Like Indiana Jones, lone archaeologist David Hatcher Childress has made many incredible trips to the most ancient and remote places on earth. Describing lost cities and ancient civilizations, he published six books: a chronicle of travel from the Gobi Desert to Puma Punki in Bolivia, from Mohenjo Daro to Baalbek. We found him preparing for another archaeological expedition, this time to New Guinea, and asked him to write the following article especially for Atlantis Rising magazine.
1. Mu or Lemuria
According to various esoteric sources, the first civilization originated 78,000 years ago on a giant continent known as Mu or Lemuria. And it has existed for an amazing 52,000 years. The civilization was destroyed by earthquakes caused by a shift in the earth's pole, which occurred approximately 26,000 years ago, or 24,000 BC.
While the Mu civilization did not achieve as high technology as other, later civilizations, however, the Mu peoples succeeded in erecting mega-stone buildings that were able to withstand earthquakes. This building science was Mu's greatest achievement.
Perhaps in those days there was one language and one government on the whole earth. Education was the key to the prosperity of the Empire, every citizen was well versed in the laws of the Earth and the Universe, by the age of 21 he was given an excellent education. By the age of 28, a person became a full citizen of the empire.
Promotional video:
2. Ancient Atlantis
When the continent of Mu sank into the ocean, today's Pacific Ocean was formed, and water levels in other parts of the Earth dropped significantly. Small islands in the Atlantic during the time of Lemuria increased significantly in size. The lands of the Poseidonis archipelago have formed a whole small continent. This continent is called Atlantis by modern historians, but its real name was Poseidonis.
Atlantis possessed a high level of technology that surpassed modern technology. In the book "The Inhabitant of Two Planets", dictated in 1884 by philosophers from Tibet to the young Californian Frederick Spencer Oliver, as well as in the sequel to 1940 "Earthly Return of the Inhabitant", there is a mention of such inventions and devices as: air conditioners, to clean the air from harmful vapors; vacuum cylinder lamps, fluorescent lamps; electric rifles; monorail transport; water generators, a tool for compressing water from the atmosphere; aircraft operated by anti-gravity forces.
The clairvoyant Edgar Cayce talked about the use of aircraft and crystals in Atlantis to obtain tremendous energy. He also mentioned the misuse of power by the Atlanteans, which led to the destruction of their civilization.
3. Empire of Rama in India
Fortunately, the ancient books of the Indian Empire of Rama survived, unlike the documents of China, Egypt, Central America, and Peru. Now the remains of the empire are swallowed up by impassable jungle or rest at the bottom of the ocean. And yet India, despite numerous military devastations, has managed to preserve much of its ancient history.
It was believed that Indian civilization did not appear much earlier than 500 AD, 200 years before the invasion of Alexander the Great. However, in the last century, the cities of Mozhenjo-Daro and Harappa were discovered in the Indus Valley on the territory of modern Pakistan.
The discovery of these cities forced archaeologists to move the date of the emergence of Indian civilization thousands of years ago. To the surprise of modern explorers, these cities were highly organized and a shining example of urban planning. And the sewerage system was more developed than it is now in many Asian countries.
4. The civilization of Osiris in the Mediterranean
At the time of Atlantis and Harappa, the Mediterranean basin was a large fertile valley. The ancient civilization that flourished there was the ancestor of dynastic Egypt and is known as the Osiris Civilization. The Nile used to flow in a completely different way than in our days and was called Styx. Instead of flowing into the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt, the Nile turned westward, forming a huge lake in the central part of the modern Mediterranean Sea, flowing out of a lake in the area between Malta and Sicily, and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at the Pillars of Hercules (Gibraltar). When Atlantis was destroyed, the waters of the Atlantic slowly flooded the Mediterranean Basin, destroying the great Osirian cities and forcing them to relocate. This theory explains the strange megalithic remains found at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea.
It is an archaeological fact that at the bottom of this sea there are more than two hundred sunken cities. The Egyptian civilization, along with the Minoan (Crete) and Mycenaean (Greece), are the traces of one large, ancient culture. The Osirian civilization left behind huge earthquake-resistant megalithic structures, owned electricity and other amenities that were common in Atlantis. Like Atlantis and the Rama empire, the Osirians had airships and other vehicles, mostly electric in nature. The mysterious underwater paths in Malta are possibly part of the ancient Osirian civilization's transport artery.
