THE ANTHROPOMETRY MEASURES

by Thomas V. Gamkrelidze and V. V. Ivanov
Scientific American, March 1990, P.110

A anthropometry, which is the scientific measurement of the human body, has begun to chart the imposition of the Hittite physiognomy, typified in Hittite reliefs, on certain European populations. The blue-eyed, blond-haired Nordic must still be regarded as the product of interbreeding between the Indo-European invaders and their predecessors in the settlement of Europe. The culture of the indigenous populations of Europe is memorialized by the megalithic structures, such as Stonehenge, which they built near the periphery of the continent.

LORI CASTLE. BRONZE LADLE. SECOND MILLENNIUM BC.

SKETCH OF THE LADLE. NOTE THE SOLAR CROSS ON THE CHEST...
UP AND DOWN POINTING TRIANGLES [WIDESPREAD ARMAN MOTIF]
ON THE CONNECTING HANDLE BAR. ERECTED PHALLUS.
THE UPPER RIM EDGES OF THE LADLE INCLUDE THE 3 + 1 RINGS
[SAME AS THE EDGES OF THE HELMETS OF ARARATIAN WARRIORS
WITH 3 + 1 RINGS. THE HORNED GOAT STATUETTE ON THE RIM IS
YET ANOTHER PARALLEL INDICATION WITH THE HELMETS DECORATED
IN STYLIZED HORNS [AS WERE THE CROWNS OF
ARMAN QUEENS, KINGS AND HIGH PRIESTS] -- PRIMARILY SYMBOLS OF --
TEYŠEBA-TEŠUB --THE SKY GOD OF LIGHTNING, STORM AND THUNDER
WHOSE SACRED SIGNS AND SYMBOLS ALSO INCLUDED THE BULL, THE TRIDENT
AND LESS FREQUENTLY THE BIDENT [TWO-FORKED ON ONE STEM] HELD
BY THE GOD OF THUNDER AND THE KING-HIGH PRIEST.

CLOSE UP OF THE FIGURINE ON THE HANDLE OF THE LADLE.
OUTSTANDING WORK OF THE ERA MADE BY ARMAN MASTERS.
NOTE THE SWASTIKA AS THE  SACRED SYMBOL OF PROSPERITY.
THE PUPILS OF THE EYES WERE DIED WITH BLUE PAINT OF
WHICH TRACES ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE.
 

KASSITE ARMANI SHINAR-SUMERIANS PLOWING/IRRIGATING A FIELD. THE BULL
WAS A FEMININE ATTRIBUTE [HENCE RITUAL 'SACRIFICE' OF THE BULL
BY THE SUN GOD MITHRAS...THAT IS IMPREGNATION OF MOTHER EARTH
BY THE RAYS OF THE SUN...FROM BULL'S DRIPPING BLOOD WOUNDS
WOULD UNITE WITH SOIL AND GERMINATE THE LAND. THE EQUAL ARMED
ARMANI SOLAR CROSS STANDS FOR MASCULINE PHALLIC PRINCIPLE
OF GENERATION [MALE + FEMALE UNION]. CA. 1,400 BC.

PLANTING OF THE SACRED SEED INTO MOTHER NATURE.

MORE ARMANEN COSMIC SIGILS FROM THE SACRED HIGHLAND
OF FOUR RIVERS -- ARATTA/DILMUN/EDEN. CA. 2,500-2,000.

The languages of the previous inhabitants of Europe, with the exception of Basque—a non-Indo-European language with possible remote relatives in the Caucasus—were crowded out by the Indo-European dialects. Nonetheless, those languages made contributions to the historical European language families that account for certain differences among them.

CEREMONIAL BRONZE STATUETTE.
SECOND MILLENNIUM BC.
NOTE THE HEAVEN+EARTH PATTERN

In his study of the megalithic cultures and their disappearance, as well as of the spread of farming from the ancient Near East, the British archaeologist Colin Renfrew has reached conclusions about the coming of the Indo-Europeans that agree well with ours [see "The Origins of Indo-European Languages," by Colin Renfrew; SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, October, 1989].

ARARAT. THE HANDLE OF A SWORD.
SECOND MILLENNIUM BC.

EXAMPLES OF COSMIC MARKINGS ON ARMIN SWORD HANDLES.
SOLAR PRECESSION -- MICROCOSM + MACROCOSM [BINARY -- VERT.+ HORIZ]
DIVISION AND UNION [RETURN TO WHOLENESS]. SECOND MILLENNIUM BC.

STAR MAP O  R  I   O N.
SECOND MILLENNIUM BC.

Our deductions, resting so preponderantly on linguistic evidence, must find confirmation in archaeological investigations that remain to be done. Undoubtedly, the counting of base pair substitutions in the DNA of human cells will contribute to the family tree of the speakers of the Indo-European languages and to the mapping of their migrations. Anthropometry and history also will contribute to the ultimate picture.

MITANNIAN DECORATED POTTERY. SECOND MILLENNIUM BC.

Pending the elaboration and correction of our work, we may state with a high order of certainty that the homeland of the Indo-Europeans, the cradle of much of the world's civilization, was in the ancient Near East:
'E X  O R I E N T E  L U X!'