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THOSE WHO USED CUNEIFORM CHARACTERS

By A. L. Kulsky

A gem of ancient Assyrian culture, legend of Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu was discovered among the ruins of the grand clay cuneiform library of Ashurbanipal in the devastated capital Nineveh (Ashur, Retennu) in 6th century BC. Generally Gilgamesh who, "traveled far and wide in the world and who went through everything and who broke the word about the days before the great flood..." was the embodiment of Shumer. Therefore both kings and Chaldean magicians tried to imitate his image during three thousand years.

Chaldean kings had their helmets sparkling with gold, and their queens had decorated garments. White stone fortresses would arise in mountains and deserts. The social and economic structure remained the same for thousand years. We are still amazed to see the wealth found in kings' tombs in the Chaldean town of Uhr. Over 200 tons of gold! And these treasures had been in the ground for over 4,5 thousand years.

But what is really amazing is what Chaldean magicians knew and what they did in their remote zikkurates!

In the British Museum in London one can find a cylindrical Shumer seal (under No. C- 239) of a very strange meaning. It displays a scene where God Marduk hands some labor tools like sickle or harrow over to the people. This 5,000 years old seal would have been just a general scientific concern if it had not depicted our solar system in its full layout and with much precision as well. It was Jupiter and Saturn with rings. . But, also it has the tenth planet there indeed! This planet has nothing to do with the legendary Phaeton which always was a popular name in the history while this planet, Marduk, has been no less famous and yet most inaccessible so far.

If the scene is true, then the orbit of planet Marduk is never found in the ecliptic line. It revolves against the other planets as it has the angle of inclination equal to 134°. This means that Marduk moves in the direction opposite to the other planets. On the other hand, this planet travels the nearer to the Sun in one point than Mars. As for its farthest point Marduk travels virtually into the universe.

Even the Chaldean magicians thought that it should take nearly three thousand years before the planet Marduk makes its full travel path. The year of its appearance is called Marduk. Now American scientists are trying to find this hypothetical planet. The probability analysis shows that the momentum of the Sun is higher than the momentum of all planets of the solar system. Therefore the existence of another planet like exotic Marduk would make more feasible the hypothesis of the Solar system origin. However Americans suppose it is almost impossible to monitor it's passing across the universe by modern techniques so far.

The cuneiform points out that Chaldean magicians watched this planet as many as six times in their history! If that is the case, then only one conclusion might be drawn: Chaldeans watched the sky and handed information over to their successors over nearly 20,000 years. Just think!