Probably the best example of Osirian high technology is the amazing platform found at Baalbek, Lebanon. The main platform is made up of the largest cut rock blocks, each weighing 1,200 to 1,500 tons.
5. Civilization of the Gobi Desert
Many ancient cities of the Uighur civilization existed during Atlantis on the site of the Gobi Desert. However, now the Gobi is a lifeless, sun-scorched land, and it's hard to believe that the ocean waters once splashed here.
So far, no traces of this civilization have been found. However, vimanas and other technical devices were no stranger to the Uiger area. The famous Russian explorer Nicholas Roerich reported on his observations of flying discs in the region of northern Tibet in the 1930s.
Some sources claim that the elders of Lemuria, even before the cataclysm that destroyed their civilization, moved their headquarters to an uninhabited plateau in Central Asia, which we now call Tibet. Here they founded a school known as the Great White Brotherhood.
The great Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu wrote the famous book Tao Te Ching. At the approach of his death, he went west to the legendary land of Hsi Wang Mu. Could this land be the possession of the White Brotherhood?
6. Tiwanaku
As in Mu and Atlantis, construction in South America reached a megalithic scale with the construction of earthquake-resistant structures.
Residential buildings and public buildings were constructed from ordinary stones, but using a unique polygonal technology. These buildings are still standing. Cuzco, the ancient capital of Peru that was probably built before the Incas, is still a fairly populated city, even after thousands of years. Most of the buildings located in downtown Cusco today are united by walls that are many hundreds of years old (while the younger buildings, already built by the Spaniards, are crumbling).
A few hundred kilometers south of Cusco lie the fantastic ruins of Puma Punca, high in Bolivia's altiplano. Puma Punka - Not far from the famous Tiahuanaco, a massive magalitic site where 100-ton blocks are scattered everywhere by an unknown force.
This happened when the South American continent was suddenly subjected to a massive cataclysm, probably caused by a pole shift. The former sea ridge can now be seen at an altitude of 3900 m in the Andes mountains. Possible confirmation of this is provided by the many oceanic fossils around Lake Titicaca.
7. Maya
The Mayan pyramids found in Central America have their twins on the Indonesian island of Java. The Sukukh pyramid on the slopes of Mount Lavu near Surakarta in central Java is an amazing temple with a stone stele and a step pyramid, whose place is more likely in the jungles of Central America. The pyramid is virtually identical to the pyramids found at Wasaktun near Tikal.
The ancient Maya were brilliant astronomers and mathematicians whose early cities lived in harmony with nature. They built canals and garden cities in the Yucatan Peninsula.
As pointed out by Edgar Cayce, records of all the wisdom of the Maya people and other ancient civilizations are found in three places in the earth. First, this is Atlantis or Poseidonia, where some of the temples may still be found under perennial bottom overlays, for example, in the Bimini region off the coast of Florida. Second, in temple records somewhere in Egypt. And finally, on the Yucatan Peninsula, in America.
It is speculated that the ancient Hall of Records could be located anywhere, probably under a pyramid, in an underground chamber. Some sources say that this repository of ancient knowledge contains quartz crystals that are capable of storing large amounts of information like modern CDs.
8. Ancient China
Ancient China known as China Han, like other civilizations, was born from the vast Pacific continent of Mu. Ancient Chinese records are known for describing celestial chariots and jade production, which they shared with the Maya. Indeed, ancient Chinese and Mayan languages appear to be very similar.
The mutual influences of China and Central America on each other are obvious, both in the field of linguistics and in mythology, religious symbolism, and even trade.
The ancient Chinese invented many things, from toilet paper to earthquake detectors and rocket technology and printing techniques. In 1959, archaeologists discovered aluminum strips made several thousand years ago, this aluminum is obtained from raw materials using electricity.
9. Ancient Ethiopia and Israel
From the ancient texts of the Bible and the Ethiopian book of Kebra Negast, we know about the high technology of ancient Ethiopia and Israel. The Temple in Jerusalem was based on three gigantic blocks of cut stone, similar to those found at Baalbek. The Temple of Solomon and the Muslim mosque now exist on this site, whose foundations apparently go back to the civilization of Osiris.
