In 1998, an expedition of American scientists discovered in the area of the town of Nabta Playa in the province of Aswan in the south of Egypt, a circle laid out of large stones, inside which there were massive blocks. The place of the find is located only one hundred kilometers west of Abu Simbel, famous for the temples of the 13th century BC carved into the rocks. e. and gigantic statues of Pharaoh Ramses II. Radiocarbon analysis showed: the ancient structure is at least 6500 years old, that is, it is 1500 years older than the famous Stonehenge.
The observatory, however …
After examining the find, the head of the expedition Fred Wendorf, professor of anthropology at Southern Methodist University, and astronomer, professor at the University of Colorado McKim Melville, came to the conclusion that the discovered structure is intended for observing the stars. Here is how they described it: “In the center of the megalithic structure, which has the shape of a circle, there are five stone monoliths, almost three meters high, standing vertically. These pillars in the center of the circle serve to sight the sun at its zenith at the summer solstice. If one of the central megaliths is connected by a straight line with two stone blocks located at a distance of a mile, then this line will indicate the east-west direction. And two more lines drawn in the same way through other similar stones will determine the directions to the south-east and south-west."
About thirty more of its constituent elements are located around the central part of the megalith. And at a depth of four meters under this part, a mysterious relief was discovered, carved on a flat horizontal surface of the rock.
Prehistoric astrophysical map
The finds of Professors Wendorf and Melville were studied for a long time by another professor, the California physicist Thomas Brophy. The result was a book published in 2002 with a rather long title: "Map of Beginnings - Discovery of the Prehistoric Megalithic Astrophysical Map and Sculpture of the Universe".
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Dr. Brophy believes that the stone block structure discovered at Nabta is a detailed calendar and astrophysical map that contains incredibly accurate information about … the constellation Orion and the three stars in Orion's Belt.
The scientist came to this conclusion after numerous measurements and calculations, which allowed him to get a picture of the relative position of the stars, as it was 6-8 thousand years ago. In addition, according to Professor Brophy, with the help of the Nabta megaliths, it is possible to track the trajectory of the apparent movement of the center of our Galaxy - the Milky Way, which occurs every 25,900 years.
But after all, such a picture could not be observed visually earthlings, it can only be modeled on the basis of astronomical calculations made using the most modern data and the latest computer technologies.
Physicist Thomas Brophy
Here it is appropriate to recall the numerous evidences revealed by scientists - primarily archaeologists and historians - of the fact that the inhabitants of Ancient Egypt (or perhaps representatives of some other civilization that existed earlier in this territory) considered themselves to be associated with the constellation Orion.
This is what the ancient Greeks later called this cluster of celestial bodies, who saw in the arrangement of a group of stars, among which Betelgeuse and Rigel stand out for their brightness, the figure of the giant hunter Orion. He was turned by Zeus into a constellation for arrogance and pride. Three stars in the middle of the cluster, lying on one straight line, form Orion's Belt, on which is suspended a sword with a brightly glowing blade - Orion's Great Gas Nebula. Following the hunter, two of his faithful dogs run: the constellation Canis Major with the brightest point in the sky - Sirius and the Lesser Dog with a sparkling eye - Procyon.
Who needed it almost 7000 years ago?
Thomas Brophy shared the results of his research and conclusions with Linda Moulton Howe, an American journalist and writer, researcher of anomalous natural phenomena, as well as mysteries and mysteries of history. In particular, he told her: “The circle of stones that served as a calendar tied to the stars of Orion is located about a kilometer north of the central megalith with vertically standing stones. Examining this calendar, I found stones in it, the arrangement of which exactly reflected the position of the stars in Orion's Belt, and stones corresponding to the stars that adorn the head and shoulders of this mythical giant hunter who gave his name to the constellation. Moreover, according to calculations, the location of the stones corresponded to the position of the stars at sunrise on the day of the summer solstice … in 4940 BC. e.!
