The Origin Map: Discovery of a Prehistoric, Megalithic, Astrophysical Map and Sculpture of the UniverseiUniverse, 2002 - 159 pages On a desolate plain in the Egyptian Sahara desert, west of Aswan, there is a very remote prehistoric site called Nabta Playa. There, a recently discovered complex of extremely ancient man-made megalithic structures have baffled the archaeologists who excavated them. An insight into the meaning and use of the megaliths led to a step-by-step sequence of discoveries, verified by measure and calculation, revealing that the megalithic architecture at Nabta Playa is a unified and detailed astrophysical map of truly astonishing accuracy, with no less than staggering implications. Written for the educated general reader, with technical appendices, the discovery of how to decipher the system of megalithic structures is reported with gripping clarity. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Calendar Circle | 7 |
The Origin Map | 23 |
Giza Monuments Galactic Zodiac Clock | 63 |
Origin Map Discussion | 99 |
Afterword | 115 |
References | 125 |
Data Tables | 141 |
Common terms and phrases
Alnilam Alnitak ancient angle archaeoastronomy archaeologists astronomical astrophysical azimuth Bauval bedrock sculptures Bellatrix Betelgeuse Brophy Brophy’s calculation calendar circle diagram celestial pole Complex Structure constellation corroborated Cosmological Sculpture Cow Stone cultural Earth ecliptic pole Egypt equinox heliacal rising excavated Figure Galactic Anticenter Galactic Center Galactic Center culmination Galaxy Sculpture Giza monuments Giza Plateau ground Hipparcos Holocene Settlement John Anthony West Khufu marked markers matching measured megalith alignments megalith map Meissa Menkaure meridian Milky Way Galaxy Mintaka motion Nabta Playa Neolithic northern culmination obliquity orientation Origin Map Orion stars Orion's Orion’s Belt stars precession precession cycle represent Right Ascension sediments shaft sight line sightline window significance SkyMap southern Sphinx Sphinx Rear star alignments stars of Orion’s stone circle summer solstice surface megaliths three Great Pyramids Thuban tion Vega velocity vernal equinox heliacal vernal equinox sunrise Wendorf yuga Yukteswar Zodiac Age Zodiac clock