Prometheus-by-Minute 19

In which I delve deep into the historical accuracy of the ancient star-maps. Big thanks to Stephanie Cullingford for finding all this information, she is technically my first guest, though she was not game enough to get in front of the mic, the wealth of research is more than enough. 

Footnotes

Mayan:

• Stuart, David; Stuart, George (2008). Palenque: Eternal City of the Maya. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500051566.
• von Däniken, Erich (1969). Chariots of the Gods?: Unsolved Mysteries of the Past. Bantam Books. ISBN 0285502565.
• Detailed illustration of the lid of Pacal’s tomb: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Pacal_the_Great_tomb_lid.svg
• Detailed photos of Mayan star-map: http://alienexplorations.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/sarcophagus-lid-of-tomb-of-pakal-votan.html

Sumerian:

• Detailed photos of the Sumerian star-map: http://alienexplorations.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/ancient-sumerian-engineer-star-map.html
• Likely source used for Sumerian star-map: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=368841&partId=1&searchText=Ur-nammu&page=2
• Burney Relief, example of wings in Sumerian art: 

Hittite:

• Likely source used for the star-map: https://www.lessingimages.com/viewimage.asp?i=08020635%20&cr=6&cl=1

Babylonian:

• Detailed photos of Babylonian star-map: https://www.propside.com/en/ancient-engineer-star-map-tablet-prometheus-2012-p-110.html
• Likely source used for Babylonian star-map: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectid=369351&partid=1

Stephanie Cullingford:

http://stephaniecullingfo.wixsite.com/egraphsen