In 2016, Iraqi Transport Minister Kazim Finjan made a sensational statement during his business trip to Dhi Qar. According to him, the Sumerians had their own spaceport and actively traveled, including outside the solar system.

The Sumerians were one of the ancient advanced civilizations that lived around 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers which later became Babylonia and is now in Iraq and Syria.

The ancient buildings of the Sumerians amaze with their grandeur and are in no way inferior to the Egyptian pyramids. Naturally, various theories are proposed about the purpose of the ziggurats (massive structures built in ancient Mesopotamia), including the interest of ufologists. However, no one expected the official to make such a statement.

Ziggurat: A massive structure built in ancient Mesopotamia to bring the temple closer to heaven. The Mesopotamians believed that these pyramid temples connected heaven and earth.

The Sumerians believed in many gods. They prayed to Anu (the supreme god or sky god), Enki (the god of water, knowledge, mischief, crafts, and creation), Enlil (the Lord of the Wind), Inanna (the Queen of Heaven), Utu (the sun god), and Sim (the moon god).

They invented several technologies, including the wheel, cuneiform writing, arithmetic, geometry, irrigation, saws and other tools, sandals, chariots, harpoons, and beer.

Finjan is certain that the first airports and spacecraft platforms were built about 7,000 years ago in the ancient cities of Eridu and Ur. Unfortunately, the minister did not mention where the Sumerians got these technologies from and why there is no evidence of them.

Professor Kamal Aziz Ketuly wrote that during his visit to the Iraqi Museum in Baghdad in the Sumerian wing, he observed three Sumerian clay tablets with cuneiform writing and drawings, dating back to about 3000 BC. According to him, on one of the tablets he found heliocentric drawings of the solar system. See here:  http://pascalobservatory.org 

Fur thermore, from 3000 BC onwards, “the Mesopotamians used a calendar with months and years, which indicates that the Moon was studied at that time.” Interestingly, in ancient Mesopotamia, “all five planets visible to the naked eye were known and studied, along with the Moon, the Sun, the stars, and other celestial phenomena.” These planets are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.

Sumerian cuneiform tablets dated 3000 BC. Image credit:  Ancient Pages

Scientists have several versions of the emergence of multi-tiered temples. One of them is the need to keep the building in good condition, since it was intended for the gods for as long as possible. That is why each next tier was built on top of the previous one.

The Sumerians showed their desire for the upper world. The number of platforms may coincide with the number of known luminaries. It is important to note that there were no forests and minerals in Lower Mesopotamia. The Sumerians were actively trading, so it is difficult to imagine where the resources for the construction of full-fledged spaceships came from.

The truth will remain hidden from time. If the Sumerians could conquer space they would have already flown away from Earth.

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