An aura of mystery surrounds one of the most controversial and least known sites in Southern Africa. Shamanic communities call it Inzalo ye Langa, “birthplace of the Sun”. Lovers of the arcane and religious cults know this rock formation as ‘Adam’s Calendar’, or the ‘African Stonehenge’. A Natural Sundial A breath-taking path across the Blue Swallow Natural Heritage Site, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, provides visitors with priceless views over the Barberton crater. The area was shaped millions of years ago by a meteorite impact. The incident created one of the richest gold sediments in Southern Africa and turned mountains and cliffs into spectacular watchtowers over the land of Mpumalanga. As you reach Inzalo ye Langa, you can feel the might of an overwhelming nature. The evocative shape of its rocks takes you back to an era when the people of Bokoni owned this land and built an advanced farming society. Archaeological evidence classifies the site as a natural formation. Non-academic, esoteric literature instead refers to Adam’s Calendar as the oldest astronomical observatory in the world. Unconfirmed dating tests made by local enthusiasts would allegedly demonstrate the inception of the calendar about 65 to 75 thousand years ago, well before the birth of any known civilization. Photo: Alessandro Parodi Some rocks of the calendar are in line with the rising Sun on solstices and equinoxes and with the Orion belt at night. A snake shaped figure, a bird man rock and a sphinx-like stone resemble a prototype of…
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