The Mysteries of Nefertiti

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 With her almond-shaped eyes and striking cheekbones, Queen Nefertiti is regarded as a symbol of female beauty. Her bust is one of the most iconic images in the world — a crowd puller, attracting 500,000 visitors every year to the Altes Museum in Berlin. Next year, as the world celebrates the centenary of the bust's discovery, even more visitors are expected.
But have we all been misled? Swiss historian, Henri Stierlin, has spent the past 25 years researching Nefertiti. He believes that the famous bust, allegedly discovered by Ludwig Borchardt in 1912, is a fake.
Stierlin claims that instead of being a 3,400 year old statue of an ancient Egyptian queen, the bust was commissioned by Borchardt himself and is modelled on his own wife. Is he right? How can we explain the remarkable condition of the bust, especially when compared with other objects from the same era?

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Mystery of Sanjay Gandhi

Misusing her political powers, Indira Gandhi along with her colleagues protected Sanjay Gandhi who had committed a car theft Sanjay Gandhi’s name was actually Sanjeev Gandhi. He was arrested for a car theft in U.K. Since his passport had been seized, the then Indian Ambassador to U.K. Krishna Menon changed his name to ‘Sanjay’ and procured a new passport for him.
Blackmailing his mother Indira Gandhi, Sanjay was running the Government!
Sanjay Gandhi or Sanjeev Gandhi? It is a fact that Sanjay Gandhi constantly blackmailed his mother and was indirectly controlling the Government. He behaved as if the ‘country was his personal property’. Indira Gandhi chose to ignore his misdeeds. The reason why Indira tolerated Sanjay’s behaviour was because he knew who his father was and he used that to blackmail her. When Indira learnt of Sanjay’s death her first question was, ‘Where are his keys and his wrist watch?’ Were some deep secrets about the Gandhi-Nehru dynasty hidden in those objects? (An unbiased pamphlet published in the interest of Indian society, Author: R. V. Bhasin, Advocate, Supreme Court)
It has been controversially suggested that Sanjay exercised a deep emotional control over his mother, which was often misused. Some, including Khushwant Singh, have claimed that he tapped his widowed mother’s apparent loneliness to build his influence and control over political affairs and national policy. (Ref: Wikipedia)
Indira Gandhi the heir who perpetuated immorality in the Nehru dynasty!
Before Indira’s marriage, the then Governor of Maharashtra, Dr. Shriprakash had warned Nehru in a meeting and through a letter, that Indira was having an illicit relationship with Feroze Khan.’ – Gurudev Dr. Kateswamiji (Ghanagarjit, January 2006)
Sanjay Gandhi’s father was Mohammed Yunus, and not Feroze Gandhi !
Mohammed Yunus Indira Gandhi’s second son was not from Feroze Gandhi (Khan). He is believed to be the son of Mohammed Yunus. When Sanjay and Menaka were to be married, there were rumours in Delhi political circles that Mohammed Yunus was against this match, because he wished that Sanjay marry a Muslim girl of his choice. When Sanjay Gandhi died in a plane crash, Mohammed Yunus wept the most.
Sanjay Gandhi had been circumcised. It was publicized that this was done as a treatment for ‘phimosis’. However in his book ‘Persons, Passions and Politics’ he describes how Sanjay underwent circumcision as per Islamic customs. The point here is how did Mohammed Yunus know about such intimate points of Sanjay’s life? This shows that he and not Feroze Gandhi was Sanjay’s real father.
Indira Gandhi Govt paid $6 million as bribe for Iran loan – ex-RAW chief
Secrets revealed in the book ‘Inside IB and RAW, The Rolling Stone That Gathered Moss’ by K Sankaran Nair, former chief of the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), the country’s premier foreign intelligence service.
Indira Gandhi paid $6 million to bribe Sanjay’s Iranian friend.
Mrs. Gandhi used the services of an ex-IB chief to bring down Janata government
RAW created by Indira to undermine IB, cut then home minister Y.B. Chavan to size

Nostradamus

For seven days and seven nights
Man will watch this awesome sight.
The tides will rise beyond their ken
To bite away the shores and then

A fiery dragon will cross the sky
Six times before this earth shall die
Mankind will tremble and frightened be
for the sixth heralds in this prophecy.

The great star will burn for seven days,
The cloud will cause two suns to appear:
The big mastiff will howl all night
When the great pontiff will change country.

-- Nostradamus, verse C2 Q41.

Introduction

Michel Nostradamus (1503-1566) was a 16th century French physician and astrologer. His modern followers see him as a prophet. His prophecies have a magical quality for those who study them: they are muddled and obscure before the predicted event, but become crystal clear after the event has occurred.

Prophetic vision of Nostradamus is contained in 942 cryptic poems called The Centuries. Nostradamus wrote four-line verses (quatrains) in groups of 100 (called centuries). They have enthralled generation after generation of readers. He was often referred to as the prophet of doom because of the visions he had involving death and war. His followers say he predicted the Great Fire of London (1666), the French Revolution, the birth and rise to power of Hitler, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the destruction of the space shuttle Challenger.

View online The Centuries or consider getting some of many books written about Nostradamus and his prophecies.

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Biography

1503

Michel de Nostradame was born on December 14, 1503 (11 years after Christopher Columbus discovered the New World) in St. Remy, Provence, France. Nostradamus came from a long line of Jewish doctors and scholars. His family had converted from Judaism to Christianity in 1502, as a result of persecution on the ascension of Louis the XII (it was the age of the Inquisition).

Nostradamus was the oldest son, and had four brothers; of the first three we know little; the youngest, Jean, became Procureur of the Parliament of the Provence. His father, James, was a notary. Nostradamus' grandfather, Jean, inspired him to study astrology and the celestial sciences when he was very young. It was then that Nostradamus was introduced to Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrology. He upheld the Copernican theory that the world was round and circled around the sun more than 100 years before Galileo was prosecuted for the same belief.

1522

In 1522, at the age of nineteen, Nostradamus decided to study medicine and enrolled at Mont Pellier (the most famous school of medicine in France). He graduated with a bachelor degree and was soon licensed to practice medicine. As a healer, he was active in treating the victims of the "Black Plague" and developed unique and effective methods of treatment which helped to lessen the suffering of many people.

1529

On 23rd October 1529, at 26, Nostradamus returned to Mont Pellier to complete his Doctor's degree. The academic skill he displayed while working towards his doctorate won him praise and admiration from the whole college. He was recruited as an instructor after his graduation and taught for about a year. Nostradamus had some trouble in explaining his unorthodox remedies and treatments he used in the countryside. Nevertheless his learning and ability could not be denied and he obtained his doctorate. He remained teaching at Montpellier for a year but by this time his new theories, for instance his refusal to bleed patients, were causing trouble and he set off upon another spate of wandering.

