Interesting ;)

Pandemonium can have multiple meanings

1. wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar."there was complete pandemonium—everyone just panicked"
2. mid 17th century: modern Latin (denoting the place of all demons, in Milton's Paradise Lost )

And so indeed we are loosely following the Tales set within Paradise Lost and the LV-223 Engineers are kind of Fallen Angels.

Pandemonium is also the name of the City, where Satan has his seat of Power, they (Demons) built this place and it is kind of like Satans Headquarters 

Pandemonium would also describe a Hell Breaking loose, and a Outbreak that results in Xenomorphs as the Poster shows would be such a event.

The Source did say they was contemplating Pandemonium as the title or at least used in the title for the Prometheus sequel.

They also claimed in regards to Paradise Lost in context to connecting to Prometheus 2, that the Scene where Fallen Angels was turned into Serpents is a event that gave them freedom from bondage.

This Poster indeed can be taken just as that part from Paradise Lost after the Fallen Angels are cast down and some of them are transformed into Serpents.

Thank you so much BigDave. I didn't know that regarding the term Pandemonium as a component of the Prometheus sequel title.

That is exactly what I'm talking about...after the council is established and addressed by the Serpent with the false promise of a return to glory. Then the disfigurement and chaos that followed for the Serpent and his infernal peers.

Pandemonium was built suddenly, in hours, and far surpassing anything man could ever hope to build. This capital was built out of the great Deep. 

I have read interpretation of the Deep to signify outer space in some instances and the one specific instance was the flood on Earth in the story of Noah.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Genesis 7:11 

I do accept the interpretation of the Deep this context to mean outer space and that may be where Pandemonium was created and the latest Alien:Covenant movie poster may show but a small slice of what is there. I know I jumped back and forth from the Bible and Paradise Lost clumsy in the topic title writing in regards to the potential Pandemonium image. Thank you again for filling in so much that I didn't have. 

Also, do you believe that is a hammerpede to the back-right of the central xenomorph?

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Indeed yes very similar to the Hammerpede, and much like the Top of the poster is similar to the Trilobite as i made a Topic here to point out ;)

Covenant Poster Trilobite?

The Source i had did say the Deacon and Hammerpede are connected as far as how LV-223 and LV-426 are. But that the Deacon in Prometheus would have a lot of Evolving to do. (which seems to hint its not possible to connect to Alien).

But this does not mean a Previous Deacon can not.

Also this image of Satan on his Throne that is on top of that Dome... now many Ancient Culture depict Thrones as made from Gold.

So this image could match this

Great connection to the throne BigDave.

Here are enhanced images pulled from your image provided above. Thank you.

Left of temple dome.

Right of temple dome.

The temple surrounding structure looks symmetrical.

Below is the far right side of the topic title image.

It will be interesting to see what the designs are like inside the Temple and if we get like a Throne or like a Coliseum, we know from the Set Reports there are Giant Head Statues all Facing Each other in a like a Circle, Ridley referred to them as both 10  Apostle's and Superior Beings.

But they also described a Sacrificial Altar/Bench and a Dagger so thats going to be interesting.

We actually had something similar in the Star Beast Mural

And my abandoned attempted Re-write of Lindeloffs Paradise was to reveal a similar room to this behind the Mural in Prometheus.

Diving deeper into the Engineer pyramid...I like that story line with the further travels into the ruins in your script BigDave.

Yes, it will be very interesting to see what is going on inside the Engineer temple.

Here is the movie poster enhanced upside down that may show Pandemonium. 

This alien looks different than the xenomorph in the middle.

What is this below that looks like a sting ray?

Interesting with the golden "solar panels" that you highlighted, Ingeniero. There might be four of them positioned symmetrically around the dome and somehow connected to the golden"apparatus" on the top? This could be the doomsday machine BD suggested? If there is an outbreak of sorts, the "solar panels" are aligned . . .

Indeed there appears to be some different looking Xenomorphs, but it appears if this is showing a Transformation of something to Xenomorphs so they could be part of a Transformation...  as it shows these Organisms in many twisted and warped stages of Mutation.

Indeed a few look like the Queen a bit if we had a Queen minus its Head Carapace/Crown if you would.  The same can be said with the King Xeno Statue by Sideshow.

I think it shows us that there are/was a number of different looking Xenomorph's and Face Huggers.

