Any interesting thought.
Some of the main foci of ancient alien theorists have surrounded the Mayan, Aztec, and Egyptian cultures. Where it's been concluded that human
sacrifice was a part of their societies. Let's have a look, to review non-AA related articles that focus solely on the cultural practices behind this
Mayan Culture and Sacrifice
The Mayas celebrated 73 sacred years with 52 profane years. After extinguishing all the fires in the household, they smashed all the pots and pans in
the kitchen. They then sat up all night long in fear and trepidation that the end of the world might occur, with the Sun failing to shine (Chapter
Two, page 57). When the Sun rose again the next morning, the Mayas had to acknowledge that the world was alive and well. They relit their fires and
sacrificed a few virgins and prisoners, to enjoy life for another 52 years. "Evidently, every 104 years, when the planets Mercury and Venus were
in conjunction with the Sun, and especially every 312 years, when Mars joined the group, the celebration was even bigger and the number of virgins and
prisoners sacrificed was substantially increaed." - (page 58)
The Aztecs had similar beliefs,
The Aztecs and Human Sacrifice
Though the human sacrifice is the most talked about, there were actually many types of sacrifices. The people believed that they owed a blood-debt
to the gods (see Aztec religion for more on Aztec sacrifice). They wanted to avert disaster by paying the endless debt. So blood was a common theme -
the sacrifice that the gods required.
The Egyptians also followed in suit,
 (oops, forgot the link)
Egyptian Human Sacrifice
Human sacrifice is not generally connected with ancient Egypt. There is little evidence of human sacrifice during most of the dynastic period of
ancient Egypt... but there is some evidence that it may have been practiced in the Nile Valley during the 1st Dynasty and possibly also Predynastic
Egypt. The earliest known example of human sacrifice may perhaps be found in Predynastic burials in the south of Egypt, dated to the Naqada II
Period. One of the discovered bodies showed marks of the throat from having been cut before having been decapitated. -- Human Sacrifice, Jacques
Kinnaer The two definitions of human sacrifice that could be applied to the very early development of ancient Egypt are: The ritual
killing of human beings as part of the offerings presented to the gods on a regular basis, or on special occasions. Retainer sacrifice, or the
killing of domestic servants to bury them along with their master.
So now that we've caught up on our history lesson let's speculate and make wild accusations. Just kidding, although I do want to relate these rituals
with the theories behind space-faring overlords that supposedly defined the human race. Let's just assume that there were aliens then, fitting the
roles that have been loosely described by the show, Ancient Astronauts, some of you are caught up on this matter, others are highly skeptical and
can't get further than a few minutes of listening to the liberal artists without throwing things (with very good reason in most cases). Again,
Let's assume they are right.
So if we were to put ourselves in the mindset of the unthinkable, consider the alien's perspective, they were creating/developing/pushing/molding us
to be what they wanted us to be, and they wouldn't want all their hard work to be trampled by a few lousy natural disasters, and since they probably
realized a quickly developing population of a dominant species might have severe negative impacts on the environment we live in; they needed to a put
a system in place, that we humans could maintain to keep our population from spiraling out of control... by now you must see where I am going with
Did the aliens create a facade or decree that societies must maintain population limits? If so, would this explain the rational behind mass graves and
annual or generational cycles of sacrifice? Do the targets of the sacrifices line up with the criteria for maintaining population levels? (i.e.
virgins, undesirables, the lazy or criminals, slaves, etc.) Most importantly, I think we can consider the Georgia Guidestones (don't know, use google)
and their message about a population limit, and how that relates to the impending doom so many discuss on these forums. This mentality may be in sync
with the Ancient cultures... I speculate we may be seeing a revival in this tradition, without all the split torsos and exposed pumping hearts.
One of the first holes i see in the argument is regards to the final connection of the theorists to the culture of India, which seemingly shared the
same space-faring overlords. I could not find any readily available articles on the pro or cons side of this argument, and the one bit of info I did
find was on wiki-pedia, which I'm hesitant to quote at the best of times,
Human Sacrifice in India?
The earliest evidence for human sacrifice in the Indian subcontinent dates back to the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization. An Indus seal from
Harappa depicts the upside-down nude female figure with legs outspread and a plant issuing from the womb. The reverse side of the seal depicts a man
holding a sickle and a woman seated on the ground in a posture of prayer. Many scholars interpret this scene as a human sacrifice in honor of the
Regarding possible Vedic mention of human sacrifice, the prevailing 19th-century view, associated above all with Henry Colebrooke, was that human
sacrifice had little scriptural warrant, and did not actually take place. Those verses which referred to purushamedha were meant to be read
symbolically or as a "priestly fantasy". However, Rajendralal Mitra published a defence of the thesis that human sacrifice, as had been practised
in Bengal, was a continuation of traditions dating back to Vedic periods. Hermann Oldenberg held to Colebrooke's view; but Jan Gonda underlined
its disputed status.
I'm sure there are plenty of other holes, which others will be informing me of rather shortly. We should never consider it ignorant to explore the
possible, no matter how diluted or speculative... If we lived in 1800 and someone said, "One day, we'll have portable devices that send invisible
signals to other devices so we could communicate over great distances effortlessly." We'd all have though that person to be ignorant, so in exploring
lets check the hostility at the door, I know how worked up some of you get about this stuff.
I guess we'll truly never know, because none of us were there, and by the looks of it, thank.... God? Any how, just some food for thought, this is
almost completely irrelevant to the current day dilemma, and is pure speculation based on assumptions. I don't mean to deter our developing focus on
the task at hand. Let the hilarity ensue.
edit on 14-5-2012 by wishful1gnorance because: Posted Missing URLs