The Temple of Solomon, another example of megalithic construction, was built to preserve the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark of the Covenant was an electrical generator, and people who inadvertently touched it were electrocuted. The ark itself and the golden statue were removed from the King's Chamber in the Great Pyramid by Moses during the Exodus.
10. Aroe and the Kingdom of the Sun in the Pacific
While the continent of Mu sank into the ocean 24,000 years ago due to the pole shift, the Pacific Ocean was later re-populated by many races from India, China, Africa and America.
The resulting civilization of Aroe on the islands of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia built many megalithic pyramids, platforms, roads and statues.
In New Caledonia, cement columns have been found dating from 5120 BC. to 10950 BC
Easter Island statues were placed in a clockwise spiral around the island. And on the island of Pohnpei, a huge stone city was built.
The Polynesians of New Zealand, the Easter Islands, Hawaii and Tahiti still believe that their ancestors had the ability to fly and traveled by air from island to island.
11. "Avalon"
In Celtic mythology, Avalon is a mysterious island in the Yellow Sea. King Arthur, after completing his healing from a war injury, according to legend, fell asleep, but did not die in Avalon. It is believed that he will "sleep" until Britain takes up her sword again.
In the 12th century, the monks of Glastonbury Abbey, presumably, found the remains of King Arthur and his queen on the island, as well as his Excalibur (King Arthur's sword). They also stated that the island is full of apples (in Welsh, Avalon means "Apple").
However, historians have questioned this claim. In other versions of the legend: Avalon is the seat of the Morgana Fairy. Fairy Melusine was raised on Avalon
There is another interesting point of view about the location of the Country under the waves, which largely reconciles the supporters of the geographical and unearthly location of Avalon …
12. Eldorado
The conquerors of the New World have seen many strange things. Eldorado, Spanish for "golden place". It is a mythical South American country (or city) made of gold and precious stones. In the fruitless search for El Dorado, the 16th century conquistadors (such as Aguirre and Orellana) forged new paths into the interior of South America.
The starting point for the creation of the tales of Eldorado could have been the custom of the Chibcha Indian tribe, when the leader was coated with clay during the coronation and sprinkled with golden sand until he turned into a “golden man”. Then he swam in the lake, leaving precious gifts at its bottom.
The Spanish conquerors plundered and drained the kingdom of El Dorado, but did not find what they were looking for. The legends of El Dorado over the centuries have attracted numerous explorers to search for the treasures stored there, but instead they lost their property and became beggars. However, treasure hunters still believe that Eldorado is in Colombia.
With the help of the Google Earth service, scientists have managed to find traces of an ancient civilization that may turn out to be the legendary Eldorado! According to the researchers, they have found more than 200 massive earthworks in the upper Amazon basin on the border of Brazil and Bolivia. In satellite photographs, they look like large geometric shapes "carved" in the ground, but scientists believe that these are the remains of roads, bridges, ditches, streets and squares. The authors of the scientific work note that in the heart of an ancient civilization, in an area of 155 miles live about 60 thousand people. The approximate dating of the structures still fluctuates between the 3rd century BC and the 13th century AD.
13. Island Buyan and Belovodye
In Slavic mythology, the Buyan island is described as a magical island, which appears and disappears into the ocean. Three brothers live on it - the west, east and north winds. According to some myths, the island is the root of all changes in weather. In another myth, on an island in an egg, which is in an oak tree, a needle is hidden, at the tip of which lies the death of a koshchei. Some people believe that the island is, in fact, the German island of Rügen. Russian Old Believers have the concept of "Belovodye", which in all its signs resembles theosophical Shambhala - the land of justice and true piety.
Being in 1877 on the shores of the "wandering" Lake Lob-nor, north of the Tarim River in Western China (Xinjiang), the famous Russian traveler Nikolai Przhevalsky recorded the story of local residents about how a party of Altai Old Believers came to these places in the late 1850s, in number more than a hundred people. The Old Believers were looking for the Belovodsk "Promised Land".
Belovodye is another mystery of Central Asian history. Modern researchers believe that this is "not a definite geographical name, but a poetic image of a free land, a figurative embodiment of a dream about it."
Therefore, it is no coincidence that the Russian Old Believers were looking for this “happy peasant country” in a vast area - from Altai to Japan and the Pacific Islands and from Mongolia to India and Afghanistan.
