
[Updated on: August 26, 2025]
Ancient evidence of astronaut He is often associated with the paintings of “flying gods” carved in the old world. Different cultures – from Mesoamerica to Egypt in the Pacific – strict sitting deities, surrounded by a snake or birds or falling from heaven. Do these scenes point to craft and cockpits, or do we design newfangled technology for holy art?
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Common motifs, distant worlds
Ancient myths repeatedly describe the sky that come with knowledge. Snakes with feathers, world trees and divine messengers appear in many traditions. They apply to the fact that cultures have recorded the same guests far apart. However, up-to-date summaries of archaeologists and native scholars emphasize that similar symbols can arise independently to express power, fertility, heaven or space.
Olmec: La Venta's Monument 19 and feathered snake
On sales (Tabasco, Mexico), Monument 19 shows a sitting figure in interaction with great feathered hose– One of the earliest known performances about it in Mesoamerica. Later cultures would call the deity Quetzalcoatl or Kukulkan. Some see a “low ceiling cockpit”. Most of the scholars read him as a ruler or shaman involved with authority service and heaven, not a machine.
May: Grace LED and Paleque
The celebrated Lid in Palenque shows King Pakal in a intricate cosmic scene. Ancient-Astronaut books popularized the “rocket” interpretation. The current history of Maya's art explains the sculpture as a pakal placed in a cosmic World treeSurrounded by a tomb of a snake and blue symbols – a picture of death, revival and governance, not a spaceship.
Maorys: Kuli and “Hawaiki”
New Zealand traditions say about Stackwho travels to the valued kūmara (sweet potatoes). Online advice sometimes says that “he drove a silver craft.” In the sources of Maori, Hawaiki is the homeland of origin and afterlife – not a vehicle – and Purangahua travels with the support of birds or divine messengers, in line with the symbolism of polynesian journey.
Egypt: Hapi and “Snake” theme
Egyptian art also shows deities sitting in serpentine frames. God of the Nile Step It is usually androgynic, blue or green and associated with Lotos and Papyrus, symbolically binding the upper and lower Egypt. What looks like “levers” in some concessions is usually a flora or ritual emblems related to flood, fertility and political unity – religious iconography, not control.
So … old flying vehicles – or powerful symbols?
Paleocontact fans point to cropped characters, a headgear similar to a helmet and “panels” under their hands. They claim that these are pilots in tight cabins. Updated museum guides and reviewed works, however, explain these scenes as cosmic narratives: ruler to the message with snake deities, reborn kings in the world, travelers assisted by birds, and the gods of the river ensure abundance. Similarities in different cultures are probably reflected in universal topics – Sky, underground world, life, death, revival – expressed with animals, trees and a snake, not common technology.
Which keeps my secret
- Ambiguous poses: Couple, profile characters can look “mechanical” in newfangled eyes.
- Technology -shaped expectations: We notice “helmets” and “shield” because we live with helmets and shields.
- Intercultural echoes: Snakes, birds and world trees are global symbols tied to heaven and soul.
Lower line
These sculptures remain stunning and mysterious. They talk to old people who look up because of the meaning, power and origin. Do you see craft Or cosmosThe best step forward is a thorough comparison of art, reading native accounts and weighing Both Risky and scientific readings.
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