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[TRAILHEAD] Ridley Scott's Prometheus Viral...
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Rebus
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The first tablet reads Teotihuacan but that doesn't seem to work in the URL.\, and I can't read the third one before is fades, Elissan maybe? The link seems to be only with Eridu, good work enaxor!

EDIT: Another screen cap shows the third one along to say Eilean A' Cheo, which translates to the Isle of Skye.

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sillygrav
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Rebus wrote:
The first tablet reads Teotihuacan but that doesn't seem to work in the URL.\, and I can't read the third one before is fades, Elissan maybe? The link seems to be only with Eridu, good work enaxor!

EDIT: Another screen cap shows the third one along to say Eilean A' Cheo, which translates to the Isle of Skye.


The other ones say Mesopotamia and Ugarit but those don't work either.

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Jorgey
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sg%C3%B9rr_nan_Gillean
The Isle of Sky is one of the filming locations. It looks very similar to the area Shaw and scarfman find the cave drawings featured on that tablet.

The two projectprometheus login pages each have their own directory, so they are probably separate for a reason. The only difference between their source code is that eridu has some google analytics code.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:10 pm
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Yoko99
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Hi everyone, this is the first ARG I'm in time enough to participate to.
Just found this place, love it already, registered just now.
I hope I can bring some contribution!

THe locations displayed that I can make out are these, from left to right:
(the xxx's are the words I could'nt quite make out yet.)


xxxxxx agricultural region
western NILE DELTA

destruction excavation site B
central TEOTIHUACÁN

early Sumerian settlement
lower ERIDU

North Island
EILEAN A' CHEO' - Cuillin region

ancient cultural region
central-southern MESOPOTAMIA

central ANATOLIA fields
south western UGARIT

ONE ALI'I park region
refugio sanctuary HONAUNAU

That's all 7.

EDIT: Ok, that first one there is:

Memphis agricultural region
western NILE DELTA

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lord_acesco
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SevenSonicStructures wrote:

Considering Eridu was the first city in the world according to Sumerian Mythology, and that many kings ruled there, could this have a relationship with Prometheus? It sounds to me that this might movie might be heavily based on Sumerian mythology aside from greek mythos, what with the Annunaki and all.


This might be related to the Gilgamesh myth ( King of Uruk ). He's the only Sumerian king that tried to attempt something similar to Prometheus. (at least metaphorical ).

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SevenSonicStructures
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Just fell into the deceitful realm of conspiracy theories, Nibiru/Planet X and such, and I came back more convinced that this movie will revolve around Sumerian Ancient Aliens, namely, Anunnaki, or at least they'll have an interesting role.

In any case, check this out:


This is one of many tablets depicting the Anunnaki (the guy sitting to the right), much taller than those to the left, which are supposed to be human. Now I don't know if this follows some of the rules for hieroglyphs in the sense of hierarchy or not, but if we interpret it literally, it means that the Anunnaki were taller than regular humans. This tablet is similar to the one depicted in the trailer, except that it has more "humans" to the left.

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hamatoyoshi
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Star Map

If one reads the Weyland Industries Timeline one will see the Discovery of Archeron LV-426 dated May 14, 2039 stating that it's outside of Zeta 2 Reticula.

Incidentally, Archeron LV-426 is the planet from Alien.

Anyway, if you Google Zeta 2 Reticuli, you'll come up with lots of UFO conspiracy stuff which will find lots of information about a Betty Hill Starmap, which is seemingly related to the Betty and Barney Hill abduction..

Does this arrangement look familiar to anyone?



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SevenSonicStructures
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I've been reading that wiki article since you posted it, in detail, and while I'm not sure it's directly linked to this (since the first reference pointed to Orion and the second to a Sumerian city), the similarities and apparent links to Alien are definitely there.
Also I find that whole thing creepy as fuck. I wasn't aware of that abduction story.

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zepperdude
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If you plot HD 245409 in the Orion constellation - it appears to be "The Eye Of Orion".

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Jorgey
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The only link to Orion is the number 245409, which could easily be a coincidence. This Betty Hill Starmap is way too close to not be involved. Especially considering the star is mentioned in the timeline.

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SevenSonicStructures
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Jorgey wrote:
The only link to Orion is the number 245409, which could easily be a coincidence. This Betty Hill Starmap is way too close to not be involved. Especially considering the star is mentioned in the timeline.


I don't think it's a coincidence considering a message was sent to the star HD 245409 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Call), which is a very similar link to the "WOW!" message through which we found the picture in Weyland Industries' site.
But the way we found the second login link was by using clues from the trailer and not Orion, so I'll concede that point for the reasons I'll list below. The third login page (maybe there's one?) will actually be discovered through another unrelated clue.

Now, about the Starmap:
Two of the stars in the map (Gliese 86 and Zeta Eridani) are in the Eridanus constellation, and both have planets, recently discovered. The other two are in the Reticulum constellation (Zeta1 and Zeta2), with no discovered planets, and the other is in the Mensa constellation (Alpha Mensae). I'm excluding Sol for obvious reasons.

FOcusing on Eridanus, here's some history behind its name:

Quote:
History and mythology

According to one theory, the Greek constellation takes its name from the Babylonian constellation known as the Star of Eridu (MUL.NUN.KI). Eridu was an ancient city in the extreme south of Babylonia; situated in the marshy regions it was held sacred to the god Enki-Ea who ruled the cosmic domain of the Abyss - a mythical conception of the fresh-water reservoir below the Earth's surface.[5]

Eridanus is connected to the myth of Phaëton, who took over the reins of his father Helios' sky chariot (i.e., the Sun), but didn't have the strength to control it and so veered wildly in different directions, scorching both earth and heaven. Zeus intervened by striking Phaëton dead with a thunderbolt and casting him to earth. The constellation was supposed to be the path Phaëton drove along; in later times, it was considered a path of souls. Since Eridanos was also a Greek name for the Po (Latin Padus), in which the burning body of Phaëton is said by Ovid to have extinguished, the mythic geography of the celestial and earthly Eridanus is complex.[6]


Edit: More info on The Star of Eridu
Notice in the attachment (source: http://books.google.com/books?id=nAuTreDJKdoC&lpg=PA102&ots=XnIVrrS-98&dq=the%20star%20of%20eridu&pg=PA103#v=onepage&q&f=false) the triangle shape the stars form in the syllable conforming MUL.NUN.KI's name.
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tk4444
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Anybody check to see if the morse code is sending a different message which could be the password? Just throwing things at the wall. Never know.

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Rocket Rob
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Elizabeth Shaw says...."no, not a map. An invitation."

Rocket Rob says...No, not an invitation. IT'S A WARNING!!
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Maybe the 3 squares on the left of the Project Prometheus graphic could offer a clue. They look like a signal flag system. But so far I haven't had much luck.
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da_scottster
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Not sure if this helps, but according to Wikipedia the Cosmic Call is due to arrive in Orion on August 2040.

There is a massive gap in the Weyland Timeline from 2039 - 2052. Perhaps the Cosmic Call response kicked off a series of events relating to "The Invitation"?

Think the Cosmic Call is closely related, especially given the previous morse code result, so am trying using several passwords related to this. Date it was sent, the letters of the message etc, but nothing so far...

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