1534

While practising in Toulouse he received a letter from Julius-Cesar Scaliger, the philosopher considered second only to Erasmus throughout Europe. Apparently Nostradamus' reply so pleased Scaliger that he invited him to stay at his home in Agen. This life suited Nostradamus admirably, and circa 1534 he married a young girl 'of high estate, very beautiful and admirable', whose name was lost to us. He had a son and a daughter by her and his life seemed complete.

1538

Then a series of tragedies struck. The plague came to Agen and, despite all his efforts, killed Nostradamus' wife and two children. The fact that he was unable to save his own family had a disastrous effect on his practice. The he quarrelled with Scaliger and lost his friendship. His late wife's family tried to sue him for the return of her dowry and as the final straw, in 1538, he was accused of heresy because of a chance remark made some years before. To a workman casting a bronze statue of the Virgin, Nostradamus had commented that he was making devils. His plea that he was only describing the lack of aestheticappeal inherent in the statue was ignored and the Inquisitors sent for him to go to Toulouse.

Nostradamus, having no wish to stand trial, set out on his wandering again and kept well clear of the Church authorities for the next six years. We know little of this period. From references in later books we know he travelled in the Lorraine and went to Venice and Sicily. Legends about Nostradamus' prophetic powers also start to appear at this time.

1546

Over time, circumstances reversed with the Inquisitors. After traveling through Italy and France for six years, Nostradamus returned to his native turf where he was employed by the city of Aix in 1546. For a period of three years he again fought the plague. His services were viewed as invaluable by both his patients and his peers.

1554

By 1554 Nostradamus had settled in Marseilles. In November that year, the Provence experienced one of the worst floods of its history. The plague redoubled in virulence, spread by the waters and the polluted corpses. Nostradamus worked ceaselessly. Once the city had recovered, Nostradamus moved on to Salon de Croux, which he found so pleasant a town that he determined to settle there for the rest of his life. In November he married Anne Ponsart Gemelle, a rich widow. The house in which he spent the remainder of his days can still be seen off the Place de la Poissonnerie. It was during this period of his life that he acquainted himself with the apothecaries and healers of the area in order to include them in his book Traite des Fardmens, the world's first medical directory, which listed the names, location and specialties of physicians and healers practicing in Europe.

Nostradamus began to write his prophetic verses in the city of Salon, in 1554. They are divided into ten sections called Centuries (which refers to the number of verses in each section, not to a unit of 100 years).

1555

The Centuries were published in 1555 and 1558, and have been in print continuously ever since.
By 1555 Nostradamus had finished the first phase of his book that would contain his prophecies. Upon its publication, Nostradamus' fame quickly spread throughout Europe. The book contained only the first three Centuries and part of the fourth. His book became very popular among the literate and educated Europeans of the day, so much so that the French Queen, Catherine de' Medici, summoned Nostradamus to her court in Paris in 1556..

One could only wish that there had been a witness to record their meeting. Nostradamus and the Queen spoke together for two hours. She is reputed to have asked him about the quatrain concerning the king's death and to have been satisfied with Nostradamus' answer. Certainly she continued to believe in Nostradamus' predictions until her death. The king, Henri II, granted Nostradamus only a brief audience and was obviously not greatly interested.

Two weeks later the queen sent for him a second time and now Nostradamus was faced with the delicate and difficult task of drawing up the horoscopes of the seven Valois children, whose tragic fates he had already revealed in the centuries. All he would tell Catherine was that all of her sons would be kings, which is slightly inaccurate since one of them, Francois, died before he could inherit.

Soon afterwards Nostradamus was warned that the Justices of Paris were inquiring about his magic practices, and he swiftly returned to Salon. From this time on, suffering from gout and arthritis, he seems to have done little except draw up horoscopes for his many distinguished visitors and complete the writing of the Prophecies. Apparently he allowed a few manuscript copies to criculate before publication, because many of the predictions were understood and quoted before the completed book came off the printing press in 1568, two years after his death.

1559

On June 28, 1559, quatrain # 1-35 which predicted the accidental death of an "old lion" (an allusion to Henri -- the King of France) came true. Some people were upset with Nostradamus, others amazed. His fame grew even more. Nostradamus remained in Salon for a number of years, and continued to work on his writings. He was visited by many people of nobility and distinction during those days.

1564

In 1564 Catherine, now Queen Regent, decided to make a Royal Progress through France. While travelling she came to Salon and visited Nostradamus. They dined and Catherine gave Nostradamus the title of Physician in Ordinary, which carried with it a salary and other benefits.

1565-66

In 1565-66, Nostradamus' health began to be troubled with gout and arthritis. His health continued to worsen and he wrote his will on June 17, 1566. Nostradamus is said to have predicted his own death. When his assistant wished him goodnight on July 1, 1566, Nostradamus reputedly pronounced, "You will not find me alive at sunrise." He was found dead on July 2, 1566.

It was rumored that a very secret document existed in his coffin, that would decode his prophecies. In 1700, the coffin was moved to a prominent wall of the Church. Careful not to disturb his body a quick look inside revealed an amulet on his skeleton, with the year 1700 on it.

One night in 1791 during the French Revolution, soldiers from Marseilles broke into the church, in search of loot. However, Nostradamus had the last laugh. In Century 9, Quatrain 7, he had written:

The man who opens the tomb when it is found
And who does not close it immediately,
Evil will come to him
That no one will be able to prove.

Reputedly, the soldiers who desecrated his tomb for the final time were ambushed by Royalists on their way back to base and killed to the last man.

View online The Centuries or consider getting some of many books written about Nostradamus and his prophecies.

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Prophecies and Predictions of Nostradamus

During Nostradamus' lifetime the Black Death (today known as the bubonic plague) wiped out over a quarter of Europe. It is no wonder that a sense of apocalyptic terror fills Nostradamus' quatrains. Nostradamus can indisputably be said to have been ahead of his time, at least in terms of medical practice. His treatment of the Black Death involved removal of the infected corpses, fresh air and unpolluted water for the healthy, a herbal preparation rich in Vitamin C, and (in contravention of contemporary medical practise) not bleeding his patients.

Nostradamus had the visions which he later recorded in verse while staring into water or flame late at night, sometimes aided by herbal stimulants, while sitting on a brass tripod. The resulting quatrains (four line verses) are oblique and elliptical, and use puns, anagrams and allegorical imagery. Most of the quatrains are open to multiple interpretations, and some make no sense whatsoever. Some of them are chilling, literal descriptions of events, giving specific or near-specific names, geographic locations, astrological configurations, and sometimes actual dates. It is this quality of both vagueness and specificity which allows each new generation to reinterpret Nostradamus.

