Out in the Western desert on one area there is something very strange to be found!
The high escarpment is vast; stretching 10 miles x 5 miles, but less than a mile from where it noses to an end at circa 530 feet height, it appears almost as if the cliffs have been pinched together to form a narrowed section of about half a mile from the front to rear of the escarpment, and as though a giant hand has raked a 75 feet deep Saddle across this narrowest point.
The actual saddle section is circa 120 feet X 25 yards wide . A path rises to level Escarpment either side of it within 75 feet. Within 3 miles into the valleys either side, the ground drops to sea level; but within just over half a mile has already dropped to around 150/200 feet.
The Saddle North where it opens out and drops down to the open desert beyond
(rotating 180 * from the pic above)
The Saddle showing where it narrows before dropping sharply to the more protected Southern valley below.
Here's a step back to look at the context of the raised outcrop on the left of the Saddle. We found the strange symbol situated on the slab top of that outcrop. Nearby there is a worn natural pathway from the highest part of the escarpment which disappears to the bowl of the Saddle before picking up again on the other side of it.
The surface of the saddle is limestone looking as though it has been deeply striated from sand and wind erosion; but more likely from the effects of an ancient tidal sea pounding and pouring across the narrows.
Here, moving closer into the saddle and to the edge looking down into the S.valley
Moving closer still where the raked surface can be seen more easily
...And the saddle from below in the protected S. Valley
And this is what we found ! ........ Is it natural, or a Man made Petroglypth ?
It has clearly suffered from the added effects of blown erosion, but its remains are very distinctive. It covers an area of about one yard square and the shapes within it are up to one inch in depth. (The toes of my shoes at the bottom of the pic will help you to judge the scale)
This is looking obliquely at the Relief from the opposite direction to the main pic. but it also shows as we observed, that the relief seems to be formed in a raised (plastered) but weathered area of the limestone surface.
Night time, looking up over the saddle ridge
Under desert moonlight we sat long in speculation together and asked ourselves what if ?
The feature could be entirely natural! ...Could ??
But everything around us screamed that it was something else.
The escarpment was the victim of ancient water power. We could see the caves formed obviously off one end of the saddle from the action of waves. We could see how the saddle followed the perfect form as would be from water surging and withdrawing. We could see how the feature seemed to have been almost prepared in a lime plaster bed, and in a position that signalled the natural path from one side of the saddle, down into the trough, and back up to the other side of the escarpment.
Taken from the entrance of the cliff (sea) cave above, and looking across
the saddle valley to the opposite walls of the escarpment
Our wildest speculation stirred a picture in ancient times when this was the only passing point at low tide from one vast section of land to the other, surrounded by a sea surface a couple of hundred feet deeper than now. The relief in symbols, understood to the people of the time, showed the crossing point of safety..... Or is it just a spectacular natural formation? We will stick with our own imaginings until a learned reader here can tell us different.
The implications of a possible intelligent sign in one location of the desert, reaches far beyond curiosity if taken together with other indicators of habitation. This is so when their locations correspond above an ancient sea level. Ancient archeological studies concentrate pre-dynastic times on a people who used stone tools and had not even learned to use the wheel. Yet in human terms over a very short time, these same people had somehow leapt into ultra sophisticated knowledge of astronomy, mathematics, geometry, and fabulous stone and hydro engineering. As the following excellent site link shows, there is an abundance of information speculating the Neolithic transformation into the known roots of Egypt. These paint the picture of an accidental spread of people, following the seasonal flooding of a vast stinking marshland.
There is little discussion of the implications arising out of sustained higher sea levels.Fabulous stone engineering found below ground or below sea level from a much earlier time exists as an inconvenience that defies the apparently solid archeology. Relative studies are never made, and any open discussion on finds that may improve our knowledge of these earlier times must be welcomed.
Learn here about the geological history of the Western desert. Note how this account gives little reference to inundations suffered throughout the prehistoric periods. The shores created by these floods would naturally prescribe lines of any developing human habitation.
On one side of the fence, there is the structured approach developed by the archeologist and the dedicated Egyptologist who adhere to the almost Darwinian evolution of Egypt.
On the other side of the fence there are those who say there was an incursion of much higher knowledge which gave Egypt a civilized kick-start many thousands of years previously.
Between the two there is a conundrum. What is the source for the sudden sophistication of knowledge which pre dated modern Egypt? There is one theory we would propose that makes both sides right!
Just suppose there ‘was’ an ancient civilization who were responsible for Astro aligned super pyramid and temple designs; and were the source of the amazing knowledge replicated in some of the buried and submerged stonework now being discovered.
Let us imagine the world suffered a huge cataclysm, leading to unimaginable inundation with only a few survivors across the globe. The human Genome project tells us that our genetic origins narrowed to when there was a comparatively tiny pool of humans; only explainable in time, through the effect of a global catastrophe. It is also said that before such a catastrophe it would be reasonable to expect the pool of living humans to have been greater, like the shape of an hourglass narrowing as the planet was decimated, and evolving again as we repopulated to modern day.
Could it be that the very ancient knowledge really was preserved by an elite few, and released back into Egypt’s early culture advisedly? Could it be that pre-dynastic man had little interest in the very few prominent remains of that earlier time? Then as the dynasties unfolded, the roots of Egypt were shaped by the remains of that knowledge to utilize the designs and stonework of the former glory.
Perhaps so, and if so, the explanation would explain so much. Egypt may feel its heritage would be diluted if such a possibility were proved when in fact it would be strengthened. Egypt would be recognised as a rightful cradle of civilization.
Furthermore, if such a possibility could be openly demonstrated, there would be no room for the clandestine seekers with an agenda to acquire any still hidden privileged knowledge from ancient times!
We will continue to investigate the strange sign on the limestone sea saddle, and all other clues we found. We will continue to share this here with you, so you may participate in the detective story. We have many leads from readers to follow up on this subject and others to follow. This will take some time, but we will continue to openly feed back to you all as we are able. Thank you all for your interest. Please keep communicating on the sites or directly with us on the following link.
