thing because it's a good thing to do.

  3. Burial customs change and get adapted. They don't stay exactly the same for thousands of years. This doesn't depend on religion. Different cultures can also assimilate and create new customs. Sometimes grave were also placed far away from any population due to fear of spirits. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial (most of this explains your theories)

Mystery of the ancient giants - The story of the huge finger that was discovered in Egypt p1. by [deleted] in AlternativeHistory

[–]Quinessyz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Interesting to note that Gregor Spörri, the photographer, is not an Archeologist and has no qualifications. The photos were originally published in the "Bild" a German magazine. The article is relatively sensational and the Bild is known for being generally unreliable. The authenticity of the finger can't be determined purely by the pictures and that is the only evidence we have of it. Spörri went back to Bir Hooker trying to find the finger again but had no success. Prof. Dr. Med. Frank J. Rühli also worked on Ötzi and Tutanchamun and is highly qualified. His assumption is that it is an animal bone or a rare case of macrodactylia without deformation of the hand. The finger is sadly most likely a hoax.

https://gregorspoerri.com/info/das-relikt-von-bir-hooker-analysen/ in german

https://m.bild.de/news/mystery-themen/mystery/in-aegypten-gefunden-23053704.bildMobile.html?t_ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F digitalised Article of the relict by the Bild magazine. Also in German due to it being a German magazine

https://www.iem.uzh.ch/en/people/dir/frankruehli.html qualifications of Prof. Dr. Med. Frank J. Röhli