THE 7 HILLS TRADITION
The city if Plovdiv had been inhabited for c. 8000 years and is regarded as the 6 oldest city on Earth. ref1 ref2 ref3 It was possibly chosen for its 7 natural hills or seven Tepes that became the 7 historical hills of the city and ultimately forwarding this tradition to Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Bonn, Vilnius and a number of cities around the world. ref - it was included in their coat of arms too, see an image here. Like in other cities, the hills of Plovdiv are naturally situated in the general layout of the 7 stars of Pleiades and represent 'the heaven', as above so below pattern. Its importance recognized 8000 years ago, the Pleiades hills were expanded in the 19th - 20th centuries by the elite - constructions including a major pathway like a causeway leading to the now abandoned Brothers' monument that looks like a tiny star from above, built to symbolise an ancient mound in the shape of a wreath, possibly for a reason to imitate something that has to do with a great ancient secret. ref1 ref2 ref3
It matches the position of the tiny sunlike star of the 'gods' next to the 7 star cluster, first discovered by Wayne Herschel. Moreover, royal parks had been added to to complement the star map and replace the now missing 7th hill (for the star Merope) which was used as a quarry. Still... the map speaks for itself and the ties of Europe's origin to this sunlike star are clear. The causeway path with the sun star monument was PERFECTLY aligned to the East and so the whole star map mirrors the way Pleiades and the sun star rise on the sacred eastern horizon.
It is possible that there existed an original prehistoric monument to mark the sun star position ever before the late century monument was added - curiously such an anomaly is visible even today! In the close vicinity of the Brothers' mound lies the remains of what appears to be huge concentric rings like a 'shadow print' of an earlier circle structure often observed at former prehistoric monuments on plough fields. Google Earth has excellent old satellite images of the anomaly that is worth to be investigated as it is currently not listed on any archaeological note. See here for exact coordinates and here for various images of it.
For the precise location of the 7 historical hills see the map HERE and here
PLOVDIV, BULGARIA
ANTEQUERA, SPAIN
AGIANT MONUMENT FACING THE STARS
The city of Antequera whose name means the 'Ancient Place' in Roman is the site Europe's largest megalithic mounds of the dolmen type. The first traces of activity date back to around 4000 BC, a truly ancient epoch yet people living here were somehow capable of building such marvels including stones that weigh some 180 tons! ref
The place is known for the dolmen complexes of Viera, Menga and Romeral but there's something even more profound in here than the stunning megalithic work. These great monuments appear to line up to the nearby Hill of Enamorados, or colloquially known as the 'Montana del Indio' or the Indian Mountain because it bears an uncanny resemblance to a Face of a Native American person. ref As Julian Cope, author of the book The Megalithic European pointed out it's been argued that the Face Mount "appears to have been the original reason for the building of the great Antequera monuments" ref (image from the book, chapter Spain) and that the area could be considered as a place of the 'gods'. ref1 ref2 However ancient accounts make it clear these 'gods' in plural had been flesh and blood visitors from the stars related to humans.
But just what purpose did the Face serve as the ultimate monument of the landscape - after all it was revealed that the dolmen mounds had been aligned to it and simultaneously celebrate solstices or equinoxes. ref What no one realised to date was the near perfect line up of both the mounds and the city hill known Alcazaba Hill with an old fortress on top to the direction of the Face, 3 in a row as they point the way to something great. It seems the dolmens served as an artificial expansion to create 2 other monuments besides the natural city hill - giant structures to produce a layout visible from space. Probably, many generations passed until the huge complexes were completed as certain parts date from different epochs. Wayne has shown that a number of cultures chose the same pattern - to replicate the 3 belt stars of Orion that rise in a row and like a pointer show the way to a special star in question... the familiar sunlike star near Pleiades! A star system of humans hence the natural face mount. Teotihuacan used the same pattern of 3 pyramids in a row and a central causeway that still is aligned to a cluster of natural hills like Pleiades.
DOWTH, IRELAND
While the famous Boyne Valley in Ireland is currently being investigated for a more comprehensive star map - which I and Wayne believe exists there following the curve of River Boyne with each mound representing a star - there are other lesser but still important clues as to what the Ancients had been up to in this area. Let it be said for now that clues to the familiar Pleiades star map exist. One such example is Kerbstone 51 at Dowth termed the '7 suns' stone. (detail extracted above) Wayne and I had both realised it probably showed the 7 or 8 stars of Pleiades with a special double ring placed exactly at the tip of the star cluster corresponding to the sunlike star. It is important to mention that scholars also suspect a Pleiades theme here but without the sun star theory. ref
There is no doubt this could be the case if one takes a look at the legend behind the mound itself. It associates the monument with the druid Bresal and a bull with 7 cows - this is eerily close to the 7 stars in Taurus, the bull constellation. In fact Egyptians sometimes also referred to the Pleiades as the 7 cows of Hathor consorted by the heavenly bull. The folklore story also mentions the mound was intended to 'reach up to heaven' which sounds like a direct remark to build something that mirrors a star! ref1 ref2
CLUES FROM THE NORTH
ROCK ART TELLS A STORY
Another great site that seems to carry the forgotten knowledge of the same star map is Loughcrew where a stone named 'Cairn T stone L2' shows some detailed astronomical symbols. Click here for the original photo and here for a sketch. The colored image above is a carefully reconstructed version by me.
