ASKIES 1987 Ancient Skies 1987 A
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ENIGMAS OF MAYAN ASTRONOMY Maya diagram until 1956 when C.A.Burland of the British Mus eum identified it as a transit of Venus at the International Congress of Americanists in Paris. The pictorial inscription indicates that VeIn speaking about the "first men" the Mayan sacnus crosse the solar disk o
Maya diagram until 1956 when C.A.Burland of the British Mus eum identified it as a transit of Venus at the International Congress of Americanists in Paris. The pictorial inscription indicates that VeIn speaking about the "first men" the Mayan sacnus crosse the solar disk on November 25, 416 AD. red
it wasn't a golden age for non-Christians. The city was decorated and enriched by looted statues, marBY Dr. OSCAR R. PADILLA L . * bles and works of art from the pagan temples of Greece and the Middle East, and in 379 AD TheodosSome time ago I was sent a photograph of a very ius the Great became Emp
BY VLADIMIR N. GERCKE* In 1956,archaeologists of the Middle Ame rican Research Institute of Tulane University of Loui s iana began excavations a t Dzibilchaltun (pronounced as "Dzeeb-eel-chal-toon" ), a Mayan site about 15 miles north of Merida , the capital city of the State of Yucatan, Mexico. (Se
In 1956,archaeologists of the Middle Ame rican Research Institute of Tulane University of Loui s iana began excavations a t Dzibilchaltun (pronounced as "Dzeeb-eel-chal-toon" ), a Mayan site about 15 miles north of Merida , the capital city of the State of Yucatan, Mexico. (See National Geographic M
THE ANCIENT ASTRONAUT SOCIETY'S WORLD CONFERENCE The waters of the reservoir would completely flood IN NOVI VINODOLSKI, YUGOSLAVIA, SEPTEMBER 10, 1987 the ruins of the Mayan sites of Yaxchilan, Piedras BY GENE M. PHILLIPS, FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY Negras, Bonampak and many others. Whether the project
The waters of the reservoir would completely flood IN NOVI VINODOLSKI, YUGOSLAVIA, SEPTEMBER 10, 1987 the ruins of the Mayan sites of Yaxchilan, Piedras BY GENE M. PHILLIPS, FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY Negras, Bonampak and many others. Whether the project will be completed is still open to question, Sept
the ruins of the Mayan sites of Yaxchilan, Piedras BY GENE M. PHILLIPS, FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY Negras, Bonampak and many others. Whether the project will be completed is still open to question, September 14, 1987 will mark the 14th Anniversary but the important thing is that the archaeologists of bo
Concerning Andrew Tomas's most interesting papers in Ancient Skies 13 : 5 and 14 : 1 , it might be pointed out that the cornon source of prehistoric technology hinted at by various tribal legends and scraps of archaeological and historical data, were not necessarily wholly rooted in alien visitation
in those days; and also after that, when the sons of GIANTS IN SOUTH AMERICA? God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, me n of renown." Translated from the Ge rman by GEORGE T . SASSOON**
God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, me n of renown." Translated from the Ge rman by GEORGE T . SASSOON** Whi le Genes i s 6 :4 doe s no t l ead direc tly to the conclusion that the giants were the children of the
and made like the children of Earth and begotten **George Sassoon is an electronics engineer, a giant sons? ... "(Enoch 15 : 2 and 3) computer expert, an author and a linguist, who also "Say then unto them: Ye shall have no peace!" operates his farms in Wiltshire, England and on the (16:4 ) Isle of
(Continued from previous page) ition do the giants themselves appear to be capable From the foregoing passages, we can make the foll- of reproduction. Neither source reports that they owing interpretations: had sons or daughters. But this is in any case to be 1. At some time in the gray and distant
Startling evidence of ancient giants has been reported by Society members John Hoffmann and Pip Soller from the Republic of South Africa . A giant footprint imbedded in granite was discovered in 1912 in a remote region of the Transvaal about 27 miles from the western border of Swaziland . The discov
I read with great interest the articles by Andrew Tomas and Vladimir Gercke in Ancient Skies 14:1 and 14:2 respectively. I agree with theiropirlions that the ancient Mayas used telescopes. I have seen two lenses made of quartz and used by ancient people, one a magnifying glass from Sumer in the Brit
BY RENE ANDREW BOULAY* In Ancient Skies 14:4, we discussed the sky chariots of the ancI'ent gods, the space men who colonized the Near East, and how ancient literature and legends masked these references. Ostensibly, these ancient gods must have had some means to convey their wishes to their agents
In Ancient Skies 14:4, we discussed the sky chariots of the ancI'ent gods, the space men who colonized the Near East, and how ancient literature and legends masked these references. Ostensibly, these ancient gods must have had some means to convey their wishes to their agents below, just as these ki
lead, Miss Reiche advanced the theory in her book Mystery on the Desert (First Edition published by Heinrichr'irucGmbH , Stuttgart, West Germany , 1968), that the lines had astronomical significance , perl,.not.hc t.~le i-sion ;,J:)e has been u s-ed ro <I mi en. g