@Chli

Maybe i think the Dome and that Gold Device has to have a logical explanation and use.

Looking back at the OT image of Satan on his Throne on top of that Dome... if we look at this image in a different way and we say remove the Dome and Throne from this scene and place it on its own.. with no Satan sitting on the Throne.

Then the Dome looks like a Sphere, a World and the Throne looks like a Huge Fortress sitting at top of this World.

If this World is Hell, then that Fortress would be Pandemonium  and indeed this Throne has like Domes on it..

If you look at the Throne in this context then compare these.

BigDave and chli, I thought the same thing regarding the steep golden triangular structures on either side of the dome.

Yes, I'm now leaning heavily towards a collective use (weapon maybe) with the golden bell-like structure and the corresponding golden peaks in the surrounding structures adjoining the temple dome.

In a symbolic way I suppose we can look at the doomsday machine as the Devil, BD. Anyway, it seems that it's behind the massacre, using the sun or electricity to fry everyone in the city (perhaps the whole planet), hence the burnt bodies. On the other side of the dome, we see the city - houses etc where "people" lived? I wonder if parts of the crew ventured into that city, walked the streets and peered into the houses? Probably burnt corpses everywhere . . .

I hadn't thought of that chli. It would be great to see a structure by structure search.

Yes, and I wonder if the cult place (dome, temple, sacrificial altar) is in the centre of the city or at the end of it?

Here are better shots enhanced of either side of the dome structure chli. 

Left side of temple dome on Paradise.

Right side of temple dome on Paradise.

Nice work with the pictures, Ingeniero! There seems to be statues and columns to the the left and right of the dome, and something similar to sun panels, maybe four of them around the dome? And as BD points out, there are no burnt bodies on the other side of the (procession?) road. Perhaps suggesting that there is some kind of ritualistic mass sacrifice (or "safety valve")? They might have been infected by the mutagen which is suggested by this on set picture where a seemingly disfigured humanoid attacks another:

I have covered that photo before, i think its just the angles and shadows at play here and its just TWO Humanoid beings interacting with each other, maybe in confrontational way?

The Angles and Lighting and Position of hands does seem to give the impression of one being having a mutated face and also elongated limbs but i think its just down to low resolution image and these beings are just turned to like Stone like the others.

Notice the Toppled Over Headless Statue.... is this something that happened before, maybe a mass War and conflict happened in the past so there was some kind of Civil War or Uprising and this is how these Monuments got Toppled...

Before then that Disaster that seemed to Burn/Change them to Stone... or was these Monuments knocked down by the Force of some Blast.

But i agree it looks unlikely a Black Goo Bombardment could cause any of this.

We need to look at this Dome Building it is very central to the city ruins,  it looks like indeed a Cathederal/Church that matches some Byzantine, Greek and Rome Constructions (Christianity)  and the Set Reports claim there is a Central Building that has a circle of Big Stone Heads like in Prometheus that are facing each other which Ridley Scott said was the Apostles and Superior Beings.  And also there was some kind of Sacrificial Altar in this Room too.

So this place has a Important and Religious role to those beings and its a Place and Ridley said where these beings keep their Knowledge. So its a very Specific Place.

We then have to ponder why such a place has Golden Device on-top and those Mirror like Structures all around it. It has to perform some function.

Then we need to look at how these beings do not seem to be Technologically Advanced, they appear to be as Advanced as Mankind was around and prior to the time of Christs Death.

There seems to be not evidence of the Advanced Technology of the LV-223 Engineers who had possesed such Technology for well over 2000 years, or the Pebble Ship from the Sacrificial Scene that has to be Millions and Millions of years old.

So we have to ponder why do these beings on Paradise seem to not be as Technologically Advanced apart from this Central Dome Cathedral which is some place of Worship and Purpose and also has some Technological Purpose.

If this Place is Hell, then indeed this Central Area would be the Seat of Hells Power and Hall to Commemorate such more higher Power/Hierarchy.... Thus this is Pandemonium

Then we need to look at those Statues that are very much facing away to this Temple and look like the Buddha Offerings Statues, and a number of Buddha Statues are depicted holding a Ceremonial Bowl

Ridley Scott referred to this Scene as being like a Ancient Mayan one where one Person would be Chosen to be a Sacrifice and for the year they would be treated as a Prince and after the year is up they would be Sacrificed to the Gods for the greater course of their kind.

