Pseudohistory is a term applied to a type of historical revisionism , often involving sensational claims whose acceptance would require rewriting a significant amount of commonly accepted history, and based on methods that depart from standard Historical method historiographical conventions . Cryptohistory is a related term, applied to pseudo historical publications based on occultism occult or irrational notions. Definition and etymology The term pseudo history was coined in the early 19th century, which makes it somewhat older than wikt pseudo scholarship pseudo scholarship , and somewhat younger than wikt pseudo science pseudo science although New Latin pseudo historia had been in use since at least the 1650s . It is attested in 1823 as referring to an early example of a historical novel ... result&ct result&resnum 2&ved 0CCsQ6AEwAQ v onepage&q pseudo history&f false p. 152 ref Pseudohistory ... of pseudohistory can be extended to varying contexts. Historian Douglas Allchin ref Allchin, D. 2004. http www.tc.umn.edu allch001 papers pseudo.pdf Pseudohistory and pseudoscience Science ..., but misleading ideologically, and that this constitutes pseudohistory. According to Michael Shermer , Alex Grobman , Pseudohistory is the rewriting of the past for present personal or political ... pseudohistory That the work uncritically accepts myths and anecdotal evidence without skepticism. That the work ... Pseudoarchaeology The following are some commonly cited examples of pseudohistory Catastrophism .... title Pseudohistory and pseudomathematics fantasy in our life journal Russian Mathematical Surveys ... metrology References Reflist colwidth 30em External links Wiktionary pseudohistory http skepdic.com pseudohs.html Pseudohistory entry at Skeptic s Dictionary http www.tc.umn.edu allch001 papers pseudo.pdf Pseudohistory and Pseudoscience Program in the History of Science and Technology, University ... at Category Articles with inconsistent citation formats Category Pseudohistory Category Fringe theory ... more details
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Selfref For the Wikipedia guideline, see Wikipedia Fringe theories . A fringe theory is an idea or a collection of ideas that departs significantly from the prevailing or mainstream view in its particular field of study . Examples include conspiracy theories , ideas which pseudoscience purport to be scientific theories but have little or no scientific support , unproven alternative medicine alternative claims about medicine , pseudohistory and so forth. Some fringe theories may in a stricter sense be hypothesis hypotheses , conjecture s, or speculation s. ref name Shermer 1997 cite book author Michael Shermer Shermer, Michael title Why People Believe Weird Things Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time publisher Henry Holt and Company year 1997 isbn 0805070893 ref Status of a theory can change. For example, continental drift has moved from being a contested, fringe theory in geology , to becoming very widely accepted as plate tectonics within the scientific community . ref Bell, David, 2005, Science, Technology and Culture, Open University Press, p. 134, ISBN 978 0335213269 ref See also Conspiracy theory Fringe disambiguation Fringe science Protoscience Pseudohistory Pseudoscience References Reflist Epistemology Category Conspiracy theories Category Fringe science Category Fringe theory Category Pseudo scholarship Category Pseudohistory Category Pseudoscience philosophy stub ... more details
Unsourced image removed Image Georgiadesbros.JPG thumb right Screenshot from the TV Show Unreferenced date March 2008 Orphan date March 2008 Ellinon Egersis Uprising of the Hellenes Greek polytonic is a TV show of nationalist political commentary and promotion of books of historical and philological interest in the TeleAsty station presented by the Georgiades Bros , Leonidas and Adonis Georgiades . Greece tv stub Category Greek language television programs Category Pseudohistory ... more details
Notability date July 2009 Orphan date February 2009 The long lost civilization of Muror , located on the legendary lost continent of Mu lost continent Mu , is a mythic civilization invented by cultist James Churchward 1851 1936 . The story was expanded in 1970, in a book published by Tony Earll. The book claimed to present a translation of a diary compiled by a boy called Kland. In concept, this myth is not dissimilar to stories and legends about Lemuria continent Lemuria , Atlantis , Mar, Thule and Lumania . External links http kjmatthews.users.btopenworld.com cult archaeology lost continents 3.html Legend of Mu Category Fictional civilizations Category New Age Category Pseudohistory fict location stub ... more details
