If you step back and look — truly look, with eyes open — at the way human history has been managed in recent times by the established order, you will see an unmistakable pattern. A certain perception has been pushed, selectively constructed from Darwin’s ‘The Origin of Species’–the notion that the human race evolved up through the apes, in an unbroken, linear pattern of growth and adaptation, predicated on random genetic mutations; additionally, that the human race as we know it is the only intelligent species to ever inhabit the planet, and has never been in direct contact with intelligent species of any other kinds. Testimonials and evidence from the past that don’t contradict that perception of our history are commonly accepted as fact. Nobody seems to be challenging, for example, the notion that mastodons or dinosaurs once roamed the Earth. Challenging The Norm But what about testimonials and evidence from the past that challenge this perception of our history? Say, for example, a native North American tribe claiming that their ancestors regularly dealt with giants? Stories of this nature are certainly considered to be true history by the people of the tribes themselves; but of course when they are talked about in our society, they are relegated to the status of legend, myth or folklore. Let’s look at an example from a New York Times article from 1902: This mainstream newspaper article speaks of the discovery of giant skeletons ‘that could not have been less than 12 feet in length’ with aplomb. At that time, it seems, such events were not met with the rabid skepticism they are today. It is only after the authority swoops in to take possession of, and then hide or destroy physical evidence, such as the giant bones discovered above, that their narrative of skepticism and discrediting of native ‘legends’ takes place. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that landowner Luciana Quintana expects to be able to find thousands of skeletons based on the historical information passed down from native tribes during early Spanish invasions that ‘have detailed knowledge of the existence of a race of giants that inhabited the plains of what now is Eastern New Mexico.’ The tone again reinforces that this information was accepted as history, not legend. Stories Of Giants Are Ubiquitous Such histories are not the isolated imaginings of one native American group either. This article alone details similar testimony from the Choctaw, Commanches, Navaho, Manta, and Paiutes. The point is that the tribes whose histories bring them back to the time when these giants were to have existed all give remarkably consistent testimony not only of their existence, but also of their appearance, customs, and behaviors. Why are we not open to view these claims as historical fact the way we do with the more uncontroversial data about the past we are provided with? For only one reason–the well-established discomfort of ‘cognitive dissonance’, a temporary mental anguish that comes from having the perception of reality we were born into threatened in our minds. And our authority uses this phenomenon to deepen the programming of their controlled perception, using fear, ridicule, shame, and other thoroughly-researched social and cultural mind-control techniques to keep us on the straight and narrow. Lincoln’s Observations But before Darwin’s work on the origin of species was slowly co-opted and transformed into a random, godless universe in the early 20th century, it is quite possible that people openly accepted the possibility that giants existed in North America at some time in our past. Certainly, this reflection on Niagara Falls by Abraham Lincoln in 1848 reveals an open-eyed, serene knowledge of the presence of Giants in an earlier time: “It calls up the indefinite past. When Columbus first sought this continent — when Christ suffered on the cross — when Moses led Israel through the Red-Sea — nay, even, when Adam first came from the hand of his Maker — then as now, Niagara was roaring here. “The eyes of that species of extinct giants, whose bones fill the mounds of America, have gazed on Niagara, as ours do now. Co[n]temporary with the whole race of men, and older than the first man, Niagara is strong, and fresh to-day as ten thousand years ago. The Mammoth and Mastadon—now so long dead, that fragments of their monstrous bones, alone testify, that they ever lived, have gazed on Niagara.” Likely Lincoln was familiar with the histories of many of the native tribes of his time. There is a recognition on Lincoln’s part here that the existence of giants’ bones, aplenty in burial mounds in America, is as well-accepted as the existence and Mammoths and Mastadons. The reason that many people today do not believe in the giants of the past is the result of efforts to remove from public sight the physical evidence of giants, as part of the larger effort to remove the physical evidence of anything that does not fit the controlled perception of human history. And the reason they are trying so desperately to preserve this perception? Simply stated, and without getting into details that have been elaborated upon in some of my previous articles, this perception of our human history lends itself best to our being controlled and enslaved by our authority.
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There are many widely known ancient and mysteries structures in the world from the Egyptian pyramids to Stonehenge. However, many others—some smaller but not any less important—are less known. One mysterious set of structures that are not getting enough attention are the megalithic monuments called dolmens. In fact, there are so rarely discussed that living in the Black Sea region for 10 summers, I only found out about them while revisiting the area last year. There are many spread out across the world in varying forms, and about 3,000 of them are all located in the Western Caucasus—particularly near the Black Sea in Russia. Their origins are as mysterious as the Great Pyramid, and there is a whole spiritual movement in Russia behind their current existence. The Origins of the Dolmens: Cosmic Connection? Many dolmens, sometimes referred to as ‘dwarf’ or ‘hobbit houses’ because of their size, are located near Sochi in Russia. They have been intriguing scientists since they were first discovered in 1911 at Krasnaya Polyana—‘red field’ in Russian. Their origins and usage both are highly mysterious—and simply baffling. First of all, scientists do not fully understand how they were built—at least not by humans. Involvement of either some giant humans or alien species has been discussed even by non-believers. The tour guide who took me to these structures last summer confirmed the cosmic involvement theory. That is because how these seemingly small structures were built cannot be fully explained. The only theory mainstream science has about their purpose is as burial tombs because there have been bones of the buried found beneath them. Some scientists believe that dolmens were built during the early Bronze Age period or 3,000 BCE. This theory arises from analyzing some of the items found with the buried people — like beads, bronze daggers, and clay items. This age prediction would put them at the same age as the Great Pyramid, whose true age is also still discussed in the scientific community. However, dating the skeletons and the structures by other scientists, it is obvious that the structures were built way earlier than they were used for burial—as early as 25,000 years ago. This prompts a question — were they built for another reason, but used for burial purposes by whoever found them later? Astronomy, Sexual Alchemy, And Other Meanings Each dolmen in the Black Sea region looks very similar. It is a cube-shaped structure with four walls a little shorter than an average adult, a roof, and a perfectly round hole in the middle with a plug that fits it. They are fully carved from stone, and each structure is between 15 and 30 tons. No one can find any evidence of how these stones got carried to their locations often hidden in the woods. These stone walls have 90-degree perfect angles between them and are stacked so perfectly that you cannot insert a thin razor blade between them. A few dolmens have zigzag patterns that are similar to those found at Ireland’s sacred sites. Another symbol that was found on a few dolmens is the Sun Cross from Norse mythology. Another connection to other sacred sites is that some of the dolmens are aligned with solstices and equinoxes. This suggests that their purpose may have been ceremonial. The round opening in each dolmen may have represented the womb and was connected with sacred sexual alchemy — a rebirth for those who have passed. Other dolmens exist all over Europe, in Belgium, Denmark, France, and other countries. Their shape varies, while most of the western ones follow a similar design. Some people believe that dolmens are energy portals, and there is a spiritual movement behind these structures that are connected to the followers of the teachings of Anastasia — a mysterious Siberian woman described in The Ringing Cedars book series by Vladimir Megre, which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide without any advertising. Mystic Woman Anastasia and the Dolmens Vladimir Megre is a Siberian entrepreneur and writer whose books created a movement. In the 1990s, he wrote a series of books called The Ringing Cedars talking about his journey into the depths of Siberia and meeting a woman, Anastasia, whose life is the opposite from the modern world. Megre describes this series as non-fiction but leaves it vague as to the details of how the information was procured. Many believe Anastasia to be a real woman, others treat her as a spiritual idea, or a spirit visiting Earth. No matter who she is, she has already changed many people’s lives and their perspective of the world. Many eco-villages across Russia were inspired by these books. Anastasia is like no one you have ever met. She is fully interconnected with the animal world and nature. Even in cold Siberia, she needs no clothes; she sleeps next to a bear and inspires tree animals like squirrels to bring her cedar nuts, berries, and other food. Meanwhile, she fully understands the modern world, she just does not believe it is the right path. Instead, she is fully immersed in metaphysical and spiritual studies that she channeled from the cosmos, and from the nature of Man itself. Because she talks a lot about dolmens, the book series sparked interest in these structures. There are people who specifically move to live closer to the dolmens—some set camp in the woods—to go and meditate near these structures every day. I have seen a group of them during my own visit. Anastasia described them as energy portals and that her own ancestral mother figure went into a meditation in one of the structures some 10,000 years ago to communicate with her breastfeeding baby. A few people have seen, and captured in photos, balls of light near the dolmens further confirming their energy connection. Anastasia told Megre that dolmens were used as burials but for a special ritualistic death. Each dolmen was chosen for a person who held extraordinary wisdom and knowledge. They would crawl into a dolmen and stay in meditation until they died, preserving and grounding their wisdom for further generations. This is similar to how monks knew their time of death and would retire to the peak of the mountain, also meditating until their last breath. According to Anastasia, dying in this way stops the person from reincarnating, and their soul stays forever near the dolmen. Regardless of the intent behind building dolmens, people today still feel the strong and positive energy coming from them, and they attract many visitors who were lucky enough to hear about them. The Ringing Cedars book series is available on Amazon.com Hundreds of intricately carved stone spheres about the size of a tennis ball or larger have been found all over Northern Scotland, Ireland, and in England. Some are irregular asymmetrical spheres featuring organic-looking protrusions. Others have intricate geometric patterns, lines, and circles carved on their surface. While most are spherical, some are shaped more like starfish, with protruding legs. They date to 3000–2600 BC and may have been created by the Picts, Celtic language-speaking peoples. Why did the ancient people carve sophisticated geometry onto these spheres made of all kinds of rock? Many were found near Neolithic stone circles in grassy fields, adding