{"id":9825,"date":"2025-07-05T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=9825"},"modified":"2025-07-16T23:17:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T23:17:28","slug":"an-examination-of-graham-langdons-book-the-mystery-of-the-navel-idols-2024-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=9825","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Graham Langdon&#8217;s Book (2024) &#8220;The Mystery of the Navel Idols&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0(Part 4 of 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0030 To the immediate west of Mesopotamia, the navel idols of Israel, dating to 4500-3500 B.C., look like they correspond to the first message.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canaanite coffins of 1300-1200 B.C. look as if they are inspired by the latter message.&nbsp;&nbsp;The coffins do not contain emissaries from Mesopotamia, they contain Canaanite elites who benefitted from trends towards unconstrained social complexity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0031 In Sardinia, the messages separate into more than one style of navel icon..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Slide7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Slide7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Slide7.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Slide7-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0032 Here,&nbsp;<em>this examiner<\/em>&nbsp;leaves&nbsp;<em>the reader<\/em>&nbsp;to use&nbsp;<em>the speculative structure of two messages<\/em>&nbsp;to appreciate the&nbsp;<em>many navel icons that the author presents in this well-appointed art-book<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To me, the overall picture is clear for the West and for the East (as far as Eurasia is concerned).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The navel icons, as well as their speech-alone talking emissaries, are next involved in establishing a foothold in South America, but the messages are confounded with a trend already occurring in China.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>The same pose and adornment of the original navel icons<\/em>&nbsp;are adopted as&nbsp;<em>indications of elite status<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0033 Here is a picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Slide8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Slide8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Slide8.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Slide8-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0033 The conclusions&#8230; er&#8230; speculations of this examiner now set forth, I wonder whether the author will agree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, in this book, the author never entertains the idea that the navel icons are associated with either the bicameral mind (message 1) or the first singularity (message 2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the author hints that&nbsp;<em>intentional diffusion<\/em>&nbsp;may be&nbsp;<em>a reasonable explanation<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The navel icons spread at&nbsp;<em>the cusps of early civilizations throughout Eurasia and the Americas<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Plus, there are&nbsp;<em>other novel trends<\/em>&nbsp;associated with&nbsp;<em>the spread of the navel icons<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;These include copper metallurgy and&#8230; well&#8230; something to do with tracking celestial bodies.&nbsp;&nbsp;Oh, I should not forget v-shaped neck adornments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0034 My thanks to the author for gathering evidence that is obvious to the eye, yet very difficult to account for.&nbsp;&nbsp;Perhaps, this examination, based on two works by Razie Mah, may assist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0030 To the immediate west of Mesopotamia, the navel idols of Israel, dating to 4500-3500 B.C., look like they correspond to the first message.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canaanite coffins of 1300-1200 B.C. look as if they are inspired by the latter message.&nbsp;&nbsp;The coffins do not contain emissaries from Mesopotamia, they contain Canaanite elites who benefitted from trends towards 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