Here's 15 pieces of archeological evidence in favour of human and dinosaur co-existence: (I've edited some of the information which was taken from a few different sources):
"1. On the walls of the Havasupai Canyon in Arizona, there is ancient Native American cave art (known as petroglyphs) which depict men and a variety of different animals including cattle, sheep, buffalo, oxen, and what looks like an Edmontosaurus.
Dr. Samuel Hubbard, who discovered it in the early 1900's, writes: "The fact that the animal is upright and balanced on its tail would seem to indicate that the prehistoric artist must have seen it alive."
2. In Utah, at the Natural Bridges National Monument they've also found ancient Native American cave art which depicts different animals. It is believed that they are attributed to the Anasazi Indians, who lived there approximately between the fifth and fourteenth centuries.
The rock is considerably weathered, but when outlined, there is an unmistakable representation of a sauropod dinosaur. Francis Barnes, a widely recognized authority on rock art (and evolutionist) writes: "There is a petroglyph in Natural Bridges National Monument that bears a startling resemblance to a dinosaur. . . . with long tail and neck, small head and all."Â
3. At Angkor, Cambodia, which was built in the 12th century, there is a clear depiction of a stegosaurus on an ancient temple. It is found among other animals including pigs, monkeys, water buffalos, roosters, snakes, etc (i.e. – animals commonly seen by these ancient people).
4. In the 1940s, near El Toro mountain in Mexico, a German archaeologist named Waldemar Julsrud found a large number of ancient handcrafted ceramic and stone figurines that have been identified with the Pre-classical Chupicuaro Culture (dating from 800 BC to 200 AD).
Many of them are just typical Aztec figurines, but there are also a collection of highly detailed dinosaur-like ones. There have been over 30,000 more of these figurines found (from different sites) to this day. In an attempt to prove their authenticity, the owners had radiocarbon and thermo-luminescence dating methods done on them by both Isotopes Incorporated of New Jersey and the University of Pennsylvania.
The results certified that the pieces were certainly very old, and gave rough dates of between 4500 and 1100 B.C. (As you probably know, I have little confidence in most dating method, but what is conclusive is that these figurines are most definitely not recent). One thing to note is that some of them depict dinosaurs whose fossils were not actually discovered until many years after the El Toro discovery. Lots of the figurines have characteristics such as dermal frills, which were not discovered on sauropod dinosaurs until the 1990's.
5. In Ica, Peru, there have been over 15,000 burial stones found, approximately 1/3 of which depict different types of dinosaur.
The art form and location where they were found give them a date of between 500-1500AD, back to the time of the Inca Culture. The stones show scenes of man controlling, killing or being killed by dinosaurs.
There have been numerous stones forged in recent years for profit by locals, and sceptics quickly point to these reproductions as proof of a hoax. However, these stones cannot be so easily dismissed. Early Spanish reports (from 1500AD) tell of unusual stones with strange animals on them, and some of them were reported to be brought back to Spain by Conquistadors in 1562.
6. In Carlisle Cathedral, on Bishop Bell's tomb (from the 15th century), there are brass strips along the sides with various animals carved into them. Along with the common animals, there are some extremely unusual ones with long tails and necks that look much like sauropod dinosaurs.
7. There is also Mesopotamian cylinder seal dated around 3300 B.C. showing long-necked reptiles that again, look like sauropod dinosaurs.
8. There is a Roman mosaic from the second century AD, showing long necked creatures by the sea, they look remarkably similar to the Tanystropheus.
9. A wall painting that was discovered in Pompeii, Rome, and was buried by volcanic ash in 79 AD depicts some sort of creature trying to eat a person inside a boat. It has long legs, a narrow face, and a nose which points up, much like the coryphodon, toxodon, and entelodon. It also has a high dermal ridge, indicating that this is not a hippo or crocodile, as some suggest.
10. The Palestrina mosaic, which depicts the Nile from Ethiopia to the Mediterranean, dates back to around 100 AD and contains clear depictions of known animals, but also one that is unknown. The Greek lettering above it is literally translated, "crocodile-leopard". And, once more, it looks remarkably similar to some sort of dinosaur.
11. There's a dragon artefact from the Shang dynasty, 1766-1122B.C, which bares great resemblance to the Saurolophus. It has a scale-like pattern covering its body, a broad beak, dermal frill, and a headcrest.
12. A. Hyatt Verrill (the person who discovered the Coclé culture of Panama, which dates from A.D.1330-1520) discovered pterosaur-like representations on Coclé pottery. In the book 'Prehistoric Animals and their Stories, 1948' Verrill suggested that such drawings must have been based on "accurate descriptions, or even drawings or carvings". He comments on the description, saying it has "beak-like jaws armed with sharp teeth, wings with two curved claws, short, pointed tail, reptilian head crest or appendages, and strong hind feet with five-clawed toes on each.Â
13. In Queensland, Australia, there are stories of a plesiosaur-like creature having been seen by aboriginal peoples, both around Lake Galilee and tribes farther up north.
They tell of a long-necked animal that had large body and flippers. This is a cave painting of the creature –Â http://www.genesispark.org/genpark/ancient/graphic/ancient8.jpg
14. In 1924, near Tucson, AZ, Roman ****lead artefacts were excavated. On page 331 of David Hatcher's book 'The Lost Cities of North & Central America' is the unique carvings on these implements. One in particular shows a clear dinosaur depiction on a sword, which the Arizona Historical Society still has.Â
15. On some of the French chateaus built at the close of the Middle Ages (early 1500's) there are dramatic dragon illustrations carved into their walls, ceilings, and furniture. There are many similarities between these and the dinosaur Plateosaurus.
On the 'Château Azay-le-Rideau' there is a fascinating tapestry which depicts what looks to be a pterosaur fighting a lion. And on a tapestry at 'Château de Blois' there is a portrait of a dragon with gnarly horns, reminiscent of the dinosaur Dracorex hogwartsia."
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