Evidence is mounting for the Pyramids & Sphinx of Egypt having first been established around 36,500 BC. Ancient Egyptian records state that their civilization began tens of thousands of years ago, as far back as 36,500 BC, and that these beginnings were a “golden age” when their solar religion was established by the “gods in human form.” This site has then added to and renovated over the passage of at least thousands of years, right up until today. And just as the site was honored and preserved, so was its ancient religion and the story of its founding. I believe that the Giza site is the oldest evidence for the ancient Religion of the Sun.
Religion of the Sun began 36,500 BC ?
About the Author: Lara Atwood

I am a practitioner and researcher into the ancient Religion of the Sun, and most specifically the Indo-European branch of it, which is my own native tradition. I am author of the book 'The Ancient Religion of the Sun,' - a religion that I believe is one of the most ancient in the world, and the origin of many spiritual traditions and sacred sites around the globe. I run the YouTube channel SakroSawel and the website sakrosawel.com ("sakro sawel" means "sacred sun" in the Proto-Indo European language).
HI Everyone,
I’ve been a bit distracted lately, trying to find answers to something that has been puzzling me for some time now. In fact, years. This may be old turf and old news for many of you, but it does revolve around pyramids. Perhaps, one of you may have the answer, so I decided to post under this page in case anyone has clues to this question and I have missed it.
We’ve all been exploring and looking into pyramids since Lara and Mark have discovered there is a connection to the Lost Civilization of the Sun (being a global phenomenon, not just limited to certain locations, with some megaliths/monuments preserved better than others, or yet to be uncovered) and of course, there being a deeper spiritual purpose for their existence.
I’ve been wondering WHY there are so many pyramids/megaliths/monuments around the world, both on land and under water (as there are ruins below the surface), even in China (google will come up with multiple links) but none supposedly on the continent of Australia?! I find this rather strange.
I’ve been looking into it on and off over time (almost 10 years now) and keep looking at documentaries or information that surfaces every now and then, but I struggle to confirm the source. I[m sure there are those of you who can vouch for this problem too.
Whether there are pyramids in Australia or not, is the persistent question I have had for years. If there are none, then why? Why is this continent/place different to other locations around the world if there are none to be found? I’ve even come across information that says there are pyramids in Antarctica…what are they doing down there? Isn’t it freezing cold down there and full of snow?
Anyway, I struggle to verify the source, yet there are people out there that keep posting locations. I have tried to get to a spot called Gympie which has a pyramid but I have never been able to find it. There are mountains that look like covered up pyramids from afar (like the Bosnian ones) but, are called mountains instead. There is so much rubble around them and vegetation, it is hard to know if they are simply mountains that are decaying due to their age or actual pyramids that are very old and damaged.
The most recent post on the Gympie pyramid states that it is 13,000 years old. If this were true, this would align its age with the Younger Dryas period, the last destruction or end of a civilization. But, where is it?
Another person has posted some coordinates (I have come across this information before also, but can’t validate it) indicating there is a pyramid of some sorts in a central area of Australia. These are the coordinates and the link to the google page https://www.google.com/maps/place/25%C2%B002'25.0%22S+129%C2%B050'25.0%22E/@-23.9177145,128.8001739,1369103m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d-25.0402778!4d129.8402778?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
The area is mostly desert now and there has been nuclear testing done in the 50’s around those areas which means it is highly contaminated and can’t be explored.
So, the question remains a puzzle, and it intrigues me given that there are various style pyramids around the world on different continents, yet none in Australia. I find this odd, as though something is not adding up, as though something has been hidden or destroyed in this land to a greater extent than elsewhere? (just sharing my thoughts here).
I keep finding a theme however, of red earth, baron places (other than desert) and little vegetation, especially in the central parts of this land. Some of the images and the natural landscape seems to remind me of burned or scorched land, as though some type of cataclysm has left its mark from way back – perhaps before the floods? Here is a link to an image describing what I mean -29 seconds into this short video shows a scorched red land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jldVCbV0usg but the image also reminds me of buildings.
The Red Rock (otherwise known as Uluru) is a sacred spot for the indigenous people but it also seems out of place – here is a link with the image of this rock, although many can be found of it – at the 2.21 mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7oeGiGi_4A This image looks slightly different to others that are more popularised.
