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The Dogan people of west of Africa
have a detailed knowledge of the universe that is astonishingly accurate. was it
as they claim, passed on by Ancient astronauts? Like many African tribes, the
Dogon people of the Republic of Mali have a shadowed past. They settled on the
Bandiagara Platea..."
The Dogan people of west of Africa
have a detailed knowledge of the universe that is astonishingly accurate. was it
as they claim, passed on by Ancient astronauts? Like many African tribes, the
Dogon people of the Republic of Mali have a shadowed past. They settled on the
Bandiagara Plateau, where they now live, some time between the 13th and 16th
centuries. For most of the year, their homeland - 300 miles (500 km) south of
Timbuktu - is a desolate, arid, rocky terrain of cliffs and gorges, dotted with
small villages built from mud and straw. Although most anthropologists would
class them as 'primitive', the two million people who make up the Dogon and
surrounding tribes would not agree with this epithet. Nor do they deserve it,
except in the sense that their way of life has changed little over the
centuries. Indifferent though they are to Western technology, their philosophy
and religion is both rich and complex. Outsiders who have lived with them, and
learned to accept the simplicity of their lives, speak of them as a happy,
fulfilled people whose attitude to the essential values of life dates back
millennia.
Visitors From Sirius:
The Dogon do, however, make one astounding
claim; that they were originally taught and 'civilised' by creatures from outer
space - specifically, from the star system Sirius, 8.7 light years away. And
they back up this claim with what seems to be extraordinarily detailed knowledge
of astronomy for such a 'primitive' and isolated tribe. Notably, they know that
Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, has a companion star, invisible to the
naked eye, which is small, dense, and extremely heavy. This is perfectly
accurate. But its existence was not even suspected by Western astronomers until
the middle of the 19th century; and it was not described in detail until the
1920s, nor photographed (so dim is this star, known as Sirius B) until 1970.
This curious astronomical fact forms the central tenet of Dogon mythology. It is
enshrined in their most secret rituals. portrayed in sand drawings, built into
their sacred architecture, and can be seen in carvings and patterns woven into
their blankets - designs almost certainly dating back hundreds, if not thousands
of years.
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The Dogan people of west of Africa
have a detailed knowledge of the universe that is astonishingly accurate. was it
as they claim, passed on by Ancient astronauts? Like many African tribes, the
Dogon people of the Republic of Mali have a shadowed past. They settled on the
Bandiagara Plateau, where they now live, some time between the 13th and 16th
centuries. For most of the year, their homeland - 300 miles (500 km) south of
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small villages built from mud and straw. Although most anthropologists would
class them as 'primitive', the two million people who make up the Dogon and
surrounding tribes would not agree with this epithet. Nor do they deserve it,
except in the sense that their way of life has changed little over the
centuries. Indifferent though they are to Western technology, their philosophy
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