FACE AT MYSTERY MOUNTAIN(Hamlin, near Charleston, WV, c.1920 BC)

Dr. R.M. de Jonge ©, drsrmdejonge@hotmail.comJune, 2013

SummaryMystery Mountain is located at Hamlin, WV. It is one of the most important megalithic sites of the US, dated c.1920 BC. On a vertical rock wall a Face is shown with two eyes in the shape of square notches. Below the Face a row of three similar notches was carved. The glyph appears to tell the story of the Egyptian discovery of America via the Bering Sea by king Menkaure of the Fourth Dynasty (c.2570 BC). The four Atlantic crossings were subsequently discovered by three kings of the Fifth Dynasty. This famous story is told in an unusual power-ful manner, which illustrates the importance of this major site.

IntroductionOn a vertical Rock wall at Mystery Mountain, WV, about one meter high, a Face is shown (Fig.1). Two Eyes are carved as two square notches with a Nose in between. Just below the Face and at the left side, a horizontal row of three smaller but similar notches was carved. - What might be the meaning of this petroglyph? (Refs.1,2)

Fig.1 Petroglyph at Mystery Mountain, WV (c.1920 BC)(Courtesy: Yoly Molina, Refs.1,2)

Egyptian discovery of AmericaKing MenkaureMystery Mountain is located at Hamlin near Charleston, West Virginia, at 38°N. The two Eyes of the Face refer to the 40th latitude line, 2° above the Site, at 38+2= 40°N. It encodes

the discovery of America in the Fourth Dynasty (Old Kingdom). Latitudes were already known c.4800 BC, as shown by the monument of Barnénez, Brittany, France. At the left side of the glyph are a total of 1+3= 4 squares, confirming it. The square notches each have four equal sides and angles, twice confirming it, again.

It happened at the southern Aleutian islands, at the south side of the Bering Sea, at the com-plementary latitude of 90-40= c.50°N by the 5th king Menkaure (Mycerinos, c.2580-2562 BC) of this dynasty. In antiquity the use of complementary latitudes was very common. The glyph has a total of 2+3= 5 square notches, confirming it. The length of the 40th latitude line from coast to coast across North America equals 50°, confirming it, again.

The meridian, or north-south line of the Site runs to the Ohio River, 1° higher, at 38+1= 39°N. The exact level of the southern Aleutian islands is provided by its complementary latitude, at 90-39= 51°N.

The holy Arctic Circle, at 67°N, is the northernmost line the Sun still shines at midwinter day (Sun religion). It shows king Menkaure returned via the Bering Strait, 1° below it, at 67-1= 66°N. He discovered this crossing, too, 66-51= 15° above the southern Aleutian islands. - The row of three notches below the Face shows he was an Egyptian king from the Nile Delta, at 30°N. (Refs.3-6)

Crossings of the Atlantic King SahureThe southern Cape Verde islands, off shore West Africa, are situated at 15°N (see above). The Nile Delta, at 30°N, encodes the sailing direction of the Southern Crossing of the Atlantic, with the wind and the current, 30° SSW. The 50th latitude line near the southern Aleutians en-codes the point of arrival, Cape São Rock (the Holy Rock), Brazil, at 5°S, as well as the Fifth Dynasty. The sailing distance of 2 Moiras, or 20°, encodes the 2nd king Sahure (c.2510-2498 BC), who discovered it. The two Eyes of the Face confirm this discovery by the 2nd king.

This king had to return. Mystery Mountain is located at the level of the nine islands of the A-zores in the middle of the Ocean, at 38°N. It shows he returned from Cape Race, the SE Cape of Newfoundland, 9° above Mystery Mountain, at 38+9= 47°N. The initial sailing direction, with the wind and the current, is 20° ESE, and the sailing distance is 2 Moiras, or 20°, to the two islands of the West Azores. The two Eyes illustrate this Crossing was discovered by this 2nd king, as well.

The West Azores are located at 39°N, as indicated by the meridian of the site, which runs to the Ohio River at this latitude. The five notches of the glyph and the five islands of the Cen-tral Azores at the latitude of Mystery Mountain confirm it happened in the Fifth Dynasty. The two Eyes of the Face confirm the two southern crossings of the Ocean were discovered by the 2nd king Sahure of this dynasty.

