Hidden History

Jim Willis

Description

Explores dozens of major and minor theories of the origins of civilization gleaned from scientific evidence and historical documents

Analyzes hidden knowledge and challenges the closed-minded scientific theories of how the universe, ancient man, and modern societies came to be

Thorough investigation and examination the mysteries surrounding early civilizations, their myths, legends, histories, monuments—and lasting legacies

History Channel’s Ancient Aliens is in its thirteenth season

Logical organization makes finding information quick and easy

Numerous black-and-white photographs

Thoroughly indexed

Authoritative resource

Sure to appeal to ancient alien theorists, conspiracy buffs, history readers, paranormal devotees, and true-crime aficionados.

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Artifact Anomalies

Leaving Göbekli Tepe, which is, itself, a highly curious anomaly, aside for a moment, there are other examples of a lesser order found throughout the world. Taken together, they all imply that an ancient, lost, parent civilization existed and remains buried in time. It is a forgotten chapter to what we naively call modernity. Here are just a few examples that usually aren’t mentioned in the history books. They are labeled "Ooparts" by archeologists, which stands for “out-of-place artifacts.” The list was originally compiled by Tara MacIssac for The Epoch Times and then reprinted by Ancient Origins magazine in September of 2015. They are used here by permission:

Batteries: Clay jars with asphalt stoppers and iron rods made some 2,000 years ago have proven capable of generating more than a volt of electricity. These ancient “batteries” were found by German archaeologist Wilhelm König in 1938 just outside of Baghdad, Iraq. “The batteries have always attracted interest as curios,” Dr. Paul Craddock, a metallurgy expert at the British Museum, told the BBC in 2003. “They are a one-off. As far as we know, nobody else has found anything like these. They are odd things; they are one of life’s enigmas.”

Light Bulbs: A relief beneath the Temple of Hathor at Dendera, Egypt, depicts figures standing around a large light-bulb-like object. Erich Von Däniken, who wrote Chariots of the Gods, created a model of the bulb, which works when connected to a power source, emitting an eerie, purplish light.

Nuclear Reactor: In 1972, a French factory imported uranium ore from Oklo, in Africa’s Gabon Republic. The uranium had already been extracted. They found the site of origin to have apparently functioned as a large-scale nuclear reactor that came into being 1.8 billion years ago and was in operation for some 500,000 years. Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, former head of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and Nobel Prize winner for his work in the synthesis of heavy elements, explained why he believes it wasn’t a natural phenomenon, and that it thus must be a manmade nuclear reactor. For uranium to “burn” in a reaction, very precise conditions are needed. The water must be extremely pure, for one, much purer than exists naturally. The material U-235 is necessary for nuclear fission to occur. It is one of the uranium isotopes found in nature. Several specialists in reactor engineering have said they believe the uranium in Oklo could not have been rich enough in U-235 for a reaction to take place naturally, so it must have been processed.

Seismoscope: In 132 C.E., Zhang Heng created the world’s first seismoscope. How exactly it works remains a mystery, but replicas have worked with a precision comparable to modern instruments. In 138 C.E., it correctly indicated that an earthquake occurred about 300 miles west of Luoyang, the capital city. No one not in that city had felt the quake in Luoyang, and so they dismissed the warning until a messenger arrived days later requesting aid.

Plumbing: Caves near Mount Baigong in China contain pipes leading to a nearby lake. They were dated by the Beijing Institute of Geology to about 150,000 years ago, according to Brian Dunning of Skeptoid.com. State-run media Xinhua reported that the pipes were analyzed at a local smeltery, and 8 percent of the material could not be identified. Zheng Jiandong, a geology research fellow from the China Earthquake Administration, told the state-run newspaper People’s Daily in 2007 that some of the pipes were found to be highly radioactive. He said iron-rich magma may have risen from deep in the Earth, bringing the iron into fissures, where it may have solidified into tubes. He admitted, however, “There is indeed something mysterious about these pipes.” He cited the radioactivity as an example of the strange qualities of the pipes.

