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THE MONUMENT OF A SUNSHIP TO THE REALM (KASEBERGA, SOUTH COAST OF
DEAD c.500 BC)
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De. R.M. de J.s. Wakefield
Summary
at 23 degree angles, of Cancer, a holy latitude of tbe Sunreligion tbat is a numeric feature of aU monuments. tbe tbe DltiP,riil"~_ located at tbe otber side of tbe waters, and Ales Stenar turns out to be one of tbe last meEllllit
Introduction The huge monument of Ales Stenar is locateKl 15
is ,.;.>n,nrt"Arl largest one. It may be considered the most monument in (Fig.l). It is a formation 58 big having a meters, and a 19 meters. only 57 present, #46 is
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the foundation is still there.) The ship points to 45 degrees north. Fifty diameters 1.5m,
AT LEAST of white S81l1lSllone, among these the tw o big menhirs on to have been some 40km,
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Photo 1 Ales Stenar from {he SE. showing the big SE menhir ( I) on th axis. The phuto i11lliilrates the big sizc 01' the menhirs, compared Lo Dr. dt! longe. (Kascberga., Sou{h Coast of Swedcn. August. 2003)
Photo 2 Ales Slenar [rom the SE, showtng the big SE menhir ( I), and the mall keelslone (59) in front of it, at thc right side below (Kaseberga, South Coast ofSweden,
August 2003)
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Table 1 The Sailing Route to Central America, The Realm of the Dead (The Important latitude encodings of Ales Stenar) The list below illustrates the beauty of the methodology used to large numbers. Rather than construct a laborious monument of a great many stones, they used a few combinations repeatedly, as an encoding convention. mIes of encoding in this monument used the 60 total stones, 1 end post stone, the 2 end post stönes, the 4 cardinal ::>tVIIV5. the 8 stones of each ofthe quadrants. the stones ofthe end quadrants. of the complementary numbers (trom 90). Clearly. the important monument are the 23° Tropic Cancer, and the 60° Cape Farewell of ßouth Greenland. Using numbers (60,23,8,4,2, and 1), these encodings were done:
Locations: • Ales Stenar site Nile Delta Tro ofCancer i North Scodand· Faeroe Islands . SE Iceland NWlceland Ca eHolm i Arene Circle South Greenland SW Greenland Labrador BeUe !sIe Strait i
NE Yucatan Honduras Gulf of Cam eehe
Latitude: 56°N 300 N 23°N 58°N 62°N MON 66°N 7°N 67°N 600 N 6tON 56°N 52°N
60-4 total-cardina 60/2
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Photo 3 Ales Stellar (mm the NVl, shov."ing thc hig NW menhir (30) on [he axis, and a numbcr of northem menhIrs of the monument. (Kaseberga, South Coast nf Swt:tit:r , August, 2003)
Photo 4 The main NW menlm (30) cf les Stenar fron! the \lF , Wilh Dr dc Jonge behind it. In lhl: ba\;kgmun Il he Rallic Setl in the SW (Kascberga, Snuth Coa<;! Swedcn. August,:!OfJ )
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Simrishamn. The other boulders could have been collected at different spots in south Skane at eomparable probably not elose to the Most the menhirs have but are not dressed. The smoothness is from the working of the iee sheets the lee in Scandinavia. the NW end, and beside is a stone. It is highly probable the that it was moved from an original position (shown as #60 in behind the big NW I), making part ship with the other end. two 1) are called (59 and 60, "keelstones", at eaeh end of the ship. Their (!Ullmi~telrs and are only about half a two small posts to the 58 a total 60 stones. The monument is on a hilltop, a 37 meter high ridge, 100 meters from the sea. is 55.5 rl""c'r?>"c N, or rounded off to 56 degrees N. Some believe monument from c.700 BC Bronze while others believe a date from c.600 AD (Iate Iron The was partially excavated in 1916, and in 1956, when mainly timt had blown over the was removed.