In the second half of the 18th century, two settlements in the Bukhtarma and Uimon valleys of southeastern Altai bore the name Belovodye. The power of the "bosses" and priests, the persecutors of the Old Believers, who did not accept the church reform of Patriarch Nikon, did not reach here.
This "neutral land" between the Russian and Chinese empires was incorporated into Russia in 1791. It was then, according to Chistov, that the legend of Belovodye arose, but of the greatest interest are the reports on the Central Asian routes of the seekers of Belovodye (Mongolia - Western China - Tibet)
14. Shambhala
According to ancient legends, Shambhala is hidden in the Himalayas, in a quiet and green and beautiful holy land. This place is mentioned in religious Tibetan and Indian texts.
After the 17th century, when Westerners heard about this place, they embarked on one of the most dangerous adventures in search of this place. Some people think that Shambhala actually refers to China, others that it is hiding in the mountains of Kazakhstan.
In Blavatsky's views, Shambhala is the last refuge of the Atlanteans who survived the global catastrophe:
“… Numerous caves and ruins found in both the Americas, as well as the West Indies, are all associated with the sunken Atlantis. While the hierophants of the Old World at the time of Atlantis were connected with the New World by land routes, the magicians of the now non-existent country had a whole network of underground corridors diverging in all directions …"
"… there is not a single cave temple in this country that does not have its own underground passages, diverging in all directions, and that these underground caves and endless corridors, in turn, have their own caves and corridors …"
In 1920, a Soviet secret expedition and diplomats launched an unsuccessful expedition in search of the site. Currently, most Buddhists believe that Shambhala is a metaphor for the inner world, loving peacefulness. In the West, Shambhala was given a different name: "Shangri-La".
Shambhala was sought by people striving for unlimited power over the world. Everyone who stands above and has valid information knew and knows about the existence of this monastery, about the existence of the powerful knowledge that is contained in it. They understand perfectly well that real power over the world is concentrated in Shambhala, therefore many have sought and are still looking for it, see in more detail in the article of the modern theosophist Nadezhda Urikova …
15. Is
According to legend, the city of Is was one of the most beautiful in the world. It was built on the coast of Brittany, below sea level, protected by a dam and gate. Legend has it that the rulers of the city were deceived by the devil and opened the gates during a storm. The city was flooded.
Almost all the inhabitants of Isa died, and their souls remained under water. Only King Gradlon and his daughter survived, deciding to cross the sea, saddling Morvarh's sea horse. However, on their way, Saint Gwenole appeared to them, accusing Dakhut of the destruction of the city. He ordered Gradlon to throw his daughter into the sea, after which she turned into a mermaid.
Escaping, Gradlon founded the city of Kemper, which became his new capital. After his death, in Quimper, between the two towers of the Cathedral of St. Corentin, a statue was erected for him, which has survived to this day.
According to Breton legend, sometimes you can hear the ringing of Isa's bells, warning of the approaching storm.
After the destruction of Isa, the Franks renamed Lutetia Paris, since Par Is in Breton means “like Isa”. According to Breton beliefs, Is will emerge when Paris is swallowed up by water.
16. Bermea
Old maps often depict islands and lands that cannot be found now. Some of them are called "islands of fantasy", possibly caused by a mistake in the birth of geographical craft. But it is believed that Bermeya really existed. Due to a natural disaster, the island disappeared. On old American maps, this island was located off the northwestern shores of the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2009, the Mexican government tried to find Bermea, hoping to expand its oil exploration plans. But they still haven't managed to find this legendary island.
17. Hyperborea, Arctida or Unknown Southern Land
Hyperborea (ancient Greek Ὑπερβορεία - “beyond Boreus”, “beyond the north”) - in ancient Greek mythology and the tradition inheriting it, this is a legendary northern country, the habitat of the blessed people of the Hyperboreans..
This is the land around the South Pole, depicted on most maps from ancient times to the second half of the 18th century. The outlines of the continent were not accurately depicted; they often depicted mountains, forests and rivers. Name options: Unknown South Land, Mysterious South Land, sometimes simply - South Land. In theory, South Earth corresponds to Antarctica, although no data on it existed at the time.
The map of this fabulous continent does exist. Aristotle said that what is now the Pacific Ocean was once a continent.
