As Greek mythology goes, the universe was once a big soup of nothingness. Then, two things happened: either Chaos or Gaia created the universe as we know it, or Ouranos and Tethys gave birth to the first beings.
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Warren
Aston
Warren Aston is an independent researcher who lives in Brisbane, Australia, and has led exploratory efforts and archaeological investigations in Mexico, U.S.A, Yemen, and Oman for several decades. His project in New Caledonia began in 2017. Some of his other research can be viewed at https://independent.academia.edu/WarrenAston.Warren welcomes any suggestions from readers and can be contacted at [email protected].
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