ALES STENAR is basicaHy a Sunship, with destination in the west. The symbol of thc was of central importance in the Thc cosmic Sunship is still religion of seen today the Ra across thc of the tombs which dot the west bank of the Nile River. The name "Ales" (or "Als") means "Sanctuary" in old Nordic, from while "Stenar" means "of thc center of the monument, the four cardinal points are occupied by menhirs: N (stone #19), S (#48), E (#12), and W (#41) (see I). Perhaps stones were originally painted, or perhaps were decorated when the monument was still in use. the rectangle of four Stationstones at these four
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here in a square, help mark the equinoxes and solstices observed at the site. Including the stones, there are 23 menhirs in both ends of the ship. These in both also form 23 ends, as shown on I. OUR GLOBES today I show the 23 Tropic a holy latitude the Sunreligion. This latitude is as far north in summer. Also as the sun appears 23 N was located at the latitude
Where the Africa, at 23 an focus oeean explorations 7). Thc Egyptian Sun-God Ra has said: "The Realm of the Dead is in the west, at the other in the land the Sun side of the sets. After death you will reunitc there with your your family, your your friends, your acquaintances!" Sunship monument mcmorializes the route that was used to reach the west. Extcnding thc axis monument to the at 45 on aglobe, you see it points to the dclta of thc River Donau, at north. By the Wista (in Poland) and (in to this delta, traders accomplished the half the shortest route from the Baltic to Black Sea and the Eastern Mcditerranean. The direction from Ales Stenar to the Nile Delta, the center of the Northern Empire, is 60 degrees SE (60 stones), and the complcmentary angle (90-60) 30 degrees, is the latitude of thc Nile at 30 N. (Complementary angles are used in mcgalithic sites to cncodc was than moving numbers of stones. Think of thc labor involved.) two halves each contain 30 menhirs, confirming the 30 latitude thc Delta. you the 3 bow and 3 stern mcnhirs, which are slightly taUer, eontain 26 menhirs, the 26 latitudc thc United Egyptian
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halfway the Cancer and Nile Delta. This latitude marks the center of
THE AX1S the monument points 45 NW via the northern tip Jutland (Denmark), the southern Norway, the of the Shetland the northern to the SE and West and East of Greenland (at 65 degrees N.) 58 big menhirs of Ales correspond to the north coast of Scotland at 58 N, which is very it is (Refs.8,9). From this a 45 degree to sail via the SW coast of Iceland to Holm, Greenland, on the Arctic Circle, at 67 monuments, as and Loughcrew, Ireland, we have shown that Greenland was found by explorers from Iceland at the latitude of 67 (Refs.5 23 (90-23) 7). 67 this other holy latitude, the which was holy to the Sunreligion, because it is the northernmost latitude where the Sun shines at midwinter. monument on the Seen the center of solstice, the Sun exactly behind SE menhir on the axis J In Ales Stenar consists of 60 which encode the Sand SW Greenland, at 60 degrees N. The direction from the SW Cape to appears to Labrador is 45 degrees them as they reach the latitude of 56 degrees N, same latitude as as shown of by the 58-2= menhirs in the two the ship. The SW side central part of the ship, including the cardinal encoding the contains 8 stones (#41 of 8dl= 8 8 sailing Moira = 480 Nautical Miles (NM). always their latitudes and it is done here encoded in by the 60 stones minus the 4 cardinal stones. 100
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These stones simultaneously encode the latitude a new land was of the ücean, which is one the main reasons why monument was built, and why it is located where it iso (Note that there are significant paralleis with such as the 56 Aubrey Holes circular wall of this monument.) dropping the 3 bow and 3 stern menhirs, the Belle at 52 degrees N. So the sailing route west of Newfoundland is shown to be nrATC>r,rpr! sailing direction from the SW Newfoundland to Cape Breton degrees SW, again shown by the of the at 45 (1""eyr"".'<:'
Sailing contimIes to the south along the of the USo The 2 menhirs on the axis encode south cape 2 degrees above the Tropic of Cancer, at 23+2= N (see also Table I). same 2 25 provide sailing distance to 120 NM. four sides at the (Fig.1 ),
THE 16 MENHfRS in provide North Coast of Honduras, Guatemala, at 16 degrees N. Adding on the agam, latitude of the around the of Campeche C'Egyptian Bay"), at 18 degrees N. This is center of the of the Dead, called Land Punt" These two are common in late monuments and petroglyphs (Ref.5). The complementary the monument's 60 stones 30°) reveals the Mississippi Delta at 30 degrees N, to Poverty Point complex. lt was importance for copper trade with hinterland.
