The Delphi Oracle

At nearly 3000 years old The Delphic Oracle is one of the most important historic sites in the world. Not only was it one of the great wonders of the ancient world, but what took place here determined the fate of history that effects the whole human race to this day.
The God Apollo deemed Delphi as the centre of the world. The cone shaped object you see in the video is the naval of the world.
Within the Temple of Apollo, the Pythia, or Oracle would be charged with a question. (The Temple of Apollo is the large flat excavation with pillars at one end) The Oracle would go into a trace and utter things which were considered to be a direct message from the Gods. These 'utterings' would be interpreted by priests and thereon transmitted to the questioner. Within the temple of Apollo was also the eternal flame which never went out. Above the entrance to the temple was the simple message 'Know Thyself'.
Emporers, kings, and leaders came from, not only Greece, but from all over the known world to consult the Oracle before important matters of state, such as whether to go to war, who should be the next leader etc. Amongst those was Alexander the Great, who consulted the Oracle before embarking on one of the most successful conquest campaigns in history, where he conquered the Egyptians, Persians, and Indians, amongst many other nations. Homer, the legendary Greek poet concerns one of his great epics 'Odyssey' around the Delphi Oracle, and it is extremely likely that King Leonidas of the Spartans consulted the Oracle before his fateful battle with the Persians a few kilometres away at Thermopylae.
These events, and many more shaped the world we live in to this very day.
Today the ancient site of Delphi shows the inevitable signs of age, plunder, and weathering, but it is not so difficult to imagine Alexander the Great climbing the slope to the Temple of Apollo with his question.

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[mikefrmack]

All truth of old has been smashed into oblivion by the lieing churches of today , not one of them worth their weight in salt.