Ashtronort – History's Mysteries

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Pantheon Portico Columns, Piazza della Rotunda, Rome

Each of the columns that support the portico of the Pantheon are carved from a single block of granite, they weigh roughly 50 to 55 tonnes each and were sourced from quarries approx 2,740 km away…

January 31, 2021 · Leave a comment

Rosslyn Chapel Floorplan – The Hiram Key (Lomas & Knight)

Lomas & Knight… In 1996 the British authors Robert Lomas & Christopher Knight published a book titled The Hiram Key that would grab the world of Freemasonry by the short … Continue reading

December 9, 2016 · Leave a comment

Monolithic Madness – The Enigmatic Heads of Easter Island

The silent stone head statues of Rapa Nui National Park (aka Easter Island), which are properly called MOAI, are a true testimony to the skills and endurance of the ancient … Continue reading

April 23, 2016 · Leave a comment

Precision Fitting of Massive INCAN Blocks…

When we consider the evolution of the techniques used by our ancestors to build stonewalls, we imagine that they began with the crude cowan style wall built from roughly hewn … Continue reading

March 28, 2016 · 27 Comments

Megalithic Madness – Stonehenge, Wiltshire, Solar Alignments

  This time I want to have a look at Britain where there are many neolithic sites to be found dotted across the landscape. These sites consist mainly of stone … Continue reading

March 18, 2016 · 2 Comments

Monolithic Madness – The 28 Obelisks of Ancient Egypt

The largest known Egyptian obelisk is called the “unfinished obelisk”, which today can be found exactly where it was once semi-carved from the solid bedrock. This stone block was intended … Continue reading

March 13, 2016 · Leave a comment

Megalithic Madness – The Great Pyramid, Built in 20 Years?

Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa. It Only Took 20 Years To Build The Great Pyramid Of Giza? The so called father of history, the Greek/Turkish traveller Herodotus who lived … Continue reading

March 3, 2016 · Leave a comment

Megalithic Madness – Puma Punku H Blocks do not Interconnect?

I understand that the amazing complexity of the design of the H blocks at Puma Punku can spellbind anyone who takes the time to study them closer, and they undoubtedly raise a lot of questions about the reasons for their overwhelming intricacy, but sometimes the answer we seek is right in front of our eyes, but it is too simple or too obvious an answer to be considered by those that hope for a more fantastical explanation…

February 25, 2016 · 27 Comments

Monolithic Madness – The Monolithic Stele of Axum, Ethiopia

The Stele of Axum (Tigray, Northern Ethiopia) Most brain numbing monolithic buildings and structures from mankind’s history are usually built from many massive sized blocks, but the amazing stele at … Continue reading

February 21, 2016 · 1 Comment

Megalithic Madness – Massive Walls, Sacsaywaman, Peru

Why did so many different ancient cultures, in so many different places around the world, use such large and cumbersome building blocks to construct their temples & fortresses, when they … Continue reading

January 23, 2016 · 5 Comments

Monolithic Madness – The Olmec Heads, Africans in Mexico?

There are 17/18 large carved stone heads that Mesoamerican archaeologists attribute to the Olmec society, which is said to have flourished in South East Mexico from approximately 1200 bce – … Continue reading

January 1, 2016 · 6 Comments

Megalithic Madness: 3,000 Menhirs – Carnac, Brittany

Location: LIeu-dit le Ménec, 56340 Carnac, France There is an amazing group of standing monoliths in southern Brittany near the villages of Carnac & La Trinité-sur-Mer. Here you will find THOUSANDS … Continue reading

September 26, 2015 · 3 Comments

Monolithic Madness – Rock Hewn Churches, Lalibela – Ethiopia

Lalibela (Roha), Ethiopia I have always been fascinated by a group of 12th century churches located in Ethiopia, which together form the architectural wonder known as the Rock Hewn Churches … Continue reading

February 12, 2015 · 13 Comments

Megalithic Madness – The Reconstruction of Tiawanaku, Bolivia

Tiawanaku (Tiahuanaco) & Puma Punka, Bolivia Puma Punka or “Gate/Door of the Puma” is the name of the ancient ruins of a Bolivian monument that historians believe predates the 13th … Continue reading

October 5, 2014 · 1 Comment

Megalithic Madness – Was Stonehenge Built in the 1950s?

In this episode of megalithic madness we take a look at the crazy online rumours that stonehenge was BUILT/CREATED in the 1950s. There are many well documented images of Stonehenge … Continue reading

October 4, 2014 · 8 Comments

Monolithic Madness – Temple of Jupiter, Baalbeck, Lebanon

Beqaa (Arabic: البقاع‎ Al Biqā’) Look at the block in this photo, compare it to the house in the background, it’s big isn’t it?. Now look at the four round … Continue reading

March 24, 2014 · 1 Comment

Megalithic Madness – Shoria or not Shoria? Russian Giants

Gornaya Shoria (Mountain Shoria) – Kemerov, Siberia, Russia There are a group of block shaped rocks in the Kemerov region of Russia, which are arranged in an apparent horizontal fashion that some … Continue reading

March 20, 2014 · 8 Comments

Giants, Angels & Breeding with Humans in the Book of Genesis?

Most of us have heard of Angels at some point in our lives, to some people they are the little cute ornaments we put on top of the family Christmas … Continue reading

November 24, 2013 · 3 Comments

Flying Machines in Ancient India? The Vedic Vimanas

Throughout my life I have read many references to the flying machines mentioned in the ancient Sanskrit texts which were called Vimanas. I have always thought that these Sanskrit texts may … Continue reading

November 22, 2013 · 2 Comments

The Futhark Runes – Overlayed on the Paths of the Tree of Life

Aettir of FREYJA “>      “>     “>     “> “>     “>     “>     “> Aettir of HEIMDALL “>     “>     “>     “> “>    … Continue reading

September 21, 2013 · 1 Comment