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The visits to Punt in the America, which Formative Period in from about 1500 to 200 AD. In per iod the most characteristics of the civilization developed. Around 500 BC first towns and states are in evidence, in places, more or at the same time. mouth of the Motagua River, at 16 to the Old from about c.1600 BC, permanent along the river valleys. The main center formed around Copan, Honduras. Around 500 BC, the these visits, a gradual expansion settlements took and the growing town Tikal began to develop. The Iived the Oaxaca from a town on Monte of the had at inhabitants in period, and IJU:):SIC:s:st;:s interesting petroglyphs indicating cultural culture flourished diffusion. The c.1200-300 famous for their unique calendar. The
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return route from proceded Bermuda. The 3 bow 1) correspond to Bimini of near above the Cancer, at 23+3= 26 degrees N. menhirs on encode N ile Delta, at degrees above degrees N, as well as the direction (ISO) from Great Abaco to Bermuda, 32 NE. Between cardinal stones center quadrants are 6+6= 12 corresponding to 12dl= 12 was discovered American about 2200 BC, as the Devil's petroglyphs in Maine (Ref.5). from the West Azores is a long sailing distance. For that reason, most ships sailed East Coast US to the north.
Nile same
as at the entrance Mediterranean. The main departure point for returning, with the winds and the east coast of Nova Scotia, at 45 by the 45 ship. The Verde Islands to the closest Brazilian 60 degrees encoded by of the ship each stones. The two 23 menhirs, to the sailing distance, 1380 NM, which menhir on the
at 4 degrees
degrees N. It is America. upon the West in mid-ocean at degrees N, encoded by adding the 23 menhirs south end ofthe 16 central menhirs (23+ 16= encoding is in simplicity. Other encodings course possible, but are less likety.
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The ship is sailing Newfoundland, the 3 bow 1,#2,and #58) symbolize the 3 island group of had been discovered by 3600 as shown in the Tumulus of m the of Morbihan, Brittany (Ref.5). these 3 bigger stones, the end the has 9 stones on each side Azores. The symbolizing the 9 islands of 9 on each side (lSD)
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the pilgrimage to nOlthern menhirs (#2-#29), northern which is from (stern menhir) to the New World menhir), while the southern #58) the main southern return route.
and the sailing distance 1080 NM, which is correct. stern and the the po-rpp~=
directions is curvature of the Earth. The the lonely stones of Ales Stenar overlooking the BaLtic is a small ship sailing the endless ocean!
From the West Azores other islands to the menhir on the axis encodes Sta Maria, East 1 37 Eastern to the degrees in the center correspond to the sailing distance to Madeira, 8 480 NM. The latitude of Gibraltar (at 36 N) eorresponds to the sailing direction (TSD) in the of Madeira, 36 encode the latitude of clP(ITP'~
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which points to a date telling a Stenar is a highly by reference latitudes, and these show a very late megalithic c.1000 The article clearly shows the Egyptian SunGod buHt the
was the officiallanguage in fact cup marks have been found many of the menhirs (Refs. to the which
demolishing monuments were only But disturbed in recent is a Scandinavian ship-setting, of structures, though generally much smaller, date the Iron even later. F or reasons we Ales from the very end Late which is c.500 BC.
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carved rock petroglyph of a ritual boat in Sweden having a length 4.13 the same date, c.500 BC from Rickeby in Uppland which is situated at the at 60
rowers, showing that it at the Arctic Circ\e. of this Megalithic,
Beneath one
the Stenar menhirs (#6) birch charcoaJ
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the previous to presume this sampie We recommend this field, if possible, to indications. The
voyage. Stenar, at degrees N, confirms the latitude of the Coast of at (19.1m/67.0m) x 56= 16 N. This similar results of to the
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Fig.2 Abo e:
PetToglyph of a ritual boal (with a length of 4.13m) which is carried 10 the Realm of Ihe
Dead in the west (America). via the holy Arche Circle, at 67 degrees N Riekeby, al 60
deh'TeeS N, Uppland, north of Stoekholm. Sweden, e.500 BC (Ref.II).
Be!uw: Pctroglyph of ritual boal fTom Namfi rsen in Angermanland, neaT the east co ast of Centra! $wedcn . It is a huge fantasy boat with a length of2.4m), containing 67 rowers, showing the lalitude fthe holy Arctie Circle. at 67 degrees N. Above the crew are carvings of features ortlle lIt:wly discovered coast ofGreenland. (Namforsen, Noton lsland, Angerrnanland, weden. c.3200 BC (Ref.ll).
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eould be eneoded in so few stones must have seemed holy, or special to them, as it seems amazing to us o
lived outdoors mueh of the time, and must have been very eapable of physieal exploits, in a world full of wild Life, prior to commercial fishing. That so much information, both astronomie and geographie,
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