The occurrence of the number 250 feet reveals the significance of 800 feet that is present within square and circular works. The earthwork to the left is called the Seal Township Works, in Pike County, Ohio. The circle is 1050 feet in diameter and the square has sides of 800 feet. 1050-800=250.
It is evident that the Allegewi Hopewell
utilized a numerical canon expressed in lengths
that were incorporated in the construction of the
earthworks found primarily in the Ohio Valley.
With the numerical repetition of two numbers,
660 and 1080, 660 being the sun or male
principle and 1080 representing the Earth and
the female principle. Many of the earthworks
were dedicated to both Sun and the Earth. The
earthworks were constructed, to achieve the
Sacred Marriage, between these two powers that were the most revered. Serpents
Serpent Mound in Warren County, Ohio, that was destroyed by a gravel company. A similar serpent effigy is still visible north of Holton, Indiana.
The image of the serpent can be seen within many of the earthworks in the Ohio Valley. Henges
with undulating outer walls were symbolic of the serpent. Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi
Valley, 1848. “ The serpent, separate or in combination with the circle, egg, or globe has been a
predominate symbol among many primitive nations. It prevailed in Egypt, Greece, and Assyria, and
entered widely into the superstitions of the Celts, the Hindu, and the Chinese. It even penetrated into
America; and was conspicuous in the mythology of the ancient Mexicans, among whom its
significance does not seem to have differed materially from that which it possessed in the old world.”
There are unique similarities in the serpent effigies in Oban Scotland, (Ob is Egyptian for serpent)
and the serpent in Adams County, Ohio. Both serpents are depicted with mouths open swallowing an
egg. Both of the “eggs” showed traces of sacrificial fires within their interior. The serpent at Oban is
facing three peaks in the distance. The Ohio serpent is facing the confluence of three creeks in addition
to the body having three bends and the tail coiling three times. The Ohio serpent is aligned to the
summer solstice sunset, with the bends in the body oriented towards the 18.6 year minimum and
maximum moon sets.
Serpent Mound at Oban Scotland
History of Powys Fadog Vol., I, 1885 The Sun-God, as the giver of life, was represented under the type of the serpent. This animal readily forms a circle, and a circle was the emblem of eternity. The serpent was also celebrated for its wisdom (Gen. 111, 1; Matt x, 16) It has been said with considerable truth that, "in the mythology of the primitive world, the serpent is universally the symbol of the sun, and the generative power of the solar beams is always typified by pendent Uraei. The Uraeus is the basilik or cobra di capello. The BasiliskArau of Kam is stlyed in an ancient papyrus, 'Soul of the body of Ra', the sun."
"When the Egyptians wish to express extended period (aion) they depict a serpent whose tail is concealed by the rest of his body, which they call Ouraios or Uraeus. The serpent is exeedingly longlived, and not only retains its youth by putting off old age, but also it is wont to receive a greater increase of strength. The serpent, again, forms a circle, and was so represented with its tail in its mouth by the Phoenicians, and thus appears on numerous Gnostic gems; a circle-formed serpent often of eternity and of God.
"About three miles on the other side of Oban is Glen Feochan. Here lies the huge serpent-shaped mound, the very existence of which, strange to say, was utterly unknown to the scientific world till discovered by Mr. Phene, and by him revealed to the Antiquarian Society in the summer of 1871. Being in Oban soon afterwards,..
"Finding ourselves thus unconsciously in the very presence of the Great Dragon, we hastened to improve our acquaintance, and in a couple of minutes has scrambled on the ridge which forms his backbone, and thence perceived that we were standing on an artificial mound three hundred feet in length, forming a double curve, a huge letter S, and wonderfully perfect in anatomical outline. This we perceived the more perfectly on reaching the head, which lies at the western end, whence diverge small ridges, which may have represented the paws of the reptile. On the head rest a circle of stones, supposed to be emblematic of the solar disk, and exactly corresponding with the solar circle as represented on the head of the mystic serpents of Egypt and Phoenicia, and in the Great American Serpent Mound. At the time of Mr. Phene's first visit to this spot there still remained in the center of this circle some traces of an alter, which, thanks to the depredations of cattle and herd-boys have wholly disappeared.