Hyperborea corresponded to another supercontinent that existed simultaneously with Gondwana 200 - 135 million years ago million years ago - Laurasia, which began to split into separate continents (North America, Eurasia, separate continental massifs in the Arctic) in the Early Cretaceous era (140 - 135 million years back). However, for a long time after that, there was a land connection between North America and Eurasia through the Arctic (islands of Arctic Canada, Greenland, the central and eastern part of the Arctic, which was then land). The northern part of Hyperborea was the habitat of the white gods (Adityas, Gandharvas, Apsaras (and here), etc.), and later - their human descendants of the Aryans
There is one such place on Earth where white clouds float across the blue sky, where surrounded by mountains there is an archaeological site long forgotten by people. This place is distinguished by pink-purple sunsets and sunrises, and the stars at night are striking in their clarity. Sometimes you can see a galloping deer, and sometimes a whole herd of wild boars. There is some kind of unusual purity, it smells of olives and the scent of the flowers of fig trees, you breathe easily, and you get the feeling that you are standing where more than one page of a history book has been flipped. The voice of the wind and the chirping of birds only occasionally drowns out the prayer chants coming from the mosques of the surrounding villages. Archaeologists assume that the remains of the buildings belong to the Byzantine period, but most likely they belong to an even more ancient time, as they were dug deep from the ground. This place is called Kfar Rut (that is, the village of Ruth). It is marked on the map with a mosaic on one of the ancient synagogues in Israel. Who were these people, and why did their civilization disappear? We may never know, but we will be able to experience this period while being there, because this whole place breathes with ancient history.
19. Ancient China and Pasifida-Mu
Ancient China known as China Han, like other civilizations, was born from the vast Pacific continent of Mu. As for the continent or the continent of Mu, it could have been North America after its separation from Eurasia 135 million years ago … Pacifida (or Pasifida, also - Continent Mu) is a hypothetical sunken continent in the Pacific Ocean. In ancient myths of different peoples, an island or land on the site of the Pacific Ocean is often mentioned, but the "information" varies … Ancient Chinese records are known for descriptions of celestial chariots and jade production, which they shared with the Maya. Indeed, ancient Chinese and Mayan languages appear to be very similar.
The mutual influences of China and Central America on each other are obvious, both in the field of linguistics and in mythology, religious symbolism, and even trade. The ancient Chinese invented many things, from toilet paper to earthquake detectors and rocket technology and printing techniques. In 1959, archaeologists discovered aluminum strips made several thousand years ago, this aluminum is obtained from raw materials using electricity.
20. Europeans of the Tarim Basin
1000 years before any East-West relationship was established, hundreds of human mummies were unveiled in the Chinese desert. In 1988, American scientist Victor Mayer went to the provincial Chinese museum. He had no particular goal, the researcher of ancient Chinese texts just wanted to find something interesting to work with. But what he found amazed him and turned modern perceptions of Chinese history upside down.
Mummies lay in one of the halls of the museum. The bodies looked like people had recently died, but according to the museum, they were several thousand years old. Found in the late 1970s by a Chinese expedition in the Tarim Basin between the cities of Urumqi and Loulan, they have remained unexplored. The most famous of them are the so-called Cherchensky man and Loulan beauty. Where did these people who outwardly resemble the European race come from? Why were they buried in China? How did they end up with tools that did not exist at that time in any part of the globe and what was their earthly purpose?
This is how the theory of the migration of peoples into the Tarim Basin around 2500 BC arose. e. These peoples brought with them various elements of civilization: a spoked wheel, bronze, thereby having a great influence on the Mongoloid tribes. The theory has many confirmations: in the Chinese language, the words denoting a horse, cow, cart clearly contain Indo-European roots. In addition, in local folklore, there are legends about blue-eyed blonde people who were the first rulers of the Middle Kingdom.
Until the burials were discovered in 1977, Chinese culture was thought to be unique and autonomous. However, these finds cast doubt on the well-known historical facts - the mummies were found next to the ruins, which indicate that there was a whole city built by white people, and these ruins go along the Great Silk Road. It turns out that it was the strangers who built the Great Silk Road, and not the Chinese, as was previously thought.
In the late 1990s, Chinese authorities banned excavations in the Tarim Basin and any research on mummies already found. Some of the finds remained in the museum, and some were reburied. Perhaps the reason for this was fears that further work would prove that it was not the Chinese who discovered iron, invented the saddle and domesticated the horse, all this was already created long before them by white people..