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182 pages of results. 571. The Enigma of Tiahuanaco (Built Before the Flood) [Books]
... no interest in it, but actually seem to have avoided it. Though they built a considerable number of settlements, including two of their most sacred shrines, in the Inter-Andean Altiplano, they do not seem to have used Tiahuanaco even as a source of building material. The site was probably taboo. The Spanish chroniclers could gather practically no traditions regarding the builders of the astonishing structures of Tiahuanaco, but this is not to be wondered at since the unbridled conquistadores had killed off practically everybody of rank in that region in their first onset, and the bigoted inquisitor-missionaries who had come in their wake had dealt equally efficiently, if less violently, with any who obdurately treasured ancient lore ...
572. Palaeo-Egypt (The Atlantis Myth) [Books]
... taken as an invention on their part or as an instance of boasting on the part of their Egyptian friends who were pleased to plant tall stories on the credulous Greeks. The `nine thousand years' mentioned in Solon's manuscript should be taken at its face value. There is nothing really improbable about it, especially as we now know that traditions have been handed down to us from times which are incomparably more remote than the periods mentioned. Let us now consider the other surprising point in Plato's myth, that according to passage 22e Palaeo-Attica had been overwhelmed by seismic (volcanic) and cataclysmic catastrophe but Palaeo-Egypt had escaped with no more than a shaking and wetting. This passage is ...
573. Mount Horeb and Judah's Sacred Treasures [Journals] [Aeon]
... Problem Hiding treasures, sacred objects, and precious documents belonging to temples or religious communities in some secret hiding place was common practice in ancient Palestine. There are numerous and precise indications, and even archaeological evidence, of such procedures. It seems that the priests of the Jerusalem Temple during the time of Judah's kings also followed this practice. Tradition exists about a crypt where, just before Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the Temple, several cultic objects were hidden, among them the Ark of the Covenant. It is precisely these traditions that gave rise to extensive research and diggings on the Temple Mount since the time of the Templars. A vast literature exists on the subject, not worth mentioning since ...
574. 1421: The Year China Discovered America (Book Review) [Journals] [Aeon]
... to get to China by a westward passage across the Atlantic. The rest should have been history, except that- and this is not found in Menzies' extensive references- the 19th century American essayist and historian Washington Irving almost single-handedly created the Columbus Day observance out of whole cloth, whitewashing the misdeeds of his hero while fabricating a new-fashioned tradition. The islands in the western Atlantic marked on the 1428 World Map- the same year Joan of Arc led the French army against the English- which was brought from Italy in that year by the Portuguese regent Dom Pedro, son of Joćo I, were commissioned by Henry the Navigator in 1431 to be rediscovered, explored, and ...
575. Evolution from Space [Articles]
... - Interdisciplinary Evidence" and I am sure you all await it as eagerly as I do. Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for those very warm words of welcome. It is a pleasure to be here. The question of the origin of life is perhaps THE most interdisciplinary question in the whole of science. Traditionally, it connects biology, geology, chemistry and physics, but I shall endeavour to show you today that it must encompass also subjects such as epidemiology, as the Chairman hinted, and astronomy as well. The Universe itself, the great big Universe, does not define or respect boundaries between scientific disciplines which are of course human constructs ...
576. The Velikovskian [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... ) Hard cover, 154pp, ISBN 0-9639759-0-3. Electro-Gravitic Theory of Celestial Motion & Cosmology presents a revolutionary explanation of celestial motion which challenges Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity and Isaac Newton's view that gravity and intertia are the only forces which generate celestial motion. Employing Electro-Gravitic Theory, Charles Ginenthal maintains that celestial bodies exhibit systematic behavior not explained by traditional theory. This theory posits the concept that electromagnetism is a counter force to gravity which can be fully tested in space. This cosmological theory challenges nearly all the established explanations for the birth, evolution, and death of galaxies, as well as the birth, evolution and death of stars. The hallmark of the theory is that is ...
577. The Demands of the Saturnian Configuration Theory [Journals] [SIS Review]
... some future date. Even so, given that Rose's model is more feasible from a physical point of view, why should I continue to opt for the more bizarre idea of a Saturn stationed in Earth's north polar sky? The answer is simple: that is where the mytho-historical record places Saturn. Even Rose had to accept this: The traditions about an immovable Saturn atop some special pole made little sense after the Age of Kronos had come to an end. Those traditions were later revised and were attributed to the only immovable' point .. . that could be found in the newer sky. To people in the northern hemisphere .. . this was the north celestial pole ...
578. Metron [Journals] [Kronos]
... up a geodetic system with benchmarks which had the purpose of showing that the main physical features of Egypt fit the patterns of meridians and parallels. At the beginning of the Middle Kingdom they set their capital at Thebes which is located at 2/7 of the distance between the Equator and the Pole. Maimonides observes that, according to Jewish tradition, to use false measures is a crime worse than incest. A number of passages from the Old Testament make clear that the first element of Hebrew law is the system of measures. They are connected with the statements that God created the world numero pondere mensura; these texts were quoted with gusto by thinkers of the Renaissance. The ...
579. Brains Trust - Chronology and Ancient History [Journals] [SIS Review]
... and were designed to keep people dry at a time when there was jungle in the Western desert. They stopped building pyramids when the climate changed to the dry weather we have there today. Q4. Why, in the list of tribes the Israelites encountered during the Conquest, were the Philistines left out? Is there any truth in the tradition that the Berbers were descendants of the Philistines? John Bimson replied that he could not answer the latter question. Regarding the Philistines during the Conquest, there are references to the way of the land of the Philistine' at that time, although these may be anachronistic but the five Philistine cities are mentioned as not being conquered by Joshua ...
580. Velikovsky And Planetary Catastrophe [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... of Worlds in Collision a relatively small group of researchers - some well-accredited academically and some working entirely as outsiders, but all inspired to investigate questions first raised by Velikovsky - has produced interesting and highly significant results. The work ranges from the study of physical markers consistent with interplanetary upheavals, to the systematic exploration of the great ritual and symbolic traditions of the ancient world. All told, the work raises issues that urgently need to be addressed in a forum free of prejudicial rhetoric and posturing. Keep in mind that not just Velikovsky's conclusions, but his entire theoretical approach, challenged conventional ideas. He insisted that events remembered by ancient peoples count as evidence. When far flung cultures ...
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