The Zodiac division of the ecliptic into twelve parts, each assigned a Zodiac sign, is probably of Babylonian (Mesopotamia) origin. This sign falls between the dates of April 20th to May 20th. It’s an M with what might be the crossed legs of a chaste virgin. The constellations of the zodiac are traditionally rendered in pictographs called glyphs. Taurus is the second astrological sign in the Zodiac, a portion of the sky divided into twelve portions represented by a bulls head glyph. Kelley, whose paper on the subject was published posthumously in August. Here is a list of the top 13 most fascinating facts about the ancient Babylonian civilization: Contents show.
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A tree bearing fruit serves as backdrop to this peaceful scene of Ishtar and her worshippers. The above image is the established symbol (also called glyph) for the Zodiac sign Virgo, the Maiden (or Virgin). Ancient Mayan and Chinese calendar systems share so many similarities, it is unlikely they developed independently, according to the late David H. Scene on the seal depicts Ishtar, goddess of both love and war, with the weapons of war held in a peaceful attitude (bow reversed) and with her garments opened to expose her body.Ī priest and priestess are bowing before their goddess. The intaglio was carved into a cylinder of gold, capped on one end by polished lapis lazuli, and on the other by a flat seal carved in gold with the symbol of Ishtar, an eight pointed star. The same tree, by the same artisan, had appeared on the other seals, but this tree bore no fruit, instead it was dropping its dead leaves as it died or effected by nuclear radiation. The Rongorongo Script: The Rongorongo script, discovered on various artifacts like wooden tablets and staffs on Easter Island, remains one of the most baffling undeciphered writing systems in history. The cyclic wobbling in the orientation of Earth’s axis of rotation (precession) has a period of 25,772 years.
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(CC BY-SA 3.0)Undeciphered Ancient Manuscripts & Inscriptions 4. The sidereal zodiac is used for the evolution of humanity over thousands of years (what we call ages, eras, or epochs in astrology, such as the age of Aquarius that is already upon us). The heavens, in the form of a disc, are shown to be held up by the four pillars of the sky in the form of four female figures who are assisted by eight falcon-headed figures. Artifact inscribed with undeciphered Rongorongo script. This zodiac is somewhat unique, as it is circular in shape, as opposed to the more usual rectangular ones.
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This explodes into a cloud of dust, sending weapons of warfare in all directions accompanied by the eight pointed stars of Ishtar, who is goddess of war. The Dendera Zodiac is a map of the stars on a plane projection. The above seal imprint on clay shows King Nebuchadnezzar II (ruled between 605 – 562 BCE), releasing a large constructed form, which appears similar to modern day atom bomb or nuclear bomb. The ancient Greek astronomical calculating machine, known as the Antikythera Mechanism, predicted eclipses, based on the 223-lunar month Saros cycle.