I have visited parts of Australia that are on the verge of this red dust or baron edge and my eyes seem to see something different. A land that has been destroyed or damaged by something earlier than the floods. There are stories from indigenous groups that are recorded on rock walls (otherwise known as story walls) of their land showing a cataclysm, showing devastation, and recording the flood etc as these peoples have lived on this land for thousands of years, some saying upto 65,000. They seem to have a recorded history they don’t openly share but give clues about. Some tribes still use telepathy; many use the astral for spiritual guidance as I have been told directly from them. They even talk about giants, and I have been shown footprints too! Many talk about sacred sites and songlines (their tradition and being keepers or protectors of certain knowledge) but none have said anything about pyramids. This is so puzzling…
Yet, there is talk in the land of pyramids…
This may seem like a weird idea, but maybe they didn’t need it? Many places where the religion of the sun was spread have stories about how barbaric and difficult things were beforehand, then laws, morals, and order were introduced. The stories I’ve read of the indigenous tribes of Australia, if they’re to be believed, indicate a somewhat higher spiritual level of existence, even if materially they appear similar as hunter/gatherers.
A more practical explanation could be climate, as everywhere there’s pyramids and agriculture there’s necessarily good growing climates. This might also explain a lack of pyramids in Southern Africa.
Finally, it has a somewhat similar look to the west coast of Africa in places, which looks like massive water run off. Even Uluru looks like it was scoured by massive forces, so it could be that floods or cataclysms leveled it pretty hard.
All just speculation, it remains an interesting mystery, thanks for raising it!
Hi Julian,
Those are very real possibilities indeed. They don’t have pyramids in southern parts of Africa so why Australia? Perhaps they didn’t need large monuments or structures, or perhaps they did not have the means?
There is definitely recorded history of a cataclysmic flood in this country around 10,000 to 12,000 BC (I’ve seen the footprints of small and large animals leaving a trail in the drying mud which has now become rock). The pattern runs from North to South.
There is also the yearly/seasonal ‘wet season’ which is a bit like monsoon season – ie lots of rain and possible cyclones – especially in the northern parts of the country with regular flooding occurring over large areas. Once again, the pattern runs from North to South. There is also desert area which has not always existed – a bit like the Sahara, it was not always a desert area. And, yes, the run off around Uluru seems similar to Western parts of Africa, where there is now talk of that area being a possible place for Atlantis? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo_fMcSLp7Q
There are stories of many sacred sites such as stone circles, caves, meeting places of worship, etc being destroyed by early settlers (a common theme among other indigenous peoples too). These were also the places they would use to access the astral plane.
I can’t say if they were more spiritually astute than other hunter/gatherer peoples in the aftermath of devastation (who have lived in harmony with the land and understand its seasonal changes/patterns), but they seem to put a great deal of focus on extrasensory perception such as telepathy, intuition, the astral, and have diverse spiritual rituals/practices such as cleansing ceremonies, initiation rites for women/men, etc.
I’d be interested in your information sources, if you would be willing to share them.
Yes, very curious Dimi! Assuming that the Religion of the Sun spread to each continent, then I also wonder why some places have such a proliferation of sacred sites remaining, compared with the sparsity in others. It’s certainly an interesting topic to investigate further!
The factors that come to mind for me are the climate, as Julian mentioned and its influence on the availability of hard-wearing materials, which would stand the test of time. For instance, if sites were indeed built, but large areas of stone were unavailable and challenging to transport over vast distances, then perishable materials, such as wood would be sourced from more coastal areas. So it’s unlikely many of these sites would still survive today. Also, if remnants did still exist (e.g. buried foundations), it’s a massive challenge to locate them in such a vast expanse of desert.
I wonder if the timing of continental drift is also a factor, although even if Australia separated earlier than other land masses, presumably it could’ve still been visited by the Wisdom Bringers during the time they were in Easter Island, New Zealand or nearby countries. Landscapes can also change dramatically over time. For instance, fossils of sea creatures were found in the Gobi desert.
