Egypt: "Image of Heaven" The constellation of Horus, the Planisphere and the Lost Cradle Willem H. Zitman

Billions of stars and a handfull of pyramids… Everyone is surprised by the accuracy and knowledge by which the ancient Egyptians constructed these pyramids. The most often raised question, though, is why did they do it? The series of theories is diverse and unsatisfactory. The latest high profile theory , The Orion Theory, was by Robert Bauval, who claimed that the Belt of Orion correlates to the three pyramids of Gizeh. Scientists, however, have not accepted this conclusion. They state that the constellation contains more stars than just three. Bauval’s theory is indeed incomplete, but it also has a previously not uncovered major problem. This has led to severe misunderstandings and confusion and is reason enough for this book to put that record straight.

Sometimes, the obvious is so obvious, it is hard to notice it. The ancient Egyptians did indeed build, over a period of several hundred of years, a massive depiction of a constellation on Earth. Twelve pyramids built by the Third and Fourth Dynasty and a Pyramid City built by the Fifth Dynasty correlates not only to the stars of this constellation, but the pyramids also depict the famed Horus-pose, the striking down of the enemy. This was depicted the invincibility of Egypt and its king. The locaion of the pyramids built during the Sixth Dynasty confirm this conclusion. Another dimension would be added during the Twelfth Dynasty. The temples of Memphis, Letopolis and Heliopolis furthermore correlates to stars, making the constellation of Horus one of sixteen stars.

Zitman based his fourteen year long study not only on existing material, but also on the traditional, ancient knowledge of origins and meaning of places of stars and constellations. His study showed that the old Egyptian geographical and planological knowledge was at the origins of a social ordening of their land. Geometry was, as stated by the ancient sources, their speciality. This is further highlighted by the knowledge that the sixteen most important settlements along the river Nile correlate to sixteen stars that form the constellation of Osiris.

In the 17th Century, John Donne stated that meridians and circles of latitude could form a network. Mirroring this network onto the constellations, this was brought to light.
Five thousand years earlier, the ancient Egyptians coupled the observation of the heliacial rising of the star Sirius as the basis for their solar calendar. These observatories would eventually become prehistoric capitals of Egypt. 365 archminutes exist between the two places, one for each day of the year.
This stunning revelation became the basis for Zitman’s study of the planological design of ancient Egypt. He concluded that both the ancient Egyptians and Sumerians used the constellations in the sky to map the Earth. As such, an enigmatic planisphere, held in the British Museum, could finally reveal its true meaning. Its analysis and projection on a map showed the origins of the common ancestors of the Egyptians of Lower Egypt and the Sumerians, this for the first time ever. Zitman’s theory was confirmed by the recent discovery of the oldest pottery, around 7500 BC, anywhere in the world… in the precise location where these ancestors originated from.