Letadla a rakety (Aircraft and Rockets)¶
Selected quotations describing flying vehicles and spacecraft in ancient texts, as interpreted by Zecharia Sitchin.
The SHEM (Rocketship)¶
"Let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a SHEM β a rocketship β that we may ascend to the heavens." β Sitchin's reading of Genesis 11:4
"The MU, the shining vehicle, ascended to heaven like a great bird. The people watched in awe as it rose to the abode of Anu." β Sumerian text
Ezekiel's Vision¶
"And I looked, and behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself... And out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures." β Ezekiel 1:4-5
"And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them... for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels." β Ezekiel 1:19-20
The "Whirlwind" that Took Elijah¶
"And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." β 2 Kings 2:11
The Chariot of the Gods¶
"His chariot was like a storm, his steeds were like the wind, and he rode upon the clouds." β Description of the storm god
See Also¶
- SHEM β The rocketship concept
- Vimanas And Aircraft β Vimanas and aircraft
- Etana β The king who flew
- Adapa β The sage who flew to heaven
- Sinai Spaceport β The spaceport
Sources¶
- Sitchin, Z. (1980). The Stairway to Heaven.
- Sitchin, Z. (1976). The 12th Planet.