In case you haven’t already heard it, I thought you or others might like the song Moonstuck by the Aboriginal Australian singer songwriter Kev Carmody. I get a real sense of his connection with the land in the words he sings and in the sincerity with which he sings them, which I find quite moving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQWjiYu1ycs
Not sure if this could be a legitimate site, but there seems to be a pyramid-like structure in north Queensland, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4814810/Egyptian-pyramid-discovered-Cairns.html Regarding pyramids in Australia, I’ve found the following aside from the Gympie pyramid, they are Ball’s Pyramid, Ballandean Pyramid, and Walsh’s Pyramid.
As for the wear-and-tear of very old structures overtime, I think that is a normal and even in some sense, inevitable thing due to the process of weathering and other forces of the elements at work. It seems like many suspicious structures around the world are eroded to some extent, and sometimes they can also at least be partially buried underground. Sometimes it can be hard to determine whether something is a natural formation, or an artificial structure. And it seems like to me that the Northern Hemisphere appears to be where most followers of the Religion of the Sun have resided. There’s also a structure near the Himalayas in Asia which appears to resemble a pyramid, and that is Mount Kailash. I think the best way to find out if something is natural or man-made is by doing more studies on them. If on-site studies aren’t allowed though, that is a different story. But that may well be another sign that there is a cover up regarding the nature of these structures. I met someone years ago who had traveled to Australia and he told me there was a pyramid in Queensland, but I don’t remember the name of the structure that he mentioned. I don’t know much about this subject and I could be wrong about them, but there does seem to be many mysteries down there!
Hi Michael and Emily,
With our current understanding of things, and evidence that wants to reinforce a certain narrative of human history, there is certainly growing evidence that there was a far greater humanity in our past and that many efforts are in place to ‘debunk’ or discredit that version of human history. Yet, Mark and Lara’s work is revealing a different perspective (as you put it Emily), a different version of reality. Their work is also supported by growing evidence by others such as Hancock, or Maria Kvilhaug, etc.
I’ve mentioned that I have travelled to areas where I saw footprints of various animals in the rock (which would have been mud during the flood period of 12K-10K years ago. I also saw various sized footprints of humanoids – imprints of giant feet (one even had 11 toes!), much smaller feet with 4 toes (perhaps a dwarf type humanoid?), feet with 6 toes, others with 5 toes. It was certainly an eye opener!!!
I find the erosion or devastation in Australia compared to other countries intriguing. It might be put down to harsh climate or weather conditions, and structures lost under the sands of desert lands, but I am left to wonder – what if there is something else that we have not pieced together yet, that has also occurred that has affected this part of the world, wiping out any concrete evidence that the Religion of the Sun tradition was never here? Yet, the flag of the indigenous peoples of this land has the sun symbol in it. They also say that life would not be possible if it were not for the sun -they do revere its glory. I can’t help but think they know something they are not telling us – that’s the impression I got from the group I met with who showed me this location with the footprints and other land formations.
Wow Dimi, your meeting with that group of indigenous people sounds great, maybe they really do know something… It would be nice to talk more to them, as they may know some really valuable things related to the Religion of the Sun…
Hi Lucia,
I was with others on this trip when we visited this group of indigenous people. We stayed with them for a few days and were able to chat with them on a personal level about various topics, which included the astral, some of their beliefs, their astrology, dreamtime stories, the evidence they have found on their land of a cataclysm, etc. We got to learn about the medicinal plants they have on their land and the edible ones too, how to locate water, etc.
We happened to visit during a time when an Elder of high regard was there also, and so we got to find out a bit more about their culture than is usually shared. We felt quite lucky at the time. Because of his, they were quite willing to share their knowledge with us and to clarify some cultural myths. It’s as though they had the ‘clearance’ to keep speaking with me and my group, moreso than the others that were also there. It’s as though it had been seen in the astral and they were expecting us. I recall the lady host saying this to me and I let her know that I had seen it in the astral too. It seemed we were confirming it for each other.
There came a point where the host said to me that she had permission to share more than usual, but could not go any further, without breaking the rules and without it having repercussions on her or her group. There are rules around this kind of thing it seems. Protecting knowledge is in their culture (and in many others), particularly spiritual knowledge (as is in many other cultures too) perhaps a remnant of more spiritual times.
It would be great to visit again, and it is on the cards, but can’t say exactly when. Timing is key here.
You may have already noticed this, but there is a significant interaction with Orion at around 36,500 BC in the northern hemisphere. It correlates very closely with the main aspects of the spiritual journey described in the ancient Religion of the Sun.
Winter Solstice – Orion appears above the horizon, just at/before sunrise, thus Orion is “born”
Spring Equinox – Orion appears in the east ahead of the rising sun, “resurrecting” from the earth in anticipation of the sunrise. Orion is visible almost exactly half the night.
Summer Solstice – Orion is visible for the whole night, achieving dominance over the heavens
Autumn Equinox – Orion is visible after sunset for half the night, until setting into the west, entering the underworld
Because it’s been ~1.5 precessions, it’s an interaction that is currently reversed, and thus appears in the southern hemisphere now. This also means that it could be a symbol that originated in the southern hemisphere 2 cycles ago (around 50,000 BC), possibly from a civilization even before Atlantis (Mu), for which I’ve found some scattered bits of evidence.
Hi Julian,
This is quite amazing. It seems like Orion has a special place in many ancient civilizations, because it is one of the brightest constellations in the night sky. I’m not sure what do you mean by interaction though. Do you mean the interaction between Orion and other celestial bodies or the interaction between Orion and those ancient civilizations? It does look like that you are talking about how the position of Orion changed throughout the year around 36,500 BC. The path of that constellation in the sky today is clearly not how you described it here. I used to be a member of the astronomy club at my school and I used to talk to people about how the path which Orion takes to travel through the sky changes throughout the year as I have observed. For example it is visible throughout the night in winter times but is not visible during the summer. I haven’t paid attention to Orion particularly on solstices and equinoxes, but from what you said it looks like how Orion traveled on the celestial plane was the complete opposite of how it does today! I wonder how does that happen since the movement of the sun, the moon and the stars in the sky is really just an illusion caused by the rotation of our planet. Does that mean the stars that make up the Orion constellation have changed their position in the last hundreds to thousands of years? I didn’t do the calculation so I don’t know exactly how many years have passed since 36,500 BC, but since Orion wasn’t visible in winter back then but is right now, it does mean the stars have changed their positions, right? Also I think Atlantis and Mu are two separate civilizations, with Atlantis most likely existed somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, and Mu likely existed in the center of the Pacific Ocean. I’ve read that there was a chunk of land in the Indian Ocean as well that was home to an advanced civilization, although I have forgotten its name.
PS: The name of the civilization in Indian Ocean was probably Lemuria, a civilization that existed around the same time as Atlantis and Mu, and the 3 of them probably had contacts with one another. It is theorized that those civilizations destroyed themselves in a nuclear war because there have been radioactive debris found on the bottom of the ocean floors.
Some Tamil writers have associated Lemuria with Kumari Kandam, a mythical lost continent with an ancient Tamil civilization located south of present-day India in the Indian Ocean.
Hey Rustia, I just noticed your comments.
What I mean by interaction is the symbolic story that is presented in the night sky as I described above, with Orion and the sun being the “actors” in the stellar drama, the sky and horizon being the stage, and the solstices and equinoxes being different acts
The stars change positions over long periods of time due to the “precession of the equinoxes”, basically the stars shift 1 degree approximately every 72 years, completing a precessional cycle in about 26,000 years. It’s kind of hard to wrap your head around at first, there are some good videos on YouTube that explain why/how it happens.
So when I say 1.5 cycles ago Orion looked this way, I mean to say that 36,500 years ago the stars were rotated 180 degrees from where they are now, and Orion would have been visible from sun-up to sun-down at the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere (instead of winter, as it is now), thus mirroring the meaning of the summer solstice, in which the cosmic son, symbolized by Orion (and the sun) comes to dominance. Lara and Mark’s book explains the meaning of the solstices and equinoxes, and it seems that Orion’s journey matches the meaning.
Just want to say that I may look like I haven’t watched the video because of the questions I’ve asked, and that is true because I have some technical difficulty on my side with loading videos.
