Overview
Science played a significant role in the development of early ancient civilisations and how engineering helped produce their temples and monuments. However recent discoveries have raised inconsistencies that challenge all we have learnt about ancient history
Lynn’s Review
We received a very different presentation this week from Dr Mobbs; one that challenged us to reconsider information we may not have questioned in the past. It opened the way for lots of discussion. We find mysteries appealing and there are many mysteries still to solve within our universe. Tony’s talk opened our minds to such questions as: Are we the first advanced civilisation? And… Is our historic timeline correct?
This century has seen such advances in technology and communication, and has opened the door to greater questioning of past historical beliefs. The Victorians, who liked order, were responsible for writing history; for stating the facts of the time, but maybe there were further discoveries to make; maybe what we have been taught to believe should be open to question.
One million-year-old skulls, discovered in China suggest that Homo-Sapiens may have co-existed with Denisovans and Neanderthals. Maybe humans existed much earlier than supposed and maybe they were more intelligent too.
Dr Mobbs spoke of Henges around the world, such as those in Egypt, Spain and Scotland. Stonehenge, dated around 3000BC, being one more familiar to us. He highlighted the importance of time. Time seen in a way less familiar to us today. Time, where the position of the stars, and movement of celestial bodies, in the dark night sky; were as influential on the lives of people long ago, as the sensory experiences of the changing seasons experienced on the Earth.
The stones of Nabta Playa in Egypt, predate Stonehenge by around 2000 years. They are the oldest known astronomical stone circle, and three central stones align with the three stars of Orion’s Belt: Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka-.
Tony’s slides illustrated Solar, Bray and Eddy Cycles; responsible for periods of climactic heating and freezing, which had an impact on past civilisations. We currently appear to be in a long-term warming phase.
The birth of a civilisation begins with people who become groups, then tribes with leaders, and the earliest civilisation recorded is that of the Sumerians around 5300 years ago. They built cities and developed cuneiform writing, to: record laws; make records and set down literature. They used complex irrigation systems and built massive temples.
In 1842, Sir Austen Henry Laylard, discovered the ruins of the ancient city of Nineveh, an Assyrian city. In around 612BC Nineveh was destroyed by fire and the library of cuneiform tablets, accumulated by the King of the time – King Ashurbanipal, benefited from the baking heat, so being preserved, giving an insight into life in that time.
Although there are many notes on the legal system; maths and astronomy; showing a very advanced knowledge structure, there is no indication as to how the language; the cuneiform writing arrived.
It wasn’t until the 20th Century that the language was understood. The Ashmolean Museum holds a tablet, found in Southern Iraq, which records the Sumerian King List. Some kings are recorded as having lived for 20-40 thousand years. Are these mythical kings? Why the need to invent a length of time?
Until recent times, the Pyramid of Giza was the largest structure on the planet. It would originally have been covered with white limestone 5000-6000 years ago. The base of the pyramid covers about 13 acres and is built on a foundation which is level within less than an inch, across the plateau. Even Elon Musk hasn’t achieved that level of accuracy when building his factory. This accuracy apparently achieved when standard measurements of the time were based upon parts of the body, and the tools used were made from copper.
The known space within the pyramid is about 0.014% of its total volume. The Queen’s chamber being made of limestone and the King’s chamber, red, rose quartz which was quarried 500 miles away in Aswan. These blocks of quartz each weighed between 25 and 80 tons. There are also passageways and a subterranean chamber within the pyramid, but no mummies, treasures or texts were found in the tombs. The Great pyramid was built for the pharaoh Khufu, but it doesn’t appear possible for it to have been constructed within his 23-year reign.
The King’s chamber is 10 X 5 X 6 metres and the sarcophagus within it is bigger than the entry way into the chamber, so we might wonder: how did it get there?
When delving into more mathematical aspects of the building of the pyramid, which is aligned to true north, at latitude 29.9792458°, questions may emerge when realising that this is almost equivalent to the speed of light. Is it just coincidence that some other mathematical models such as the Euler Constant; Pi; the Golden Ratio appear to be built into the construction of the Great Pyramid at a time when there are no records to show such knowledge?
Further research by Dr Mobbs suggests that the three pyramids at Giza line up with the stars of Orion’s belt, and the shafts of chambers, within the pyramid, also point to stars.
The stars of Orion’s Belt show a relationship with many ancient structures around the world. The Hopi Indians built villages in locations that mirror the stars of Orion’s Belt.
In 2018 a scientific study revealed that the Great Pyramid of Giza can concentrate electromagnetic energy in its internal chambers and beneath its base when interacting with specific radio waves. A measurement of 2.3 hertz was made inside the King’s chamber. Using radio wave lengths of 200-600 metres the structure concentrates electromagnetic energy into the internal chambers and the basement. The shafts in the pyramid are of the right size to produce microwaves at this resonance. Perhaps, then, the Great Pyramid was an energy centre. Could it be likened to a Tesla Coil?
Another observation, suggests that maybe there was some external support. There are art works around the world which appear to show space craft and alien creatures. The Sumerians had gods called Anunnaki and there are beliefs proposing that the Anunnaki came from another planet to mine gold here. Finding it hard work, they genetically engineered humans to do the work for them.
So, discovering fact from fiction is ongoing. It promotes lots of discussion and creativity, and memory is creative, but importantly, Dr Mobb’s presentation made us think, rather than accept all that we are told.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and can’t wait for his talk next year.
Thank you, Tony!
Some web sites which may be of interest:
https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/projectlist.html
https://andymaypetrophysicist.com/2025/05/29/the-bray-solar-cycle-and-amo/