Astronomical Dating and Interpretation of the Asfendos Crete Cave Rockgraph

Authors

  • Magdalena Zografou Fili Independent Researcher, Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA), Painting Department, Athens, Greece

Keywords:

Constellations; Comets; Younger Dryas-10.892; Glovis; Atlantis

Abstract

It is concludedthat hammer cyclic dents in shapings depict the constellations of Sagittarius, Scorpio, Libra, Ophiuchus, Ofis, Hercules.They stress the exact position of Venus,of Hermes and of the Moon and they are complemented by the symbol of the Sun. The depiction of the Sky on the rockgraphs is identified with the depication that we received from the astronomical programme Stellarium on the 20th of August in 10,892 B.C. Looking at the sky in the summer from the Asfendos, you can see the edge of the Galaxy going through the Sagittarius constellation and in the position of the Sagittarius A* there is the Black Hole, the centre of our Galaxy. Also, in an orbit around the Sun, there is a depicted comet which, when combined to the date, leads to the case of an asteroid falling on planet Earth, that may be a possible cause of the glacier period “Younger Dryas” causing flooding phenomenons in the area of the Mediterranean Aegean sea, just like the Ogigus cataclysm and the Atlantis sinking us well. On the Asfendos rockgraph, the Cretan deer Candiacervus being eliminated before 21,500 B.C, is illustrated. On the rockgraph, spears with leaf shaped edges like Clovis point (11,500–9,000), are depicted. Symbols, such as breakeven cross, arrows, ships, a sprout and deers, are evolving on ideograms of the Cretan Hieroglyphic Scripture and of the Grammic A and B Scripture too.

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2025-09-26

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Fili, M. Z. (2025). Astronomical Dating and Interpretation of the Asfendos Crete Cave Rockgraph. Herança, 8(3 In press), 28–50. Retrieved from https://revistaheranca.com/index.php/heranca/article/view/1162