Megalithic Marvels - Sumerian Star Map / Atlantean Monument Hidden in Plain Site? / + more

Episode Date: February 21, 2023

Derek Olson here to reconstruct the prehistoric past with you! In this episode, we are going to travel to Mesopotamia to talk about an Ancient Sumerian Star Map that Revealed a Cataclysmic Asteroid Impact. Then we will go to Italy to talk about what may be an Atlantean Monument Hidden in Plain Site. Next we will journey to Peru to talk about a strange site that appears to have either been a prehistoric playground or a subterranean sacrificial death chamber. We will end our episode in Egypt looking at a possible 80 ton depiction of a golden age goddess - you are not going to want to miss this episode! SHOW NOTES Peru Tour Egypt Tour Sumerian Star Map Atlantean Monument Qenqo, Peru: Prehistoric Playground  Statue of Golden Age Goddess? Follow Megalithic Marvels on the following platforms: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/megalithicm... Blog - https://megalithicmarvels.com/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpiP... Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/megalithicma... TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@megalithicmarvels Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/gr

Marvels. Derek Olson here to reconstruct the prehistoric past with you. So in this episode, we're going to first travel to Mesopotamia to talk about an ancient Sumerian star map that revealed a cataclysmic asteroid impact. Then we're going to go to Italy to talk about what may be an Atlantean monument that is literally hidden in plain sight. Then we're going to travel to Peru to talk about a strange site that not many know about that may have been either a prehistoric playground

or a subterranean sacrificial death chamber, or maybe both. And then lastly, we're going to go to Egypt, and we're going to look at what might be a possible 80-ton depiction of a golden age goddess. You are not going to want to miss this episode. Before we jump into these amazing topics, I want to let you know that I'm excited to announce

registration is live for our Megalithic Marvels of Peru, coming October 2nd through the 12th, 2003. And this is going to be an incredible expedition to Peru. We're actually going to go to the site that I just referenced and see about 20 other Megalithic sites. We're going to learn about the incredible Inca Empire. So visit megalithic marvels.com slash tours or click the link in the show notes below.

And then also registration for Egypt tour is still up, but it's almost closed. We're going to close it here next month. I think we've got a couple spots left. And we're going to visit the Great Pyramids of Giza and 20 other sites. This May, 17th through the 28th. We're going to have a private tour inside the Great Pyramid and so much more. We're going to go down the Nile River for a couple days, which is just an amazing experience living off a boat and stopping to see all these different sites.

So again, click these show notes below or go to megalithic marvels. com slash tours for all the info. Okay, let's get into our first topic. Ancient Sumerian Star Map reveals cataclysmic asteroid impact. I found this so fascinating. So over 150 years ago, this ancient Sumerian star map was found by a guy named Henry Laird in a subterranean library in Nineveh. Again, this was over 150 years ago.

And ever since its discovery, scholars had been puzzled. to learn the meaning of this Sumerian star map, until computer software in 2008 finally allowed for this cuneiform clay tablet to be translated, which revealed the oldest documented observation of an asteroid impact to Earth. Now, this tablet was long thought to be an Assyrian tablet. But again, computer analysis has matched it with the sky above Mesopotamia over 4,000, 5,000 years ago and proved it to be much, much more ancient, not of Assyrian origin, but Sumerian origin. This tablet's now held at the British Museum, and it's known as the Planisphere.

And you can click the show notes of this podcast, and you're going to see the third link is an article about this Star Map, which has all the photos, okay? So that way you can put a picture with what I'm saying. But it's at the British Museum. It's called the Planet Sphere. And it provides extraordinary proof for the existence of sophisticated Sumerian astronomy. This thing is approximately five inches in diameter. And it tells how this ancient Sumerian astronomer observed a massive asteroid approaching Earth on June 29, 3,123 BC.

crazy. As it smashed through our planet's atmosphere and made its way to the surface, the ancient astronomer referred to the cosmic body as, quote, a white stone bowl approaching from the sky, end quote. Amazing to me that this astronomer, you know, pictured it as this bowl, right, crashing through. And again, I provide a picture that looks similar to what this astronomer may have observed when he saw this asteroid. The Samarian astronomer not only described the object, but managed to make a note of the object's trajectory relative to the stars. And he did so with amazing precision. Experts say that the trajectory of the asteroid was recorded with an error of less than one degree. And this allowed modern scholars to simulate the trajectory of the space rock and

