Hi Greg, I found your video online but the clips don't seem to come up for me, must be my computer:
http://www.mysterious-america.net/yucatanhallclips.htmlAnyway, I have been reading up on this and the Yucatan Hall of Records sounds more accessible than the Egypt Hall of Records anyway. I guess this was written by Lora?
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Links between Piedras Negras and the Maya Creation Stories
Our research also revealed that the Maya creation stories contain many aspects that resemble Cayce's story of the Atlantean immigrant Iltar who, with 10 companions, arrived in the Yucatan in 10,500 B.C. transporting the Atlantean records. Piedras Negras is linked to the Maya creation story in several ways. First, it contains an altar upon which is carved the creation story and some very old pre-Maya dates (5,000, 4,000 and 3114 B.C.). It is also the location where the firestone emblems were carefully placed by the Classic Maya. In addition, one of the ruling families at Piedras Negras was named Turtleshell who claimed to be descendants of the gods. Also, the turtleshell was a sacred symbol for the Maya since it is the place from which the gods (Atlanteans?) were said to have emerged during the last creation (August 14, 3114 B.C.).
Even more compelling is the fact that the Maya creation story directly involves the 3 stars making up the belt of Orion. Several pyramid alignments at Piedras Negras show the characteristic Orion placement earlier identified at Giza by Bauval and Gilbert. Perhaps more startling is the finding that several pyramids at Piedras Negras show astonishing alignments with Orion at both the beginning of the current Maya era (on August 13, 3114 B.C.) and its end (December 22, 2012 A.D.). And these represent only a small sampling of the many correlations found between Piedras Negras and Cayce's story.
In recent years, Brigham Young University has been conducting digs at the site. Brigham Young archaeologists have found that several pyramids at the site were built over older structures made with megalithic stones indicating the possible existence of a more ancient pre-Maya civilization. These pyramids are located in the same area that The Lost Hall of Records indicates as the likely site of the Hall of Records. The early excavations at Piedras Negras are also detailed in the book with numerous pictures and illustrations (some dating to 1895 expeditions at the site).
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http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/areatlanx.htmI guess that Brigham Young is the university that still has the excavation rights? Is there anyway that A.R.E. can make a deal with the university and excavate, too?
How old were the earliest pyramids that were built over, is there any estimation?
I also saw a special with John Van Auken on "Digging for the Truth," where he points out a stela before the Sphinx, depicting two Sphinxes, each one sitting on a house. Since he identifies this as the Hall of Records, wouldn't that mean that there are two underground chambers there, not one?
