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Ancient alien glyphs4/13/2024 ![]() Maybe it’s the appeal of seeing intelligent aliens as part of our history. But the vendor also held the plaque up sideways and pointed out the alien astronaut, in case that’s what I wanted. When I was walking from the ruins to the museum, I passed numerous street vendors offering small replicas of Pakal’s tomb lid, one of which I bought for ten dollars. The problem is now that experts can read Mayan glyphs and understand Mayan cosmology, people still want to see a picture of an alien astronaut on Pakal the Great’s tomb. So Von Danniken was simply using popular science fiction theories and imposing them on specific ancient sites, including, among others, Machu Pichu, Nazca, Cusco, and Palenque. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, the obelisk proves to be the force behind the sudden advancements in human achievement, including the first use of weapons by the ape-men shown at the beginning of the movie. It continued a story line from his earlier work, “The Sentinel,” written in 1951, which tells the story of an ancient artifact left on the moon by alien beings. Clarke’s space epic, 2001: A Space Odyssey, was published. The book was wildly popular, selling over seven million copies. Palenque was one of the ancient sites that he proposed were proof of alien presence on Earth. ![]() In his book, Chariots of the Gods, published in 1968, Eric Von Daniken proposed that the image on the sarcophagus actually showed an alien astronaut. One guess, in particular, proved to be very popular. Unfortunately, archaeologists at that time were not able to translate the many symbols and glyphs on the sarcophagus. The original is still under the Temple of Inscriptions, where it was discovered in 1952. ![]() When I visited the famous Maya city of Palenque, in southern Mexico, I had the chance to see the full-size replica of the sarcophagus of K’inich Janaab’ Pakal, or Pakal the Great. ![]()
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