The end of the World?

Might as well continue in English, just in case I have returning visitors...

Just finished reading a book called ‘Fingerprints of the Gods’ (‘Het Ontstaan en het Einde van Alles’ in Dutch) by Graham Hancock. Written in 1995 and I bought it around that time but never got to reading it completely (and now, with all the rain from the last few days, time was on my side...).

A remarkable book where Hancock investigates ancient civilisations, both in South-America and in Egypt, and finds lots of similarities in the myths that were passed on through the years. Leading from that, he investigates the structure and age of large buildings that were left behind and discovers that they may have been built thousands of years earlier than scientists have led us to believe so far.

And what’s more, he states that some of the buildings, like the Great Pyramid in Gizeh, are built to pass on scientific information from that civilization (as advanced as we are today in some areas) that could have lived as long ago as 13.000-10.450 BC, just before the last ice-age started (instead of 4500 years ago). Another thing is that the position of the pyramids (in Gizeh) and their sizes compared to the others, actually provide a map of the universe, more particularly of the groups of stars of Orion, in a position they could only have had in the year 10.450 BC. In short, he believes there was an advanced civilization long before what people have always considered to be the first one.

He explains that the Great Pyramid may be constructed to give us information on how the planets move and in which era the people that built them lived, the architects showing a remarkable knowledge of the universe and about time and seasons. There is also proof that the Sfinx was eroded by heavy rain (as opposed to sand) and that the last era where Egypt had such a climate was earlier than 10.000 BC.

The part that is most worrying though, is that in all the myths that are told (and the signs left around the world supporting the theory the myths are accurate), the end of the world as we know it is predicted... As far as the ancient people are concerned, the 5th Sun (South-America) or the 4th World (Egypt) will end on 23 December 2012 by a natural disaster and there will be few of us left to pass on the knowledge that we have now, just as the civilisations we know so little about did by leaving behind those large buildings full of mysteries...

The book is fascinating, whether you believe in some of the myths or not. But I suggest you make the most of the years to come, Live Life to the Max!!!

Hasta pronto!

Esteban

PS. I am in Benahavis now and will continue travelling to Holland tonight, arriving on Monday (am actually at home already, too much energy got me to keep on driving ;-)). For all that were involved in making this a great vacation again, thank u very much!!! CU all soon!