Thank so much Lara for sharing this information. I have always been drawn to understanding the purpose of the pyramids, sphinx, and temples. The magic of these monuments is clearly greater than we can comprehend. But when pieces of information such as this start coming together there is a greater sense of truth to it. It resonates snd the dots start to connect.
With regard to the deliberate destruction of history, it seem quite apparent here in South America. There was definitely a mostly successful mission to wipe out evidence of the Incan and Pre-Incan history.
What I have discovered in two out of body experiences that some physical locations seem important to both good and evil forces. In Tiwanaku there were very mixed energies of dark and light including lots of attacks out of the body when we were there. In the plaza de armas in Cusco, (which is currently a central square, not an archeological site), I experienced a great battle between good and evil. It was surprising to me that there was so much power for the light in a place that had become somewhat of a circus, with shops, salespeople, tourists, etc. But the power of the good side was strong there. It really made me wonder what was so special about these particular places. Is it something physical about the earth, a power place or was the energy somehow imbued into these places by humans through meditation or unkown technologies?
In the physical, I noticed a very strong energy at Machu Picchu and the same thing at a particular ruin in Isla del sol which made it easier to be aware. It made me wonder the same thing… what is it about these places that give them this “power”?
Hi Michelle, that’s nice that you were able to explore these locations also out of the body, in addition to the physical visits. Recently, I came across some online articles (like this one for example http://greaterancestors.com/tiahuanaco-made-by-giants/) mentioning that Tiwanaku had been built by giants, or maybe to put it in a less dramatic way, by people who were much taller than us. I especially liked the last quote:
“When the first Spanish chroniclers arrived with the conquistador Pizaro, the Inca explained that Tiahuanaco had been constructed by a race of giants, called “Huaris”, before Chamak-pacha, the “period of darkness”, and was already in ruins before their own civilization began…“
Even when watching videos of Machu Picchu, I was wondering if the people who originally lived there (those who built those precise-fitting walls) were much bigger than us, as the whole proportions somehow feel bigger than for the humans of our current age. Similarly, from my research into the ancient myths of Caucasus, it is stated there that a race of much taller people preceeded the current humanity.
Any alignment with the processional cycle can be repeated very closely 25,920 years earlier or later, as it comes full circle, 10,500 BC was just the most recent time the alignments would have happened. I like that Armando Mei looked at the alignments in more detail, to see the date that fits them best, instead of the one closest to accepted chronology. I think that attention to those kind of details can reveal interesting things.
Looking at a span of 35,000 years, however, is a little overwhelming when trying to understand what really happened… so much missing history, so many civilizations come and gone. Even 100 years can contain huge amounts of history, as one many can change things so drastically.
With reference to South American history, I had an out-of-body experience where I saw a beautiful white glowing wall, and understood that it was the “Way of Wiracocha”, which physically is a description of a geographical line which Wiracocha supposedly traveled, but in this experience I understood it to mean the history of Wiracocha, like the passage of his legacy through time. In the middle of this beautiful wall was a ruined section, just rubble, which I understood intuitively to mean the time between when he actually arrived, and the more recent history, such as that of the Inca. It helped me understand that much of what we really need in order to understand what happened, is lost… and if I can find anything to piece those times together, it will help to understand his legacy. It seems that some people understood this, and consciously worked to destroy this history.
Interesting experience Julian, and a lovely one too it seems to me. Thank you.
I also once had an astral experience about a particular site which basically told me, (rather than simply tracing back further and further in time with the currently available historical or archaeological material in order to find out the great truths of what happened there) that in fact the thread of history had been wiped/completely cut at one point and was simply lost. Furthermore I saw that in such cases the original deeper meaning and the site’s use needs to be completely rediscovered anew.
I hope that in the future more people will be able to carry out an inner work to the level needed where they, with help from above, are capable of uncovering the lost true esoteric meaning of many of the vastly ancient sites on our planet.
Of course those insights will have a need to connect to at least something tangible ‘on the ground’ in order to point others to the deeper meaning. Some monuments and histories are in a better state than others, some have remnants but have lacked the proper archaeological attention (like many in South America). Bringing this back to Egypt, also interesting because it certainly holds a place in peoples picture of history and has their interest, study and excavations have also been done plenty over the centuries but it seems a narrow view of it (mummies, their beliefs’, dynasties… and more mummies :-) ) has become the established one. But its depth holds so much more, going unrecognised.
