{"id":59193,"date":"2023-06-14T07:26:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T06:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/?p=59193"},"modified":"2023-07-16T07:22:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T06:22:18","slug":"silva-freddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/silva-freddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Silva, Freddy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Freddy<\/strong><strong> S<\/strong><strong>ilva<\/strong> is described on his website<sup>(a)<\/sup> as <em>&#8220;<\/em> <em>a bestselling author, and leading researcher of ancient civilizations, restricted history, sacred sites and their interaction with <\/em><em>consciousness. He is also the leading expert on crop circles.&#8221; <\/em>To date (2023) he has published <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Freddy-Silva2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-59203 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Freddy-Silva2-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Freddy-Silva2-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Freddy-Silva2.jpg 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>eight books and a number of videos.<\/p>\n<p>Silva has also written several articles relating to subjects touched on in <em>Atlantipedia<\/em>. In two papers<sup>(b)(c)<\/sup> \u00a0he has commented on the incongruity of the Osirion, at <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/abydos\/\">Abydos<\/a>, being the only ancient Egyptian temple built below ground level. He attributes a date of 10,500 BC to the Osirion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/bauval-robert\/\">Robert Bauval <\/a>is probably best known as the original promoter of the <a href=\"#OCT\">Orion Correlation Theory<\/a> (OCT), which claims that the layout of three principal Giza pyramids mirrors &#8216;Orion&#8217;s Belt&#8217; in that constellation. However, Silva has imaginatively proposed an additional OCT &#8211; in Scotland<sup>(d)<\/sup>. He suggested that the Pyramids of Giza, and by extension, Orion&#8217;s Belt matched the layout of the three stone circles of Stenness, Brodgar and Bookan!<\/p>\n<p>The Boyne Valley in Ireland has a cluster of megalithic monuments, which includes Newgrange, that has generated its own collection of wild speculation, such as Freddy Silva&#8217;s exotic claim that there is a connection between Knowth and Sacsayhuaman near <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/857\/\">Cuzco <\/a>in Peru and also hints at a possible link with Egypt&#8217;s <a href=\"#Abydos\">Osirion<\/a><sup>(e)<\/sup>!<\/p>\n<p>Silva briefly refers to Atlantis in a short <em>YouTube<\/em> video clip. He seems to believe that it had been situated in the Atlantic and its memory is still retained by the descendants of the <a href=\"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/maya\/\">Maya<\/a> in the Yucat\u00e1n<sup>(f)<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><sup>(a)<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/invisibletemple.com\/about.html\">Freddy Silva author biography (invisibletemple.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup>(b)<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/grahamhancock.com\/silvaf4\/\">https:\/\/grahamhancock.com\/silvaf4\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup>(c)<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/history\/osirion-abydos-0012397\">https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/history\/osirion-abydos-0012397<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup>(d)<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/grahamhancock.com\/silvaf5\/\">Scotland\u2019s Hidden Sacred Past &#8211; Graham Hancock Official Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup>(e)<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/opinion-guest-authors\/newgrange-and-saqsayhuaman-separated-birth-3050-bc-006266\">https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/opinion-guest-authors\/newgrange-and-saqsayhuaman-separated-birth-3050-bc-006266<\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup>(f)<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NSwUKlNLT28\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NSwUKlNLT28<\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0*<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freddy Silva is described on his website(a) as &#8220; a bestselling author, and leading researcher of ancient civilizations, restricted history, sacred sites and their interaction with consciousness. He is also the leading expert on crop circles.&#8221; To date (2023) he has published eight books and a number of videos. Silva has also written several articles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59193"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59427,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59193\/revisions\/59427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlantipedia.ie\/samples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}