Wonderful eagle wing sun wheel

 

Wonderful eagle wing sun wheel

 

The eagle-winged sun wheel is an important symbol in Sumerian civilization. This symbol of civilization can be seen everywhere in Sumerian ruins, and this eagle-winged symbol seems to have appeared similarly in other parts of the world. In Sumerian According to Er's legend, King Gilgamesh would sit on this eagle-winged sun wheel and patrol the sky.

Archaeological expert Aza told the foreigner Mr. John, Lacuo and Agudengba:

Sanxingdui archeology found that the pattern of Sanxingdui that resembles an eagle-winged sun wheel is placed on the top of the statue's head, which is different from what can be seen everywhere in Sumerian ruins. Although there are some changes in the patterns, the meanings expressed are the sun and eagle wings. This peculiar worship culture also appeared in another Lingjiatan site in China that was contemporaneous with Sanxingdui. The Lingjiatan site is an ancient civilization discovered in Anhui that dates back to 5,000 years ago. This civilization also had a rich jade culture. The Lingjiatan jade eagle unearthed is exactly the same as the Sumerian eagle-winged sun wheel symbol. Archeology When experts first discovered this jade eagle, they believed that the Lingjiatan site had a close relationship with the ancient Sumerians in the two river basins in ancient times.

Old man Aza said again:

The Sumerians believed that the ground was a flat plate and the sky was a zinc cap. The Chinese believe that the sky is round and the earth is square.

The Sumerians believed that after death, ghosts would wander around the underworld forever. The Chinese also believe that after death, "wandering souls" and "lonely ghosts" will appear.

The Sumerians created the earliest astrological astronomy and believed strongly in superstitious divination. There are many statements in China's I Ching Bagua that are consistent with the astrology and astronomy first created by the Sumerians. You must know that based on the analysis of the time span, the Sumerians' astrology and astronomy was definitely not invented by Zhou Gong. China's so-called divination originated from overseas, just like oracle bone writing was later than cuneiform writing. This is an indisputable reality.

Mr. John, a foreigner, talked with archaeological experts Aza, Lacuo and Agudengba about the Sumerian civilization and the mysterious Sumerian astronomy.

Mr John said:

The Sumerian civilization, which was 3,000 years earlier than the ancient Chinese civilization, had reached a highly developed stage of civilization in terms of mathematics, water conservancy, architecture, art, biology, agriculture, education, religion, legal system, etc. The Sumerians had great knowledge of astronomy and calendar. The research is even more amazing.

The Sumerians were the first people in the world to record astronomical phenomena. The Sumerians divided the year into 12 months with a total of 354 days according to the waxing and waning of the moon. They also set up leap months to adjust the difference between the lunar and solar calendars. By the 7th century BC, a seven-day week system was formed. They also introduced a timekeeping system that divided the hour into 60 minutes and each minute into 60 seconds. Unfortunately, few modern people know this fact.

In the eyes of the Chinese, the Gregorian calendar is the Western calendar, invented by foreigners. The lunar calendar is the lunar calendar, which was invented by the Chinese. The lunar calendar also divides 24 solar terms.

In fact, it was the Sumerians who invented the lunar (lunar) calendar, which was also one of the most important inventions in the early days of mankind. In an extremely harsh climate like that of Mesopotamia, knowing the timing of planting and harvesting was essential, so it was necessary to find some kind of time schedule to ensure a reliable way to start the cycle again. The easiest way to do this is to take advantage of the moon's waxing and waning cycle. Since the moon takes a total of 29 and a half days from the first crescent moon to the next first crescent moon, people can consider such a cycle as a basic unit of time, that is, we call it a month, and then accumulate The moon has moved through 12 such timing units, 6 of which are 29 days, and 6 of which are 30 days. One "year" has passed like this, and it's time to start sowing seeds again.

Unfortunately, the Sumerians at the time did not know that a year was actually the time it took the Earth to orbit the sun, and that the moon's 12 cycles or 12 months were 11 days shorter than a solar year.

It wasn't until nine hundred years later that the Sumerians learned that they had to add a leap month to their almanac every few years in order to accurately predict the seasonal cycle.

Archaeological expert Aza said:

Mr. John is right. But I think there is another point that cannot be ignored, and that is the identification of measurement units.

The world's earliest measurement division of 12 units and 60 units comes from the Sumerians in the Mesopotamia region between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers between 4000 BC and 2000 BC.

The current timekeeping methods commonly used in countries around the world, that is, 60 minutes per hour, 24 hours per day, the scale on the clock is 12 hours, and the "do" with 12 as the basic unit of measurement are all developed on the basis of the base 60 system. , and the use of base 60 was also passed down to this day from the Sumerians through the Babylonians.

The Sumerians divided the whole into 12 units, such as the 12 months of the year, the concept of "a dozen" and the 60-unit measurement system (minute hand). The length unit, one foot equals 12 inches, and the weight unit one pound equals 12 ounces. , one shilling is equal to 12 pence, and even the imperial length of penalty kicks in football matches is 12 yards.

Regarding the origin of the twelve decimal system, the legend is that there are ten fingers and two feet. This was stipulated in the past, but now the number is 10 per dozen. It is stipulated that a dozen of 12 is a hexadecimal system.

Old man Aza smiled and said:

A far-sighted king in Swedish history once said that from the perspective of daily application, the twelve-digit system is more convenient than the decimal system. During his lifetime, he had envisioned replacing decimal systems with decimal systems within his jurisdiction.

Mr John said:

The astronomical measurement activities of the ancients promoted the development of geometry. In this process, they often needed to divide angles into equal parts, two equal parts, three equal parts, and four equal parts... Of course, they had to solve the problem of small number of equal parts first. Starting from two, three, four, five..., if the base 60 system is used, since 60 is the common divisor of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, these angles can be divided equally, and if the base 100 system is used, the angles can be divided into three equal parts. and six equal parts cannot be achieved. The reason why the ancients set angles in base 60 is very simple. It is for the convenience of measurement and drawing. By making a protractor, you can divide the angle into many parts according to the readings.

The corresponding dozen - 12 is used as a unit of measurement for the same reason. It is to make it easy to divide it into equal parts, whether it is 2, 3 or 4 equal parts. Comparing base 10 and base 12 as a commonly used base system, base 12 is better. There are more cases where it needs to be equally divided into 2, 3, 4, and 6 than when it is divided into 2 and 5, so Hexadecimal is used.

 

Old man Aza sang a song "Eagle Wings Sun Wheel":

 

In Sumerian legend,

Old King Gilgamesh,

Sitting on the eagle-winged sun wheel,

Patrolling the world from the air.

 

New archaeological discoveries in Sanxingdui,

Eagle wing sun wheel pattern,

placed on the head of the statue,

Why are the logos so similar?

 

New discovery of Lingjiatan ruins,

A jade eagle was once unearthed,

Same as the eagle wing sun wheel,

How to explain this coincidence?

 

Archaeological identification of ancient China,

In ancient times, with the Sumerians,

There is a close relationship,

This is a difficult puzzle.