After his death, his son Caesar gathered the remaining prophecies which had been unpublished up to that point, and published them in 1568, two years after Nostradamus passed away.

Nostradamus referred to the ten chapters of his famous book, The Centuries, as "centuries", although they have nothing to do with 100 year cycles. Each of the centuries (or chapters) contain 100 prophetic quatrains, except for Century VII, which has 42, for a total of 942 prophecies.

The rhymed quatrains of Nostradamus were written mainly in French with a bit of Italian, Greek, and Latin thrown in. He intentionally obscured the quatrains through the use of symbolism and metaphor, as well as by making changes to proper names by swapping, adding or removing letters. The obscuration is claimed to have been done to avoid his being tried as a magician.

Nostradamus intentionally confused the chronological order of his quatrains (a four line prophetic stanza which constitutes one of his prophecies) as a way to make the interpretation of future events slightly more difficult. The interpretation of some quatrains are very specific, others more general in nature. The clearly stated quatrains speak for themselves, requiring little interpretation. Most quatrains, however, require a detailed examination.
Some readers might discover that it takes time to get a feel for reading the quatrains. The more you read them however, the easier it is to make sense of them.
Most readers might be shocked by the perceived contents of some quatrains, for in many ways The Centuries reads like a book of 1,001 future disasters.
Nostradamus stated in the Epistle, that as time goes on, he perceived his prophecies to carry more weight. This is interesting and seemingly correct, especially considering that as time passes, with a little hindsight, we can see the past from a clearer perspective.
In the preface ( a letter dedicated to his son Caesar), Nostradamus stated that his prophetic quatrains were covered with a veil cloud, but are clear enough to be comprehended by men of good intelligence.
Some quatrains were written in a manner that suggests a chronology of time from the beginning of the quatrain to its end. The first line or two of this type of quatrain may pertain to one given period of time, while the lines following it may apply to a time frame later than the lines before it. While this chronological rule does not apply to all quatrains, it seems to apply to some.
The majority of the quatrains pertain to the geographical regions of France, Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East and Asia. A few quatrains pertain to the New World, one pertains to the Moon, and a few others make references to outer space.

View online The Centuries or consider getting some of many books written about Nostradamus and his prophecies.

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NOSTRODAMUS 2000

by Doug Yurchey

The name Nostrodamus evokes everything from reverence, mystery and the occult to total skepticism. It is easy to be a skeptic. It is far more difficult to truly understand. A man from the 16th Century should NOT have been able to write about these 20th Century things:

* Hitler.
* U.S. & its Eagle symbol.
* Free America to the west.
* Napoleon.
* Mussolini.
* Franco.
* Roosevelt.
* Pasteur.
* Atlantis.
* U.S., French & Russian revolutions.
* WWI & WWII.
* The atomic bomb.
* Air warfare; 'flying boats and galleys.'
* The submarine.
* Motors & antennae.
* Man-made mountains.

'Nostrodamus often mentions exact specifics such as 'Franco' and 'Pasteur.' Even a hardcore skeptic must soften when they realize that somehow...modern events were published in the 1672 edition: 'The True Prophecies and Prognostications of Michael Nostrodamus.' In 1946, Henry C. Roberts wrote as he read the 1672 edition: 'I had perused but a few pages when I was struck by the sense of familiarity that these verses seemed to hold for me. Words that that the author claimed held no significance for him, took on for me a definite meaning, became clearly focused into patterns of events - past, present and future.'

Seer to French kings, Nostrodamus was careful not to be too specific. He understood that this could trouble powerful people in his own time. The result is 4-lined quatrains that serve as enigmatic puzzles. Nostrodamus wrote: 'They would condemn that which future ages shall find and know to be true...(quatrains) are perpetual prophecies from this year to the year 3797, at which some perhaps will frown, seeing so large an extension of time...'

The following verses are some of the most extraordinary. At times, the seer is very specific and the quatrains are not a matter of interpretation.
How did Nostrodamus predict? We may never know. Although in the very first two quatrains, the prophet described his source of knowledge:

I / 1 Seated at night in my secret study, Alone, reposing over the brass tripod, A slender flame leaps out of the solitude, Making me pronounce that which is not in vain.	His nightly preparations and visitations seem like a para-normal experience in an occult setting.
I / 2 With divining rod in hand, I wet the limb and foot, Set in the middle of the branches. Fearsome awe trembles my hand, I await, Heavenly Splendor! The Divine Genius sitteth by.	He employs a divining rod; used for dowsing. Clearly, Nostrodamus trembled in fear during these encounters. As to precisely what 'Genius sitteth by' him, we can only imagine.
X / 66 The chief of London by rule of America, The Island of Scotland shall be tempered by frost, Kings and Priests shall have one, who is a false Anti-Christ Who will put them altogether in discord.	This remarkable quatrain states that British & USA leaders will empower a dictator. An Anti-Christ will betray the leaders & peoples of both countries. The French prophet should not have written 'L'Americh,' but he did in X/66.
VI / 33 His last hand bloody through all U.S. Shall not save him by sea, Between two rivers he shall fear the military hand, The black and wrathful one shall be repentant.	Here Nostrodamus actually writes of the U.S.; similar to the previous verse. A number of quatrains speak of the 'Black One' which refers to the leader of the Black Shirts; Mussolini.
VIII / 1 Pau, nay, loron, more in fire their blood shall be, Seen to swim, great ones shall run to their surreys, The aggassas shall refuse the entry, Pampon, Durance shall keep them enclosed.	This odd quatrain is actually a play on words. If 'Pau, nay, loron' is switched around, it becomes Nay, pau, loron or Napoleon.
III / 35 Out of the deepest part of the west of Europe, From poor people a young child shall be born, Who with his tongue shall seduce many people, His fame shall increase in the Eastern Kingdom.	Hitler (Anti-Christ #2) was born in Austria& in poverty. With his powers of speech&mob-control, he seduced many. Hitler's influence was even felt in the Eastern Empire of Japan.
VIII / 71 The number of Astronomers shall grow so great, Driven away, banished, books censured, The year one thousand six hundred and and seven years by Glomes, That none shall be secure in sacred places.	Nostrodamus dates all events starting with the Council of Nicaea; A.D. 325. With a given date, 325 must be added. 1607 + 325 = 1932. In January 1933,Hitler became Chancellor of Germany; banishing & burning books.
VI / 49 By the project of Mammon, high priest, They shall subjugate the borders of the Danube, They shall pursue crosses of iron, topsy-turvy, Slaves, gold, jewels, more than a hundred thousand rubles.	'Crosses of iron, topsy-turvy' is certainly a description of the Nazi Swastika. Hitler & his men also wore the Iron Cross. Subjugating the lands around the Danube was foreseen as well.
II / 22 The Camp Ascop shall go from Europe, And shall come near the submerged Island, From Arton shall a phalange go by sea and land By the navel of the world, a greater voice shall be subrogated.	Classic interpretations of this quatrain attribute it to Atlantis (Arton). Nostrodamus did not speak of fantasy-lands, but real history. Atlantis was the 'navel of the world' and spread out to all corners of the Earth.
I / 69 The great mountain encompasses seven stadia, After peace, war, famine, and inundation, Shall tumble a great way, sinking great countries, Even ancient houses and their great foundations.	Could the 'great mountain' be a very large pyramid? This quatrain could speak of the Atlantean destruction. A great tumble might be the Fall of Man. The sinking of the continent is the reference. The great foundations could be massive monoliths that compose the ancient structures.
I / 91 The Gods shall make it appear to mankind, That they are the authors of a great war, The sky that was serene shall show sword and lance, On the left hand the affliction shall be greater.	Does 'Gods' refer to an advanced technology sometime in our far future? Are the sword & lance hi-tech weapons like lasers & EMPs.
VI / 34 The contraption of flying fire, Shall trouble so much the captain of the besieged, And within shall be so much rioting, That the besieged shall be in despair.	The word 'contraption' could mean your basic flying-machines. The rest of the verse seems to describe the destruction airplanes have caused in the World Wars.
IV / 92 The head cut off of the valiant Captain, Shall be thrown down before his adversary, His body hanged from the ship's antenna, Confused, they shall fly with oars against the wind.	Here is a remarkable quatrain because of the modern word: 'antenna.' Henry C. Roberts interpreted this to mean radio. Roberts wrote before the age of UFOs. A 'ship's antenna' could mean a flying saucer topped with a power/receiver-type of antenna.
III / 67 A new sect of Philosophers shall rise, Despising death, gold, honors and riches, They shall be near the mountains of Germany, They shall have abundance of others to support and follow them.	This quatrain appears to describe the origin of the Secret Society known as the Illuminati. In Bravaria of 1776,the Order of the Enlightened planned to take over the world by deposing Imperial rule.
IV / 27 Salon, Mansol, Tarascon of six arches Where is still standing the pyramids, Shall come to deliver the Prince of a Denmark, A shameful ransom shall be paid into the temple of Artemis.	Could the 'shameful ransom' be the killing of Princess Diana? She died in France, not far from the Louve where glass pyramid stands. Artemis is the Greek goddess that in Roman mythology was called Diana. Around where she died is a garden devoted to the goddess Diana.