to the mystery. Why were they placed in the proximity of these ancient circles? That’s what Hugh Newman, author, Megalithic researcher, and explorer asks as he takes us on a tour of the spheres in Scottish museum collections in Orkney, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Oxford, and Edinburgh and London, England. Surprisingly, Newman then arrives across the world in the South American country of Bolivia where he spots a virtually identical sphere. “Were they really associated with these stone circles? It certainly seems so. Even though they weren’t found directly in stone circles, they were found in the fields around them. This really intrigues me, because, if that’s the case, why were they placing them in the fields?” asks Newman. One of the spheres is particularly intricate, the famous Towie ball found in Aberdeenshire. It’s thought to be over 5,000 years old, is almost three inches across and covered with incredibly intricate spirals. According to the National Museums Scotland, it may have been a weapon and a symbol of power. If so, how or why did they end up abandoned in fields? Why are so few of these spheres damaged or chipped? According to the Museum website: “The ball would have been the possession of a well-off Neolithic farmer. It could well have been a fancy weapon, capable of dealing a painful blow to the head if thrown from a sling. But it was first and foremost a symbol of power – an elite weapon of social exclusion! – adorned with sacred symbols that resemble those carved into the stones of a faraway passage tomb at Newgrange in the Boyne Valley of eastern Ireland.” Along with the spheres, relief carvings of spirals and geometric shapes have been found, but not just in Scotland. Over 6000 miles away at the site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia, similar carvings are found. Meanwhile, at Lake Titicaca, Newman found a stone sphere with six sides that closely resembles one of the Scottish stone spheres. It’s on display at the Tiwanaku Museum in La Paz, Bolivia. Such patterns are found all over the planet. Some are saying it’s more evidence of an ancient advanced worldwide civilization. Spherical metal objects dating back 6,000 years have been found near the Dead Sea in the treasure of Nahal Mishmar in the Judean Desert. They were made of copper and thought to represent the Sun. Could the Scottish stones have represented the Sun or Moon? There are an endless array of ideas about what these objects were used for, from weapons to massage tools, healing stones, to weights, to tools used to roll larger stones. However, since most of the spheres are in relatively good shape, their use as weapons or tools seems less likely. The placement in fields might indicate some use concerning growing crops, with some suggesting that magnetic fields or natural energies were at work. On the other hand, could the beautifully carved stones have been offerings to the gods left as gifts in the hopes of a bountiful harvest? Newman believes the intricate carvings might be references to sacred geometry or Archimedean and Platonic solids. These are complex polyhedra shapes enumerated by Archimedes and Plato. If so, does this indicate that Neolithic people had an advanced understanding of mathematics? Another idea is that the elaborate shapes may have had some use in surveying and astronomy, considering their proximity to the stone megalithic circles. These were places to observe seasonal changes and the stars, Moon, and planets. Perhaps these spheres were placed on the ground to mark the location in the sky of these celestial bodies? Nobody knows why the spheres were found near the stone observatories but not within. Today we recognize some of these shapes as similar to the atomic or cellular structure. It seems impossible that ancient people would know of such things. However, since we don’t know anything about who made these objects or why we can’t rule it out entirely. What do you think? Let us know in the comments. Is it possible that thousands of years ago ancient cultures possessed a now-lost technology that allowed them to soften stone? According to numerous researchers, the answer is YES. Is it possible that the countless megalithic sites around the globe were built with the help of a now lost technology? What if, in the distant past, ancient cultures from South America, Asia, Egypt and another parts of the world, had in their possession an ancient method that allowed them to transport, cut and mold megalithic stones to their desire. There are numerous inexplicable sites around the globe and the most noteworthy to mention are Stonehenge, The Pyramids of Giza, Ollantaytambo, Puma Punku and Sacsayhuaman. At all of those places, ancient mankind managed to somehow perfectly place huge blocks of stone weighing hundreds of tons. The construction of Sacsayhuamán remains a profound mystery for researchers who have failed to understand how ancient people managed to quarry, transport and place these megalithic stones.These marvelous stones are so heavy that modern-day machinery would hardly be able to move and put them into position. This is why we ask: Is it possible that ancient cultures in Peru and Bolivia had a ‘technology’ that allowed them to modify stone and soften it? This would have allowed them to modify and construct huge structures without the need of modern-day tools. According to a number of researchers like Jan Peter de Jong, Christopher Jordan and Jesus Gamarra, some of the granite walls in Cuzco are the ultimate evidence that ancient cultures managed to heat different stones at a very high temperature. This ‘unknown’ process vitrified the surface of the blocks turning them into giant glassy and smooth structures. Based on these and other observations, Jong, Jordan and Gamarra conclude that ‘ ancient man possessed an advanced device which allowed them to melt stone blocks which were then placed into position and allowed to cool down next to hard, jigsaw-polygonal blocks that were already in place, forming an extraordinary puzzle that defies rational understanding today. The end product — perfectly molded stone — would remain fixed against other stones in a nearly perfect manner, giving an impression as if these megaliths stones were melted into position. Once fixed, these stones were so precisely placed that not a single sheet of paper could fit in between them. However, researchers like Jong and Jordan believe that not only did cultures in ancient Peru and Bolivia possess the technology of melting stone; they believe that evidence of similar technology can be found all around the globe. If the ancients did, in fact, have the ability to soften the stone, it would certainly explain the countless ancient structures belonging not only to pre-Inca and Inca cultures, but also the Mayas, Aztecs, and Olmecs that inhabited Central And South America. Before disproving the theory that the ancients had in their possession sophisticated means by which they softened stone, consider that many of the ancient complexes in the Americas bear incredibly strange markings that could be explained by tooling the surface while it was still ‘soft.’ Some of the stones we are discussing are truly immense and are nearly impossible to maneuver into position using today’s technologies. Also, it is important to consider that many ancient Inca sites have stones and walls that have up to 12 and 13 PERFECT angles on their visible surface. Below that and the hidden sections, these stones redefine the word perfect. Better yet is the fact that even with today’s extremely advanced technology, it is impossible for engineers and architects to replicate walls such as those found at Sacsayhuaman. In the book Exploration Fawcett, Colonel Fawcett tells a story of how these incredible stones were softened. ”[A]ll through the Peruvian and Bolivian Montaña is to be found a small bird like a kingfisher, which makes its nest in neat round holes in the rocky escarpments above the river. These holes can plainly be seen, but are not usually accessible, and strangely enough they are found only where the birds are present. I once expressed surprise that they were lucky enough to find nesting-holes conveniently placed for them, and so neatly hollowed out as though with a drill. ‘They make the holes themselves.’ The words were spoken by a man who had spent a quarter of a century in the forests. ‘I’ve seen how they do it, many a time. I’ve … seen the birds come to the cliff with leaves of some sort in their beaks, and cling to the rock like woodpeckers to a tree while they rubbed the leaves in a circular motion over the surface. ‘Then they would fly off, and come back with more leaves, and carry on with the rubbing process. After three or four repetitions they dropped the leaves and started pecking at the place with their sharp beaks, and – here’s the marvellous part – they would soon open out a round hole in the stone. ‘Then off they’d go again, and go through the rubbing process with leaves several times before continuing to peck. It took several days, but finally they had opened out holes deep enough to contain their nests. I’ve climbed up and taken a look at them, and, believe me, a man couldn’t drill a neater hole!’ ‘Do you mean to say that the bird’s beak can penetrate solid rock?’ ‘No, I don’t think the bird can get through solid rock. I believe, as everyone who has watched them believes, that those birds know of a leaf with juice that can soften up rock till it’s like wet clay.’” These large stone spheres in the Franz Josef archipelago leave scientists flummoxed. Visitors to this cosmic landscape named the round rocks ‘footballs of the Gods’. The huge stone balls up to two metres in height are found on appropriately-named Champ island above the polar circle. Perfectly spherical they are scattered all over this northern uninhabited outpost. The barren 374 km2 (144 sq miles) island was never inhabited and scientists cannot agree how they were formed. Similar but smaller stone balls were found last year on Heiss island in the same archipelago. On Heiss island ‘the spherulites look like round bullets or cannon balls. We found balls of different sizes, but none as big as at Champ island.’ As previous reports have noted every geologist seems to have their own theory. Austrian geologist Sepp Fridhubera claimed the rounded shapes of the rocks were formed underwater and they have an organic core in the centre. Similar round stones were discovered in Volgograd, Costa Rica, New Zealand, China, Bosnia, and South Africa. Another unexplained nature phenomenon in a remote area around the world. When we think of pyramids, we naturally think of Egypt. But did you know that Sudan has more pyramids? It does, and underwater archaeologists just discovered treasure beneath them buried with Egypt’s black pharaohs. Situated in a sandy desert of Sudan not far from the Nile, 20 such pyramids rise from the landscape in Nuri, an ancient burial site where the tombs of Egypt’s black pharaohs are located. For a brief period of just over 100 years from 760 B.C. to 650 B.C., the black pharaohs ruled Egypt. Unlike other Egyptian rulers, the Nuri kings were buried underneath pyramids instead of inside them. Think of them as giant headstones rather than tombs. The tomb is beneath the sand. Now, what does this have to do with underwater archaeology? Well, after excavating a staircase down to the first chamber of the tomb belonging to Nastasen, the last king of Nuri, the team hit the underground water table, which means if they want to see what’s inside the tomb they would need to take a swim. Led by underwater archaeologist Pearce Paul Creasman, who is specially trained for such expeditions, the team brought in air pumps with long hoses attached to provide oxygen so they would not have to carry cumbersome air tanks on their backs. Creasman installed a steel chute they could swim through without having to worry about rocks falling on top of them in case of collapse. And once he got inside, he got a good look at a tomb not seen for nearly a century since Harvard archaeologist George Reisner first briefly excavated the site before abandoning it because of the water, which had only been knee deep at the time. One of Reisner’s team members even dug a pit and extracted artifacts in the third chamber. “There are three chambers, with these beautiful arched ceilings, about the size of a small bus, you go in one chamber into the next, it’s pitch black, you know you’re in a tomb if your flashlights aren’t on,” Creasman told BBC News. “And it starts revealing the