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Excavations at Mount Lykaion in Greece have unearthed pottery shards that date back over 
5,000 years. Mount Lykaion is one of the mythical birthplaces of Zeus (later known as Jupiter in Roman mythology), and this has led to speculation that Zeus may have been worshipped in this location 1,000 years earlier than previously supposed.
The fact that the ash altar to Zeus includes early material dating back to 3000 BCE suggests that the tradition of devotion to some divinity on that spot is very ancient. The altar is long standing and may in fact pre-date the introduction of Zeus in the Greek world. We don’t yet know how the altar was first used, and whether it was used in connection with natural phenomena such as wind, rain, light or earthquakes, possibly to worship some kind of divinity male or female or a personification representing forces of nature.” .
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
Men of renown: Zeus and Kronos and the other characters of Greek myths? It’s all very fascinating to me and the archaeological evidence keeps getting closer to the truth.
posted March 23, 2009 at 10:25 am
You might find these articles on Wikipedia interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_religion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyeus
Fascinating how it can be traced back to a single root and branched out to different European and Indian civilizations. There are a lot of similarities in the various myths and fairy tales of Europe.
posted March 23, 2009 at 10:33 am
if u read Sitchin , his theory of gods and men makes more sense in the light of new discoveries about our earth and our history..
posted March 24, 2009 at 6:53 am
You’re right Andrea, the more you read about this stuff, as I have been doing for the past 25 years, the more you see that what we call “religion” or “myths” is actually “history!” And Marianne, Sitchin is looking less and less crazy, isn’t he.
posted March 24, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Marianne, if you read Sitchin, you might want to check out this site. http://www.sitchiniswrong.com/. Michael Heiser is a real scholar of ancient languages and documents.
posted March 25, 2009 at 7:13 am
David, I am also a Sitchin reader, to some extent, and while I don’t really believe in the whole Nibiru thing I think the evidence of ancient astronauts is too compelling to ignore. I took a look at the Michael Heiser site and while I am not an academic expert in this field by any means, I have a pretty good sense of logic.
His dissection of the word “elohim” as referring to god in the singular relies on the use of “elohim” as referring to the god Jehovah or Yahweh. So Jehovah is the elohim of the Hebrews, and Jehovah says ” you shall have no other elohim [gods] before me. See this interesting conversation: http://www.truthcontrol.com/opinions/michael-s-heiser-word-elohim-plural-or-singular
I believe there is still a great deal to know on these subjects.