The Temple and the Lodge UK ISBN 0 552 13596 8 is a book co written by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh author Richard Leigh that claims to trace a link between the suppressed Knights Templar legends Knights Templar and modern day Freemasonry . The thesis of the book is that after the Knights Templar were suppressed for heresy at the bequest of the King of France some elements found refuge in Scotland where they helped the Scots in their fight for independence from the English. It also claims that many of the people behind the American Revolution were Freemasons, as were some of the less successful British commanders such as William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe Howe and Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis Cornwallis . The book is usually described as speculative history , although the Borders chain lists it as Pseudohistory . ref http www.borders.co.uk books about pseudohistory 4359 Borders website ref References reflist 2 hist book stub Freemasonry stub DEFAULTSORT Temple and the Lodge Category 1991 books ... more details
Rwandan Genocide denial is the assertion that the Rwandan Genocide did not occur in the manner or to the extent described by Scholarly method scholarship . The Rwandan Genocide is widely acknowledged by genocide scholars to have been one of the biggest modern genocides, as many sources point to the sheer scale of the death toll as evidence for a systematic, organized plan to eliminate the victims. Denial of the Rwandan Genocide is a crime in Rwanda. ref cite news url http uk.reuters.com article idUKTRE65G4WP20100617 title Rwanda frees U.S. lawyer due to health, charges remain last Holland first Hereward date 17 June 2010 work Reuters accessdate 27 November 2010 ref References reflist Historical revisionism DEFAULTSORT Rwandan Genocide denial Category Pseudohistory Category Rwandan Genocide Denial Category Denialism ... more details
Camber , also Kamber , was the legendary first king of Cambria , according to the Geoffrey of Monmouth in the first part of his influential 12th century pseudohistory Historia Regum Britanniae . According to Geoffrey, Cambria, the classical name for Wales , was named for him. Camber was the son of Brutus of Britain Brutus , and a descendant of Aeneas of Troy . Upon his father s death he was given Cambria, while his younger brother Albanactus got Alba the territory corresponding to modern Scotland from Welsh Yr Alban and his older brother Locrinus received Logres corresponding to England from Welsh Lloegr and the title of List of legendary kings of Britain King of the Britons . When Albanactus was murdered by Humber the Hun Humber , King of the Huns , Camber joined Locrinus in attacking and defeating him. Like many of the characters reported by Geoffrey, Camber has no historical basis but is the product of Geoffrey of Monmouth s imagination, invented largely for political ends within the contemporary Anglo Norman world. ref See for instance J. S. P. Tatlock s classic study, The Legendary History of Britain Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1950 . ref House of Brutus References reflist Category British traditional history Category Welsh mythology cy Camber de Kamber es Kamber fr Kamber it Kamber he nl Kamber ... more details
Akakor is the name of a supposed ancient underground city, located somewhere between Brazil , Bolivia and Peru . It was described by German journalist Karl Brugger , based on interviews with a self proclaimed Brazilian Indian chieftain Tatunca Nara in his book The Chronicle of Akakor 1976 . Although Brugger was apparently convinced, the information in it has only one source Tatunca Nara , who was later exposed by activist and adventurer R diger Nehberg as being G nther Hauck, a German. Elements of the story from The Chronicle of Akakor were used in the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , where they were conflated with El Dorado , although references are to Akator . ref http cinefantastiqueonline.com 2008 05 10 film preview part one indiana jones kingdom of the crystal skull Film Preview Pt. I Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ref References http www.bookfinder.com author karl brugger Karl Brugger Die Chronik von Akakor, Econ Publishers D sseldorf, Vienna, 1976 reflist External links http www.philipcoppens.com akahim.html The legend of Akakor http www.freebsd.nfo.sk esoteric indiantea.htm Article about underground secrets of South America Category Ancient astronaut speculation Category Pseudohistory Category Fictional lost cities and towns Category Atlantis it Akakor simple Akakor pt Akakor sk Akakor ... more details
orphan date June 2010 Mergeto Nostradamus date February 2010 The Cult of Nostradamus CON is this supposed to be ironic? was supposedly founded in the late 18th century. Its members follow the Quatrain s of Nostradamus ref http www.crystalinks.com quatrains.html ref , which supposedly predicted several major disasters, including The Great Fire of London , World War II , the Death of Diana, Princess of Wales and the September 11 attacks attack on the Twin Towers . The Quatrains also predict hypothetical future disasters such as World War III and the End of the world . ref http www.nostradamus101.com prophecies part2 ref Members of the cult are said to a dark shade of purple . Members may also wear a lemniscate i.e. and to own a Nostradamus Quatrains book, which is only available to those of the CON. The CON as it is abbreviated is known for its perfect world ideologies by an any means necessary policy. It supposedly has many members in high positions of authority over businesses, media and organisations. References reflist DEFAULTSORT Cult Of Nostradamus Category Pseudohistory Category Nostradamus ... more details
Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants Essays on Literature, Film, and History title orig translator image Image Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants.jpg 200px image caption Dust jacket for Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants Essays on Literature, Film, and History author L. Sprague de Camp illustrator cover artist country United States language English language English series subject Essays publisher Borgo Press release date 1996 english release date media type Print Hardcover Hardback pages 143 pp isbn 0893703540 dewey 809.3 8766 20 congress PN3435 .D4 1996 oclc 32203134 preceded by followed by Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants Essays on Literature, Film, and History is a 1996 essay collection by L. Sprague de Camp , published in hardcover by Borgo Press as no. 26 in the series I.O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy & Criticism of Literature . The title essay Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants retitled in this collection was originally published in the magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact , in the issue for mid December 1987. The book consists of thirteen pieces on various subjects, including writers H. P. Lovecraft two essays , Robert E. Howard also two essays , and Edgar Rice Burroughs , actor Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. , silent film silent movies , pseudohistory , fictional book pseudobibliographica , barbarian s real and fictional, the Scopes Trial , the ancient tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse , and the author himself. Contents Silent Specters, Spiders, and Sauropods originally titled Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants from Analog Science Fiction and Fact , mid Dec. 1987 The Con Man from Baghdad Three Thirds of a Hero poem, from Scribblings 1972 Lovecraft Failed Aristocrat from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , Jan. 1975 Conan, Illusion, and Reality from Ares , no. 2, May 1980 Thoats, Tharks, and Thews from Starlog , v. 10, iss. 117, Apr. 1987 Pseudohistory fro ... more details
Faery Wicca , or Fairy Wicca is an umbrella term that refers to any tradition of modern Wicca that places an emphasis on the fairy Fey gnome s, Elf elves , Fairy faeries , Sprite creature sprites , etc. , their folklore lore , and their relation to the nature natural world . Faery Wicca may also refer to a specific tradition of Wicca, recently founded by author Kisma Stepanich. Adherents of Stepanich s Faery Wicca claim that it recovers the traditions of the Tuatha De Danaan , the mythological precursors to the Celts Celtic people ref name faery Stepanich, Kisma K. http faery wicca.com The Irish American Faery Faith Tradition ref however, this is disputed by those familiar with ancient Celtic polytheism and Celtic mythology mythology . ref name cyberwitch Hautin Mayer, Joanna. http www.cyberwitch.com wychwood Library whenIsACeltNotACelt.htm When is a Celt not a Celt An Irreverent peek into Neopagan views of history ref Stepanich s Faery Wicca draws liberally on some degree of Irish mythology , from the author s interpretation of Celtic history, legend, pseudohistory, imagination, and a variety of non Celtic sources. ref name faery ref name cyberwitch Faery Wicca is not related to the late Victor Anderson poet Victor Anderson s Feri Tradition of witchcraft , which is sometimes also spelled Faery or Fairy , nor is it directly related to the gay men s group, the Radical Faeries . Though Faery Wicca may draw inspiration from some of the customs practiced among the Ancient Celts ancient and modern Celts , it shares more with other modern Wiccan and Neo Wicca n traditions than with the Fairy Faith as it is known in traditional Gaels Gaelic cultures. ref name cyberwitch References reflist WiccaandWitchcraft Fairies Category Wiccan traditions fr Faery Wicca gl Wicca faery ... more details