On the Internet, under Nostrodamus, you can read where he predicted 9/11. They have posted that Nostrodamus wrote of the destruction of the 'twins.' This is not exactly true. On line never gives you the quatrain # where you could look it up in his completed works. The following quatrains could refer to 9/11. They are actual Nostrodamus verses that any reader can verify...

I / 87
Ennosigee, fire of the center of the earth,
Shall make an earthquake of the New City,
Two great rocks shall long time war against each other,
After that, Arethusa shall color red the fresh river.

VI / 97
The heaven shall burn at five and forty degrees,
The fire shall come near the great new city,
In an instant a great flame dispersed shall burst out,
When they shall make a trial of the Normans.

V / 8
The fire shall be left burning, the dead shall be hid,
Within the globes terrible and fearful,
By night the fleet shall shoot against the city,
The city shall be on fire, the enemy shall be favorable to it.

I / 41 A siege laid to a city, and assaulted by night, A few shall escape to fight not far from the sea, A woman swoons for joy to see her son returned, A poison hidden in the fold of letters.	'Assulted by night' could mean the WTC attack was first initiated at night or mean by dark forces. New York is not far from the sea & some escaped the tragedy. The POISON hidden in the fold of letters is an obvious reference to the anthrax scare that hit D.C. & the rest of the country.
X / 96 Religion of the name of the seas shall come, Against the Sect of Caitifs of the Moon, The deplorably obstinate sect, shall be afraid, Of the two wounded by A. and A.	'Caitifs of the Moon' translates to the Arab nation. 'A. and A.' is an incredible reference to America. Nostrodamus might be describing the U.S. and its21st Century war with Afganistan.
X / 67 The earthquake shall be so great in the month of May, Saturn, Caper, Jupiter, Mercury in Taurus, Venus also, Cancer, Mars in Zero, Then shall hail fall bigger than an egg.	Confirmation of a previous prophecy (IX/83) of a May 10th destruction of the 'great theatre.'
VI / 2 In the year five hundred eighty more or less, There shall be a strange age, In the year seven hundred and three (witness heaven) Many kingdoms, one to five shall be changed.	Adding 325 to 1589, we arrive at 1914or WWI; a very critical time in our history. 325 added to 1703 is 2028;where powerful nations war and realign.

Refer to the end of the Farshores article 'More on the World Wireless' and find a Nostrodamus prediction whereby Tesla Technology creates a grand, new age in the far future. Not all of the seer's predictions for the future are grim, negative and bloodied. Some are positive.

IX / 66 Peace, union, shall be and profound changes, Estates, offices, the low high and the high very low, A journey shall be prepared for, the first fruit, pains, Wars shall cease, also civil processes and strife.	The classic interpretation is that a 'Utopian age' shall come to be; but not without much pain. Is this when the meek inherits the Earth?
X / 72 In the year 1999 and seven months, From the skies shall come an alarmingly powerful king, To raise again the great King of the Jacquerie, Before and after, Mars shall reign at will.	This is one of Nostrodamus' most famous predictions and the reason Prince wrote his 1999 song. Does999 mean 666? Could it possibly foretell of a Martian invasion in the year 2324?
The following two verses predict an End of the World! In 7000 years, will the sun expand and consume the Earth as in I / 48? I / 48 Twenty years of the reign of the moon having passed, Seven thousand years another shall hold his monarchy, When the sun shall resume his days past, Then is fulfilled and ends my prophecy. X / 74 The year seven of the great number being past, There shall be seen the sports of the ghostly sacrifice, Not far from the great age of the millennium, That the buried shall come out of their graves.

interesting facts about love

Love is a light of your life. Everyone know that love increases our live’s quality. If still there are some people who don’t believe this, we have found some funny scientific love facts to prove this theory!

1. People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left (65 percent of people go to the right!).

 

2. The oldest known love song was written 4,000 years ago and comes from an area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

3. One in five long-term love relationships began with one or both partners being involved with others.

 

4. Falling in love can induce a calming effect on the body and mind and raises levels of nerve growth factor for about a year, which helps to restore the nervous system and improves the lover’s memory.

 

5. Love can also exert the same stress on your body as deep fear. You see the same physiological responses—pupil dilation, sweaty palms, and increased heart rate.

