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YouTube Video Here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/taungcjOHnk?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1<\/a><\/p>\n

Mainstream scientists seem to have inadvertently given some support to the ancient astronaut theory again.<\/h3>\n

Recently, we wrote about a \u201cnew\u201d scientific discovery that unlocked the potential of gold atoms,<\/a> with 2D gold nanosheets. Using layers of gold just two atoms in thickness, the researchers made a \u201clandmark achievement.\u201d The gold nanosheets are ten times more efficient than even nanoparticles as a highly-effective catalyst.<\/p>\n

This news immediately sounded familiar to those who follow ancient astronaut theory, since gold is central to the story. According to translations of cuneiform tablets from Sumeria, the Anunnaki, giant-sized long-lived extraterrestrial explorers, came to Earth to mine gold hundreds of thousands of years ago. The gold was essential for technology used to repair damage to the Anunnaki home planet\u2019s environment, among other uses.<\/p>\n

The gold mining operations were taking place in southern Africa and predated the earliest civilizations in Sumer and Mesopotamia by unfathomable thousands of years. An in-depth timeline of events<\/a> is suggested by Zecharia Sitchin and other ancient astronaut theorists.<\/p>\n

Today, news that scientists have traced<\/a> the origins of all humans to southern Africa is again ringing bells for ancient astronaut theorists. According to the Guardian,<\/em><\/a> scientists made eyebrow-raising conclusions using 1,217 samples of mitochondrial DNA from people living in southern Africa.<\/p>\n

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\u201cScientists claim to have traced the ancestral home region of all living humans to a vast wetland that sprawled over much of modern day\u00a0<\/span>Botswana<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and served as an oasis in an otherwise parched expanse of Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

The swathe of land south of the Zambezi River became a thriving home to\u00a0<\/span>Homo sapiens<\/span><\/em>\u00a0200,000 years ago, the researchers suggest, and sustained an isolated, founder population of modern humans for at least 70,000 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Zambezi River borders of Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe & Botswana, Aerian photography by Brian McMorrow, borders added by Julieta39<\/a>\u00a0via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5)<\/span><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to the article, these early humans then started to spread into other territories as the Earth\u2019s orbit changed. This fact also sounds familiar, as climate changes on Earth were central to Sitchin\u2019s story of what took place some 200,000 years ago. According to the controversial author, life on the planet regressed due to a glacial period<\/a> and then began to spread as the planet warmed up again after 100,000 years.<\/p>\n

Related: Scientists trace modern human lineage to Botswana in Africa, disappointing racists everywhere<\/a><\/p>\n

Adam\u2019s Calendar<\/h3>\n

One landmark offered as evidence of an ancient civilization in southern Africa is called \u201cAdam\u2019s Calendar,\u201d<\/a> a Stonehenge-like ruin discovered in 2003. The place is known by African elders, as the \u201cThe Birthplace of The Sun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ancient Origins<\/em><\/a> notes it has been controversially called the \u201coldest man-made structure in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cLocated in Mpumalanga, South Africa it is a standing stone circle about 30 meters in diameter and has been estimated by some accounts to be more than 75,000 years old. Various astronomical alignments have been identified at the site and it is possibly the only example of a completely functional, mostly intact megalithic stone calendar in the world,\u201d wrote Ancient Origins.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Stone ruins similar to this are found throughout the mountains and valleys of southern Africa, including Botswana. Like Stonehenge, Adam\u2019s Calendar has incorporated incredibly complex precise measurements.<\/p>\n

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Adam\u2019s Calendar via YouTube<\/a> (see video below)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to ancient astronaut theorist Graham Hancock, other ancient relics discovered in the area point to connections<\/a> to the later civilization of Egypt.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe discovery of a bird statue that resembles Horus carved out of dolerite, a small sphinx about 1,5 metres long carved out of the same dolerite rock, a petroglyph of a winged disk, many carvings of Sumerian crosses in circles and an ankh in a radiating circle suggest that the prototype Sumerian and Egyptian civilisations had their origins in southern Africa thousands of years before they emerged in the north,\u201d wrote Hancock.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Below, megalithic researcher and explorer Hugh Newman, who often appears on the Ancient Aliens<\/em> series, explores Adam\u2019s Calendar.<\/p>\n

Further east to the coast at Maputo, Mozambique, an ancient city was discovered<\/a> around 2015. According to South African news,<\/a> a sprawling city made of dolomite rock could date back to 200,000 years old. Author Michael Tellinger wrote about the city in his book: Temples of the African Gods.<\/em> Nearby, we find ancient gold mines.<\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/span>I see myself a fairly open-minded chap, but I will admit that it took me well over a year for the penny to drop, and for me to realize that we are actually dealing with the oldest structures ever built by humans on Earth.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0\u2013 said Tellinger\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Evidence of ancient civilization in Maputo, Mozambique<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Among the oldest gold mines is Ngwenya Mine in Swaziland. The UNESCO recognized site<\/a> is \u201cone of the oldest geological formations in the world, and also has the distinction of being the site of the world\u2019s earliest mining activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

From the UNESCO World Heritage Centre:<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis mine is known to be one of the oldest mines in the world. In 1964 charcoal nodules from the site were sent for radio carbon dating and a date of 43000 BC was obtained, making this one of the oldest known mining operation in the world. However the mine can be older than this date. It is thought this ores were mined until 23000 BC. Ancient mining tools found in the site were more specialised and foreign to those that were found on Stone Age sites.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So there you have it: Scientists and ancient astronaut theorists seem to have arrived at similar conclusions in this case. Don\u2019t count on seeing it again in the near future, but who knows what could happen next?<\/p>\n

You can get the full ancient astronaut take in the video on Adam\u2019s Calendar from South African author, politician, and explorer Michael Tellinger below. He refers to it as \u201cEnki\u2019s Calendar,\u201d after the Sumerian deity who began the gold mining empire.<\/p>\n

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The Adda Seal, an ancient Akkadian cylinder seal showing (from left to right) Inanna, Utu, Enki, and Isimud (circa 2300 BC) via Wikimedia Commons, public domain<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Video featuring Michael Tellinger below:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U2b9E-VZZII<\/p>\n

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Featured image: Selection from The Adda Seal, an ancient Akkadian cylinder seal showing (from left to right)\u00a0Inanna<\/a>,\u00a0Utu<\/a>, Enki, and\u00a0Isimud<\/a>\u00a0(circa 2300 BC) via Wikimedia Commons, public domain <\/a>with Ngwenya Mines by\u00a0Heather Dowd<\/a>\u00a0via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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YouTube Video Here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/taungcjOHnk?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1<\/p>\n

Mainstream scientists seem to have inadvertently given some support to the ancient astronaut theory again. <\/p>\n

Recently, we wrote about a \u201cnew\u201d scientific discovery that unlocked the potential of gold atoms, with 2D gold nanosheets. Using layers of gold just two atoms in thickness, the researchers made a \u201clandmark achievement.\u201d The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3923680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-code","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3923680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3923680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3923680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3923680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}