secrets that are held within.” Fellow underwater archaeologist Kristin Romey joined Creasman and wrote about their exploration of the tomb for National Geographic. “Creasman and I both trained as underwater archaeologists, so when I heard that he had a grant to explore submerged ancient tombs, I gave him a call and asked to tag along,” she wrote. “Just a few weeks before I arrived, he entered Nastasen’s tomb for the first time, swimming through the first chamber, then a second, then into a third and final room, where, beneath several feet of water, he saw what looked like a royal sarcophagus. The stone coffin appeared to be unopened and undisturbed.” The water was much deeper now, what Romey writes is the result of “rising groundwater caused by natural and human-induced climate change, intensive agriculture near the site, and the construction of modern dams along the Nile.” The mission is mostly to test the equipment and lay the groundwork for future excavations, but they do explore the chambers and even find Reisner’s pit that may still contain treasures. “Swimming through a low, rounded, rock-cut doorway, we enter the third chamber,” Romey wrote. “The stone sarcophagus is dimly visible below us—a thrilling sight—and we spot the pit that was hastily dug by Reisner’s nervous worker a century ago.” As it turns out, Reisner and his team definitely missed out on finding more. “As we excavate Reisner’s pit—filling plastic buckets with sediment, swimming them out into the air-filled second chamber, dumping the sediment onto a screen and sifting for artifacts — we discover paper-thin foils of pure gold that likely once covered precious figurines that long ago dissolved in the water,” Romey described. “The gold offerings were still sitting there – these small glass-type statues had been leafed in gold,” Creasman said. “And while the water destroyed the glass underneath, the little gold flake was still there.” The findings prove that there is still much for archaeologists to discover and learn at Nuri. They also demonstrate that these tombs may be untouched by looters. “Those gilded figurines would have been easy pickings for looters, and their remains are a sure sign that Nastasen’s tomb has been essentially untouched,” Romey wrote. That’s a good thing for an archaeological team to know because it means future excavations could produce more priceless treasures and reveal more secrets of Egypt’s black pharaohs. And unlike archaeologists of the past, modern archaeologists have the technology to go where they could not. “I think we finally have the technology to be able to tell the story of Nuri, to fill in the blanks of what happened here,” Creasman said. “It’s a remarkable point in history that so few know about. It’s a story that deserves to be told.” Indeed, it certainly does. Reisner wrote off the black pharaohs as racially inferior and ignored their accomplishments. Now archaeologists can tell their story properly and restore their rightful place in history as powerful rulers of the Egyptian empire. See the underwater archaeology from National Geographic below: Over half a century ago, deep in the jungles of Guatemala, a gigantic stone head was uncovered. The face had fine features, thin lips and large nose and its face was directed up at the sky. Unusually, the face demonstrated Caucasian features which were not consistent with any of the pre-Hispanic races of America. The discovery rapidly attracted attention, but just as quickly it slipped away into the pages of forgotten history. News of the discovery first emerged when Dr Oscar Rafael Padilla Lara, a doctor of philosophy, lawyer and notary, received a photograph of the head in 1987 along with a description that the photograph was taken in the 1950s by the owner of the land where the head was found and that it was located “somewhere in the jungles of Guatemala.” The photograph and story was printed in a small article in the newsletter ‘Ancient Skies’, which was picked up and read by well-known explorer and author David Hatcher Childress, one of our guest authors at Ancient-Origins.net, who sought out to discover more about the mysterious stone head. He tracked down Dr Padilla who reported that he found the owners of the property, the Biener family, on which the monolith was found. The site was 10 kilometres from a small village in La Democracia in the south of Guatemala. However, Dr Padilla said that he was in despair when he reached the site and found that the site had been obliterated: “It was destroyed by revolutionaries about ten years ago. We had located the statue too late. It was used as target practice by anti-government rebels. This totally disfigured it, sort of like the way the Sphinx in Egypt had its nose shot off by the Turks, only worse,” he said. The eyes, nose and mouth had completely gone. Padilla was able to measure its height as between 4 and 6 metres, with the head resting on a neck. Padilla did not return again to the site due to armed attacks between government forces and rebel forces in the area. The destruction of the head meant the story died a rapid death until it was picked up again a few years ago by filmmakers behind “Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond” who used the photograph to claim that extra-terrestrials have had contact with past civilisations. The producer published a document written by Guatemalan archaeologist Hector E Majia who wrote: “I certify that this monument presents no characteristics of Maya, Nahuatl, Olmec or any other pre-Hispanic civilization. It was created by an extraordinary and superior civilization with awesome knowledge of which there is no record of existence on this planet.” However, far from helping the cause and the investigation into the monolith, this publication only served to have the opposite effect, throwing the whole story into the hands of a justifiably sceptical audience who thought that it was all just a publicity stunt. Even the letter itself has been drawn into question with some saying that it is not genuine. Nevertheless, it appears the giant head did exist and there is no evidence to suggest the original photograph is not authentic or that Dr Padilla’s account was false. So assuming it was real, the questions remain: Where did it come from? Who made it? And why? The region where the stone head was reported to have been found, La Democracia, is actually already famous for stone heads which, like the stone head found in the jungle, also face skyward. These are known to have been created by the Olmec civilisation, which flourished between 1400 and 400 BC. The Olmec heartland was the area in the Gulf of Mexico lowlands, however, Olmec-style artefacts, designs, monuments and iconography have been found in sites hundreds of kilometres outside the Olmec heartland, including La Democracia. Nevertheless, the stone head depicted in the 1950s photograph does not share the same features or style as the Olmec heads. The late Phillip Coppens, Belgian author, radio host and TV commentator on matters of alternative history raised the question of whether the head “is an anomaly of the Olmec period, or whether it is part of another – unknown – culture that predated or post-dated the Olmecs, and whose only artefact identified so far is the Padilla head.” Other questions that have been posed include whether the structure was just a head, or whether there was a body underneath, like the Easter Island statues, and whether the stone head is linked to any other structures in the region. It would be nice to know the answers to these questions but sadly it appears the publicity surrounding the film “Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond” only served to bury the story deeper into the pages of history. Hopefully an ambitious explorer will pick up the story once again and investigate further to find the truth regarding this enigmatic monument. An ancient city said to have been built by a God and mentioned in one of the most sacred and ancient texts on Earth, the Mahabharata. Until recently, the very existence of the ancient city of Dvārakā was a matter of legends and myths. However, as we have learned from history, myths and legends are divided by a thin line from reality. This legendary ancient city is said to have been founded by Sri Krishna and is considered an extremely important historical landmark in the Mahabharata. The modern city of Dwarka which in Sanskrit means “Gateway to heaven” is located north-west of the Indian State of Gujarat. Dwarka is considered one of the Dhamas — one of the four sacred pilgrimage sites of Hinduism. Furthermore, the city is considered one of seven ancient religious sites in the country. The modern city of Dwarka draws its reputation from the ancient, lost city of Dvārakā. It is said that the ancient city of Dvārakā was the first major capital of Gujarat. The ancient city is mentioned in a number of ancient texts including the Mahabharata, the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, the Harivamsha as well as the Skanda Purana, and the Vishnu Purana. Ancient Sanskrit literature explains how Lord Krishna, the eighth Avatar of Vishnu created the legendary city. Before the legendary city was created, Krishna lived in the city of Mathura. The kingdom, suggests Hindu mythology, was constantly attacked–seventeen times in total– by Jarasanda, a tyrant king, ruler of Magadha. In all seventeen battles, Krishna prevailed, but Jarasanda did not give up and decided to attack Mathura for the eighteenth time. Krishna decided not to risk his people and plans to build another city, on an island located on the western coast of India. Different versions speak of how the city of Dvārakā was actually built. In one version of the story, Krishan was brought by Garuda, the mount of Vishnu, just off the coast of India, where he eventually build the city of Dvārakā. Another version of the story suggests that Brishan invoked the ‘celestial builder’ Vishwakarma, who is worshipped as the deity of construction. However, as Krishan summoned Vishwakarma he was faced with another problem. Land. Vishwakarma informed Krishna that the task of building the legendary city could only be completed if Samudradeva, the Lord of the Sea, provided him with some land. Since Krishna worshiped Samudradeva, the deity was pleased and offered Krishna 12 yojanas of land. As the land was gifted to Krishan, Vishwakarma, the celestial ‘architect’ eventually completed the task of building the legendary city of Dvārakā. The city soon grew and became famous, housing thousands of people, in hundreds of palaces. The city was extremely well-protected and could only be reached by boat. The city was also extremely well planned: divided into six sectors which were in turn divided into residential, commercial areas. The city was home to beautiful large roads, incredibly decorated plazas, gardens and artificial lakes, and more than 800 palaces made of gold and precious stones. The legendary city of Dvārakā is also the place where a mighty ‘aerial battle’ took place. If we take a look at what ancient Hindu texts tell us, a king named Salwa attacked Lord Krishna in the legendary city of Dwaraka. The descriptions of the event are extremely interesting, and ancient astronaut theorists suggest the intricate descriptions of the battle hint at the possibility that some sort of advanced technology was used, even possible flying crafts or spacecraft. “Lord Krsna struck Salva with sixteen arrows, and with showers of arrows He overpowered the airplane, just as the sun in a clear sky overpowers the whole sky by an unlimited number of molecules of sunshine…” (Source) According to the ancient Sanskrit texts, in possession of his aerial vehicle, Salwa attacked the city of Dvārakā, raining down mighty weapons that resemble lightning. According to the narration in the epic, he possessed an aircraft known as Saubha Vimana and used it for air travel and for aerial warfare. Large parts of the city were destroyed in the attack until the god Krishna, responded by firing weapons at this ‘spacecraft’. The weapons in the ancient texts are described as arrows, but not ordinary arrows. It’s said that once fired, the arrows roared like thunder and resembled bolts of lightning or rays of the sun. Furthermore, the legend says that Krishna eventually departed Earth, and the ocean consumed his city of Dwaraka. When Mythology Becomes Reality…Until a few decades, the city of Dvārakā was thought to exist only in mythology. However, now that experts have actually discovered evidence of such a city existing near modern-day