{"id":16765,"date":"2012-03-07T08:19:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T08:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/?p=16765"},"modified":"2025-11-21T08:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T08:52:25","slug":"adams-calendar-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/adams-calendar-n\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam’s Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam\u2019s Calendar, <\/strong>also called the Blaauboschkraal stone ruins,<\/strong>\u00a0is claimed to be the oldest known arrangement of standing stones in the world. It was discovered by Johan Heine, a pilot and firefighter. While the amazing discoveries at Gobekli Tepe have received widespread publicity, Adam\u2019s Calendar is virtually unknown.<\/p>\n

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\"Adam's<\/a>Heine, together with astronomer Bill Hollenbach, has identified a number of astronomical alignments at the site and has controversially dated the monument to between 75,000 and 250,000 years ago(a)<\/sup>. Adam\u2019s Calendar is one of many thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands,\u00a0of man-made stone features across southern Africa. A blog on Dale Drinnon’s <\/a>website elaborates with images on these enigmatic structures(d)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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One of their interesting claims is that the alignments with the cardinal points were all out by 3\u00b017\u201943\u2019\u2019 suggesting a crustal displacement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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To my eye Adam\u2019s Calendar is very similar to the megalithic astronomical circle at Nabta Playa<\/a> in the northern Sahara.<\/p>\n

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Johan Heine teamed up with writer Michael Tellinger to produce two books, Adam\u2019s Calendar <\/em>(2008)[803]<\/a><\/sup>and Temples of the African Gods <\/em>(2010)[804<\/a>]<\/sup>. These books are heavily illustrated but light on text. However, in my view,\u00a0what really detracts from them is the pathetic attempt to link Adam\u2019s Calendar with the ancient astronaut theories of the late Zechariah Sitchin <\/a>and his Sumerian Annunaki gods. For good measure in a lengthy paper on Graham Hancock’s website(e)<\/sup>. Tellinger has thrown in the claim that the circular stone ruins are “energy generating devices<\/em>“! <\/em>I suspect that all\u00a0this nonsense was introduced as padding by Tellinger(c)<\/sup> who had written previously about extraterrestrial interference with mankind in his Slave Species of God <\/em>[805<\/a>]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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For good measure, Tellinger, when referring to Sitchin’s Annunaki, also claims “that Great Zimbabwe was Enki’s ‘Headquarters’, simultaneously dating it to c. 260,000 years old.”<\/em>(h)<\/sup><\/p>\n

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A highly critical commentary of Heine’s claims should be read for balance(g)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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In 2011 Andrew Collins <\/a>visited the site(b) <\/sup>and was impressed by what he saw. However, he was, as I am, quite sceptical about the dating of the monument in the absence of stronger evidence. He was dubious about the 3\u00b017\u201943\u2019\u2019 misalignment due to the \u2018jumbled\u2019 positioning of some of the stones on the southern side. He concludes with a call for further investigation and research.<\/p>\n

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Tellinger has a website with links to his books and videos(f)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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(a)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.megalithic.co.uk\/article.php?sid=22930<\/a><\/p>\n

(b)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.andrewcollins.com\/page\/articles\/txsa_4_adams.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

(c)<\/sup> https:\/\/www.bibliotecapleyades.net\/sumer_anunnaki\/esp_sumer_annunaki34.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

(d)<\/sup>\u00a0See: Archive 3590<\/a><\/p>\n

(e)<\/span><\/sup> https:\/\/grahamhancock.com\/tellingerm1\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(f) <\/span><\/sup>Michael Tellinger<\/a><\/p>\n

(g) <\/sup> https:\/\/sacredsites.com\/africa\/south_africa\/adam_s_calendar_stone_ring.html<\/a><\/p>\n

(h)<\/sup> http:\/\/www.ancient-wisdom.com\/africaadamscalendar.htm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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