 

6. Philadelphia International Airport finished as the No. 1 best airport for making a love connection, according to a recent survey.

 

7. Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don’t.

 

8. The tradition of the diamond engagement ring comes from Archduke Maximillian of Austria who, in the 15th century, gave a diamond ring to his fiancée, Mary of Burgundy.

 

9. People who are newly in love produce decreased levels of the hormone serotonin —as low as levels seen in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Perhaps that’s why it’s so easy to feel obsessed when you’re smitten.

 

10. According to mathematical theory, we should date a dozen people before choosing a long-term partner; that provides the best chance that you’ll make a love match.

 

P.S. This one may not surprise you, but we had to share it: Having a romantic relationship makes both genders happier. The stronger the commitment, the greater the happiness!

25 Interesting Things To Know About Guys..

 

 

 

"Facts About Guys". After reading 25 things to know about girls, you must be wondering to check out 25 facts about guys. Guys and girls are totally opposite to each, nothing is common between them. Girls behavior is not as same as that of a boy. In this Edition of 25 facts, we have gathered 25 Interesting Things To Know About Guys..

• There are two types of males: Dishonorable males and honorable men. Don’t date or marry until you know how to tell the difference between the two.
• Honorable men are protectors and will guard your heart, protect your emotions, defend your honor and support you for your spiritual, mental and physical well-being.
• Dishonorable males treat sex as a sport and for fun, females as trophies. Never allow yourself to become their next score or sperm bin.
• Don’t judge ALL men by one man’s actions, unless you want ALL men to judge you based on the acts of amoral women.
• Guys love their moms ,so don’t speak anything about their mom's that might provoke them.
• If a guy seriously loves a girl he would make everything possible for her because she means the world to him.
• BEWARE!! guys can spread a gossip like fire, faster then a girl will spread.
• If a guy likes a girl ,he will always tend to tease her or find a way to talk to her.
• To understand a guy u need to listen to him first.
• Guys prefer girls who have beauty with brains rather then beauty with miniskirts.



Guy in Love


• If u tell a guy a secret , stop telling because they do not have a tendancy to keep them like girls.
• Guys prefer a girl with beautiful figure and bust ,that is the ugly truth.
• Guys are very possessive about their girlfriends.
• To have a healthy relationship a girl should always try to involve in her personal matters but not create hindrance.
• Guys have a strong passion about something but weak willpower to achieve it.
• A guys mind changes as according to the circumstances he is in.
• when a guy says he is crazy about a girl, he is not pretending he actually is.
• When a guy says leave him alone, NEVER LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!instead hug him tightly and make him realise how important he is in your life.
• If a guy is serious to talk about your future, listen to him with all attention.
• Never hurt a male ego, else he would forget that you are a girl and would hurt you bad.


• If a guy knows how to cook dinner or atleast he tries, remember always appreciate him because he just needs your attention.
• Always take care of the gifts he gives to you, because he can always remember what he gave to his girl.
• Do not talk again and again about any other guy with your boyfriend even if he is a close friend, guys just hate it.
• Always keep a guy assured about your love towards him, bake him cake or give a stroll in his hair,it makes them crazy for you.
• Guys may be flirting around with thousand of girls but at the end of the day he will always think about the girl he loves with all her heart.

25 Amazing Facts about Countries Around the World

25 Amazing Facts about Countries Around the World

 

From the website List25 comes this amazing list of “25 Things you Wouldn’t Believe“ about 25 countries around the world. So fascinating we thought we would share!
Depending upon your definition, and whether or not you count Taiwan, there are “approximately” 196 countries in the world as of this writing. So while you may consider yourself to be a knowledgeable global citizen, and we’re sure you are, given the dynamic and complex nature of our planet there are certain to be at least a couple facts on this list that you will find surprising. Here are 25 things that you wouldn’t believe about these countries.

25: Covers the most time zones – France

If you count everything, including overseas territories, then France claims the title by covering 12 time zones. The United States would be the runner-up with 11 and then Russia with 9.

24: Most likely to disappear beneath the waves – Maldives

With all the talks of global warming and rising sea levels, it is the residents of the Maldives that have the greatest reason to fear. With an average height of around 1.8 meters above sea level their nation is the lowest on Earth.

23: Most overweight population – Nauru

With over 95% of its population being overweight, the small island nation of Nauru is by far the fattest country on Earth. Its obesity epidemic is primarily attributed to the importation of western fast food that coincided with an increased standard of living in the 20th century due to the global popularity of its phosphate exports. It’s almost non sequitur…almost.

22: Roads made of coral – Guam

photo – theworldgeography.com

Because Guam doesn’t have any natural sand, but rather coral, the island nation makes its asphalt using a mix of ground coral and oil rather than importing sand from abroad.

21: Has 350 sheep for every person – Falkand Islands (UK)

With only about 3,000 people the Falkland Islands are home to approximately half-a million-sheep. Not surprisingly wool is a major export.

20: Oldest sovereign state – Egypt

This largely depends upon your definition of a sovereign state but if you are going by first acquisition of sovereignty then Egypt would be the first country in the world to achieve sovereignty based upon the formation of the first dynasty in 3100 BC.

19: Most lakes in the world – Canada

With over 3 million lakes 9% of Canadian territory is actually fresh water and over 60% of all the lakes in the world are found within its borders.

18: Least likely place to meet your neighbor – Mongolia

photo – theatlantic.com

At 4 people per square mile Mongolia is the least densely populated country on Earth. Compare this to the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong that has the highest population density in the world with 340,000 people per square mile.

17: Largest number of tanks – Russia

It is a strange title to hold, but Russia has by far the most tanks of any army in the world (21,000). Unfortunately for the motherland most of these outdated machines are tributes to its past, and although outnumbered (16,000), the United States has a much more advanced tank inventory.

16: The land of no rivers – Saudi Arabia

photo – americanbedu.com

Sounds a bit strange doesn’t it? For a country as big as Saudi Arabia there has to be at least some sort of flowing water. Well, there isn’t. Most of their fresh water comes from desalinization plants or underground reservoirs.

15: Youngest population of any country – Niger

Generally the worlds youngest country is determined by calculating the portion of the population that is younger than 15. Presently it is Niger that holds this distinction with roughly half of its population having barely reached puberty (49%).

14: Most diverse country in the world – India

In almost every category – culturally, economically, climatically, racially, linguistically, ethnically, and religiously India is either the most diverse countries in the world, or the runner-up.

13: Fastest disappearing nation – Ukraine

With a natural decrease in population of .8% annually, between now and 2050 Ukraine is expected to lose around 30% of its people.