The Antikythera Mechanism: A mechanism, often referred to as an ancient “computer,” that was built by Greeks around 150 B.C.E. was able to calculate astronomical changes with great precision. “If it hadn’t been discovered, no one would possibly believe that it could exist because it’s so sophisticated,” said Mathematician Tony Freeth in a NOVA documentary. Mathias Buttet, director of research and development for watch-maker Hublot, said in a video released by the Hellenic Republic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, “This Antikythera Mechanism includes ingenious features which are not found in modern watch-making.”

Ancient Drill Bit: John Buchanan, Esq., in a presentation to a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on December 13, 1852, described a mysterious drill bit that had been found encapsulated in a layer of coal and buried in a bed of clay about 7 feet thick. The coal was formed hundreds of millions of years ago. The Society decided that the instrument was of a modern level of advancement, but it concluded that “the iron instrument might have been part of a borer broken during some former search for coal.” Buchanan’s detailed report, however, did not include any signs that the coal surrounding the instrument had been punctured by drilling.

Enigmatic Spheres: Spheres with fine grooves around them found in mines in South Africa have been said by some to be naturally formed masses of mineral matter. Others think they were precisely shaped by a prehistoric human hand. “The globes, which have a fibrous structure on the inside with a shell around it, are very hard and cannot be scratched, even by steel,” said Roelf Marx, curator of the Klerksdorp Museum in South Africa, according to Michael Cremo’s book Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race. Marx said the spheres are about 2.8 billion years old. If they are mineral masses, it is unclear how exactly they formed.

Iron Pillar of Delphi: This pillar, which is 99.72 percent iron, is at least 1,500 years old. It remains rust-free and is of an astounding purity. In modern times, wrought iron has been made with a purity of 99.8 percent, but it contains manganese and sulfur, two ingredients absent in the pillar. It was made at least “400 years before the largest known foundry of the world could have produced it,” wrote John Rowlett in A Study of the Craftsmen of Ancient and Medieval Civilizations to Show the Influence of their Training on our Present Day Method of Trade Education.

Ulfbehrt “Viking” Sword: When archaeologists found the Viking sword Ulfbert, dating from 800 to 1000 C.E., they were stunned. They couldn’t see how the technology to make such a sword would have been available until the Industrial Revolution 800 years later. Its carbon content is three times higher than other swords of its time and impurities were removed to such a degree that the iron ore must have been heated to at least 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

A Very Old Hammer: A hammer was found in London, Texas, in 1934 encased in stone that had formed around it. The rock surrounding the hammer is said to be more than 100 million years old. Glen J. Kuban, a vocal skeptic, claims the hammer was made millions of years ago. He said the stone may contain materials that are more than 100 million years old, but that doesn’t mean the rock formed around the hammer so long ago. Some limestone has formed around artifacts known to be from the twentieth century, so concretions, masses of hardened mineral matter, can form fairly quickly around objects. Carl Baugh, who is in possession of the artifact, has said the wooden handle has turned to coal. That implies great age. He notices that the metal head has a strange composition. Critics have called for more independent testing to verify these claims, but thus far no such testing has been conducted.

Construction in the Ancient Past: Workers at a stone quarry near Aix-en-Provence, France, in the eighteenth century came across tools stuck in a layer of limestone fifty feet underground. The find was recorded in the American Journal of Science and Arts in 1820 by T. D. Porter, who was translating Count Bournon’s work Mineralogy. The wooden instruments had turned into agate, a hard stone. Porter wrote: “Everything tended to prove that this work had been executed upon the spot where the traces existed. The presence of [man] had then preceded the formation of this stone, and that considerably, since [he] had already arrived at such a degree of civilization that the arts were known to him, and that [he] wrought the stone and formed columns out of it.”
About the Author

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Origins of the Cosmos

1. Prime Theory – The Big Bang

2. Natural Alternative Theories – Quasi Steady State; Eternal Inflation; A Mirror Universe; Colliding in Higher Dimensions; Gravity Over the Rainbow; The Slow Thaw; A Cyclic Universe; White Holes and Alternate Universes

3. Alien Alternative Theories – Metaphysics, Spirituality, and Religion; A Digitally Simulated Universe; Intervention from Beyond

4. Summary

Part II: The Emergence of Life

1. Prime Theory – The Great Chasm

2. Natural Alternative Theories – The World of RNA; Fire and Ice; Molecules With Feet of Clay; Buried at Sea; The Gaia Hypothesis

