Showing posts with label pompeii. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Ancient Astronauts in Pompeii?

While visiting the ruins in Pompeii I came across something I certainly wasn't looking for:



It's strange that I had never heard of this.  Many of us are familiar with different paintings and images of UFOs in old works of art.  Here are some of the more well known examples:


From Wikipedia - This is the painting titled The Madonna with Saint Giovannino a painting from around the 15th century most likely painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio. The painting depicts Mary mother of Jesus looking down while in the background you can see a clear picture of what appears to be a UFO flying above while a man on a ledge blocks the sun with his hand and stares at the strange flying object in the sky.

This is The Baptism of Christ by Aert de Gelder (1710).  The disk-shaped representation of God(?) is certainly odd.


Having read much of the ancient astronaut lore I was surprised to find this ancient UFO-like painting in Pompeii.  I Am I the first UFO enthusiast to visit the ruins?  Or am I just the only person who thinks it looks like a UFO at all?


It's drawn on a wall above buildings as if it's in the air.  Did the Greeks who lived in Pompeii see things like this in the sky?

Oh, and Boston saw it, too.