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 — a rocketship — that we may ascend to the heavens.” — 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.” — 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.” — 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.” — 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.” — 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.” — Description of the storm god
See Also
- SHEM — The rocketship concept
- Vimanas-and-Aircraft — Vimanas and aircraft
- Etana — The king who flew
- Adapa — The sage who flew to heaven
- Sinai-Spaceport — The spaceport
Sources
- Sitchin, Z. (1980). The Stairway to Heaven.
- Sitchin, Z. (1976). The 12th Planet.