12: Most of its citizens live abroad – Malta

After some rough economic times coupled with an increased birth rate, Malta experienced significant immigration. It was so significant that there are now more Maltese living abroad than within the country itself.

11: Smaller than Central Park in New York City – Monaco

Although Vatican City is smaller (.17 sq mi) than Monaco (.8 sq mi), unlike Monaco it doesn’t have any permanent residents which leaves Monaco as the smallest permanently inhabited nation in the world…smaller than Central Park.

10: Almost entirely covered in jungle – Suriname

With 91% of its land covered in jungle Suriname’s half-a-million residents live primarily along the coast near the capital. Only 5% of the population (mainly indigenous people) live inland.

9: Almost entirely treeless – Haiti

On the opposite end of the spectrum is Haiti, a country that has been so badly deforested that you can tell where it borders the Dominican Republic by looking at a satellite image (Haiti is on the left in the photo above).

8: Largest country with no farms – Singapore

photo – nationalgeographic.com

Although there are a number of small nations in the world that show no hint of having an agriculture based economy, (take Vatican City for example) Singapore is the largest of these urban city-states.

7: Most languages spoken – Papua New Guinea

photo – nationalgeographic.com

Although English is its official language, only 1-2% of the population actually speak it. As the most linguistically diverse country in the world, over 820 languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea or 12% of the world’s total.

6: Most educated people – Canada

With 50% of its population having been educated at the post secondary level, Canada easily has the most educated populace in the world. It is followed by Israel at 45% and Japan at 44%.

5: The “country desert” – Libya

With 99% of the country covered in desert Libya is one of the most arid places in the world and in some regions decades may go by without a single drop of rain.

4: Least peaceful nation in the world – Somalia

photo – latimes.com

Although for the last three years Iraq has been ranked as the least peaceful country in the world, according to the Global Peace Index Somalia overtook it this year for the top spot.

3: Produces most of the world’s oxygen – Russia

Siberia is home to approximately 25% of the world’s forests that span an area larger than the continental United States, making Russia the largest converter of CO2 into breathable compounds.

2: World’s largest opium producer – Afghanistan

photo – wikimedia

Producing a whopping 95 percent of the world’s opium, not even 10 years of occupation by American forces have slowed down the industry.

1: Most people behind bars – United States

When it comes to incarcerating its population, the United States is the world’s uncontested leader. With 2.2 million people behind bars it has 5% of the world’s population but 25% of the world’s incarcerated population. China comes in second place at 1.5 million and Russia comes third at 870,000.

source:http://travelforfreebook.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/25-amazing-facts-about-countries-around-the-world/

 

 

 

 

 

interesting facts about human body

Our heart beats around 100,00 times every day.

Our blood is on a 60,000-mile journey.

Our eyes can distinguish up to one million colour surfaces and take in more information than the largest telescope known to man.

Our lungs inhale over two million litres of air every day, without even thinking. They are large enough to cover a tennis court.

Our hearing is so sensitive it can distinguish between hundreds of thousands of different sounds.

Our sense of touch is more refined than any device ever created.

Our brain is more complex than the most powerful computer and has over 100 billion nerve cells.

We give birth to 100 billion red cells every day.

When we touch something, we send a message to our brain at 124 mph.

We have over 600 muscles.

We exercise at least 30 muscles when we smile.

We are about 70 percent water.

We make one litre of saliva a day.

Our nose is our personal air-conditioning system: it warms cold air, cools hot air and filters impurities.

In one square inch of our hand we have nine feet of blood vessels, 600 pain sensors, 9000 nerve endings, 36 heat sensors and 75 pressure sensors.

We have copper, zinc, cobalt, calcium, manganese, phosphates, nickel and silicon in our bodies.

interesting facts about lamborghinis

Fact 1

Did you know that the fastest Lamborghini, with a reported top speed of 370 km/h, is the Le Mans version of the Murcielago R-GT model. The fastest street model from Lamborghini, with a reported top speed of 340 km/h, is the Murcielago LP640. Both of the models have a V12 engine with more than 6000 cc.

Fact 2

Did you know that Lamborghini used to be an independent company, but went bankrupt in 1978 and was sold to Chrysler. In 1998, the German company, Audi AG, became the owner of Lamborghini.

Fact 3

Did you know that most of the Lamborghini models are produced with a V12 engine, even though the newest model, Gallardo, have a V10 engine oil. No Lamborghini have ever been produced with less than a V8 engine.

Fact 4

Did you know that the first Lamborghini was produced in 1963 and called for the 350GTV. With a top speed of 280 km/h, the 350GTV was extremely fast back in 1963. The first Lamborghini to go faster than 300 km/h came out in 1974 and was called for the Countach.
Fact 5

Did you know that the Countach, the Diablo and the Murcielago all have scissor doors (that rotate up and forward on a hinge near the front of the door), but the Gallardo does not. Both the Diablo and the Countach are no longer being produced, so the only Lamborghini car with scissor doors today is the Murcielago.

50 Most Interesting Facts About GIRLS

50 Most Interesting Facts About GIRLS... !!!!

1. Girls don’t enjoy talking dirty as much guys do.

2. Girls hate it when guys say perverted things.

3. Girls are more talkative in nature than guys.

4. When a girl says she's sad, but she isn't crying, it means she'a crying in her heart.

5. Gossiping is the favorite pastime of girls.

6. Girls love to feel special, even though they might not show it

7. A kiss on the hand with the right timing can be a REAL TURN-ON

8. Girls like to be flattered all the time.

9. Being too serious can turn a girl off.

10. Girls are highly unpredictable in terms of the behavior they would exhibit.

11. If you don't like a girl who likes you, break it to her gently.

12. When the guy she likes smiles and stares deep into her eyes, she will melt.

13. When a guy says something really sentimental, girls will remember it forever and ever

14. When she ignores you after you've done something wrong, it's best to give her some time to cool down

15. Girls daydream about their crushes ALL the time. They just don't show it.

16. A girl can't find anything to hate about the guy she Loves.

17. Girls know how to control their emotions

18. Girls love it when guys say their name

19. If a girl loves a guy, he will always be on her mind every minute of the day.

20. Lot of girls love it when guys ask them for advice.

21. A girl likes to hear compliments, but usually not sure how to react to them

22. When a particular guy flirts with a girl very often, a girl would start thinking the guy likes her. So if you treat a girl just as a friend, go easy on the smiles

23. When a girl cooks for you, you know you mean a lot to her

24. If a girl starts avoiding you after you reject her, leave her alone for a while. If you still treat her as a friend, talk to her.