The two Eyes refer to the Strait of Gibraltar, 2° below Mystery Mountain, at 38-2= 36°N. It is the exit of the Mediterranean Sea. Each of the notches has four equal angles of 90° for a total of 4x90= 360°, confirming it. It refers to the circumference of the planet Earth of 36 Moiras, or 360°. It shows the 2nd king Sahure was the first king who circumnavigated the Earth. (Refs.7-11)

King NeferirkareThe Nile Delta is located at 30°N. It encodes the Northern Crossing of the Ocean from the Shetland Islands, via the South Cape of Greenland, to Cape Chidley, Canada, at the comple-mentary latitude of 90-30= 60°N. It was discovered by the 3rd king Neferirkare (c.2498-2478 BC). So, the third crossing of the Ocean was discovered by this 3rd king, as illustrated by the row of three smaller notches.

King UnasThe last discovered crossing starts at Abaco Island, northern Bahama’s, 3° below the Missis-sippi Delta, at 30-3= 27°N. The 2nd king Sahure reigned for 12 years. It shows the sailing dis-tance to Bermuda, at 30+2= 32°N, was 12 moiras, or 12°. This island is located 9° above the holy Tropic of Cancer, at 23+9= 32°N. At midsummer day the Sun is there at right angles above (Sun religion).

It shows the Crossing from Bermuda to the nine islands of the Azores was discovered by the 9th and last king Unas (c.2403-2370 BC) of this dynasty. All square notches have equal an-gles of 90°, confirming it. Mystery Mountain is located at the latitude of the three island groups of the Azores (the East, Central, and West Azores), which encode the long sailing dis-tance, with the wind and the current, of 3 Moiras, or 30°. The row of three smaller notches confirms it. (Refs.12-17)

ConfirmationThe Eyes of the Face are made of two square notches. They show the Crossings below and a-bove the Bering Sea were discovered in the Fourth Dynasty. The row of three smaller notches illustrate the three Egyptian kings who were involved in the discovery of the four Atlantic Crossings.

The 1+3= 4 square notches at the left side of the glyph confirm the total number of 1+3= 4 Egyptian kings who were involved in the discovery of America. The total number of 2+3= 5 notches confirm the four Atlantic Crossings were discovered in the Fifth Dynasty.

The row of three notches has a total of 3x4= 12 sides, confirming the 12 years of reign of king Sahure (c.2510-2498 BC). The five notches of the glyph has a total number of 5x4= 20 sides, confirming the 20 years of reign of king Neferirkare (c.2498-2478 BC).

These five notches refer to the islands of Madeira, 5° below Mystery Mountain and the Cen-tral Azores, at 38-5= 33°N. It encodes the 33 years of reign of king Unas (c.2403-2370 BC), who discovered the island of Bermuda in the west, 1° below Madeira, at 33-1= 32°N. It is lo-cated 50-32= 18° below the 50th latitude line, confirming the 18 years of reign of king Men-kaure (c.2580-2562 BC), who discovered America.

ReligionThe 18 years of reign of king Menkaure refer to the ancient civilization around the south point of the Gulf of Campeche, Mexico, at 18°N. It was the place where the Olmec civilization star-ted, the holiest place of the America’s. It is the center of the Underworld, “the Realm of the Dead, at the other side of the waters (the Ocean), in the land where the Sun sets (America).”

It is located at half the latitude of the Strait of Gibraltar, at 36/2= 18°N. It is the center of the Land of Punt, at a symbolic distance of half the circumference of the planet Earth, 18 Moiras,

or 180° from the Land of the Living (Egypt). The ancient Egyptian “Book of the Dead” con-tained c.180 Spells for the Afterlife, confirming it. It is the oldest book on Earth. (Refs.18-32)

Fig.2 The 5th king Menkaure (c.2580-2562 BC) of the Fourth Dynasty, who discovered America via the Bering Sea. (Boston Museum of Fine Arts)

DateThe meridian of Mystery Mountain leaves the west coast of East Florida 38-26= 12° below the Site, encoding its date in the Twelfth Dynasty. The row of three notches and the two Eyes (notches) in his Face suggest the Site dates from the 3rd king Amenemhet II (c.1920 BC).

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