Texts & myths
Anunnaki: ancient religious context and modern interpretations
Start with the scholarly textual context. A divine name in an ancient tradition and a modern extraterrestrial explanation are different kinds of claim.
Explore humanity’s relationship with the sky through archaeology, texts and carefully labeled interpretations.
Start with the scholarly textual context. A divine name in an ancient tradition and a modern extraterrestrial explanation are different kinds of claim.
Documented calendar knowledge offers a starting point for understanding Maya observations of the sky. Modern contact interpretations require their own evidence.
Documented calendar knowledge offers a starting point for understanding Maya observations of the sky. Modern contact interpretations require their own evidence.
Place ancient texts and objects in their historical setting before evaluating modern claims about them.
Engineering reconstructions help frame the questions. Uncertainty about a building method does not establish an extraterrestrial origin.
The solstice axis is documented. The precise meaning of ceremonies remains a historical interpretation, with limits that matter.
Start with the scholarly textual context. A divine name in an ancient tradition and a modern extraterrestrial explanation are different kinds of claim.
A group of divine figures studied in Mesopotamian religious and textual contexts. The label does not identify a verified extraterrestrial entity.
MONUMENTEgyptian pyramid traditionsA group of ancient monumental construction traditions, approached through archaeological context and competing engineering reconstructions.
CIVILIZATIONMayaMesoamerican civilization and continuing cultural traditions; astronomy and calendars are studied through documented records.
SITEStonehengeA prehistoric monument whose solar alignment is documented, while aspects of its ceremonial use remain interpretive.
CIVILIZATIONSumerAn ancient southern Mesopotamian cultural and historical context, distinct from modern speculative reinterpretations.
A hypothesis is an interpretation to test, not an established historical finding.
An alignment, a religious text and a modern contact claim answer different questions. Inspect the source, its date, the proposed reading and the evidence that could distinguish competing explanations.
Methodology