The inhabitants of North America and Europe both built
mounds. In Europe mounds are called Tumulus. It appears that part of our early culture
included mound building. Tumulus
is a Latin word meaning ‘A heap of earth’, mound, hill, knoll, hillock, a
barrow, or grave. The word for tomb in
Latin is tumba which
is derived from the same root word as tumulus which means ‘to swell’. The word
tumulus is in the Latin Vulgate 6 times and 24 times when you include the other
forms of this word (tumulum, tumulos, tumulis, tumuli). Below are example
verses that contain the word tumulus or an alternative form of this word in the
Latin Vulgate Bible of 382BC (older than the Masoretic text bible):
“And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they gathering
stones together, made a heap [tumulus ], and they ate upon it.” DR
Gen 31:46 (see
Latin)
“Thou shalt forthwith kill the inhabitants of that city with the edge of
the sword, and shalt destroy it and all things that are in it, even the cattle.
And all the household goods that are there, thou shalt gather together in the
midst of the streets thereof, and shalt burn them with the city itself, so as
to consume all for the Lord thy God, and that it be a heap [tumulus] for ever: it shall be built no more.” DR Deu
13:15-16 (see
Latin)
“Except the cities that were on hills [collis] and high places [tumulis,
plural of tumulus], the rest
Israel burned: only Asor that was very strong he consumed with fire.” DR
Jos 11:13 (see
Latin)
“And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, king David lifted up his
voice, and wept at the grave [tumulum, singular from of tumulus, burial
mound] of Abner: and all the
people also wept.” DR 2 Sam 3:32 (see Latin)
“And you shall
know that I am the Lord, when I shall have opened your sepulchres, and shall
have brought you out of your graves [tumulis, plural of tumulus burial
mound], O my people.” DR Eze
37:13 (see
Latin)
Tumulus in the News
Reflected below are old newspaper articles that used the
word tumulus.
1824 news – Kosiuzko’s Monuement in Russia
1844 news – ‘American Antiquities’ Burial Mounds in Ohio
1851 news – “The Jackson Mound”
in Tennessee
1867 news – ‘Southern News Items’ Mound in Georgia
1904 News – “The Viking’s Skull”
Note: Below is just part of this news article. The whole article is very interesting to
read.
Notice the ingress normally faced east. This is very common in Europe and in America
since they aligned the entrance to the equinox.
1918 Book “The Nacooche Mound in Georgia”
The Nacooche Mounds was excavated and below are pictures
from the excavation report. Seventy five
people were buried in this mound.
Page 12:
Notice they considered high places similar to a tumulus;
such as in this verse:
“Except the cities
that were on hills [collis] and high
places [tumulis, plural of tumulus], the rest Israel burned: only Asor that was very
strong he consumed with fire.” DR Jos 11:13 (see Latin)
Page 18:
Page 100:
1922 news – ‘Viking Queen Buried with Household Stuff’ in Norway
1927 news – ‘Jots from Geography’ Greek
Tumulus
Picture source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marathon
Burial Mounds in Europe
There are thousands of ancient burial mounds (tumulus) all
over Europe. Below are just pictures of
four European burial mounds; the links below show many more in Europe.
Sources and
more information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Tara
Mound of Hostages
Burial Mounds in North America
Like Europe there are thousands of burial mounds in North
America.
Adena Culture mounds built between 1000 BC and 200 BC
(before also):
Hopewell Culture mounds built between 200 BC and 500 AD:
Mississippi Culture mounds built between 800 AD and 1500 AD:
In 1848 many of the Mississippi Valley Mounds were surveyed
and documented in this book:
Intaglio Burial Mounds on the West Coast of North America
There are also over 200 burial mounds in the Colorado Desert
that are called Intaglio
which is an Italian word for burial mound.
The most well-known intaglios are the ones in
Blythe, California which is located next to the Colorado River. I went to visit this mound in Blythe.
Conclusion
Burial mounds are part of our lost Israelite culture and can
be found in many places around the world.
Pyramids are another form of burial mounds. European culture and ancient American culture
are very similar.
Also see other proof of similar culture in North America and
Europe on these links:
More information:
‘The Tumulus in European Prehistory’ https://www.persee.fr/doc/mom_2259-4884_2012_act_58_1_3444
Russian
tumulus are called kurgans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurgan
