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I thought I'd sit down and write about a few of my personal favorite cases of petroglyphs that seem to point toward the "ancient astronaut" theory, as it's become popular to call it. I don't really like that name, personally, because it's come to denote aliens visiting since the beginning of time and Erik VonDaniken and Zecharia Sitchin. I do think there's an interesting story in these ancient petroglyphs and that it sometimes gets lost in the hype, both for and against, VonDaniken and Sitchin as larger than life people, rather than the history and research itself. Each of these petroglyphs seems to tie into a belief in extraterrestrial life, which in turn points toward the common belief in an ancient flood having wiped out much, if not most, of humanity in antiquity.
For today, I'd just like to give some minimal background, present a few petroglyphs, and give what I know of the story that goes along with them. Each of the ones that I'm showing here are from the Americas, almost all from the American southwest, although there are examples from around the world that I'd like to eventually write about, as well as many archaeological artifacts that go along with this story.
The Anasazi were the predecessors to the modern day Hopi, and are believed to have settled the American Southwest as long as 3,000 years ago, although their heritage has been traced back much further than that. Modern day scientific classification only recognizes the people there as a distinct culture starting in 1200 BC. This is considered to be the beginning of the "Basketmaker" era, and the beginning of the Anasazi culture itself, as a distinct culture. However, the "archaic" classification traces the people themselves back to approximately 8000 BC, currently, and continues to be pushed back further as more scientific evidence is gathered. Just recently <a href="http://www.book-of-thoth.com/blogs/oddthings/2006/11/scientists-are-looking-to-answer.html">a scientific expedition has begun in the hopes of collecting evidence of long lost civilizations under water off of the east coast of the United States.</a> The Hopi, in particular, have maintained many ancient traditions and beliefs throughout the years, much of which has been publicized as "The Hopi Prophecies" on the internet and in books.
In short, the Hopi believe that we are currently in the fourth age of man. Each age ends in a cleansing of sorts, and that now we are nearing the Purification Day. The first age was ended in fire, the second in ice, and the third from a flood. This most recent cleansing coming approximately 11,000-12,000 years ago. Since the people have currently been traced back over 10,000 years in the American southwest, this date seems to make cultural sense, and also may tie into the Mayan tradition which says that one of the Gods destroyed the third creation in a great flood and we are now living in the fourth creation. This exactly mirrors the Pueblo belief in which the third world is ended in a flood by one of their gods and only a few people are rescued and are able to move on into the fourth world.
This idea of a great flood also seems to make some sense to people raised in the western world, since so many were raised with the Bible, which, of course, has a quite famous flood itself. Interestingly, this also ties in with the stories told in the ancient stories from India, specifically the Ramayana, which tells of major "Earth shifts" approximately every 10,000 years. Along with this, it dates the last Treta Yuga, or the ending of one of the "age(s) of man", at 10,000BC. Of course, this matches up remarkably well with the Hopi idea of the last cleansing having come 12,000 years ago and approaching again in the not too distant future.
In fact, most every society worldwide, not just in the Americas, have some sort of flood myth. Most, however, don't give as specific of time references as these above do. For instance, the Toltec story simply states that the original creation lasted for 1716 years before being destroyed by a great flood. While it's interesting that they put such a definitive length of time on it, it's fairly ambiguous as to how long ago the flood is said to have happened.
As I've pointed out <a href="http://www.book-of-thoth.com/blogs/oddthings/2006/10/while-i-was-thinking-about-story-about.html">previously</a>, author <a href="http://theorionzone.com">Gary David</a> has written about the ancient Star Cities of the Anasazi. As previously discussed, the Star Cities are villages which are mapped out precisely mirroring various constellations. The one shown above mirrors the constellation of Orion. One would think that they would have had to have very good reasoning for going to such great lengths to mirror the heavens here on earth. In fact, Mr. David says that this was mandated by a god called Masau'u. Masau'u is the Hopi god of death, fire, darkness and war, along with being the ruler of the underworld. One version of his story tells that he is the creator of the Hopi, and he determines life and death. Obviously, a very powerful belief.
In an <a href="http://www.philipcoppens.com/rebuildingcreation.html">article written by Philip Coppens</a> on the Mayan sacred architecture, he also states that they believe that the Fourth Creation to be linked with the Orion constellation. In their ancient tradition after one of the gods destroyed the Third Creation with a great flood they arrived at the place of the New Creation and "sprang up from a crack in the back of a Cosmic Turtle." They identify this turtle with the three stars which create the belt of Orion in the constellation.
So why do these cultures, as well as the pyramid builders in Egypt who aligned their great pyramids with Orion's belt, attach such special significance to Orion in relation to "gods"? Is it possible that advanced societies visiting Earth have been mistaken for "gods" in history, and the myths have simply been passed along into the modern day? The following petroglyphs seem to speak to that possibility.
One of the interesting pieces of the information contained in the ancient Hopi beliefs, is knowledge of aliens, many times called "Star Brothers" along with space ships, or UFOs. Evidence of these beliefs can be found in many petroglyphs across the American southwest. Above, is a depiction of a dome shaped, saucer object which is said to depict visitors from space who will arrive for the Purification.
The three depictions above are of star beings, and triangle shaped crafts. The ship is seen with flares coming out of it, which seems to represent its propulsion and movement. The top picture supposedly represents an ancient war witnessed by the local population between two different types of star beings.
The two petroglyphs above seem to depict a UFO along with beings which seem to have helmets covering their heads, much like modern day astronauts. These are dated at 12,000-14,000 years ago.
This petroglyph is said by some to represent the Ant People. In the Hopi belief at the end of each of the ages, the people who were pure of heart went down into the earth. There they described a group of beings which they called the Ant People. Many depictions of them are nearly identical to modern day description of gray aliens. In the bottom right of the image something which looks like a dome shape is seen with lines coming out of the bottom of it, making it look like it's lifting off of the ground. This is dated at approximately 7,500 years old.
Most of the information for this article came from reading I've done on various Hopi and Anasazi sites which I found on-line over the years. However, recently, I was given a set of documents from a friend which contains some very interesting information. That source is the only source which is not readily available with a little bit of internet work, and it simply confirmed many of the things I have read other places.
I'd also like to point out that I believe most of these examples are available on <a href="http://ufoartwork.com">UFO Artwork</a>, although I found them other places over the years.
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