For years a debate has waged about whether certain bas relief carvings at the 12th-century To Prohm Temple, one of the most popular attractions at the Angkor Wat Temple Complex in Siem Reap province, depicted dinosaurs or some rather less exotic and more contemporary animal, such as a rhino or a croc. But if they are of the dinosaur – the kind with broad plates on its backs and spiked tails – one thing scientists do agree on: It is not proof that the giant creature – which paleontologists believe became extinct 65 million years ago – and humans lived together simultaneously.
However, the opinion of experts is unlikely to change the mind of proponents of Creationism, the religious belief that the Earth is less than 10,000 years old. According to a recent story in the British tabloid the Daily Star, Creationists have jumped on the theory that the bas relief carvings depict the prehistoric giants and point to it as proof that dinosaurs and humans lived at the same time, thus confirming their theory of the Earth’s age.
The Daily Star cited an excerpt from an article in UFO Sighting Footage, a periodical popular with Creationists, saying that “anything before 1800 AD that depicts a dinosaur or what we consider a dinosaur to look like shouldn’t exist.”
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https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest ... nt-extinctFor the tribe of Young Earth creationists, who believe Biblical passages support claims the huge beasts lived peacefully in the Garden of Eden, the carving could supplement their beliefs.
An article in UFO Sightings Footage said: “There is the proof, the proof is in the carvings, in the stone itself!
“Anything before 1800 AD that depicts a dinosaur or what we consider a dinosaur looks like shouldn’t exist."
The author added: “It shouldn't exist because dinosaurs died off way before humans ever existed so when we see a carving from a very long time ago with what appears to be a dinosaur and let's face it what could be mistaken for a T-Rex we need to re-evaluate the whole dinosaur "as yet" proven time line?
“We need to re-evaluate the asteroid that supposedly wiped out the Dinosaurs and actually find out what crash landed on this planet all that time ago.”
According to the website's claims they are like the Ica stone of Peru that allegedly has depictions of dinosaurs, and the carvings are further proof that the animals did co-habit with humans.
It continued: “The Ica stones are more proof that humans and dinosaurs did actually co-exist together and humans maybe played a part in their eventual demise.”