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Integrity Of Ancient Mummies Offended By Ancient Aliens

Integrity Of Ancient Mummies Offended By Ancient Aliens

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Archaeologists all over the world have for decades refuted claims of an extraterrestrial influence on the building achievements of ancient humans. The academic community regard such claims as “ aliens of the gaps,” reflecting the “ God of the gaps” theological perspective where gaps in scientific knowledge are taken to be evidence or proof of God's existence. Proponents suggest ancient alien contact influenced the development of ancient cultures, and their technologies, religions, and sometimes biology, and a common theme is that ancient deities were extraterrestrial in origin, and that their associated divine powers were remnants of advanced technologies brought to Earth by these ancient astronauts.

Supporters of ancient astronaut theories suggest extraterrestrial explorers came to Earth long ago and they cite artifacts such as this ancient Mesopotamian cylinder seal depicting what is interpreted as a flying craft. (Public Domain)

Supporters of ancient astronaut theories suggest extraterrestrial explorers came to Earth long ago and they cite artifacts such as this ancient Mesopotamian cylinder seal depicting what is interpreted as a flying craft. (Public Domain)

Denigrating Pre-Columbian Peruvian Cultures

The idea that extraterrestrials visited ancient civilizations was first amplified in the pop-cultural sphere in the 1968 book, Chariots of the Gods? in which Swiss author Erich von Däniken popularized the ancient astronaut theory claiming the collection of massive geoglyphs in Southern Peru - the Nazca Lines - were only fully visible from the air and therefore could only have been landing strips for extraterrestrial crafts. He implies a civilization who had technology capable of traversing space and time would have required lines in stone to prevent them crashing to Earth. In reality, the Nazca Lines are composed of over 10,000 lines and cover an area of nearly 1,000 sq. kilometers (621 miles) comprising about 300 different figures including animals and plants, some of which measure 30 meters (98 feet) wide and stretch more than nine kilometers (5.6 miles) long, and most of the figures can be viewed from nearby hilltops, negating the need for a spaceship.

In 2009, historian Ronald H. Fritze wrote Invented Knowledge: False History, Fake Science and Pseudo-religions, explaining while some of the Nazca Lines point to water sources, others represent celestial-constellations some of which indicate dark-constellations occupying spaces in the starry wheel of the Milky Way. The closest they got to aliens was that they might have been symbolic offerings to sky deities.  However, Chariots of the Gods? was on  The New York Times bestseller list for several years and it helped to launch Von Däniken's career as a public speaker, inspiring the sales of 70 million copies of his books as of January 2017.

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Ashley Cowie is a Scottish historian, author and documentary filmmaker presenting original perspectives on historical problems, in accessible and exciting ways. His books, articles and television shows explore lost cultures and kingdoms, ancient crafts and artifacts, symbols and architecture, myths and legends telling thought-provoking stories which together offer insights into our shared social history.  www.ashleycowie.com.

Top Image: A naturally preserved Peruvian mummified male, possibly from the North coast of Peru where the Chimu culture buried their dead in 'mummy bundles', curled up in foetal position with bound hands and feet.(1200 – 1400 AD)(Wellcome Images / CC BY-SA 4.0)

By Ashley Cowie

 

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Hello HTOS1,

You know when I read the Biblical Account Enoch 2 which is The Book of The Secrets of Enoch; Enoch by passed the 4th Dimension on account The Ancient of Days sent two Angels to bring him to God's country.

According to Enoch testimony they the Angels lead him on an trajectory path most likely commonly used back then since it was The Timeline of Genesis & Jubilees in The Days before The Great Flood.

Right now I'm currently in throes of watching the old T.V. Show Quantum Leap which seemingly deals with what can go wrong when trying to leap through Time using The Laws and Principles of String Theory (also I'm hoping they Do the series over like what SyFy did with BattleStar Galatica).

Thinking of Time gives me a headache.

Getting back to my Biblical Commentary.

I'm fairly certain after The Ascension of Christ& after The Resurrection The Lord shut down The 4th Dimension.

Christ before He ascended to Heaven told his Disciples and through the Gospel Matthew that the Prince of This World has been cast down meaning Lucifer Prince of Darkness.
All doorways, Entrances, passages, portals, and even Exits have been Shut down.

According to 1st Corinthians Apostle Paul writes of Celestial Beings & E.T.'s so ultimately it's still a matter of how they come through Space and Time; I can't deny this on account The Book of Job made known other World's besides Us exist in Chapter 1 and 2.

So what of the mummies and why would out of this world beings teach this method to our Early Ancestors what was it with The Mummification process?

I haven't a clue I know from continual Study of The Books of Enoch I'll get an idea of why Mummification was so important to Them.

That's all I have so far it's been nice talking too you Goodbye!

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Oh yeah, they flew around in space(and time). You would too if you’re NOT locked into ONLY three dimensions(the garden “expulsion”)! Ever cracked the 4th dimension, known as time. It WILL make you feel sick, be careful!

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A thoroughly advanced race will be INDISTINGUISHABLE from nature, IOW, you could walk RIGHT UP to an alien, but he quickly took the form of a tree, so you wouldn’t notice….

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I've always thought it strange that a race of beings capable of travelling through light years of space had no greater interest than moving rocks around and probing backsides.

WarwickLewis

Hello Ashley,

I'll just stick l with The Books of Enoch as being the key reason for the engineering feats of our Ancient Ancestors.

Admittedly I was surprised when in The Epistle of 1st Corinthians by Apostle Paul; He writes about Celestial Beings meaning the Angel's and E.T.s.

What caught my eye is that Paul makes a distinction between The Celestial Beings and The E.T.s. The Alien's.

Although the actual Aliens could be argued as Us instead.

From The Book of Job there are other World's out there Older than our own Universe combine where our own Planet Earth resides.

Then there's God's Country like the song Linda Ronstadt/ James Ingram sung in the 80s Somewhere Out There.

There is this one thing I've seen on ytube if your interested it's a Bible Study Video On The Days of Noah and The Return of the Nephilims the Study led by Pastor Chuck.

He did touch a little on the Ancient Aliens to our World but since it's a Bible Study subject Pastor Chuck taught that those Aliens were in fact The Son's of God his Angel's The 200 Fallen Watchers.

Nevertheless I'm sticking with Enoch and Jubilees as the answer to our World's many different ways in which Earth developed.

Well until next time Ashley Goodbye!

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Ashley is a Scottish historian, author, and documentary filmmaker presenting original perspectives on historical problems in accessible and exciting ways.

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