In Theogony, the 8th-century BC poet Hesiod describes the cave Zeus was hidden in as lying in these very mountains, and specifically near the city of Lyktos, the location of the Dikteon Cave.īut the similarities between this cave and the cave of Zeus described in Greek mythology go much further. Gives it to Cronus, which he swallows down.Īnd what she does is hides Zeus away in a cave. So what she does is substitute a rock that she's wrapped up in swaddling clothes. Now his mother Rhea, who's Cronus's wife, is distraught about this. Zeus's father, Cronus, is not particularly excited about giving birth to a child because he's heard a prophecy that one of his children is going to over throne him So, just as soon as their children are born he just swallows them all down. In Greek mythology, Zeus is the son of Cronus, the king of the first generation of gods known as the Titans. Historians believe the first inhabitants of the area actually lived inside the cave, and according to legend, its many chambers were once home to an otherworldly being, Zeus, the Greek god of thunder. This sprawling complex of caverns stretches nearly one and a half square miles, and archeological finds have shown a human presence dating as far back as 6,000 years ago. On the Lassithi Plateau, over half a mile above sea level, lies the Dikteon Cave.

Millions of people around the world believe we have been visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings.ĭid ancient aliens really help to shape our history?ĭoes it help to explain our continuing fascination with stories of gods and heroes? Many of the sacred powers given to kings of the past we know today were more than likely technology that ancient man was given from the actual gods, which we know were probably extraterrestrials. If the so-called gods had incredible powers, we have them in us, too.Ĭould ancient stories of god-like kings and heroes really have otherworldly origins? Humans were created according to the image of God. Implanted within our DNA is this desire to become god-like, to fly in the air, or swim through the ocean or especially to ascend into the stars. Throughout history, mankind has told incredible tales of gods and superheroes.īut do we yearn to possess these extraordinary powers for another, more profound, reason?

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