First Map Of The Solar System Found?

An amazing discovery was made in Ireland in 1847.  Found in the location of the Dowth mound, much less popular than Newgrange and Knowth, is a stone called kerbstone K51.(1)  When it was first discovered, it was believed to be associated with the festival of Beltane, an ancient Celtic festival celebrated on either April 30 or May 1.(2)  It features seven circles with spokes coming out from them as though they were suns.(3)

What is amazing about this is that if one counts the smaller circle to the left of the others (this one is without spokes) as the sun, then one begins to get a detailed map of our solar system beginning with Mercury, followed by Venus, then Mars, then Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.  It also appears to show a particular planetary alignment., as though this was the particular alignment in the night sky just before this stone was carved.  It sounds strange, but it is possible that a form of paper existed back then, and, by torchlight on campfire light, someone drew the 'stars' in that particular order, then the next day took a hammer and chisel and carved what they saw into the stone to serve as a lasting monument.

To view the source articles yourself, please follow the links below.

(1) http://www.knowth.com/dowth.htm
(2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane
(3) http://www.knowth.com/dowth-sunrise.htm

First Use Of The Cross Found In A 5,000 Year Old Tomb?

(The tomb is dated to be about 5,000 years old.  If this is true, then it would put the tomb around the time of Mahalaleel and Jared, known in Sumeriam mythology as Dumuzid the Shepherd and En-sipad-zid-ana.  This would predate the building at Tell Khaiber in Iraq by about 1,000 years.)

Knowth - Secrets from the grave
By Claire O'Connell © The Irish Times 2008

 Nearly 50 years ago, archaeologists began excavating at Knowth near Newgrange - and the site has yet to give up all its secrets.

'The first day we went in, we went up the passage. When we got in towards the end, the passage became difficult, but there seemed to be a void at the top and I crawled up with a flashlight and walked until I came to the end of the passage.

I flashed the lamp around and saw this massive void. I flashed the lamp upwards and I could see a massive roof, which was nearly 20 feet in height.

"In my great excitement I jumped down six or seven feet, and to my amazement I found that what I had jumped into was a massive cruciform chamber. There was an astonishing amount of art and a magnificent stone basin in the right-hand recess."

For the complete article, please go to:  http://www.newgrange.com/knowth_secrets.htm