Dwarka, history changes and with it the understanding and interpretation of ancient texts such as the Mahabharata. Underwater archaeologists have recovered a number of ancient artifacts in the Gulf of Cambay, including construction material, pottery, sections of walls, beads, sculpture, and human bones and teet–all which have been found to be at least 9,500 years old. “…The vast city — which is five miles long and two miles wide — is believed to predate the oldest known remains in the subcontinent by more than 5,000 years. The site was discovered by chance last year by oceanographers from India’s National Institute of Ocean Technology, who were conducting a survey of pollution. Debris recovered from the site — including construction material, pottery, sections of walls, beads, sculpture, and human bones and teeth — has been carbon dated and found to be nearly 9,500 years old…” (Source) Experts believe that the area where the ancient city existed was submerged by melting ice caps and the end of the last ice age, some 10,000 years ago. “…it is the sea level during the Calabrian phase which is the closest to the present mark with the highest GES (Great Egyptian Sphinx) hollow at its level. High level of seawater also caused the Nile overflowing and created long-living water-bodies. As to time, it corresponds to 800,000 years.” Great, mysterious, almost mystical, shrouded in mystery, millennial, how else would you describe this amazing ancient monument? It is probably one of the most recognized monuments in the world, one of the icons representative of the power and culture of the ancient Egyptian civilization, cradle, and tomb of pharaohs. It is ironic then, that the Great Sphinx of Giza is also one of the least understood architectural wonders of ancient Egypt, even though researchers from around the globe have tried to understand when the Sphinx was carved, how, why and what it represents. But the most mysterious part of the Sphinx is probably its age. Egyptologists estimate that it was sculpted around the XXVI century BC., as part of the funerary complex. Having a lion’s body and a human head, this strange hybrid being, which we know with the term of the Sphinx, is one of the most striking productions of Egyptian art. The ancient Egyptians called it Shesep-ankh, “living image,” the name given to the royal statues. They symbolized the idea of strength and power, and the Pharaoh was generally represented in this form. This is indicated by the fact that the sphinxes wore Nemes— the striped headcloth worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt. This ancient monument faces from West to East and stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is commonly assumed to represent the Pharaoh Khafre. The Great Sphinx was created by carving a mound of limestone located on the Giza plateau. It has a height of about twenty meters and the fact of the creatures measures around five meters. In ancient times it was painted in bright colors: red body and face, and the Nemes that covered the head was decorated with yellow and blue stripes. Titled “Geological aspect of the problem of dating the great Egyptian sphinx construction” a study presented in 2008 offers controversial details about the Great Sphinx of Giza, and particularly its age. As noted by Vjacheslav I. Manichev and Alexander G. Parkhomenko in their study, after all these years of intensive scientific work trying to determine the exact age of the Sphinx, we still have problems coming to an agreement. “The problem of dating the Great Egyptian Sphinx is still valid, despite the long-term history of its research. A geological approach in connection to other scientific-natural methods allows answering the question about the relative age of the Sphinx. The conducted visual research of the Sphinx allowed the conclusion about the important role of water from large water bodies which partially flooded the structure with the formation of wave-cut hollows on its vertical walls,” wrote experts in the study. “The morphology of these formations has an analogy with similar hollows formed by the sea in the coastal zones. The genetic similarity of the compared erosion forms and the geological formation and petrographic composition of sedimentary rock complexes lead to a conclusion that the decisive factor of destruction of the Great Sphinx is the wave energy rather than sand abrasion in Eolian process.” “Voluminous geological literature confirms the fact of the existence of long-living fresh-water lakes in various periods of the Quaternary from the Lower Pleistocene to the Holocene.” “These lakes were distributed in the territories adjacent to the Nile. The absolute mark of the large upper erosion hollow of the Sphinx corresponds to the level of water surface which took place in the Early Pleistocene.” “The Great Egyptian Sphinx was already present on the Giza Plateau by that geological (historical) time,” concluded experts. Manichev and Parkhomenko are convinced that the Great Sphinx had to have been submerged for a long time underwater and, to support this theory, they point towards existing literature of geological studies of the Giza Plateau. According to a number of studies, it was at the end of the Pliocene geologic period (sometime between 5.2 and 1.6 million years ago) that seawater entered the Nile valley and gradually created flooding in the area. This phenomenon led to the formation of lacustrine deposits which are at the mark of 180 m above the present level of the Mediterranean Sea. According to Manichev and Parkhomenko, it is the sea level during the Calabrian phase which is the closest to the present mark with the highest GES (Great Egyptian Sphinx) hollow at its level. High level of seawater also caused the Nile overflowing and created long-living water-bodies. As to time, it corresponds to 800000 years. Read the entire study here. In 1969, construction workers in Oklahoma stumbled across a structure that according to many authors could rewrite history. The team of workers discovered the remains of a 200,000-year-old structure. Newspaper The Oklahoman covered the story in 1969, creating a heated debate among experts. Could Oklahoma’s “Ancient Mosaic Floor”—containing mystery post holes—rewrite the history of not only North America but the