conclude that it most likely impacted Europe. This event is known by historians as the Kofels Impact where a kilometer-long asteroid crashed into the Alps near Kofels Austria over 5,600 years ago. You can see when you scroll through these photos, some further away shots of this tablet and then some really up-closed shots. There's also a drawing which kind of gives you a cool overview of what you're looking at. This tablet, also known as an astrolabe, is the earliest known astronomical instrument. And as you can see from the drawing I alluded to, it consists of a segmented disk-shaped star chart with marked units of angle measure inscribed upon the rim. Now, unfortunately, you're going to see that about 40% of this tablet

is missing. And the reverse side of the tablet is, does not inscribe, it's blank. But despite its small size, this Sumerian star map masterfully depicts the course of events by dividing it into eight pieces or pictures. So the Sumerians were an amazing civilization, far more high-tech, I believe,

than we've been led to believe. Okay, so now let's travel to Italy to talk about what may be an Atlantean monument hidden in plain sight. You know, just when you think you kind of heard it all or seen it all, you come across something that kind of just shocks you. And this was that for me. Somebody gave me a tip about this that follows me on Instagram.

And if you're listening, thank you very much. There's, you know, just some minuscule information about this out there, but not much. So I made a blog article about it, a video about it. and now I'm putting it on the podcast here to hopefully get this out to the world. But this was fascinating to me. So there's a small village in southern Italy and it's home to what is an incredible prehistoric enigma.

Now for centuries, perhaps millennia, a mysterious monolith, or should I say megalith, has dominated the landscape and been waiting for its rightful place in the archaeological world. Defying time and weather, the, quote, elephant of Kampana, end quote, as it's called, stands over 16 feet tall. Now, despite horrific erosion that it's endured, the shape of a massive elephant appears quite obvious to me with the trunk tusks and ears clearly marked. Now, again, click the show notes of this podcast to see the article about the elephant of Campana here. And you're going to see several AI images I made that show you

comparisons of the eroded possible statue we see now. And you're going to just see probably like me, this thing clearly looks like an ancient elephant statue. Okay. The elephant appears to have something even on its back. When you look at this one photo, I've outlined. in red what looks like the lower torso of a body and legs. Looks like a rider from the waist down to the ankles. Some archaeologists claim that this is a depiction, that this possible statue is a depiction of Elephus Antichus from the late Pleistocene period,

basically a prehistoric elephant, which would have been of similar size. I think this thing, statue stands 16 feet tall, and these elephants were even a little taller than at about 20 feet tall. But again, despite the horrific erosion, it has endured the shape of a massive elephant appears quite obvious.

So was this a depiction of elephant antiques? Fossils of this ancient elephant have been discovered in the Polino Massif Mountains nearby, proving that southern Europe was once inhabited by this direct descendant of the Asiatic elephant. Some even wonder if this, weathered statue is actually a fossilized Elephus Antikas. I guess that would be even more

incredible in some respects. As you scroll down to this article you're going to see another photo which is quite striking because it shows that this elephant looking statue is located above these subterranean caves. So underneath the elephant caves have been excavated, a spritory sparking theories that an ancient subterranean civilization may have lived underneath it at one time and possibly even carved or crafted it. Now, I find it interesting that in Plato's Critious text, which basically describes the incredible natural attributes of the Golden Age city of Atlantis, there is this curious passage.

Quote, there was an abundance of wood for carpenter's work and sufficient maintenance for tame and wild animals. Moreover, there were a great number of elephants in the island. For as there was provision for all sorts of animals, both for those which live in lakes and marshes and rivers, and also for those which live in mountains on plains. So there was for the animal, which is the largest and most voracious of all, end quote. Plato's use of the word abundance here helps to illuminate the idea that Atlantis was like a type of paradise, right? At least in the sense of nature, it's as if Plato is telling us that it was through this paradise of natural wonders that elephants were able to thrive in this environment.

Although Plato does not go into great detail about the elephant themselves, it's obvious that they hold immense power and our animals to be respected when he writes that they are the, quote, largest and most voracious of all, end quote. In the last 20 years, Dr. Robert Schock and others have put forth compelling evidence that the great sphinx of Giza could be at least 12,000 years old, and that due to the intense erosion that would have especially impacted the head, the dynastic Egyptians of 3,000 BC came along and recarved the head or repurposed the head, which is why it is now so much smaller than the rest of the body.

today. Why do I share that? Well, are we looking here at another severely weathered zoomorphic monument, possibly from the Golden Age of Atlantis that is hidden in plain sight? I'll let you be the judge. Again, click the links in the show notes and look at this possible elephant statue. Or again, you. even possible fossilized Elephus Antichis, and look at the AI images I created that kind of show the comparison from statue to what it might have looked like in real life. Okay, now let's journey to Peru. And this is a site that we are going to visit.

