The Dogon knew all this very well …
It is no secret to anyone that about 8-18 thousand years ago our Earth was a real arena of showdowns and battles for representatives of alien civilizations, which the people who lived then called "gods." Their knowledge and capabilities, technologists significantly exceeded those that present humanity has …
The “gods” were different - both in relation to people and in their qualities and characters. Some of them tried to assert peacefulness, scientific knowledge, others demanded sacrifices (energy), worship and power. They also intrigued and competed among themselves. One of their conflicts escalated to the planetary "War of the Gods", during which nuclear weapons were used and several regions of the Earth were seriously damaged.
Where did the "gods" come from? Most of the sources point to the planetary system Sirius - which no longer exists, since about 43 thousand years ago this star began to change, gradually becoming from a "blue dwarf" to red (the changes lasted about 40 thousand years). With such perturbations, life practically cannot survive. Therefore, the representatives of the Sirius planets were forced to look for a "New home" - "Eridu" - that is how they called the Earth …
The Dogon are a small tribe that lives in Mali in a closed ecosystem. These are immigrants from the ancient Egyptian priests who founded a settlement here, mixing with the local population. They retained some knowledge that was passed on by the "gods".
Among other things (which deserves a separate study), the Dogon preserved a prophecy that "the gods will fly away", transferring the Earth to the local civilization. It really happened - around 2200-1700 BC. But it also says that someday the "gods" will return, and then everything can happen again - the Earth will once again become the arena of battles not for the human race …
