The region of Venus whose Magellan image is entitled "Ammavaru" is the location of a number of striking artifacts previously covered in this "sub-series" on "The Monuments of Venus". I have implied that it is still richer in ancient artifacts that what has been previously been shown on these pages. Especially with the sudden convenient scarcity of Magellan images on the internet at this time, the original NASA image has been worthy of revisiting.

The final impetus to do so came the other day when coming across the image at random, and being once more amazed at it- the first "Grail", the first "Arrowhead", the "Lyre"- a possible ship, all not only occur in an amazingly small part of the image, but they are all, having once known their existance, clearly visible even in the unenhanced original!

Section of Ammavaru source image at original scale, with some increase of contrast. Even without enlargement, you can see the "Grail", the Balance and it's hexagonal enclosure at lower right, and "The Lyre", a possible ship, near upper left.

Here is one of the details that is not so easily visible in the original. The area detailed is at the far right, near center between top and bottom, of the original image.

We'll use the idea again that has previously led to much success here, that the architects of the Monuments of Venus may have used large natural features as "focal points" for artificial ones.

Even though as you can see the pixels have not yet been blown up to the point that every detail appears square, there is a very odd object with seemingly unnatural geometry in the upper right hand corner of the image.

If we're willing to consider it enough cause to slow down, back up, and look at a larger surrounding area, let's see what we find...

Toward the lower right hand corner of this image of the same area and the area surrounding it, we can begin to make out something that seems to have the odd shape of the Face on Mars from Cydonia.

Shall we go with the thought again that what might be a face might be important, and have a closer look?

In the image at right, we are doing just that. What is this?

There doesn't seem to be the expected face set into that shape, but it seems to almost have the striated balance at left, and yet there's no counterpart at right, nor the larger enclosing triangle that we have seen before when one side of the balance appeared to be missing. Can we see any traces of a face this time set next to the striated balance?

Yes, there is a face, and I will be happy to consider it an endorsement of the remarkable enhancements by others that show evidence of Mayan stylizing in artifacts on both Mars and the Moon, corroboration of evidence of same on these pages, and a link that help us come to terms with the odd stylizing of the face in the lower right corner of the "City of Seven Faces" image on Page One of "The Monuments of Venus".

I have had the distinct feeling that that image of a "seventh face" is a cat, with it's mouth stretched out in some preposterous, cartoonish fashion, in some odd ancient Mesoamerican or South American stylization, but it's been something of a flimsy argument... until now, that is (even though the original image here contains a beautiful example of a tiered pyramid, next to an even bigger shocker).

That stylization seems appreciably like what we find in this image, where the Cydonia face contour told us we should expect to find a face, and of course, we did.

Take a careful look at the face, it is a rabbit, with an odd triangular head, and an obvious pair of bucked teeth that come to us straight from countless Mayan and Aztec artworks, even their astrological symbols.

The astrological symbol concept would appear to be emminently revelant here, for it explains what has happened to the balance: The right side triangle has been inverted, so that there's diametric opposites. It's extremely reminiscent of the use of "69" as a symbol for the modern astrological sign of Cancer, and indeed this sign is represented by the hare in modern Chinese astrology, and may well have been in ancient Mesoamerican astrology.

In astrological physiology, this sign often rules the chest, or the heart (and sometimes the adjacent sign, Leo) which Anubis weighs. This too may be an astronomical and chronological marker after the fashion of Hancock and bauval's assessment of the Sphinx of Giza.

Once again, as in the previous images of "The Monuments of Venus", there is not just random coincidental appearance of forms, but the tell-tale signs of intelligent creation.

Once again as well, the cultures, the symbols, and the animal art that we find on Venus are consistently terrestial, consistenly the apparent work of past humans.

Let's take this as an encouragement that we should look very carefully at this entire area, and see what else may be here, near what seems to be a particularly striking and unique landmark.

The amazing "Bunny Balance"- for want of a working title, with its remarkable set of eyes, appearing to be possibly "perfectly" rounded boulders, is now at upper left in this image. Hazy, but perfectly visible if you look carefully.

But what is this very near to it, toward lower right in these two images at right and left?

It looks like a cross between an igloo and those countless tragically wasted paintings in science magazines of possible or proposed human bases on other worlds that never came to pass, with a door on its left and two windows in an extension on the right, and a convient point in the center of the dome.

It also gives the impression of being virtually surrounded by more artificial, man-made things, and there is something especially curious directly behind it...

Above is the same image, with an optimistic detailing of some of the possibilities lying behind the dome, and yet compare the two carefully and note how exceedingly little has been added. The color has been almost completely been used only to make the forms stand out here for the casual observer.

If it is, in addition to the possibility that "The Lyre" from the same original source image is also a ship- a form that may be repeated again in this and ohter images- it hardly seems to be alone in the Ammavaru image, as you will see if you have the patience to proceed to the end of the next part of this work.

At left is a detail from "the city" near the Grail, which also begins the next page of images, where it is discussed further. In the upper right corner, there's an almost-eagle like figure, which does not seem to be the only possible winged figure in the original, there is yet another in the next page of images.

Below at left is a detail from near center near the bottom of the original, in which it is plainly visible. It is not greatly enlarged here, but the decisively-cut hourglass on the round stone, that sits in the unnaturally rectangular cavity, is remarkable. There seem to be other artificial objects in the close vicinity, including at the closer end of the rectangle.

The hourglass can of course be considered another possible occurance of the precessional symbol, or another version of the Mayan "Olin" glyph, which occurs previously in these images, and again on the next page of images.

Above, at left, is a possible balance in the vicinity of the "hourglass disc", with a curious, insect-like face seemingly set into the center this time. It's meaning is uncertain, but it may be a form of scarab, and hard-shelled creatures, in the form of crustaceans, are currently used to symbolize the sign of Cancer, which is often also represented in contemporary terms by canines. Within the present narrow limits of interchangable astological and astronomical symbols, a consistent message may remain even in this odd variation.

At upper right, is a close-up of an detail in the foreground of the original, that has a curious resemblance to a face with an Egyptian headress, and oddly, a beard. I'm not sure that I'm willing to tell you that that is in fact what it is, but again, looking at such a focal point, there are details that we are drawn to.

In this case, at upper left in the image, is an amazing tower, yet another with a conical black roof, looking more like the old Templar towers in the center of the Rennes-le-Chateau mystery than any I've of those I've seen in images of Mars or Venus thus far.

To the left of the "bearded Sphinx" but not included in this image, is what may be, believe it or not, an amazingly realistic statuary of a huge slug or snail, with amazing antennae, behind which two birds follow, facing away from the viewer! (This will of course be included here very soon.)

Click here for a copy of the full scale unaltered Magellan Ammavaru image (338k) if you can no longer find one on the internet. (Internet link to Ammavaru image in Part One of this work.)

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