If we look at all of this then it kind of adds up EXACTLY to what the Source had claimed.

so its possible those beings on Paradise are given this World to live on and prosper but they must for-fill a Ritual Purpose for those who are above and created them...

They are taught things but only as far as much as Ancient Mankind was, and maybe these beings are collected as Sacrifices by their Creators/Hierarchy.

Maybe every now and again the Hierarchy comes down to this place to collect a Sacrifice or a few and these are taken to other Worlds to Perform that Ritual.

Maybe like in the Annunaki Tale of the Igigi these beings rebelled against this Purpose, and maybe this is why Mankind was created and then these beings Punished?

I can see this making sense now... i guess time will tell if this could be the case.

while looking into Buddha because of how those Seated Statues with what looks like a Bowl in their hands looks..

I found this as far as one of the Oldest Buddha Temple, and oldest Stone Structure in India.  The 'Great Stupa'

I am now convinced its more than Coincidence that this Buddhist Monument and Buddha Sitting Statues look too much like the Temple/Dome in Alien Covenant

The Purpose for the Dome could be similar to the Sanci Great Stupa

This place was donated as a Place of High Rank and Intended to Store and Honor the Relics and Artifacts of the Great Buddha

Which matches what Ridley Scott said about the one set in Alien Covenant that had those 10 Stone Heads of the Apostles and Superior Beings and where they Stored their Knowledge.

Here is more information about STUPA's

The More Ancient Ones look like the Temple Domes in Prometheus and the more Modern Ones always have Gold on the Top.

In the last image at the bottom is the 3 components of the Top of the Stupa.

Chatra's: Which symbolizes a important Deity or King

Yasti: Which Represents the Earth’s center around which the universe is thought to revolve.

Harmika: Which Represents a Gate, Protection and symbol of honour and respect. 

However i am not so sure we can read to much into how these components fit... but it does seem the general use for a Stupa could apply to that Dome in Alien Covenant and Prometheus.

*Place of Religious Importance

*Where Knowledge and Relics of their Deity's are kept

*Where Remains of their Deity are kept (in Urns).

It is going to take more than one line to thank you BigDave.

I thought that the Engineer's were similar to the Igigi in Annunaki Tale of the Igigi. Especially when Ridley Scott started talking about who the Engineers answer to.

"more than Coincidence that this Buddhist Monument and Buddha Sitting Statues look too much like the Temple/Dome in Alien Covenant."

The comparison and the example photos of the Sanci Great Stupa are nothing short of amazing. 

I jumped back to LV-223 because of the similarity of the Engineer pyramid to Sanchi Stupa. Yes, the LV-223 is most likely a military installation but the overall shape of the pyramid structure is too similar for coincidence.

Another great point you make above is the apparent point in time is the Engineers on Paradise and their technological progress at the time they were wiped out.

The society on Paradise looks pre-industrial (like ancient Rome) or post-industrial were radically-advanced technology blends into the background in order to be called up for a task (example: hologram on LV-223).

I also thought the same thing in regards to the sitting statues visible around the temple in the images above. They look like Buddha statues and their placement in relation to the temple is similar as well. They are almost a mirror image in comparison to Earth temples.

A trailer for this topic has been uploaded to YouTube.

Thank you all contributors.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwyNYNcR59pbLUGn4_qhx8Q

Indeed, and i think we need to rember Ridley was going the whole Ancient Astronaughts and Chariots of the Gods aspect.

Where Ancient Mankind was very limited but the Temples there Gods had built were considered to be Ancient Technology.

These kinds of theories are what Stargate SG1 touched upon.

We have to consider the LV-223 Outpost and note that these buildings did indeed somehow maybe Terra-form that world, well at least they was being used to make the Atmosphere inside habitable to Humanoids.

Spaights draft went even further and indeed they contained Terra-forming Technologies, and at the end of the draft there was Pyramids that Lit up the Sky with a Beacon.

so again if we go back to the Cathedral Dome in Alien Covenant then maybe indeed it fits some purpose too.

Power Plant? Terra-forming Device? some other Ancient Communications Device?  

Or a Fail Safe Device to Pull the Plug on wayward civilizations or could this be a alternative use to a more Benign Original Use.

