Sirius called the Dog Star, is the brightest star in the night sky only 8.5 light-years away from earth. It is a binary system with two suns
in orbit around each other, the second smaller sun is a white dwarf almost invisible from
earth. The ancient Egyptians timed their year from the first rising
(heliacal) of Sirius before the dawn sun. The days before this were
referred to as dog-days of waiting for the Nile to flood.
The Dogon tribe in central Africa seem to have known about white dwarf orbiting Sirius well before the 1862 discovery by Alvan Clark. They appear to have know about the four moons of Jupiter even before Galileo. Given the relative sizes of Jupiter's moons; Io, Gannymende, Callisto and Europa compared to the other relatively
tiny moons, to say that Jupiter has 17+ moons would be misleading in terms of their relative size.
The Dogon after decades of research early last century revealed that an alien amphibian told them about the four major moons of Jupiter, though it has many much smaller moons.
Jupiter does not have a multitude of moons roughly equal size, it has four major satellites.
In an introductory University Astronomy textbook, designed to debunk such claims as were made by Erich Von Daniken in Chariots of the Gods about aliens visiting Earth, "In Search of Ancient Astronomies," by Krupp, a chapter is devoted to debunking The Sirius Mystery,
the author states (P.247) that "At first the Dogon statements that they have known about Jupiter's four moons seems amazing, but
Jupiter is known to have at least fourteen satellites and visiting spacemen inclined to pass this
kind of information along should have been more accurate".
The Egyptians referred to Sirius as the dogstar because they
believed that it had a watchdog (Anubis a black dog or jackal wearing a magical collar
dripping blood and tied to a pole) patrolling it, but Sirius B was not
discovered until the development of modern telescopes around the mid 1800s. Robert
Temple in "The Sirius Mystery" describes an African tribe called the Dogon
who literally live around Timbuctoo in the Republic of Mali in Africa and
appear to have know about Sirius B before the telescope was invented.
How could the Dogon be aware of the major moons of Jupiter long before Gallileo?
Krupp's efforts to disprove this are ineffectual and misguided as are other sceptical views of this mystery.
Temple's evidence that ancient cultures appear to possess knowledge regarding astronomical aspects that
only an alien could have told them has yet to be refuted by anthropological evidence.
The complexity of life on such a planet would make it very difficult for any life forms to work out any harmony or the mathematics involved in their solar system. Humans adopted the egocentric and incorrect view that, earth was the center of our solar system for a thousand years, in a much simplier single sun sytem.
How much more complex would calculations be in a binary star system, a planet having a stable orbit would have very intricate and complicated orbits.
Any beings that did manage to make sense in such a system would be very clever. Then they would have the problem of space travel from Sirius to earth, approximately 8 light years away, an impossible journey by today's standards and what we humans currently know about astrophysics.
Image credits:
A representation of the giant statue of Oannes found at Kouyunjik.
Stratliche Museen zu Berlin, Morgan Library, Layard (1853) The Babylonian semi-daemon Oannes,
a fishtail amphibious being from the heavens who according to the Babylonians,
founded civilisation on earth. Oannes the amphibian.
A small extract from the Bible, not too much... to illustrate the devious malovelant nature of the Old Testament GOD...
When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they carried it from Ebenezer to Ashdod;
then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. And when the people of
Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downwards on the ground before the
ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.
But when the people rose early on the next morning, behold
Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord and
the head of Dagon and both his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the
trunk of Dagon was left to him. This is why the priests of Dagon and all who
enter the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
The Ashdod citizens who prayed to Dagon died from tumors after opening the ark to have a peek, were most likely poisoned by the followers of the GOD of Israel,
unless they had a successful neculear plant even thousands of years ago and the ark contained highly radioactive material.
Er.. So Long and Thanks to the god of Israel for all the tumors. Who are these poor afflicted people of Ashdod?
Are they related to the Dagon tribe of central Mali in Africa Timbuctoooo? They eventually sent the ark back
with golden tumors and mice, where it killed dozens of people who opened the lid to take a peek. Phew, those poor people of
Ashdod I hope their tumors healed. Sounds like radiation poisioning? So if they did not have modern technology, they must have poisoned the poor people of Ashdod. Perhaps with some research on
the use of ancient poison, or a profession medical historical researcher might identify which poison was most likely used from knowledge of pharmacology at the time
and the symptoms. Notice the language behold, as if it was expected as a great miracle from God
announced with great joy, because during the night they had probably tipped over the statue of Dagon.behold,
I suspect that something here is shiftier than a shithouse rat.
John Anthony West The Science of the Dogon:
Decoding the African Mystery Tradition
New Release due in October 2006
Robert K.G.Temple The Sirius Mystery
First Publish Sidgwick and Jackson 1976
Futura Publications London Edition
ISBN 0860075028
In an introductory University Astronomy textbook, designed to debunk such claims as were made by Erich Von Daniken in Chariots of the Gods about aliens visiting Earth, "In Search of Ancient Astronomies," by Krupp, a chapter is devoted to debunking The Sirius Mystery,
the author states (P.247) that "At first the Dogon statements that they have known about Jupiter's four moons seems amazing, but
Jupiter is known to have at least fourteen satellites and visiting spacemen inclined to pass this
kind of information along should have been more accurate".