"The circle was excavated on the 12th October, 1871, and within it were found three large stones, forming a chamber which contained burnt human bones, charcoal, and charred hazel nuts. Surely the spirits of our pagan ancestors must rejoice to see how faithfully we, their descendants, continue to burn our hazel nuts on Hallow E'en, their Autumnal Fire Festival, though our modern divination is paracticed only with reference to such a trivial matter as the faith of sweethearts...
One of the serpent-mounds discovered in North America, described by the Messrs. Squire and Davis, represents a serpent 700 feet long as he lies with his tail curled up into a spiral form, and his mouth gaping to swallow an egg 160 feet long by 60 feet across. At the Edinburgh meeting of the British Association, in 1871, Mr. Phene gave an account of his discovery in Argyleshire of a similar mound several hundred feet long, and about 15 feet high by 30 feet broad, tapering gradually to the tail, the head being surrounded by a circular cairn, which he supposes to answer to the solar disc above the head of the Egyptian Uraeus or Araius, the position of which, with head crest, answers the form of the Oban serpent-mound. All the great myths are manifold in meaning, and replete with complex significations.
Mr. Phene, likewise found several other serpent mounds surrounded with so-called Druidical remains, among the Eildon and Arran hills. All these are more or less akin to the reptile mounds discovered by Messrs. Squire and Lapham, always in connection with sacrificial or sepulchral remains. The position of the alter in the circle or oval at the head of the serpent is identical with that of the Argyleshire mound, the head in each case lying towards the west. The American mound is, however, on a larger scale than its Scotch cousin, being altogether a thousand feet long. It points towards three rivers, thus indicating the reverence of the triple symbol-another instance of which occurs on the hill known as Lapham's Peak, on which lofty summit three artificial mounds were found constructed of earth and stone.
Drawing of the Serpent Mound in Adams County, Ohio.
Photo of the Serpent Mound in Adams County, Ohio. The Nephilim Chronicles, A Travel Guide to the Ancient Ruins of the Ohio Valley.
All of the sun-gods had serpents for symbols, the Canaanite's Baal, Phoenician's Adonis and the
Greek's Bacchus. The serpent was the symbol for Divine Wisdom of the Egyptians. When depicted
with it's tail in its tail in its mouth it denoted, Eternity. The serpent is also the symbol of time, from
which wisdom springs.
Isis Unveiled: A Master Key to the Mysteries of Ancients and Modern Science and Theology, H.P.
Blavatdky, 1877. “This tradition of the Dragon and the Sun-occasionally replaced by the Moon-has
awakened echoes in the remotest parts of the world. It may be accounted for with perfect readiness by
the once universal heliolatrous religion. There was a time when Asia, Europe, Africa, and America
were covered with temples sacred to the sun and the dragons. The priests assumed the names of their
deities, and thus the tradition of these spread like a net-work all over the globe.”
. “There is sufficient evidence that the religious customs of the Mexicans, Peruvians, and othe
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American races are nearly identical with those of the ancient Phoenicians, Babylonians, and Egyptians;
and if, moreover, we discover that their religious terms have etymologically the same origin; how are
we to avoid believing that they are the descendants of those whose forefathers “fled before the brigand,
Joshua.”
The serpent mounds found in the Britain and the Ohio Valley are reproductions of the ancient
symbolism found in Babylon and Egypt. Here Be Dragons: The Strange Enigma of Serpent Mounds,
Phillip Gardner, “ Posidonius also tells of one [serpent mound] in Syria, which was so large that horse
riders on either side could not see each other.”