A Nuclear Power Station is a Great Source of Energy but they have a disadvantage as seen with the Fukishima Disaster and a lot of people had Concerns about the Cern LHC Experiment and what Dangers it could pose if Experiments went wrong.

so a Technology for One Purpose could indeed be turned into a Devastating Weapon.

Nice @BigDave lots to mull over.

Have a look at this close-up of two "fighting" corpses. They don't look neither like engineers nor humans to me. Notice the "eyes" (might be shadows from the fingers of the one closest - with a strangely shaped arm?) and ear of the one furthest away.

Hi chli. I'm starting to lean way toward's you and BigDave in regards to a power plant/ duel use tech for temple structure. Especially in regards to an electromagnetic weapon when looking at the array of gold on the top of the temple and the gold peaks and surrounding structures.

The burnt bodies above are discussed below.

BigDave performed the analysis below under this topic.

"I think its just how the Shadows and Light play, and its low resolution and so can make you see things not there.

Its now confirmed these are Props, and they are in a state of destruction, something horrific has happened to them and they are like Stone Statues... and Burnt and so this is why they look deformed.

These TWO are either fighting or embracing before the impending disaster.."

Found below:

What really killed those beings on Paradise? 

by BigDave

Yes, Ingeniero it might be as BD suggests, with the hand and shadows, and the fact that they have been burnt (by some kind of energy blast?). Still, they look strange and deformed, perhaps from the energy blast or they might be mutated (engineers? humans?). Yes, they could be attacking one another or comforting one another in the hour of doom.

We still cant rule out of indeed some-kind of Outbreak had happened and then something else was used after to basically Destroy/Prevent such a Outbreak.

Like a Fail Safe Device... it would be like a Walking Dead Scenario if we or some Nation created a Virus that turned everyone into Zombies and then invented a second Weapon that would then render all the Zombies to Dried out Corpses.

But in context to this, it would puzzle me why David would use Black Goo to infect the Engineers and then use something else to Fry the Engineers.

It makes more sense that this happened a long time ago, and the Dome Cathedral was used as some kind of Fail Safe Device to wipe them out to Prevent the effects of the Outbreak.

So yes chli we cant rule out a outbreak/mutation and then something else used to prevent this.... but this would make more sense if it was a Ancient Event.. To Prevent a Outbreak

Otherwise why would David not resort to what ever he used to Burn/Mummify those beings instead?

So it will be interesting to see what these Scenes are about and When and How they happened.

Hi Folks - humbly asking for clarification regarding the following...

"We did something very, very bad, and somehow the consequences of that dreadful act accompanied the Engineers back to LV-223 and massacred them.  If you have uneasy suspicions about what 'a bad thing approximately 2,000 years ago' might be, then let me reassure you that you are right.” Ridley Scott, movies.com

Am I correct inferring that that very bad deed was mankind's crucifixion of Jesus on the cross 2000yrs ago? If so, what exactly are the "consequences of the act" that Ridley is referring too? And why would those consequences accompany them back on their spaceship, then massacre the Engineers on LV-223? I really do not understand this at all...

Little Newt: I suppose one possibility is that the engineers, after having witnessed mankind's downfall (murdering Christ), they went to LV-223 to create a weapon of mass destruction (the intention being to wipe out mankind and start from the beginning again). However, something went wrong with the engineers' experiments and it turned against them . . .

BD: Yes, there are puzzles in abundance. I wonder, if "Paradise" was the home world of the engineers and they decided to experiment on LV-223 (in order to protect Paradise), why would they need a fail safe device?

I would not read to much into the Christ thing, i think we need to remember the Biblical connections will be loose, and offer a alternative insight to those events.

And so Christ was just a interpretation of a most likely Engineer Emissary or Hybrid Emissary that was sent to guide Mankind back on Track as the Human Race around the area of the Cradle of Creation on Earth so the area around where Israel/Syria/Iraq is now and within a certain Radius had started to behave in ways that was opposed to how the Engineers intended for us.

Other Ancient Cultures maybe did not turn out as offensive to the Engineers as the Middle East/Eurasian Areas... so maybe other Ancient cultures that became the Mayans, Native Indians etc...  maybe they also had a Emissary sent down but they did not revolt against and kill theirs?

Maybe this explains the latter than 2000 years old Star Maps

Little Newt, thank you for this type of question. 