25. Girls are not what they pretend to be.

26. Girls enjoy talking about what they feel

27. Never tell a girl that she is useless in anyway.

28. Girls get embarrassed easily, even if guys don't know what the hell just happened.

29. A smile means a lot to a girl.

30. If you like a girl, try making friends with her first. Let her get to know you.

31. Girls love to feel special, even though they might not show it

32. If a girl says she can't go out with you because she has to study, leave.

33. But if she still calls you or expect a call from you, stay.

34. When the guy she likes smiles and stares deep into her eyes, she will melt.

35. Don't try to guess a girl's feelings. Ask her.

36. If a girl starts avoiding you after you reject her, leave her alone for a while.

37. Girls love it when a guy pulls them close by the waist

38. Never tell a girl that she is useless in anyway.

39. Hearing the words "I love you" is a great expression to a girl that she is beautiful.

40. Don't try to guess a girl's feelings. Always ask her.

41. After a girl falls in love with a guy, she'll wonder why she never noticed him before.

42. When class pictures come out, a girl would first check who is standing next to her crush before actually looking at herself.

43. A girl's ex-crush will always be in her memory, but the guy she loves now stays in her heart.

44. Girls want nothing more than to feel loved.

45. Girls love having fun!--> hell yeah

46. A simple 'Hi' can brighten a girl's day.

47. A girl's best friends usually know best what she is feeling and going through.

48. If a girl loves a guy, he will always be on her mind every minute of the day, even though she flirts with other guys.

A girl likes to hear compliments, but usually not sure how to react to them.

49. Love means devotion, caring and happiness to a girl, in that order.

50. Girls want nothing more than to feel loved.

 

Will Flight Recorder Solve Air France Flight 447 Mystery?

The discovery of a flight recorder from Air France Flight 447 could finally explain why the Airbus plane crashed two years ago, but much depends on whether the data can be recovered—and how much it reveals, writes aviation expert Clive Irving.

The most persistent and worrying mystery in commercial aviation might—just might—be very near to being solved. After two years and four searches, a team has found one of two flight recorders from Air France Flight 447, which disappeared over the South Atlantic on June 1, 2009, with 228 people aboard.
Now the question is: Will the data stored in the recorder be recoverable after so long at a depth of nearly 13,000 feet on the ocean floor?

The data recorder from Air France flight 447. (Johann Peschel, BEA)

The answer will be of immense importance. For as long as this crash remains unexplained it shadows the reputation of the airplane involved, the Airbus A330-200, one of the most ubiquitous airliners in the world.
Until French experts examine the recorder in Paris, the survival of the data is debatable—there is no previous experience of a similar challenge to its survivability. It's even possible that if data are retrieved, it will not definitively explain what happened in the final minutes of Flight 447. Crucial pieces from the wreck will also need to be recovered to show exactly what made the Airbus fall out of the sky—literally, after a sudden and catastrophic failure.
Nonetheless it is a remarkable achievement to have located the wreck. Some good luck was involved. Parts of the ocean bed in the area are like a mountain range, with ravines as deep as 20,000 feet. The remains of the Airbus were found scattered over a flat and sandy area with visibility good enough for thousands of photographs to be taken.
The crash has been bedeviled not by a total lack of clues, but by the existence of just enough clues to fuel several theories of what happened.
Technology used in the search was provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts. It involves two types of unmanned deep-water vehicles, a torpedo-shaped robot called the Remus 6000 with sensors and sonar scanners, used to locate and photograph the wreck, and a Remora 6000 fitted with arms that can pick up pieces—it was this machine that retrieved the recorders.
All along, the crash has been bedeviled not by a total lack of clues, but by the existence of just enough clues to fuel several theories of what happened. At the center of these clues were 24 fault messages transmitted during the last minutes of the flight via satellite to the Air France base in Paris.
These transmissions were not part of a system intended to explain a crash. They were routine reports monitoring the condition of the airplane's systems and controls. In this case, pieced together, they described a terrifying sequence in which the automated flight controls shut themselves down without any evidence of the pilots being able to intervene.
We do know that Flight 447, flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, had reached an area where a massive and violent storm raged at high altitude, towering above the cruise height of 36,000 feet. There were two other flights immediately behind Flight 447, the closest only 12 minutes behind, and both diverted from their assigned route to avoid the worst part of the storm.
Aviation has long ago passed the point at which a storm—any storm—should bring down an airliner. Prudent pilots avoid them when they can, not simply for safety reasons, but to give us a smoother flight. Experts have been reluctant to accept that an A330 could be fatally stricken by a storm alone. There have to be other reasons.
In this case, suspicion fell on an instrument called a pitot tube that measures the speed at which the airplane is flying. Specifically, that ice produced in the storm could cause the instrument to send false readings to the automated flight controls, which, in turn, would adjust for the assumed speed and put the jet in jeopardy before the pilots realized what was happening.
After the disappearance of Flight 447, it emerged that there had been more than 50 instances in which A330 flight crews had faced control problems related to pitot tubes, and French investigators reported 13 "significant events" involving five airlines operating A330s and A340s (the A340 has four engines, the A330 two, but otherwise the airplanes are virtually identical).
Hopefully, the scope for speculation is nearly over and a combination of data from the flight recorder and physical evidence from the wreck will conclusively explain the tragedy.
Without waiting for that evidence, the mystery of Flight 447 has already left lessons needing action. The first is that it took a long time—far too long—for the air-traffic control system between Brazil and Africa to realize that a flight was missing. That system has been tightened up.
Second, airliners that routinely cross large areas of ocean that are not covered by radar should have a new generation of flight recorders that can continually transmit a complete picture of the performance of all systems via satellite. French investigators have recommended taking this step—but it could take years to achieve, given the sclerotic nature of regulatory bodies.

Vatican City Ghost

Spiritual mystery of Vrindavan

Spiritual potency of living in the Holy Dhama of Vrindavan
interview with Vrindavan Vilasini Devi who has lived in vrindavan for many years after years of dedicated service of predication in the west
she now performed her bhajan at Gopinatha bhavan

Northern Lights Mystery May Be Solved

Astrophotographer Shawn Malone of Marquette, Mich., took this shot of an aurora on Feb. 18, 2012. Malone appears in the photo seated in the chair.

Scientists may have solved a longstanding mystery about the origin of the energetic particles that cause Earth's dramatic aurora displays.
The electrons responsible for the auroras — also known as the northern and southern lights — are likely accelerated to incredible speeds in an active region of Earth's magnetosphere, according to a new study. This region is 1,000 times larger than scientists had thought possible, providing enough volume to generate lots of the fast-moving electrons, the study reports.
"People have been thinking this region is tiny," lead author Jan Egedal, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said in a statement. But now, he added, "we’ve shown it can be very large, and can accelerate many electrons."

Egedal and his colleagues analyzed data gathered by various spacecraft, including the European Space Agency's four Cluster probes. They also performed simulations using a supercomputer called Kraken at the United States Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.

