The Cydonia Codex: Reflections from Mars

In what can only be described as one of the most important archaeological and sociological discoveries in human history, The Cydonia Codex offers overwhelming evidence of aesthetic and symbolic design on the surface of the planet Mars. The authors' research encompasses over ten years of study and analysis of NASA photographs of the "Face on Mars" and its surrounding complex. Beginning with the famous 1976 photograph of a mile-long formation found on the surface of Mars that strongly resembles a human face, Haas and Saunders offer side-by-side comparisons of the art and sculpture of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica with a set of corresponding geoglyphic structures found in the Cydonia region of Mars. The implication is staggering—Earth's history and humankind's origins could be very different than commonly believed. Includes black and white photos throughout, as well as illustrations.

This book reveals the amazing findings of George Haas and William Saunders on the surface of the planet Mars. They offer unprecedented evidence that the "Face on Mars" is actually a "two-faced" edifice that mirrors a set of corresponding masks found on a Maya temple at Cerros, Mexico. Employing cutting-edge discoveries of archaeological scholarship, this team presents overwhelming proof of a terrestrial connection between these structures on the surface of Mars and the creation myths and religious symbolism of ancient cultures from Mesoamerica, Asia, Mesopotamia and Egypt. The authors present a side-by-side comparison of the Martian structures and Earthly iconography, leading to some staggering discoveries. The findings revealed in The Cydonia Codex may be the most important archaeological and sociological discovery in human history. Earth's history and perhaps humankind's origins may be much different than previously believed.

George J. Haas is founder and premier investigator of The Cydonia Institute, established in 1991. He is a member of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Pre-Columbian Society of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Haas is also an artist, art instructor, writer, and curator. He is a member and former director of the Sculptors' Association of New Jersey. He has also authored monographs for various art exhibitions, and had a one-man show at the OK Harris Gallery of Art in New York City. He became interested in the "Face on Mars" after reading a book on the subject by Randolfo Rafael Pozos in 1991. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Dr. Amelia Joy Cole; he has three daughters.

William R. Saunders graduated from the University of Alberta in Edmonton in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geomorphology. He began work in the petroleum industry in Calgary, Alberta in 1978 and currently works as a petroleum geoscience consultant in Calgary. He was reintroduced to the "Face on Mars" in 1991 by Richard Hoagland's book, The Monuments of Mars. He began looking at the Mars Global Surveyor images on NASA's web site with their first release in April of 1998. He met George Haas on a web-site discussion group shortly thereafter.

Foreword writer Richard C. Hoagland has been a NASA consultant and Science Advisor to Walter Cronkite and CBS News. In 1993 he won the Angstrom Medal for Excellence in Science. He is the author of The Monuments of Mars: A City on the Edge of Forever (Frog, Ltd., 2001).