The "Pacal Votan" tomb lid: Referenced in Chesley Bonestell's lunar lander illustration from the cover of Collier’s magazine, October 1952?



leading from 
 

 

a) The cover of Collier’s  magazine, October 1952

 

 

b) Drawing of the tomb lid of the Mayan king Pacal, discovered in 1952

 

c) Comparable areas

 

d) The snake bar becomes the personnel sphere



e) The sun god’s face becomes the lower fuel tanks, while the jaw and fangs of Xibalba becomes the thrusters.



f) Pacal’s head and hair do that and becomes the antenna arm and antenna



g) Pacal’s head and it’s equivalent, while Xibalb’s tendrils become the sides of the outer gas fuel tanks



 


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  1. "The "Pacal Votan" tomb lid: Referenced in Chesley Bonestell's lunar lander illustration from the cover of Collier’s magazine, October 1952? " was posted 26th November 2024

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