05. King Pakal: An Actual Ancient Astronaut?
It‘s Probably (not) Aliens!
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The World Tree Symbol
The symbol of the world tree is often a depiction of the cosmological order of the universe. The celestial bird represents the heavens, and the part at the bottom that ancient aliens calls fire like rocket exhaust are the roots of the tree. And again, the in the roots, you see this double headed vision serpent, which is depicted on pecal's head and is shown on many other funerary things. It's believed live at the centre of the world, so it's depicted as basely a voyage down into the centre ofthe world.
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