Book Review Chariots of Gods - Erick von Daniken Part II

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Ever wondered about ancient calendars? The modern science with astronomical observations and knowledge was developed mainly in the last century or so. The ancient civilizations somehow had their own means of knowing their stars. The calendars by every civilization had 12 months. It is understood that a year is a standard period of time as the earth makes one complete revolution and different civilization may have independently come to the same standard. But why 12 months? Lunar calendars make sense of 12 months as they correspond to 12 rotations of the moon about the earth. But what about others. they somehow chose to divide a year in the same 12 parts .! Also we see that the stories in the myths sometimes draw a lot in common in different civilizations - plagiarism ?! The Noah of ark is the Manu in Hindu myth. Moses receiving knowledge from God in a mountain and Prophet receiving his set of rules from Allah.. The birth and life of Jesus and Horus of Egyptian myth is almost exactly similar if you discount the names and places....Well there are loads of similar examples given in the book. They basically seem to point to one explanation. Have you wondered how all children seem to know rhymes like Baba black sheep, Old man Donald etc.. well they are the standard rhymes taught in schools across the world. Well the myths that we now regard as ancient history may well be stories that the aliens brought with them (which may or may not actually be true in their home planet) and taught them to different tribes that they were with. The tribes relying mainly on memory made certain twists in these stories and the end product came out to be 90% same and 10% local touch. !

(to be continued ...)