The two similar serpent mounds in Oban Scotland and in Adams County, Ohio, are unique in that
the serpents mouths is open and are depicted as swallowing an egg. The serpent's head and egg in
Adams County, Ohio is aligned to the summer solstice sunset. Gardener writes, “In Wales the
people were said to emerge and congregate on Midsummer's Eve to blow into the Serpent Stone
Eggs. [...] These serpent stones were said to be coloured pebbles, which gave 'second sight' and healing. Midsummer's Eve was the night when the serpents would role themselves into hissing
balls and create the glain egg, also known as 'snake stone' or 'Druids egg.' What is an egg? Simply
an 'entry portal' into this world. A device to give life.”
Portsmouth, Ohio Earthworks
To the casual observer, the similarities of the Portsmouth, Ohio Works and those at Avebury are
obvious. The sacred vias, culminating with the circular head of the serpent are identical. Avebury
has been compared with the Egyptian Ankh, the Egyptian symbol of life. Two stone circles are
within the circular henge at Avebury, while at Portsmouth they contain two horse-shoe shaped
earthworks. The symbol of the horse-shoe is believed to be a survival of an ancient religious
symbol often seen in Assyrian and Egyptian sculptures, signifying the mystical door of life.
Little remains of the Portsmouth Earthworks. One of the horseshoe shaped earthworks is preserved in a city park. Comparing the size of the horseshoe work in the map to the size in this photograph, gives an idea of the immensity of the earthwork complex. From The Nephilim Chronicles, A Travel Guide to the Ancient Ruins in the Ohio Valley, 2010.
The Sun was the great enlightener of the world. Symbolic of the sun was the serpent who gave to mankind the knowledge of good and evil. This drawing from Persia shows the serpent contending for the egg of the earth.
The Serpentine forms facing a sun disc or egg was created in mica and found in a Allegewi Hopewell mound in Ohio.
Two serpents facing the Sun Disk represent the double principle of good and evil. “These two principles are immutable, and existed from all eternity, as they will ever continue to exist.” Isis Unveiled
From the body of the serpent looking towards the center sun disk. This earthwork in Ohio is one of the best preserved and most remarkable in the State. From,
The Nephilim Chronicles, A Travel Guide to the Ancient Ruins in the Ohio Valley, 2010.
Tablets
Few items have been more scoffed at and called hoaxes by archaeologists than the various tablets
that have been found within burial mounds. Strangely, all these tablets have been found with languages
that were contemporary when the mounds were erected. I would agree that by themselves they would
make a difficult argument for foreign contact with or by the Allegewi Hopewell. However, they are
one more piece of evidence that is hard to explain, except within the context that migrations took place,
by a people who came to North America and had knowledge of the ancient scripts.
The tablet found at Grave Creek in Moundsville, West Virginia is significant because it reveals that
the Allegewi Hopewell were ruled by both Kings and Queens. Women rulers would be consistent with
Earth Mother worship that is found within the shapes and lengths of the earthworks. It is also of
interest that Grave Creek was the largest mound erected by the Allegewi.
Grave Creek Mound from The Nephilim Chronicles, A Travel Guide to the Ancient Ruins in the Ohio Valley, 2010.
Charleston Daily Mail, October 22, 1922
“Skeletons in Mound” One of the most interesting of the five state parks is Mound Park, at Moundsville from which that city derived its name. Probably no other relic of pre-historic origin has attracted as wide study among archaeologists as the Grave Creeks mound which has given up skeletons of the ancients who constructed it.
Aside from the mammoth tumulus, itself 69 feet high and 900 feet in circumference, there were originally no fewer than seven mounds situated in the broad plain at the point. None was nearly equal to the one now standing, and the locations of most of the smaller ones are now lost to all excepting a few.
Archaeologists investigating the mound some years ago dug out a skeleton said to be that of a female because of the formation of the bones. The skeleton was seven feet four inches tall and the jawbone would easily fit over the face of a man weighing 160 pounds.
Seventeen hundred ivory beads, 500 seashells of an involute species and five copper bracelets were found in the vault. The beads and shells were about the neck and breast of the skeleton while the bracelets were upon the arms.