entire planet as well? According to a newspaper report published in 1969, the structure found by construction workers in Oklahoma dates back around 200,000 years. In nearly all corners of the world have researchers and archaeologists stumbled across things they can hardly explain. One such discovery was made in Oklahoma in 1969, when an archaeologist stumbled across what is described as a ‘massive mosaic floor, with strange post holes’. Soon questions started popping out, and scientists kick-started a great debate. How old was the alleged floor? Is it man-made, or a natural formation? Many questions appeared which scientists were not able to answer, some even speculated that the enigmatic floor dated back a staggering 200,000 years. Many were convinced that the tile floor was a result of man and not mother nature, but if it was in fact so old, who could have created it? And what if the enigmatic floor is the only remnant of a much greater structure? But let’s go through the details by step. Obviously, the wildest thing about the discovery is the age of the structure. How on Earth did they conclude it was 200,000 years old? The first mentions about the enigmatic discovery can be traced back to The Oklahoman— the largest daily newspaper in Oklahoma and is the only regional daily that covers the Greater Oklahoma City area. In June of 1969, The Oklahoman wrote: “On June 27, 1969, workmen cutting into a rock shelf situated on the Broadway Extension of 122nd Street, between Edmond and Oklahoma City, came upon a find that was to create much controversy among the experts.“ “To the layman, the site looked like an inlaid mosaic floor. It apparently looked very much like someone’s floor to some of the experts, as well.” “‘I am sure this was man-made because the stones are placed in perfect sets of parallel lines which intersect to form a diamond shape, all pointing to the east,’ said Durwood Pate, an Oklahoma City geologist who studied the site.” “We found post holes which measure a perfect two rods from the other two. “The top of the stone is very smooth, and if you lift one of them, you will find it is very jagged, which indicates wear on the surface. Everything is too well-placed to be a natural formation.’” “Dr. Robert Bell, an archaeologist from the University of Oklahoma, expressed his opinion that the find was a natural formation. “Dr. Bell said that he could see no evidence of any mortaring substance. But Pate, on the other hand, was able to distinguish some kind of mud between each stone.” “Delbert Smith, a geologist, president of the Oklahoma Seismograph Company, said the formation, which was discovered about three feet (0.9 meters) beneath the surface, appeared to cover several thousand square feet.” “The Tulsa World quoted Smith as saying: ‘There is no question about it. It has been laid there, but I have no idea by whom.’” According to the newspaper, Delbert Smith, president of the Oklahoma Seismograph Co. and past president of the Oklahoma City Geophysical Society, and Durwood Pate, independent petroleum geologist, traveled to the site to study the area and take samples. “I am satisfied that it is not a natural earth formation and that it is manmade,” Smith later said. Delbert Smith, a geologist, and president of the Oklahoma Seismograph Company, summed up the mystery concerning the tile floor in the Tulsa World of June 29, 1969: “There is no question about it. It had been laid there, but I have no idea by whom.” Yet another facet of the mystery involved the question of age. There are some differing opinions as to the geology involved, but the best estimate places the tiles at 200,000 years old.” On July 1, 1969, The Oklahoman again reported about “the discovery of a second hole through the rock strata. Measurements revealed the two holes to be exactly 16 1/2 feet apart or precisely one rod. According to Pate, the rock is Permian limestone laced with quartz grains.” On July 3, The Oklahoman continued its coverage and “reported archaeologists discovered an ancient stone hammer at the site.” “The mystery of a dolomitic limestone formation unearthed between Oklahoma City and Edmond was compounded Wednesday by the discovery of an object on the site which resembles a stone hammer. Geologists who have focused their attention on the unusual formation…. were at a loss to explain the origin of either the formation or the artifact. John M. Ware, an Oklahoma City geologist, said, ‘it simply can’t be explained within the field of geology – we need an archaeologist to give a final opinion.’…. However, its age and origin may remain a mystery unless an archaeologist can be persuaded to take on the project soon. Within 20 days, construction workers will continue their job of digging out the area to begin building on a food stuffs warehouse…. Another intriguing point about the rock is that it contains marine deposits, indicating that it was laid down in the ocean…. Pate said that the formation, 100 feet by 60 feet in area, is rapidly becoming a tourist attraction. ‘People are flocking there and taking pieces of the rock away,’ he said. ‘We need to preserve it until something can be done about determining its origin.” It seems that a couple of old newspaper lines managed to create a massive hype about a discovery that would have been treated totally differently, had no one mentioned the age of 200,000 years. However, there are a couple of curious things that have been found in Oklahoma. One of them was discovered in 1912 in a mine in Wilburton, Oklahoma, by Frank J. Kennard; an Iron cup embedded inside a piece of coal that is 300 million years old. Kennard, who was in 1948 a Benton Co-worker, said: “While I was working in the Municipal Electric Plant in Thomas, Oklahoma in 1912, I came upon a solid chunk of coal which was too large to use. I broke it with a sledgehammer. “This iron pot fell from the center leaving the impression mold of the pot in the piece of coal. Jim Stall (an employee of the company) witnessed the breaking of the coal and saw the pot fall out. I traced the source of the coal, and found that it came from the Wilburton, Oklahoma, Mines.” The coal that originated from the mines of Wilburton, Oklahoma, is estimated to be around 300 million years old. |
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