old carving shows astronaut?

[Rikki]

I found this on youtube as always things there are suspect so lets see what you think of this...

 

[Goggs Mackay]

Suppose it depends of the age of the carving. If it was old, like 100 years plus then it really is weird! Not had chance to watch yet, so don't know if that is mentioned. But it undeniably looks like a spacesuit with helmet and even an airline thing the helmet looks plugged into. There are plenty ancient drawings etc that look like aliens or astronauts that are open to interpretation, but this looks absolutely spot on, no if's , no but's!

 

[Jimi H.]

Lol, this is far out.

I do have a hard time understanding how this wasn't discovered previous to 2013 if it's been there all the time. It looks very out-of-place. And I don't trust the video's claim that it hasn't been added after human space exploration

 

[Bob Watson]

it is a recent add on here we see a dragon with an Ice cream cone.. apologys to my wife on this one...

 

[FilmguyLee]

I have heard and read before of some instances where sometimes modern sculptures have been added to spires and cathedrals around the world from time to time, either to signify some event or whatever reason, like the darth vader head that was added to a Washington cathedral after a competition, if I remember correctly (I also think it was featured as a plot point in Dan Brown's 'The Lost Symbol' novel).

And there was that Blue Peter one, where some plaques where added to York Minster's ceiling inside to signify major events of history - including one regarding space exploration (Blue Peter is a UK kid's TV show).

I could not get the video to play, but would like to know where this was, as this may also have been the case.

It does indeed look like an astronaut!

 

[Tyger]

One of the posts added a year ago -

It is no mystery. The carvings were added in 1992. The carver was Jeronimo Garcia.

I am a stonemason and I can confirm that this is a modern carving because of the detailing and the "weathering" of the sandstone used. If people would just give the cathedral a ring and ask?

 

[Constance]

Suppose it depends of the age of the carving. If it was old, like 100 years plus then it really is weird! Not had chance to watch yet, so don't know if that is mentioned. But it undeniably looks like a spacesuit with helmet and even an airline thing the helmet looks plugged into. There are plenty ancient drawings etc that look like aliens or astronauts that are open to interpretation, but this looks absolutely spot on, no if's , no but's!

Unfortunately it turns out to be an addition carved in the early 90s (disfigured a year later and then restored) Three people posted essentially the same information in the YT comments:


mariamsutra 3 weeks ago
The astronaut was added recently, in 1992 by Miguel Romero, as a representative symbol of the 20th century...

yousapoes 3 weeks ago
This was made in 1993 when the cathedral of Salamanca was remodeled. En la puerta de Ramos (norte), [...] Con motivo de acoger Salamanca la exposición Las Edades del Hombre en el año 1993, se decidió restaurar la Puerta de Ramos, muy deteriorada por el paso del tiempo. Durante esta restauración, el astronauta fue labrado en piedra en 1992 por el cantero Miguel Romero, siguiendo la tradición de incorporar un elemento contemporáneo en cada restauración.
Google Trans: At the door of Ramos (north), [...] On the occasion of hosting the exhibition Salamanca Ages of Man in 1993, it was decided to restore the Puerta de Ramos, badly damaged by the passage of time. During this restoration, the astronaut was carved in stone in 1992 by the stonemason Miguel Romero, following the tradition of incorporating a contemporary element in each restoration.

nonoXD 3 weeks ago
Esta figura se incluyo tras una remodelacion en la catedral de Salamanca en el año 1992 si no recuerdo mal. La idea era incluir algún símbolo iconografico moderno de relevancia histórica, tal y como se hacia antaño.
GoogleTrans: This figure was included after a remodeling in the cathedral of Salamanca in 1992 if I remember correctly. The idea was to include some modern iconographic symbol of historical significance, as to yesteryear."


But we've seen this guy a number of times in ancient cave art, haven't we?

astronauts in cave art - Google Search

 

[Goggs Mackay]

Too good to be true. It is true that some ancient art depicts humans that look like they are wearing spacesuits and stuff but it's never convincing, it's too open to interpretation.

However, there is rock art etc that does seem to depict 'alien' type entities, which although not convincing on their own, taken together worldwide when the artists should have no knowledge of similar art in other countries, and then we have a little mystery. Maybe...

 

[Tyger]

Too good to be true. It is true that some ancient art depicts humans that look like they are wearing spacesuits and stuff but it's never convincing, it's too open to interpretation.

However, there is rock art etc that does seem to depict 'alien' type entities, which although not convincing on their own, taken together worldwide when the artists should have no knowledge of similar art in other countries, and then we have a little mystery. Maybe...

My initial thought when I saw it was that it was depicting a hooded monk's cowl.

Second paragraph - but it reminds me of children's drawings world-wide. Before a certain age - like 5 - the drawings are similar point-to-point. How the human figure is drawn, how trees show up regardless if the child 'sees' palm trees or oak trees in their everyday life - all the same. World-wide.

Then comes up the issue - from what kind of consciousness was ancient humankind drawing upon to make those drawings? Are these archetypes? Take a certain magic mushroom and you see the same "kaleidescope eyes" and colors - what was the artists back then actually 'seeing'? Is it possible that was how they 'saw' each other? Dunno. Just free-basing....