3. Alien Alternative Theories – Biological SETI and Panspermia; DNA Doctors; Physical Intervention

4. Summary

Part III: The First Humans

1. Prime Theory – Lucy the Australopithecus Afarensis

2. Natural Alternative Theories – The Anthropic Principle; Biocentrism; The March of Evolution; Panpsychism

3. Alien Alternative Theories – Zecharia Sitchin and the Coming of the Gods; Jehovah and the Demiurge; Discovering Aliens in the Mirror

4. Summary

Part IV: Expansion

1. Prime Theory – Out of Africa

2. Natural Alternative Theories – Ancient Civilizations and Mistaken Identities; Diffusion and the Spread of Ideas; The First People of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Americas, Antarctica

3. Alien Alternative Theories – The Problem of Time; The Jewish Exodus; The Hopi Migration; The Aztec Journey; The Mysterious Mound Builders; Power Points and Energy Stations

4. Summary

Part V: Early Civilization

1. Prime Theory – The Mesopotamian / Egyptian Genesis

2. Natural Alternative Theories – Mysteries of Göbekli Tepe; Artifact Anomalies; the Americas

3. Alien Alternative Theories – The “Face” on Mars; The Nazca Lines; Stonehenge; Egyptian Pyramids; Sacsayhuamán and Beyond

4. Summary

Part VI: Origins

1. Prime Theory – A Purpose for Lost Civilizations

2. Natural Alternative Theories – The Rise of Atlantis and the Coming of the Flood; Studies in Stone; The Message of the Myth

3. Alien Alternative Theories – A Space of Time; Life in the Test Tube

4. Summary

Part VII: Future Possibilities – Suppressed History; Alternative Theories; Ancient Aliens; Hidden Origins; Future Scenarios; Summary

Bibliography

Index

Sujets

• controversial
• Ancient mysteries
• Unexplained Phenomena
• Conspiracy Theories
• Anunaki
• Homo neanderthalensis
• Neanderthal
• Denisova hominin
• Archaeology
• Ancient Aliens
• Body (disambiguation)
• Andrew Collins
• Spirituality
• Conspiracy theory
• Atlantis
• Göbekli Tepe
• Anunnaki
• Erich von Däniken
• Homme de Néandertal