Stonehenge in England
Further studies of the stone calendar using computer processing gave even more stunning results. In it I found stones, the location of which corresponded to the visible position of the main stars of Orion on the day of the summer solstice in … 16,500 BC. e.!
The question arises: how could nomads from the Neolithic era, who, presumably, did not have computers, create a calendar that allowed them to display the position of the stars not only in their modern era, but at times that are more than 11,500 years away from it? And most importantly, why did they need all this?
I want to remind you that the pyramid of Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops), built at least 2000 years later than the Nabta megaliths, is also oriented relative to the stars of the Orion Belt. From this it follows that, at least during these 2000 years, the interest of the inhabitants of the ancient Egyptian land in Orion remained unchanged and that, perhaps, the plans to create the pyramids in Giza were somehow connected with the already existing complex of Nabta megaliths.
Mysterious observer
No less sensational results were obtained by Dr. Thomas Brophy, studying the previously mentioned relief, which was originally hidden under a layer of sand. This relief turned out to be an extremely accurate map of the Milky Way - our Galaxy, and it was depicted as it could be seen by an observer in space at the point of the galactic North Pole … 19,000 years ago! But even today, neither the inhabitants of the Earth, nor any spacecraft launched from it can be such observers. In the current terrestrial conditions, such a map has been created only with the help of computers based on known astronomical and astrophysical data. Comparison of it with the above relief demonstrates the striking similarity of the two images. But if the relief really depicts what Professor Brophy saw on it, then the question arises again:Which of the inhabitants of the Earth could observe (or find out) what the Milky Way looked like from the galactic pole 6500 years ago, and even 125 centuries earlier than the time in which this inhabitant lived? And why did he need it?..
Constellation orion
If the conclusions and assumptions of Dr. Brophy are correct, then most likely this means that long before the appearance on Earth of the ancient Egyptian culture known to us, as well as the first states of Mesopotamia, our planet was inhabited (or visited) by representatives of a certain highly developed civilization unknown to us, possessing deepest knowledge in astronomy.
The version of archaeologists does not clarify
Archaeologists, who literally excavated the mysterious relief and, of course, did not have the opportunity to deeply delve into the meaning of the image, nevertheless, suggested that it was related to astronomy.
In their opinion, the history of the emergence of the relief is as follows.
About 7000 years ago, people of the Neolithic era lived in these places. The surface of the rock, on which the relief was subsequently made, at that time was covered with a layer of sedimentary rocks, mainly sand, about three meters thick, but for some reason these people knew about the presence of a flat horizontal section of rock under it. They dug down to the cliff, cleared an area of the size they needed - a circular area about five meters in diameter - and carved an image on it. Then they lightly sprinkled the rock with a relief with sand, installed pre-made stone blocks above it in a vertical position, after which they filled the hole they dug flush with the edges.
This hypothesis makes it possible to link the emergence of the relief to the dating that was determined in the carbon analysis of the age of sedimentary layers - from 6500 to 8500 years - but at the same time raises a number of questions. Still, how did the ancient aborigines know that it was in this place, under a three-meter layer of sand, that a section of rock was hidden, suitable for creating the masterpiece they had conceived? And why was it necessary, having finished cutting the relief at the bottom of a deep hole specially dug for this, to fill it up with sand again? Something is wrong here …
But what if the rock did not have to be dug out, because there was no sand on it, if it was on the surface of the earth and lay in full view of the ancient stone carvers?
But then the production of the relief had to take place before it was covered by a three-meter layer of sedimentary rocks. This, in turn, means that prehistoric sculptors and architects worked on their masterpieces at least 5000 years earlier - from 10,000 to 12,000 BC. BC, and here again the legendary Atlantis comes to mind, isn't it?..
And then it turns out that the megaliths discovered in the town of Nabta Playa are the oldest known in the world, much older than Stonehenge.
Vadim ILYIN. SECRETS OF THE XX CENTURY