Kraken has 112,000 processors working in parallel. The team used 25,000 of these processors for 11 days, following the motions of 180 billion simulated particles in space to map out how aurora-generating electrons move.
The researchers determined that these electrons are likely being rocketed to their tremendous speeds in the magnetotail, a portion of Earth's protective magnetosphere that has been pushed far into space by the solar wind.
As the solar wind — the million-mph stream of charged particles coming from the sun — stretches Earth's magnetic-field lines, the field stores energy like a rubber band being stretched, Egedal said. When the normally parallel field lines reconnect, that energy is released like a rubber band being snapped, and electrons are propelled back toward our planet at fantastic speeds.
When these fast-moving electrons hit molecules in Earth's upper atmosphere, the impact generates the phenomenon that we know as the northern and southern lights. [Photos: Dazzling Northern Lights of February 2012]
Some physicists had viewed this origin story for the aurora-causing electrons as improbable, because they didn't think the active magnetotail region was big enough to generate the huge numbers of electrons that slam into Earth's atmosphere.
Egedal and his team found, however, that the region is likely plenty big — roughly 1,000 times larger, in fact, than theorists had thought possible.
"It used to be people said this was a crazy idea," Egedal said. "I don’t get that anymore."
In addition to creating a beautiful glow at Earth's higher latitudes, these super-energetic electrons can damage or destroy spacecraft. So a better understanding of their behavior may help operators better protect their satellites, researchers said.
The study is detailed in the Feb. 26 edition of the journal Nature Physics.

Mayan

TIKAL, Guatemala – Like the mysteries of the ancient civilization that once thrived in this area, beautiful Tikal is shrouded in wonder and intrigue.

Located amid a dense jungle that makes up a 576 square kilometer national park, Tikal was the greatest of all classic Mayan cities. Driving northeast from the lakeside city of Flores, the city emerges as one of the largest Mayan ruins in the world. Tikal boasts 3,000 massive stone temples, some of which are 6,000 years old. Some pottery at the site was used about 200 years before Christ. Amazingly, archaeologists have only discovered about 10 percent of the site.
Tikal served as a base for one of the scenes in the film “Star Wars.” It also conjured images of the opening scene of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” When WorldNetDaily traveled to Tikal recently, the sounds, smells and sights of the jungle came alive with vivid splendor.
The jungle and mahogany forests around Tikal are filled with roaring spider monkeys, foxes, pumas, wild turkeys and hundreds of bird species, including the Toucan and Macaw. Amid the steaming heat, overbearing sun and isolated trails, the ruins and stone temples of Tikal emerge in all their magnificence.

border=0> One of the main temples at the Grand Plaza

Interest in the Mayans increased during the past half decade as the new millennium approached, mainly due to fascination with their calendar. The Mayans of Mexico were master mathematicians and time worshippers. They believed that the Earth would attain some kind of synchronization with the universe by A.D. 2012. The Mayan calendar is 13 months (moons), each month having 28 days. It flows across a period from 3113 B.C. to A.D. 2012 – 5,125 years. One of the Mayan predictions is the Harmonic Convergence Prophecy, which states that the so-called Age of Materialism must end in 2012.
The luxuriant palaces and giant pyramids of Tikal were the crown jewel of Mayan civilization, which reached its apex around A.D. 1000. Almost 250,000 cubic meters of material were used in constructing just one of the temples at Tikal. Art, science, astronomy (solstices, equinox and the cycles of Venus, the Sun and the Moon), astrology and technology exploded during this time, and Tikal grew into a metropolis of sorts, featuring underground tunnels. The Maya commemorated important events by building stone stelae. These structures were recorded with the date and described the occasion with Mayan hieroglyphics and numbers. Many of these stelae still stand today in ancient Mayan cities.

border=0> Mayan graves at Tikal

For some reason, however, this city was mysteriously abandoned around A.D. 900. Even today, the disappearance of the Mayans from Tikal stands as one of the great conundrums in the fields of anthropology, history and archaeology. One of the first archeologists to work at Tikal was a man named Maler, who worked in the area between 1895 and 1904.
“If you examine the course of human history, the arc of technology moved from China, to the Islamic region, then to Europe, on to the United States and now has probably begun its latest transplantation back to Asia,” said Patrick DuPree, a French archaeologist currently digging in the jungle surrounding Tikal.
“Yet the Mayan civilization was ahead of its time technologically speaking. It was the only civilization ahead of the technological curve. I mean, they knew the Earth was round at a time when Europeans believed it was flat. This confounds students of history like myself. Where did the Mayans get their knowledge? Some have offered the theory of Atlantis as an explanation,” DuPree said.
“The Mayans did not use the wheel. But their linguistic and mathematical concepts, as well as their architecture, were on a par with civilizations in the Old World, or even India, ancient Babylon or China.”
Coming to Tikal
The consensus on the Mayans is that they migrated from Asia across the Bering Strait during the last Ice Age. It is thought that around 10,000 B.C., these nomads came to Mesoamerica and began to establish a primitive society in the jungle. Cuello, in northern Belize, is the oldest known Mayan city, established during the time of the Babylonian captivity around 2500 B.C.
Around 900 B.C., the Mayans began to build what was to become the flower of their civilization at Tikal. Their homes were simple, with reed-like thatched huts with dirt floors. They established trade zones and traded jungle products for salt and sea shells with the Mayans who lived on the Caribbean coast.

border=0> Mayan ruins at the Grand Plaza

In time, the Mayans established a society that featured a class system of priests, royalty, nobles, peasant farmers and even slaves. Sometimes, the Mayan played sporting events upon which they bet their lives. If they lost these games, they would be killed and their families sold into slavery. The game involved tossing a ball through a small hole or hoop made from stone and mounted on the wall of a court.
Karla Hernandez, a Guatemalan citizen who teaches English as a Second Language in Flores, told WorldNetDaily that she is proud of Tikal, but “some of the ancient Mayan ways, like human sacrifice make me uncomfortable. I can understand why the Conquistadors put a stop to such evil.”
Henan Cortez stumbled across Tikal in the year A.D. 1525. At that time, the temples looked far different than they do today. Just as the pyramids of Egypt and the Sphinx were capped with limestone, Tikal’s temples were covered with a rich, red stucco. The Conquistadors destroyed what they considered to be a “pagan civilization” and burned books, biographies, musical compositions histories, genealogies and other Mayan works, making the work of modern day historians and archaeologists that much more difficult.
Asks DuPree, “As I said, over 90 percent of the Mayan ruins at Tikal are still waiting to be uncovered. Will we learn everything there is to know about the Mayans, or will time run out in 2012 before we can do so?”