It is believed the cluster of 6 dots represents the Pleiades and interestingly it is intersected by a straight line like a pointer. Although there is no information whether the detail is natural or was intentionally carved it looks as if it was intended to beckon one to look further from the star cluster to find something important. Indeed, the cluster is surrounded by 3 prominent spirals placed in a triangular layout. The triple spiral is an essential symbol found at many ancient Irish mounds and appears in Christian art too. Wayne and I suspect most of the spiral symbols stood for stars or suns as in Native American rock art as well and the Irish tradition - like many cultures around the world - has possibly preserved the memory of 3 sunlike stars in the area close to Pleiades as the home of the 'gods' and humanity.
The carving actually tells a story and seems to speak of the 'gods' arriving in a heavenly boat (yellow) through cosmic serpents or tendrils that are meandering between the stars (green) similar to conduits or wormholes - similarly the Egyptian tradition shows the deities travelling on such snakes to the stars. A bird (orange) is present too which is reminiscent of the bird gods tradition, a mere metaphor used by the Ancients to describe the visitors were able to fly. Multiple dots were added too - these may represent many planets and moons tied to the three star systems!
It's interesting to note that Irish myths tell about a mythical tribe called the Tuatha De Danann who - according to the legend - arrived by strange clouds and landed in Ireland and possessed supernatural abilities! ref These powerful people had been associated with the Boyne Valley mounds too, thought to represent their abode. ref If one is to accept the possibility of the mounds representing a star map then it sheds new light on the connection - the mounds map out their heavenly abode! Given that Dowth is associated with the Pleiades area it makes sense to regard the Tuatha as people from the same sunlike stars nearby!
LOUGHCREW, IRELAND
Antequera's face looking to the stars is not the only example of the Ancients choosing a face to celebrate human origins tied to the sunlike star system - Machu Picchu or 'dwelling place of the gods' was built on a mount that is naturally in the shape of a face similar to the heads of the Moai statues on Easter Island. Click here for an unedited rotated photo of the face. The little known Amaru Muru, a mysterious portal-like monument found on the Peruvian Highlands imaged here, said to be a doorway the 'gods' or star people once used in the far past was built below a rocky outcrop that forms an Olmec type head. Similarly, many early Mayan pyramids like the one here incorporate a face design too like Tikal which was shown to be the same star map by Wayne - with the Pleiades temple cluster.
But no natural face monument comes ever close to the one the most ancient and perfects star map shows... the Face on Mars sun star marker placed next to the Cydonian pyramid cluster of Pleiades!
FACE MONUMENTS
DANISH HELMET, BRONZE AGE - WATERLOO HELMET, 100 BC
THE SACRED HORNS
A major piece of the ancient enigma is the cult of the cow or bull. It is something found across the globe and wearing horns of a bull became a symbol of divinity associated with 'gods'. Was it only used to express extra 'strength' as many claim? Doubtful, as a closer look at its background reveals it was of ritual significance tied to the belief system of the cultures - ancient myths that suggest there existed a mighty bull or cow in the sky and the 'gods' descended from this specific place. The cave of Lascaux - which also appears to have the Pleiades star map tied to the bull - suggests it is synonimous with constellation Taurus which is probably the most ancient constellation. Egyptian and Sumerian depictions also suggest their celestial bull had been the same as today's constellation, their astronomical murals precisely place it between the same basic constellation we use today.
The fascinating detail here is that a number of cultures placed sun discs between the horns as seen above and this tradition seems to have been passed down to American Indian and Far Eastern tradition too and practiced up until their constellation patterns changed and the bull constellation was lost. Yet all the depictions include a sun or a star placed between the horns, alternatively a motif placed on the forehead. Since the star maps show sunlike star positions near Pleiades in Taurus the symbolism speaks for itself. It appears to show an 'of Taurus' title, the deity in question coming from that place! Egyptians also used ram horns with a sun disc which is appropriate too as Aries the Ram is the neighbor of constellation Taurus, the two together hold Pleiades on their back, and both are very ancient asterisms.
The Danish helmets associated with the Vikings have, in fact, never been used in battle, it is a proven fact. Instead they had ritual significance and this reflects the same belief system. The Waterloo helmet found in the Thames even has 3 circular rosettes on it in a triangular layout highlighted in orange, something reminiscent of the 3 suns near Pleiades.
THE 9 WORLDS
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ANCIENT DENMARK
SAGA OF THE FINNS
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RAMME DIGE, LEMVIG, DENMARK