So everything that you're going to hear about and see, again, if you click the link in the show notes about this site. we're going to get to see in touch. So this site is called Kenko. And yeah, weird name I know. But it's near Kusko, Peru. And this site's not far from the much larger and very popular ancient sites like Soxaywaman

that we're going to see as well that has 120 plus giant precision stones. But again, this site is much smaller and much lesser known. And again, it's called Kenko. It's also known as Little King. to some. But just because you may not have heard of it, do not make the mistake of thinking there is nothing to see here. For as you are going to see in these photographs, and what I'm going to describe is quite fascinating. For this mysterious megalithic site features incredible mortarless walls as well and precision cuts all over its protruding rock outcroppings. what almost gets the sense that this was some sort of prehistoric playground for the ancient architects

to craft and create with ease using whatever form of ancient technology they possessed. As you're going to see in these photos, it's kind of a wide open area with all these rock outcroppings protruding up from the ground. I think it's granite or it might be Andesite, but it's very, tough stone, strong stone, hard stone. But it's like these megalithic architects were just whipping out their ancient tools and practicing all over the stones.

You see what looks like cordial holes, saw-like cuts, crazy angles. It's crazy. In the Quechuan language, Kenko means labyrinth or zigzag. which speaks to these endless crooked canal-like cutouts, again, seen everywhere. You're going to see one photo where this photographer is sitting on top of this megalithic wall, which is probably the most massive part of this site.

But what's crazy is he's sitting on the edge of these stairs that lead to nowhere. The stairs come down to the edge of this megalithic wall where it looks like there's this entrance. And then if you walked over it, again, you might fall to your death. It's quite a drop. So the stairs that lead to nowhere, again, another mystery. Now, most mainstream academics consider this site to have been created originally by the amazing Inca Empire. As amazing as the Inca were, they used bronze chisels and hammers. according to the archaeological record.

These are the only tools that the ink are known to have used. Well, when you consider the Mo's scale of hardness, that's M-O-H-S, Mo's scale of hardness, that's kind of the standard for ranking how hard stone is. Bronze ranks about a three, yet the granite and endocite stone seen at Kenko is much harder ranking between a six and seven on the same scale. So how would the Inca have been able to precision,

craft this stone with softer tools. Now inside one of the largest stone outcroppings is a lebrinth-like cave that features a passageway shaped surfaces, stairs, and what many believe is some kind of ancient altar. Now when I was in Peru back in 2017, I got to visit this site, I was absolutely in awe getting to traverse through this underground subterranean enigma. Now, some theorize that this Kenko site was actually considered to be a temple or a holy site for the Inca that was used for death rituals, where the dead were judged and embalmed in the winding underground tunnels and where blood sacrifices were offered to the gods. According to some Spanish chroniclers, the altar-shaped stone that you're going to see in this photograph, again, under this giant rock outcropping is what's like this cave with this passageway and everything is cut.

And there is what looks like this crazy altar underneath. And some Spanish chroniclers believe that this altar-shaped stone was covered in pure gold back when the Spanish arrived. In the upper part of the chamber, you can see a hole in the cave ceiling where the so-called altar is. And apparently the light of the moon would penetrate through the hole and irradiate upon the golden layer, thus illuminating this underground enigma. That must have been quite a sight to see if this is true. Now, some historians believe that this chamber may have actually been where Incahutec was buried. Now you're going to see in another photo right above this subterranean cave is this zigzag serpent-looking canal that starts from a small hole and it moves down in an inclined plane, which then branches off.

One of these branches could have possibly led whatever liquid they were using to the underground chamber. Was it water? Was it blood? Was it something else? According to Kusko-historme. Victor Angles, the liquid could be enshrined, Chi, or the blood of beings sacrificed for the gods. So the big question I have is, did the Inca, or an earlier civilization, craft this incredible site? Did the Inca find this site at a much later date

and retrofit it into a sacred temple? Again, we'll explore the site this October, and I hope you'll consider joining us. Just click the link in the show notes below for all the info. Okay, let's finish this episode out by traveling to Egypt to talk about what may be an 80-ton depiction of a golden age goddess. You're not going to want to miss this last part. So located about 50 miles northeast of the Great Pimarids of Giza

is the city of Zagazig. and this is home to the Tel Basta Museum. Now, I was here just this past February on our tour, and among the many ancient artifacts that can be seen at this museum, one of them literally overshadows the rest, because the museum is both inside where all the small artifacts are, and then it's got a large outside area that features this 30-foot-tall, 80-ton statue made from one,