There was also taken from the mound the skeleton of a man eight feet tall. There were no ornaments beside it. These skeletons were sent to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
Grave Creek Tablet from,The Mound Builders, MacLean 1879
In Ancient America, 1976, Berry Fell translated the inscription, stating that the script was Iberian and
the language was Punic. Punic is derived from the Phoenician Semitic language. It was brought to
North Africa from the city of Tyre in the period of the Roman Empire. It's earliest form dates to the
first century A.D.
Fells trasslation: The mound raised-on-high for Tasach
This tile
(His) queen caused-to-be-made.
Stone tablet discovered within a burial mound in Muskingum County, Ohio. The mound was unique in that the largest skeletons uncovered in Ohio were found within the mound. The description of the gigantic skeletons found within this mound is listed in the Allegewi Giants.
History of Muskingum County, Ohio, 1882
“The State of Ohio, Muskingum county, ss: Willima T Lewis, being first by me duly sworn, deposeth and saith: I began work on the Smith Gallery on September 2d, 1879, and continued to work there until June 14, 1880; and that between December 20, 1879, and January 10, 1880, I photographed for Dr. J. F. Everhart an engraved stone, said to have been exhumed from a mound in Brush Creek Township, and that I have this day identified the negative that I then took, in the Gallery No. 101, Main street, Zanesville, Ohio; that when I was about to print the picture for Dr. Everhart I assured him I could, by retouching the negative, make the characters on the stone appear plainer, and that Dr. Everhart objected, saying he wanted nothing more or less than an exact copy of the stone, with out any alterations whatever, and that I am prepared to identify the stone from which the negative referred to was taken, and that there was no sign of any recent engraving or marking on the engraved side of the stone.
W.T. Lewis
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this 16th day of March, A. D. 1881. Wm. H. Cunningham, Jr.,
Notary Public in and for said County and State.
The reader will observe in the Report the absence of scientific precautions, and perhaps the scientist who expects to find things in a scientific way may censure us for this, but when it is remembered that the object in this, as in every effort in exploring hidden things is to read the facts discovered, without the shackles of theory, it will be
conceded that this could not have been accomplished better than leaving the exploration to those who had no theoretic knowledge on the subject.
And that whatever the inscription might mean remained for development by research, as no one could decipher characters as old as these have been found to be, and the inscription had not been viewed by an archaeologist, or one acquainted with the character.
The position of the stone indicated that it had once been erected with parallel lines perpendicular. Observing the right angle marks, however, and remembering that “angle stones” were found upon the Great Pyramid, and they were placed with the vertex of the angle uppermost, the writer postured the stone accordingly, and recognizing certain of the characters as Greek, and that, according to many writers, characters of ideation have been postured differently in different ages, evidenced especially in Webster’s Dictionary of the English Language, 1879, P. 1762: Chart of “Ancient Alphabets,” it was deemed legitimate to adopt the same course.
The first left hand character between the upper parallel lines in Alpha, the second is Omega, the third a spot, a numeral, the next a scepter with a numeral above, the next numerals of order, the next a serpent-symbol of life-spirit, the next the sign of addition, the next Delta, the next the ligatured Greek sign of the infinitive; the cavity between the upper and lower rows of characters to be grouped with those below the lower row, and represents sun, moon and stars, or heavenly bodies; the first left hand character in the lower row represents a seal or stamp in use the third century B.C. The next is another form of serpent, associated with a numeral, the next the ligatured character repeated, the next numerals of order, the last the angle marks, corresponding with the “angle stones.”
The discovery that “Alpha and Omega” are the first two characters of the inscription was as startling as it is true. And the connection with the Great Pyramid as indicated by the corresponding signs, “the angle stones,” found only on the Pyramids, and upon this grave stone, as far is known, began to loom up, and Mr. Smyth’s three keys for the opening of the Great Pyramid seemed to have a bearing upon this inscription; so that they are here quoted for the benefit of the reader. “Key first: The key of pure mathematics.” “Key the second: The of applied mathematics-of astronomical and physical science.” “Key the third: The key of positive human history,-past, present and future, as supplied in some of its leading points and chief religious connections by Divine Revelation to certain chosen and inspired men…
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