Informations

• Publié par: Visible Ink Press
• Date de parution: 01 mai 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781578597185
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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T ABLE OF C ONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Photo Sources
Introduction
THE BIG PICTURE: ORIGINS OF THE COSMOS
PRIME THEORY
The Big Bang
Intermission
Expansion
The Multiverse
Inflation/Deflation
The Problem of Quantum Observation
The Mythology of Science
NATURAL ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
Quasi Steady State
Eternal Inflation
A Mirror Universe
Colliding in Higher Dimensions
Gravity over the Rainbow
The Slow Thaw
A Cyclic Universe
White Holes and Alternate Universes
ALIEN ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
Metaphysics, Spirituality, and Religion
A Digitally Simulated Universe
Intervention from Beyond, Part I: Space
Intervention from Beyond, Part II: Time
Intervention from Beyond, Part III: Dimensions
SUMMARY
BEGINNINGS: THE EMERGENCE OF LIFE
PRIME THEORY
The Great Chasm
NATURAL ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
The World of RNA
Fire and Ice
Molecules with Feet of Clay
Buried at Sea
The Gaia Hypothesis
ALIEN ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
Biological SETI and Panspermia
DNA Doctors
Physical Intervention
SUMMARY
EMERGENCE: THE FIRST HUMANS
PRIME THEORY
Lucy the Australopithecus afarensis
NATURAL ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
The Anthropic Principle
If at First You Don t Succeed
You Among the Stars
Biocentrism
The March of Evolution
Panpsychism
ALIEN ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
Zecharia Sitchin and the Coming of the Gods
Jehovah and the Demiurge
Discovering Aliens in the Mirror
SUMMARY
EXPANSION: THE FIRST PIONEERS
PRIME THEORY
Out of Africa
The Northern Route Dispersal
The Southern Route Dispersal
NATURAL ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
Ancient Civilizations and Mistaken Identities
Diffusion and the Spread of Ideas
The First People of Africa
The First People of Asia
The First People of Australia
The First People of Europe
The First People of the Americas
The First People of Antarctica
The First People of New Zealand
The First People of the Philippines
ALIEN ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
The Problem of Time
Help from Above
POWER POINTS AND ENERGY STATIONS
SUMMARY
CIVILIZATION: ON THE ROAD TO MODERNITY
PRIME THEORY
The Mesopotamian / Egyptian Genesis
Mesopotamia and Egypt: 6000 to 4000 B.C.E
The Indus Valley: 2500 B.C.E
The Aegean: 2000 B.C.E
China: 1600 B.C.E
Central and South America: 1200 B.C.E
The Mediterranean: 1000 B.C.E
The Path to the Present Day
NATURAL ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
Mysteries of G bekli Tepe
Artifact Anomalies
The Problem of the Americas
Oral Tradition
These Days, DNA Trumps Everything, but Should It?
Multiple Waves and the Beringian Standstill
The Mistake of Teaching that America was Sparsely Populated by Primitives
ALIEN ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
A Grand Plan
The Face on Mars
The Nazca Lines
Stonehenge
Egyptian Pyramids
Sacsayhuam n and Beyond
The Grand Plan Summary
Dissension in the Ranks of the Gods
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Good God / Evil God
SUMMARY
WERE WE THE FIRST?
PRIME THEORY
A Purpose for Lost Civilizations
NATURAL ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
The Rise of Atlantis and the Coming of the Flood
Studies in Stone
The Message of the Myth
ALIEN ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
A Space of Time
Life in the Test Tube
SUMMARY
POSSIBILITIES: WHERE ARE WE AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?
THE FINAL WORD
Suppressed History
Alternative Theories
Ancient Aliens
Hidden Origins
Future Scenarios
Concluding Thoughts
Further Reading
Index
D EDICATION
To those who march to the beat of a different drummer. May your kind increase!
A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
T hanks to Dr. Ioannis Syrigos, director of Ancient Origins magazine, for his permission to use extensive portions of the article he wrote that is quoted in the section of this book called Expansion: The First Pioneers . As of this writing, the problems outlined in this chapter are still ongoing.
Thanks also to Waziyatawin. Her experience in trying to bring Dakota sensibilities to academia, outlined in the chapter about oral tradition ( p. 297 ), is heart breaking, but, somehow, hopeful as well. As long as there are people like her involved in the struggle, there is hope.
For many years now, Sandy Kransi has been my go-to biology expert. Now it is my privilege to add On Pag n to the team. His book is listed in the bibliography. Don t miss it. It s a great read!
Kevin Hile and I have worked together on four books for Visible Ink Press. A writer is only as good as his editor. Thanks, Kevin.
Speaking of Visible Ink Press, a book comes together because a lot of people work behind the scenes to bring it about. Thanks to all who produced this one.
The world owes a great debt to Graham Hancock, Andrew Collins, and many of their colleagues. For many years they have marched to the beat of a different drummer, fighting the good fight for truth and historical accuracy while risking reputation and economic gain as a result. Their books are listed in the Further Reading. Please read them. You ll be glad you did!
P HOTO S OURCES
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Bjoertvedt (Wikicommons): p. 287 .
Cpt. Muji (Wikicommons): p. 239 .
Crux007 (Wikicommons): p. 40 .
Dbachman (Wikicommons): p. 169 .
EmDee (Wikicommons): p. 21 .
Maximilian D rrbecker (Chumwa): pp. 236 , 237 .
Fremont Culture Art: p. 132 .
Future of Humanity Institute: p. 55 .
Joan Halifax: p. 12 .
Heinrich Harder: p. 182 .
Hughes Television Network: p. 291 .
Kartik (Wikicommons): p. 4 (left).
Bob King: p. 48 .
Leonid Kulik: p. 250 .
Library of Congress: p. 354 .
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: p. 244 .
Museo Nacional de Historia, Mexico: p. 225 .
NASA: pp. 29 , 76 , 356 .
NASA/JPL: p. 312 .
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona: p. 313 .
National Archives and Records Administration: p. 140 .
National Institute of Standards and Technology: p. 34 .
National Library of Australia: p. 285 .
National Library of Medicine: p. 233 .
NMB (Wikicommons): p. 280 .
Bengt Oberger: p. 59 .
PhotoColor (Wikicommons): p. 70 .
Saqib Qayyum: p. 274 .
Heironymous Rowe: p. 310 .
Science magazine: p. 167 .
Sergiodlarosa (Wikicommons): p. 184 .
Shutterstock: pp. 8 , 10 , 14 , 23 , 25 , 28 , 30 , 32 , 37 , 39 , 46 , 52 , 57 , 60 , 62 , 67 , 77 , 80 , 81 , 84 , 87 , 93 , 97 , 99 , 102 , 104 , 118 , 120 , 122 , 125 , 129 , 136 , 143 , 156 , 165 , 171 , 174 , 175 , 179 , 188 , 191 , 194 , 196 , 200 , 201 (map), 206 , 207 , 212 , 214 , 217 , 220 , 223 , 224 , 227 , 229 , 231 , 245 , 256 , 257 , 268 , 270 , 272 , 275 , 278 , 284 , 292 , 293 , 303 , 315 , 318 , 320 , 322 , 325 , 327 , 329 , 346 , 352 , 361 , 364 , 367 , 370 , 373 , 377 , 379 , 382 , 384 , 385 , 397 , 400 , 405 , 407 , 409 , 411 , 413 .
Smithsonian Institution: p. 27 .
Ryan Somma: p. 201 (inset).
Pierre Stromberg: p. 295 .
Svenska Familj-Journalen : p. 350 .
Tamm E, Kivisild T, Reidla M, Metspalu M, Smith DG, et al. (2007) Beringian Standstill and Spread of Native American Founders. PLoS ONE 2 ( 9 ): e829: p. 305 .
Sven Teschka: p. 134 .
Tamiko Thiel: p. 20 .
Jose Bernardo Troncoso: p. 185 .
U.S. Geological Survey: p. 248 .
Robert Wilson: p. 4 (right).
Public domain: pp. 110 , 127 , 138 , 152 , 178 , 210 , 289 , 299 , 333 , 335 .
I NTRODUCTION
K now thyself!

