The Dendera Light

In the Egyptian temple of Hathor at Dendera, several dozens of kilometers north of Luxor, there are reliefs interpreted by some “experts” as electric lamps.

The “Dendera light” is a technology of electrical lighting supposedly in existence in ancient Egypt, proposed by some fringe authors. Proponents argue that the technology is depicted in the Hathor temple at the Dendera Temple complex located in Egypt on three stone reliefs (one single and a double representation), which resemble some modern electical lighting systems. Egyptologists reject the theory and explain the reliefs as a typical set of symbolic images from Egyptian mythology.

Mainstream view

The view of Egyptologists is that the relief is a mythological depiction of a djed pillar and a lotus flower, spawning a snake within, representing aspects of Egyptian mythology. The Djed pillar is a symbol of stability which is also interpreted as the backbone of the god Osiris. In the carvings the four horizontal lines forming the capital of the djed are supplemented by human arms stretching out, as if the djed were a backbone. The arms hold up the snake within the lotus flower. The snakes coming from the lotus symbolize fertility, linked to the annual Nile flood.

Fringe view

In contrast to the mainstream interpretation, there is a fringe hypothesis according to which the reliefs depict Ancient Egyptian electrical technology, based on comparison to similar modern devices (such as Geissler tubes, Crookes tubes, and arc lamps).

In his book “The Eyes of the Sphinx” pp. 171-173, Erich Von Däniken writes that the relief is found in “a secret crypt” that “can be accessed only through a small opening. The room has a low ceiling. The air is stale and laced with the smell of dried urine from the guards who occasionally use it as a urinal.” The room is not so secret, however, as many tourists visit and photograph the room every year. Von Däniken sees the snake as a filament, the djed pillar as an insulator, and claims that “the monkey with the sharpened knives symbolizes the danger that awaits those who do not understand the device.” This “device” is, the reader is assured, an ancient electric light bulb.

Rongorongo script

Origin

The people of Easter Island were possibly inspired to invent the Rongorongo script after seeing the writing used by the Spanish when they annexed the island in 1770. The Easter Islanders were apparently impressed by the mana or power of the Spaniards' writing.

Rongorongo was used until the 1860s, after which knowledge of the script was lost. Nowadays most Easter Islanders write in Spanish using the Latin alphabet though a few try to write their own language, Rapanui, also with the Latin alphabet.

Since missionaries started visiting Easter Island in the 1860s, they have taken an interest in the mysterious Rongorongo symbols. A number of attempts have been made to decipher them, none of which have been completely successful, though in his book Rongorongo: The Easter Island Script, Steven Roger Fischer, Director of the Institute of Polynesian Languages and Literatures in Auckland, New Zealand, claims to have unlocked its mysteries.

Two other scripts were once used on Easter Island: Ta'u and Mama, but little is known about them as very few inscriptions have been found.

Notable features

• The Rongorongo script consists of about 120 symbols, mainly representations of birds, fish, gods, plants and a variety of geometric shapes.
• Some of the symbols represent whole words, some represent sounds and others represent abstract concepts.
• Rongorongo was used be priests to write a limited range of rhetorical statements and helped to reassert their authority.

The characters of the Rongorongo ancient written language of the southeast pacific island of Rapanui (also known as Easter Island) show great affnity to the also undeciphered ancient written script from the Indus Valley, of the archaic Harappan civilization, as noted by cutting-edge archaic language expert Andrew Robinson, however, he all but dismisses the obvious similarities of the scripts because of his timeline for their use; he rightly opines that the Harappan script, from northwest India and Pakistan, was from the circa 2000 B.C. timeframe, but wrongly opines that the script from Rapanui is only about 2,000 years old, apparently believing that the famous Easter Island moi head statues and the ancient Rongorongo script could not possibly have come about by sophisticated seafarers and megalithic builders during the time of the old kingdom Egyptian pharaohs and the Phoenicians of Sidon, when in fact, that’s the point, the Phoenicians, and the Harappans of the Rama empire, and the Egyptians, were navigating the globe in that timeframe, by the methodology in article #2 at http://IceAgeCivilizations.com, being enabled to sail to within 200 miles of Rapanui, from Harappa, or Egypt, or Sidon (from halfway around the globe) by merely sighting by the stars, pinpointing geographic locations to within a margin of 0.5%.

Much has been written about the observed similarities between south Asia's ancient Harappan script, and Easter Island's Rongorongo, an undeciphered writing system used by Polynesians on an island off the coast of Chile.

Rama's Bridge in Sri Lanka

Space images taken by NASA reveal a mysterious ancient bridge in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. The recently discovered bridge currently named as Adam´s Bridge is made of chain of shoals, c.18 mi (30 km) long.

The bridge´s unique curvature and composition by age reveals that it is man made. The legends as well as Archeological studies reveal that the first signs of human inhabitants in Sri Lanka date back to the a primitive age, about 1,750,000 years ago and the bridge´s age is also almost equivalent.

This information is a crucial aspect for an insight into the mysterious legend called Ramayana, which was supposed to have taken place in tredha yuga (more than 1,700,000 years ago).

In this epic, there is a mentioning about a bridge, which was built between Rameshwaram (India) and Srilankan coast under the supervision of a dynamic and invincible figure called Rama who is supposed to be the incarnation of the supreme.

This information may not be of much importance to the archeologists who are interested in exploring the origins of man, but it is sure to open the spiritual gates of the people of the world to have come to know an ancient history linked to the Indian mythology.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/adamsbridge.html

Secrets of the Star Disc

It started as a police raid on German grave robbers in 2001 and turned into one of the most astonishing archaeological discoveries of recent years. This is the extraordinary saga of the Nebra Sky Disc -- a small, unassuming piece of copper and gold with an unusual feature: an image that appears to be a "sunship."

Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/secrets-of-the-star-disc-4209/Overview#ixzz0gr5Iptlg

Ancient Human Metropolis Found in Africa

By Dan Eden for viewzone.

They have always been there. People noticed them before. But no one could remember who made them -- or why? Until just recently, no one even knew how many there were. Now they are everywhere -- thousands -- no, hundreds of thousands of them! And the story they tell is the most important story of humanity. But it's one we might not be prepared to hear.

Something amazing has been discovered in an area of South Africa, about 150 miles inland, west of the port of Maputo. It is the remains of a huge metropolis that measures, in conservative estimates, about 1500 square miles. It's part of an even larger community that is about 10,000 square miles and appears to have been constructed -- are you ready -- from 160,000 to 200,000 BCE!

http://www.mondovista.com/adamscalendar.html

Maklavun - Istrian Stonehenge

Istrian tumuli are more then 4000 years old. There are about 400 castles and forts from the Bronze and Iron Age in Istria. In the immediate hinterland of Porec, in the area between Valkarin, Dracevac and Fuškulin, are nearly a dozen identical hills, all about hundred meters high. You will not find them on the travel maps, the global importance of these hills has been known only to a small number of experts, mostly archeologists. All of these hills have in common flat tops and are recognized as a place of the prehistoric ruins. Two series of hills, Picugi (with visible traces the step pyramid shape) and Mordele, "compound" in a formation similar to the formation of stars in the Orion constellation, the same formation which faithfully followed the pyramid builders in ancient Egypt and many other ancient sites. Therefore the name Istrian Stonehenge which had most probable function of the orientation in time and space, tracking cosmic changes, and determination of beginning and end of the seasons. The Maklavun Tholos is at 207 Meters altitude. Cairn like remains with Dromos entrance way and grave. Probably had a corbelled roof, like Newgrange, now lost. Site is seriously threatened by quarry systematically consuming the hill around it.

THE VUčEDOL ORION

The archaeological site of Vučedol is located along the banks of the Danube, some 5 kilometres downstream from Vukovar, and is one of the most significant sites of the Eneolithic period. What makes it so significant is the fact that the valuable excavations gave a clear profile of the entire period. Consequently, this Eneolithic culture was named after its place of origin – the Vučedol culture.

Once discovered, Vučedol remained a focus for archaeologists, and became a crucial site in all attempts at understanding the complex processes of changing social and economic relations during the transformation from the Copper to the Bronze Age. At its peak, the Vučedol culture spread across a large area of some 700 kilometres, within the borders of 10 modern European countries: the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania.

Largely due to its favourable geo-strategic position, Vučedol was the site of a constant influx of new inhabitants. Among the oldest layers of the site, there are traces of an older Neolithic culture named the Starčevac culture. However, uninterrupted life at Vučedol can be traced only to the Eneolithic period, where over 700 years we can observe the intertwining of three cultures: the Baden, Kostolac and Vučedol cultures. The peak of the Vučedol site is connected with the appearance of the Vučedol culture, which lasted from 3,000 to 2,200 BC.

Life at Vučedol took place in three settlements that formed a semi-circle around Gradac, a settlement whose isolated position and appearance suggest it had the function of an acropolis. The settlement was inhabited by land-tillers, cattle-raisers, hunters and copper moulders.

This highly material culture, with its special emphasis on the production of ceramics of great technical quality and aesthetic value, clearly points to a highly developed civilisation. It was characterised by great imagination and a creative force which initiated a new direction in the course of human history. Vučedol ceramics attract attention with their perfect harmony of shape and ornament. The most famous ceramic vessel is the Vučedol Dove, the richly encrusted ritual bird-shaped vessel that was excavated at Gradac in 1938.

The Vučedol culture also produced the Vučedol Orion, which is considered to be the oldest European calendar. The vessel containing the calendar was discovered in Vinkovci underneath the Hotel Slavonija. The vessel is divided into four fields symbolising the four seasons, and the systematic repetition of ornaments suggests the change of the months. The discovery of this oldest European calendar is clear proof of a highly developed civilisation and culture existing in this area more than 5,000 years ago.