Prometheus: Starmap motifs scattered through Earth's history

 

Leading from

 Prometheus

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Prometheus props

 

a) In Prometheus, a star configuration turns up time after time after time in various pieces of ancient artwork such as tablets, cave drawings, etc.

 

 

 

 

b) They start with a cave image supposedly in the isle of Skye, that is based upon the  Palaeolithic cave paintings of Lascaux, found in a complex of caves in the Dordogne region of southwestern France, because of their exceptional quality, size, sophistication and antiquity. Estimated to be up to 20,000 years old.

 

See also: Prometheus: Star map invitations & mysteries of Planetoid Numbers? 

 

 

 

 

 

In the scene where they discuss the star map, the other tablets discovered and the engineers, the tablets, etc are shown as holographic images in the air

 

b) See: Mayan 'starmap' tablet

 

 

 

 

 d) See: Sumerian 'starmap' tablet

 

 

 

 

e) See: Hittite 'starmap' tablet

 

 

 

 

f) See: Babylonian 'starmap' tablet