one solid piece of Azwan rose granite. Now, right out of the gate, as the name implies, this rose granite was quarried in Azwan, which is over 600 miles away, which is over 12 hours if you're riding by a car. Okay. Again, think about that. How would the ancients move this 80-ton piece of granite over 600 miles away, thousands upon thousands of years ago

before the wheel was invented. Now, a lot of people listening are going to say, oh, easy, they moved it by boat on the Nile. Okay, let's pause and think about that. An 80-ton piece of granite. How many thousands of men are going to be needed to transport this 80-ton piece of granite

onto the supposed boat and then out of the supposed boat? how are thousands of men going to have room to get it onto the boat and off of the boat without sinking the boat? Right? So there's all these other logistical questions you've got to answer before you can just assume this was moved by boat on the Nile. Back to the statue. So mainstream archaeology, when you see this statue and when you read the plaques at the museum, they state that this depicts a, Queen Maritaman of the 19th dynasty. Meritaman was the daughter of Ramseys and Nefertiti and later became the great royal wife of her very own father, Ramsey's.

So interesting story there about these 19th dynasty Egyptian pharaohs and rulers of the 19th dynasty. Approximately these, the dynastic Egyptians, ruled anywhere from 3,000 BC to 300 BC to kind of give you the time frame. So that's who mainstream Egyptology and history says that this statue belongs to. But again, let's think about this critically. If this statue depicts Meritaman, when you look at this statue, why does her face on this 80-ton statue appear completely different than the other faces of Meritamin

that we see on all the other statues that depict that dynastic ruler. And when you look at this 80-10 statue, although badly damaged and weather by the ages, notice the precision detail that can still be seen on this thing, especially on what I would call the headdress. Again, this is rose granite. It ranks between a seven and eight on the Moes scale of hardness to give you an idea,

diamond is the hardest, ranked 10. This is 7 or 8. Very hard. And it's wearing this headdress that has got precision designs in it. According to the archaeological record, kind of like we just talked about with the Inca,

the dynastic Egyptians of 3,000 BC, they used softer, copper, and iron chisels and hammers that ranked a 3 to 4 on the most scale of heart. How could they have precision made this statue? Make these precision designs all over it, especially the headdress that you can still see. How would they have done that with softer tools? That would be, I like to use the illustration of me trying to cut down a tree in my backyard with a plastic knife.

Okay, number one, it would be very hard to do. Number two, even if I did cut it down, how would I do? How would I precision craft a totem pull out of it with my plastic knife? It wouldn't be too easy. In fact, it would be impossible. In this article that I'm going to link in the show notes to, again, show you're going to see I created a side-by-side comparison of this 80-ton statue with the other famous statue of Meritaman, and you'll see they look nothing like each other. Egyptologist and tour guide Muhammad Ibrahim, who's our host on our Egypt tours.

And I like to get his input on all this because he's one of the most brilliant minds of Egypt. I believe he's a well-study Egyptologist, but he's one of the rare Egyptologists who have broken with the mainstream because he believes that a civilization before the dynastic Egyptians created the pyramids and created a lot of these megalithic elements we see in Egypt. When I asked him about this statue, he said, yes, he believes it's much older than we've been told and that it absolutely predates the dynastic Egyptians by at least several thousand years.

So again, that brings me to the big question. Are we looking here at a megalithic statue that actually depicts a golden age ruler from the ante to deluvian world. If you listen to me or my podcast or my videos long enough, you're going to pick up on this theme, whether it's this statue, right, whether it's the site at Kenko in Peru,

or whether it's the possible elephant statue in Italy, right? Are these actual remnants of a much older civilization that are left behind in plain sight that these other cultures that came along later tagged them, repurpose them, and claim them as their own. I'll let you decide, but definitely click on the link below to check out the pictures of this statue and of everything that we have talked about today. Well, I hope you enjoyed this episode. Make sure to subscribe to this podcast and check up my last episode where I interviewed Robert Edward Grant,

the polymath, inventor, explorer. We had a fascinating interview where he shared about some of his discoveries inside the King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid. And he talked about Leonardo da Vinci, the great artists, his secret visit to Egypt back in the 1400s. And now he basically hid pyramid codes

inside his most famous art pieces. Fascinating. And actually, if you are on Spotify, you can actually watch the presentation on video where he's showing screenshots in a video of all that stuff. Until next time, keep exploring.