“It’s usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.”
Thomas Sowell
Chapter 2
Part I
Aha! or Enter the Dragon
In chapter one I provided a glimpse of the level of sophistication ancient people achieved in their stonework. According to archaeologist, stones manufactured the way they were aren’t supposed to exist. Keep in mind that supposedly humankind didn’t exist in the Americas until they came via a Bering Strait ice bridge from Asia about 10,000 years ago. Or at least that’s the story we’re told. Who made these stones then? Maybe their name will be lost to history. Then again, perhaps not. Almost a decade ago I began applying the name Aha people to this forgotten civilization. The primary reason was that many of the stones collected appeared to show a person with extremely floppy cheeks. From previous studies in history and world religions, the African anthropomorphic, dwarf, god Bes/Aha with his floppy cheeks came to mind. It seemed a decent enough name I determined, so I stuck to it. Not that I was making a connection between the people here, in the Americas, and the African god Aha/Bes, I wasn’t. At the time it was just a name.
Statue of Aha/ Bes
About two years ago I realized I could have easily solved the name dilemma by researching old maps. In this particular case one Spanish and one British.
To the left is an old 17th century Spanish map. Although the map is off scale in relation to the actual terrain, it shows that these ancient people (or at least their descendants) may have in fact been called the Aha. How so? The map depicts what was then Spanish Florida. As you can see it encompasses almost all of what is currently the Southeastern United States. There are two kingdoms worth noting. The first is Tascalisa (pronounced Ta-ska-lee-sa), circled red on the map. Today it is known as Tuscaloosa (Tuh-ska-loo-sa), AL. Just above it is the kingdom of Vlibahaly (pronounced Vlib-Aha-lee), circled in green. Did u notice the Aha in the name? Incidentally, what would have been the kingdom of Vlibahaly was the principle area of my research. Coincidence? Maybe. The map on the right is from the 1700’s with the same area, then under British control. As you can see, the kingdom of Vlibahaly became a part of the colony of Georgia. The name Vlibahaly dissappears but, is replaced by a region named Chiahasas (Chi-Aha-sus) on this map of the British American colonies.
As I indicated previously, I didn’t initially make a connection with the African god Aha/Bes. Then I thought… maybe 🤔. We’ll circle back to the possibilities that there was indeed a connection in a later chapter. That said, in the future when I use the term Aha it is synonymous with those that made these stones. Speaking of which, let’s return to them.
It’s been repeatedly asserted by me that many of these stones have been manufactured. Here’s another stellar example!
If I asked you what video game character this stone most resembles what would your answer be? If you’re an “old skool” gamer you’ve already said Pac-Man and for good reason. It does. But this is no video game character, this stone is almost mythological in nature. The painted surface of the interior of the mouth is unequaled even in modern stone works of art. In the close-up view of the mouth, notice the rich reddish-orange colors separated by a series of uniform brown markings. These markings form baby-like teeth inside the creatures mouth. Clearly the Pac-Man shape itself most resembles some type of reptile but, what kind? And what about that reddish-orange color? Well, just like the color white, in the firebird stone, represented heat, the color mixture of reddish-orange seen here does as well. Specifically, to the Aha, reddish-orange represented fire 🔥. As a side note, did you notice the color similarity between the paint the Aha used and the fire emoji? MESSAGE!!! 🤣 Are you starting to see the picture? Historically/mythologically what reptile was capable of breathing fire? Are you getting a clearer picture now? What if… hear me out here, what if this stone represents one of their babies? And yes, we are talking about dragons here!
Did you know that the Olmec believed in dragons? Surprisingly, they did. In addition, if indeed the stone above does depict a baby dragon it goes without saying that there would have been adult dragons. If so, shouldn’t some stones with their likenesses exist? Amazingly they do.
Next post: Chapter 2 part II