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Lost City of Abstractus: Public tours of excavation site
Bring your old electronics, computers, cell phones, ink cartridges, drives, remotes, and so on and on to be recycled and receive $2 off public tour of excavation site!
*In June of 2012, an outdated piece of technology was found embedded in the concrete behind Bearno's in the Highlands of Louisville, Ky. It didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary at first. Management says they have no idea where it came from or how it got there. They had difficulty removing it and found that it was attached to something much larger. A team was called in to examine, which led to archaeologist Dr. Eti Visiony beginning an excavation.
What he found was shocking.
"We are unearthing what looks to be the remnants of a city or village, in which it seems technological waste was so extensive, that the civilization began to build with recycled electronics in addition to finding other ways to recycle it into their clothing and social lives," says Dr. Visiony. "We have not yet dated this civilization as we are still in the early stages of excavation, but the pieces seem similar to some of our own society's outdated technology, although it is much older than our own development of industrial science. This leads me to wonder if our species has been down a similar road of evolution before. It's very curious."
Dr. Visiony will be giving press conferences in late August and early September with dates and location to be announced. He will share some findings at the press conferences and make announcements for public tours of the excavation site. He will be at A Reader's Corner Bookstore on Frankfort Avenue during the trolley hop on August 30 and at Great Escape Comics and Records on Bardstown Rd on September 8 with some artifacts and handing out information.He says that one of the most interesting things they've uncovered is a series of monitors inscribed with the words DIVINITY Reality Operating System Expression. The archaeologist's team is working with Councilman Tom Owens and other local advocates such as Bluegrass E-Cycle and Great Escape Comic Books and Records to fund and protect the excavation while keeping the public informed as more is revealed about this extraordinary occurrence. Public Tours will commence September 14 and 28 at Highlands Bearnos at 1318 Bardstown Road from 9 p.m. until midnight. Tickets are $10 and help fund further excavation. Some of the buildings and systems seem to be in disrepair and the team would like to restore some of it to its original design, so the team is accepting donations of all outdated electronic and computer junk, including cell phones, alarm clocks, batteries, dvd players, game systems, computer systems and accessories, drives and disks and more. Items may be dropped off at the tour and will give attendees a $2 discount off of a tour.
"It seems that these findings will extend beyond Bearno's back yardI've read in some histories about a lost city which fell despite advancements in technology and had considered it only a myth," says Dr. Visiony. "I wonder if this might be some sort of gateway to learning more about the possibility that the Lost City of Abstractus might have really existed. It may be possible that ancient civilizations we are familiar with may have reached their advanced technology after discarding less efficient ways of living. It's really set the minds of my team and colleagues afire and could completely alter what we know about civilizations from the past and leads to all kinds of speculation about where we might be headed in the future."
Dr. Visiony is available for interviews and/or television/radio appearances. Interested parties can keep up with Dr. Visiony's blog about the project at www.diggingthefuture.com.
*working items being recycled will be donated to Home of the Innocents (laptops, game systems, handheld games, dvd players, cd players, alarm clocks) or old 35 mm cameras, etc will be donated to Ky School of Art
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LocationBearno's HIghlands (View)
1318 Bardstown Rd
louisville, KY 40204
United States
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