It would be just such a warm and joyful thing if the lost knowledge of sun would return to people’s understanding on a big scale. Like a whole ‘world of knowledge’ up there in the dimensions coming down to earth, or like a knowledge asleep in the sacred sites that will awaken— waiting to return and spread across the world.
Here’s to hoping, and working!
Interesting both you (Akira) and Julian had very similar experiences, but at completely different sites. Perhaps you were given those experiences so that you don’t have false expectations of what you may find by researching what’s left of the past. Shows how important this revival is, and how much our actions here count.
I think that’s definitely true. There are puzzle pieces that don’t seem to fit, it’s been very helpful to know that some just won’t, or that some information doesn’t exist (yet).
When you say it shows how important this revival is, what do you mean? Do you mean that we can piece together parts of the past that are broken?
That is a very meaningful experience Julian. I was struck by your last sentence – did you feel that in the experience itself, or was that something you understood after?
It’s a feeling that came separately from the experience. One book I read described the conquest as the tip of the spear, the implication being that someone’s holding the spear. There are suspicious things that a friend told me about, regarding certain branches of the catholic church taking an interest in specific areas with archeological significance (not only in South America, but also at North American sites that may have had connections to giants). On top of that are the political and archeological interests, which work together to maintain the status quo, for different reasons, and are happy to sweep things under the rug.
I did have a dream in which covert groups were confiscating archeological photographs, which made me feel some urgency in uncovering and documenting things before they’re ‘lost’, or even before they’re discovered.
Thank you for sharing Julian (and Akira). This looks like a sad situation indeed. :-( Its actually unbelievable how such a great legacy that was once spread all over the world could be just wiped out like that… As I was reading your account of the “rubble”, I was wondering what that could potentially refer to. Was it the deliberate murdering of the practitioners of the Religion of the sun, the remnants of which have been recorded (like what happened with Anasazi people for example)? Or could a natural disaster play a part too? Or something else?
While studying the cultures of the people of North Caucasus, I have also encountered a strange feeling – like my intuition is telling me clearly that there is something hidden in there that would explain some of the bigger picture, but the cultures that are remaining there have been so deliberately targeted over the centuries, through wars, stirring up ethnic conflicts, genocide and forced expulsion of the original population, plus introducing the new religions, that it is really almost impossible to figure out what has been happening there in the bygone days…
As you mentioned Akira, it looks like the only way out of this situation is really for us to do our part in changing ourselves internally, and then hopefully, with the help from the spiritual realms, to rediscover this lost legacy anew.
The rubble in my experience represented the state of history, not a particular event or action.
What caused the rubble is unclear, but Incan legends speak of the times before the Inca empire as one of primitive hunter-gatherers, clothed in leaves and animal skins, without language, agriculture, or really any way to pass on information. I’m not sure if that’s entirely accurate, or exactly what time period it refers to, but many people point out that after catastrophes (such as the younger-dryas impact and the following flood, of which legends corroborate both), civilization and culture could be completely wiped out, which is perhaps what happened to cause the rubble.
However, I definitely sense that a concerted effort has been and is being made to erase the bits which remain, which is why what Lara has done in her book is so remarkable.
Gosh, it’s hard to imagine a time that long ago, especially given that we think today that 2000 is “ancient” already! I found the section in your book where you discuss the Egyptian and Vedic dates really fascinating. I already knew the dates derived from the writings of these cultures were ancient, but didn’t realize just how ancient they truly might be.
Thank you Lara for sharing this incredible video. When I was a kid I learned about the theory of Hancock and Bauval that put the pyramids to 10,500 B.C. and it resonated very much with me and gave me a whole new perspective on Egyptian history. This video has given me a new perspective on history again with very compelling evidence and a seemingly much more precise description of the Precessional movements and correct alignments of the stars and constellations on the ground. I fully agree that it is very much incredible that we are connecting in to very ancient legacy and sacred times of the first men, when gods governed the earth. What a magnificent time this Golden Age must have been!