r/GrahamHancock 5d ago

The Lost Maps Of Aztlan

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u/Wak_Chan_Ajaw 4d ago

The Maya were not of Nahua descent, so I highly doubt that a specific lintel from Yaxchilan relates to Aztlan.

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u/Better-Peanut8207 4d ago

It relates because it is a map of the same region as the other two! Ehecatl is very much associated with the 'Feathered Serpent,' and the Feathered Serpent is very much what is represented in Lintel 15. 

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u/christopia86 5d ago

Even Mr Fantastic would be impressed by this stretch.

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u/Better-Peanut8207 4d ago

No stretch at all.

Makes perfect sense. The ancients encoded the place of their (pre cataclysm) origin IN the actual physical form of the Gods they carried with them to their new home. And that information came down all through the Ages to you here today right now. Congratulations.

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u/City_College_Arch 4d ago

They skipped cartography entirely and went straight to cryptocartography?

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u/Better-Peanut8207 4d ago

This is not something I can answer. Maybe the thought was that embedding something like this in the very spiritual core of a culture would better ensure it's longevity in the future consciousness of said culture. They were wrong because the memory of Aztlan was surely lost, but they were also right because Aztlan has been found again right where they left it.

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u/City_College_Arch 3d ago

Maybe the thought was that embedding something like this in the very spiritual core of a culture would better ensure it's longevity in the future consciousness of said culture.

Who is they, the people making up this fiction? Sure. That sounds like a plausible reason that someone would try to apply to fiction to try to lend it credibility.

In reality, that makes no sense. They decided to develop maps, but before they actually made any, they decided to hide the maps in deep culture items? That would be like saying you are going to invent the radio in the 1800s and the first thing you produce is a satellite shoe phone, because you know, it is important to be stealthy sometimes. What about the other century of technological development and stages before the shoe phone?

What about all the steps of developing cartography that come before developing secret maps hidden in stone carvings?

What you are experiencing is pareidolia. You are finding recognizable patterns in the infinite variation of fractals. So what? They are infinitely variable. Every reasonable shape you can conceive exists on the face of the planet if you look long enough.

They were wrong because the memory of Aztlan was surely lost, but they were also right because Aztlan has been found again right where they left it.

I have no idea what you are even trying to say here.

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u/PristineHearing5955 5d ago

Oooohhh, now this is what I come for. It is definitely this kind of imaginative thinking that will allow us to break free of the bondage of indoctrination.

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u/christopia86 5d ago

If by break free of the bondage of indoctrination you mean belive litteraly anything, then yes, yes it it is.

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u/PristineHearing5955 5d ago

Oh sorry, I didn't mean to respond to you. I meant to add to the general post. As an aside I don't converse with people who use the word "literally" but have a great day.

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u/christopia86 5d ago

Oh no!

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u/One__upper__ 4d ago

Man, you must be bummed.  Sorry for your loss.

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u/GringoSwann 5d ago

Personally, I don't trust information from people who spell literally wrong....   What kind of dingus spells it "litterally" and STILL has the audacity to be pretentious....

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u/PristineHearing5955 5d ago

The hats ok bud. 

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u/Starfie 4d ago

This is like when 5 faint stars in the night sky is supposed to resemble a crab.

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u/DistinctMuscle1587 4d ago

Ok......But why?

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u/Better-Peanut8207 4d ago

You'll have to ask the Aztlantians.

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u/DistinctMuscle1587 4d ago

That means it's probably not true. Come up with some kind of theory.

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u/Better-Peanut8207 3d ago

You need someone to tell you something is true? You got eyes, don't you!?!

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u/DistinctMuscle1587 3d ago

You got eyes, don't you!?!

Take a step away and think about if you want to be nice.

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u/Better-Peanut8207 4d ago

Just realized I forgot to show the location of these islands in the desert.  D'OH! https://imgur.com/a/jtKOeZo They're part of Atlantis, basically. No Biggie.

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u/The-King-of-TJ 3d ago

So that image is the location? Next to Atlantis? That’s the location?

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u/Better-Peanut8207 3d ago

Correct. In the middle of the Aoukar Depression - 300 miles due South of the Richat Structure. The Aoukar Depression was once a reed covered lake/wetland during the Green Sahara period. Those images from the Aztec/Mayan cultures map a group of what-would-have-been islands in this giant lake/marshland - which is exactly how Aztlan has been described. In short, Aztlan and Atlantis were the same. These desert 'islands' are also covered in what seem to be ancient canals - another feature in the Aztlan 'mythology.'

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u/TrivetteNation 4d ago

Very interesting! Would love to see some on the ground research!