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“Another point of interest about the Tiahuanaco [in Bolivia] monoliths is that their garments from the waist down are patterned in the form of fish scales. Here, too, is a parallel to the Apkallus--the bearded, "fish-garbed figures" who brought high civilization to Mesopotamia [...]. Nor is it as though bearded figures are missing from the repertoire of Tiahuanaco. Two have survived, and one on the pillar in the semi-subterranean temple has been identified since time immemorial with the great civilizing deity Kon-Tiki Viracocha, [...] who is described in multiple myths and traditions as being white skinned and bearded.”

Book:Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization

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Graham Hancock

Graham Hancock is a British writer known for his research into ancient civilizations and mysterious phenomena. His works delve into the mysteries of human history and culture, including ancient Egypt, the Maya, and Atlantis. more

“By the fourth millennium BC, the Fertile Crescent was not the only region of coalesced communities; organized agricultural, military, religious, and administrative activity had also begun to appear in the Indus Valley, in what is now Pakistan. Even before written records, there is evidence of trade between these two regions. Archaeologists have discovered lamps and cups in Mesopotamia dating from the late fourth millennium BC and made from conch shells found only in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Oman.”

Mesopotamia Indus Valley Fertile Crescent

Book:A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World

Source: A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World

“My first-year mentor Leslie taught me that the hurrieder we go, the behinder we get.”

Spirituality Shamanism Feminine Power Mesopotamia Ancient Teachings Lynn V Andrews

Book:Healing Wisdom for a Wounded World: My Life-Changing Journey Through a Shamanic School: Book 1

Source: Healing Wisdom for a Wounded World: My Life-Changing Journey Through a Shamanic School: Book 1

“Legends speak of a primeval Pacific homeland called "Hiva" from which the first inhabitants of Easter Island came--a homeland that also fell victim to the "mischief of Uoke's lever" and was "submerged under the sea." What is particularly intriguing about all this, because of its resonance with the Seven Sages--the Apkallu--spoken of in Mesopotamian antediluvian traditions, and with the Seven Sages of the Edfu Building Texts, who sought out new lands in which to recreate the drowned and devastated world of the gods, is that the Seven Sages--"king's sons, all initiated men"--are also said to have been instrumental in the original settlement of Easter Island. Exactly as was the case with the Apkallu, who laid the foundations of all the future temples of Mesopotamia, and with the Edfu Sages who traveled the length and breath of Egypt establishing the sacred mounds on which all future pyramids and temples were to be built, the first task of the Seven Sages from Hiva after their arrival on Easter Island was 'the construction of stone mounds.”

Legends Egypt Pacific Mesopotamia Easter Island Apkallu Seven Sages

Book:Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization

Source: Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization