In a book by Graham Hancock, Robert Bauval and John Grisham that was published in 1998
on the subject entitled “The Mars Mystery” the authors also proposed exactly that scenario and
presented some quite viable evidence to support their claim. Of particular interest is the fact that
there is an ancient Sumerian tale which mentions the Earth, the Moon and Mars all suffering
calamities at around the same time due to the close passage of a celestial body about 11,500 years
ago. Could it be possible that Mars was devastated on that occasion? Could it even possibly have
been as recently as that?
Strange Connections
There are other strange legends of Mars too. One of particular interest is related by the Zulu
tribe of Africa. An ancient Zulu legend has it that the tribe arrived here many years ago in
‘celestial boats’ because their planet was about to be attacked by an ‘invader’ of some kind. What
or who this invader may have been is not entirely clear, however the legend says that the Zulus
placed all of their women and children in ‘boats’ and sent them to their nearest neighbor, namely
the Earth. Certainly it’s an interesting legend for an African tribe to have.
There are certain Pyramids in Mexico that seem to clearly depict the Martian Calendar, a
somewhat unusual coincidence if coincidence it be because the calendar is very accurate.
There also exist legends from ancient Sumer which talk of ‘Gods’ traveling to and from the
planet which the Sumerians knew as Lahmu! And there is the enigmatic and very mysterious
Cydonia region which many believe to contain pyramids and other structures.
We also have the contentious issue of the cubit. The biblical cubit is widely accepted to have
been 523.5 to 524 mm (20.61 to 20.63 in) in length, and was subdivided into 7 palms of 4 digits,
giving a 28 part measure in total. The cubit is a bizarre unit of measure to exist on Earth. We can
see where feet and inches come from, as unnatural a length as it may be it works for us because
we all have them, but then again why was the foot divided into 12 parts and not 10 or 15? We
have 10 fingers and 10 toes divided into groups of five digits after all. Twelve is not a natural
number for mankind to adopt so why is it that things were always divided into twelve portions?
Why do we have a dozen of something?
The meter is of course quite a natural unit of measure for the Earth. Everything comes out
even. The earth itself can be measured in meters perfectly. It is a surprise then to see that Mars
can be measured in perfectly in cubits. The cubits works on Mars the same way a meter works on
earth. The relative length of measure in relation to the size of the sphere is the same. As unnatural
as it seems to us in relation to the Earth, the cubit is the perfect length to use if we lived on Mars
so what on Earth is it doing here, on Earth, and how or why did any one who lived on Earth ever
come up with such a bizarre unit of measure in the first place – and so long ago?
As irrelevant as it may seem to you at this moment, just retain the information contained in this
chapter as food for thought in the back of your mind for now as we move on.