These words were inscribed in the court of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. They were later quoted and expanded by the Greek philosopher Socrates. He used them to highlight the fact that, in his opinion, the unexamined life is not worth living.
The phrase prompts some inevitable questions. Do we, both as individuals and collectively as members of the human species, really know who we are? Do we know where we came from or how we originated? Do we understand our place in the great scheme of things?
We like to think we do. After all, we have been immersed in the human mythos from our conception. We have been told a story and taught rudimentary history. In school we were tested to make sure we learned the basics. As such, most of us are at least somewhat educated, modern, seemingly productive members of the human race.
But underneath much of the accepted, unexamined blather of twenty-first-century pseudo-sophistication lies a deep, abiding secret. Much of what we have been taught is wrong, some of it is misguided, a portion of it is a blatant lie intended to keep us in line, and a good deal of it has been, for reasons we shall soon explore, suppressed.
Historical Examples
Before you shrug your shoulders, scoff out loud, and arrive at the inevitable conclusion that the last paragraph is utter nonsense, consider a few facts:
Quantum mechanics, although counterintuitive, seemingly impossible, and maddeningly difficult to grasp intellectually, is currently the most tested and consistently substantiated phenomenon in the history of science. Not once has it been proven false. Even Albert Einstein, one of the greatest theoretical physicists who ever lived, refused to accept quantum reality until his initial emotional response was finally overcome by complex mathematical equations. The theory claims, among other things, that the basis of everything is, in the end, nothing, even though a reality called nothing probably doesn t exist. What do you do with information like that?
In this scientific age of materialism, we have reduced virtually everything down to its core, peered into the very heart of the atom, traveled to the nether regions of human consciousness, and plumbed the depths of creation itself. Yet, in defiance of all claims of intellectual rationality, polls show that religion, superstition, and belief in alien intervention and psychic abilities still thrill us and form the basis of what many folks believe to be true. Why? What is it about these subjects that is so compelling that it causes people to innately believe in mystery and mysticism despite their most rational intentions?
If you talk to your friends and associates, most of them probably won t recognise the names Alan Guth or Leonard Suskind, even though they are among th