The context of what Ridley Scott was saying in the quote you cite was in relation to an attack on LV-223 shown in Prometheus around 2000 years ago. He, Ridley Scott, made the connection with the putrid state humanity was in at the time during the last stages of the Roman Empire.

This concept has been discussed many times by many talented contributors. Gareth and BigDave covered this topic in 2013.

"If you look at it as an 'our children are misbehaving down there' scenario, there are moments where it looks like we've gone out of control, running around with armor and skirts, which of course would be the Roman Empire. And they were given a long run. A thousand years before their disintegration actually started to happen. And you can say, 'Let's send down one more of our emissaries to see if he can stop it.' Guess what? They crucified him."

Ridley Scott

The Romans crucified Christ. The connection I made was that Ridley Scott chose that a single (Jesus') crucifixion was very, very bad during the time the Roman Empire was known very well for how often they crucified people for many different reasons. The crucifixion machine was well oiled and up and running during the Roman Empire and Ridley Scott segregated one single crucifixion as different from the rest of the many that were crucified 2000 years ago.

BigDave is correct when advising caution with direct links to Jesus' crucifixion. The Prometheus events up to the Alien: Covenant released material shows traits from different cultures and religions.

The attack on LV-223 about 2000 Years Ago

Someone interceded on humanity's behalf to stop the Engineers on LV-223 with an attack that killed them (shown below).

With the loose connections to Christian history concepts and the more firm connections the Nephilim Giants progeny story (the Ancient Aliens TV program loves to cite this) , I speculated that maybe the black goo was divine and the Nephilim that intended to attack humanity (Engineer plan to destroy Earth unveiled by David 8 on LV-223) was disrupted by Watcher angels.

The Nephilim are the children (Giants) of the Fallen Angels in the Bible that polluted the gene pool of humanity and brought on the cleansing flood spoke of in the story of Noah.

I thought with these connections, is the third party that attacked the Engineers on LV-223 Watcher Angels?

“When men began to multiply on the face of the Earth, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and took them wives of all which they chose.”

Genesis 6:1-4

The below quote is from a deep article on the subject discussed here.

"In the esoteric Luciferian tradition they were a special elite order of angelic beings created by God to be earthly shepherds of the first primitive humans. It was their task to observe and watch over the emerging human species and report back on their progress.

However they were confined by the divine prime directive not to interfere in human evolution. Unfortunately they decided to ignore God’s command and defy his orders and become teachers to the human race, with unfortunate repercussions for both themselves and humanity."

http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/enoch-the-watchers-the-real-story-of-angels-demons

Did "angelic beings created by God to be earthly shepherds" wipe out the Engineers on LV-223 because they were doing their job?

Were these earthly shepherds looking out for humanity when the descendants of the Fallen Angels (Engineer, Nephilim Giants) meant to destroy Earth?

"I wonder, if "Paradise" was the home world of the engineers and they decided to experiment on LV-223 (in order to protect Paradise), why would they need a fail safe device?"

Great question again. Thank you for this discussion chli. I do look forward to the respectable debates I share with you, BigDave, and others on this forum. I appreciate all of you.

The need for a fail safe device would be the same reason Weyland-Yutani Corporation is the leader in arms sales.

Space is a tough neighborhood and you don't know who is going to show up with a different opinion. A fail safe devise (temple weapon) may be the last firewall against a foreign force that could show up to the Engineer home world. I do think that is what Paradise is.

I have to say, I'm sure that if Sir Ridley himself ever visited this forum, he would have to be pretty damn impressed.  You guys really dig into stuff on here and but a lot of effort into these discussion.  I'm sure I speak for most when I say "Thank you"

SteveRogers1973, I can't imagine a better compliment to receive on this forum. We do have awesome contributors. Thank you.

chli: Many thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts – Yes I too was thinking exactly along the same lines, but then got myself tripping up on Ridley’s “exact wording” and the confusion generated was obviously because I was reading more into it! lol

BigDave and Ingeriero: Very indebted to you both to take time out to reply and clarify things for this little Alien fan. Also THANK YOU so much for the links! I only came across this wonderful site a couple of months ago, and only joined recently, so have unfortunately missed a lot of the “nectar” that has been generated in the past.

SteveRogers1973:  I wholeheartedly agree!!!!