7,500 Years Old "Toy Car" -- The Earliest Evidence Of The Wheel

[Skywizard]

Author Cliff Dunning: "Historians tell us the oldest civilized cultures who developed the wheel are around 5,000 years old, and yet, new discoveries are continually pushing this date further back – WITHOUT our history books reflecting on the new information. Generations of people still believe that the oldest organized civilizations are those that lived in the Middle East, parts of China and groups scattered throughout the world. Before 3,000 years – we are told that man lived in caves. Here is an example of the wheel, attached to a small toy car of some type that was found to be 7,500 years old. It is older than anything I have found in Central or South America that has wheels, and may have once been formed from clay, (and has turned to stone)."


Possibly. the earliest representation of the wheel


Culture and Tourism Director of Mardin, Davut Beliktay



According to the Culture and Tourism Director of Mardin, Davut Beliktay, stone dolls and whistles, were also found at sites in the area. "We believe that the whistles and dolls are 5,000 to 6,000 years old. The whistles are still in working condition," he said.



Source: http://humansarefree.com/2013/09/750...-earliest.html



peace...

[jake gittes]

Yabba dabba do!

[Sidney]

Looks more like a tractor to me. Either way very cool.

[ghostrider]

could it be there were cars in the ancient past ??? models of airplanes and helicopters found inside on the pyramid walls ??? a hammer cased in stone dated 400 million years ago ??? evidence of nuclear detonation in death valley in the ancient past ??? Pyramids on the moon ??? Egyptian statues found on the moon ??? Pyramids found on Mars ??? Naaaaaaaaaaaa , no way right ??? the ptb do to great lengths to hide what history clearly tells us ... everything we have now , we had before ...

[Joanne Shepard]

Very Cool

[Ellisa]

It makes me wonder why there was no one around in those days who thought that the wheels on this little toy could be modified to move larger vehicles. It is a sophisticated artefact for 7,000 years ago and The Incas, for eg, also had wheeled toys, but seem never to have used wheels for any useful purpose. What is it that encourages creativity in people? The spark was obviously there, the little wheeled car proves it, but why was not the next step taken?

I really like reading these posts of yours skywizard. It's like our very own QI---(which I mean as a huge compliment!)

[778 neighbour of some guy]

Below video's are probably not a recent invention, just a modern take on something they must have discovered a long long time ago too.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tDdGMgfLaiA

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GOnM1lXENj4

[mosquito]

Just a shame the article doesn't say where it was found ! Mardin is in Turkey, so presumably it was there or thereabouts.

If this artifact was indeed a "toy" then it's also not unreasonable to assume it was a representation of something larger that was used in society.

[Ellisa]

I did not read the article carefully enough. I thought that the car had been found in South America. Epic fail by me on Grade 2 standard Reading for Meaning!!

It is therefore likely that it may be a model rather than a toy. It does not change my point that discoveries can be used as toys, votive offerings or amusements many years before someone has an idea of greater use for the discovery. A really good example is Hero's discovery of of the steam engine in Ancient Greece.

[Skywizard]

Posted by Ellisa (here)
I did not read the article carefully enough. I thought that the car had been found in South America.

Posted by mariposafe (here)
Just a shame the article doesn't say where it was found ! Mardin is in Turkey, so presumably it was there or thereabouts.

If this artifact was indeed a "toy" then it's also not unreasonable to assume it was a representation of something larger that was used in society.

You are right Ellisa the object was found in South America. Davut Beliktay is the Culture and Tourism Director of Mardin in Turkey, but Beliktay's dig (find) was in South America. Since it was found with stone dolls and whistles one would assume it was a toy and represented something that was used in society... just saying.