dablink This article discusses the literary realm of King Arthur s Britain. For the historical region of southeastern Britain, see Lloegyr . Infobox fictional location name Logres colour C0C0C0 image imagesize 250px caption source Matter of Britain creator genre Arthurian legend type locations people King Arthur Logres also Logris or Loegria is the name of King Arthur s realm in the Matter of Britain . It derives from the Welsh language Welsh word Lloegr , a name of uncertain origin meaning England . In Arthurian contexts, Logres is often used to describe the Britons historic Brittonic territory roughly corresponding to the borders of England before the area was taken by the Anglo Saxons . According to Geoffrey of Monmouth s influential pseudohistory Historia Regum Britanniae , the realm was named after the legendary king Locrinus , the oldest son of Brutus of Troy . In his Historia , Geoffrey uses the word Loegria to describe a province containing most of England excluding Cornwall , as in this example from section iv.20 from the Penguin Classics translation by Lewis Thorpe quote Parishes were apportioned off, Deira kingdom Deira being placed under the Metropolitan of York , along with Alba ny, for the great River Humber divides these two from Loegria. Loegria itself was placed under the Metropolitan of London , along with Cornwall. The Severn divides these last two provinces from Kambria or Wales , which last was placed under the City of Legions. The name Logres is used in many works of modern fantasy set in Great Britain Britain , for example C. S. Lewis s That Hideous Strength . See also Albion Prydain England topics Arthurian Legend Category Arthurian locations Euro myth stub UK hist stub br Loegria cs Logres es Logres fr Loegrie it Loegria ... more details
The Sign and The Seal The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant is a controversial book by British researcher Graham Hancock . It was published in 1992. The book narrates the endeavours of the writer in searching for the true Ark of the Covenant and proposes the theory that the ark spent several years in Egypt before it came to Ethiopia via the Nile River , where it was kept in the islands of Lake Tana for about four hundred years and finally taken to Axum . Reception Though the book sold well, ref name Michael Michael H. Hiltzik. Does Trail to Ark of Covenant End Behind Aksum Curtain? A British author believes the long lost religious object may actually be inside a stone chapel in Ethiopia. Los Angeles Times . June 9, 1992. 1. ref it was panned by many critics. Jonathan Kirsch of the Los Angeles Times wrote, It s part travelogue, part true adventure, part mystery thriller. But mostly it s a whacking big dose of amateur scholarship alloyed with a fervid imagination and the kind of narrative that comes in handy when telling ghost stories around a campfire. ref Joathan Kirsch. Speculation Ladled On With a Heavy Hand . Los Angeles Times . April 1, 1992. 8. ref Desmond Ryan of the Philadelphia Inquirer joked, If Hancock did any more speculating than what is strewn through the many pages of The Sign and the Seal , he would have to go into real estate. ref Desmond Ryan. Speculating where the Ark of the Covenant Is . Philadelphia Inquirer . October 27, 1992. F3. ref Archeologist John Holladay archeologist John Holladay of the University of Toronto called it garbage and hogwash , while Edward Ullendorff , a former Professor of Ethiopian Studies at the University of London , said he wasted a lot of time reading it . ref name Michael Notes reflist DEFAULTSORT Sign and the Seal Category Holy Grail Category Pseudohistory Category Pseudoarchaeology Category 1992 books ... more details
Refimprove date July 2007 Nicholas McLeod floruit fl. 1868 1889, in some accounts called Norman McLeod , was a native of the Isle of Skye , Scotland . He started his career in the herring industry before emigrating to Japan in 1867 or 1868. In Japan he worked as an accountant and later as a curio dealer, first in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Nagasaki , then in Kobe and Yokohama . The last that is heard of him is that he left to Hong Kong in 1889, after he possibly lost his business. Beyond that is very little known for certain about him except that he published a book in 1878 in Nagasaki called Epitome of the ancient history of Japan cover title Japan and the Lost Tribes of Israel and another in Kyoto under the title Illustrations to the Epitome of the ancient history of Japan, including illustrations to the guide book . The thesis of these extraordinary books was that the holy class of Japan is descended from the Ten Lost Tribes Lost Tribes of Israel . He claimed that the first known king of Japan was called Osee and came to the throne in 730 B.C., identifying him with Hoshea , the last king of Israel , who died in 722 B.C. The books contain extensive comparisons of the religious rituals of Judaism and Shintoism as evidence of the links between ancient Israel and Japan. See also Japanese Jewish Common Ancestor Theory Sources Jozef Rogala, A Collector s Guide to Books on Japan in English, Routledge, ISBN 1 873410 91 3 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Macleod, Nicholas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1868 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1889 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Macleod, Nicholas Category 1868 births Category 1889 deaths Category Scottish historians Category Pseudohistory business bio stub ... more details
Candace of Meroe was the Queen regnant queen of Nubia at the time of the conquests of Alexander the Great . According to legend, Alexander encountered her when he invaded Nubia. ref name Gutenberg2003 cite book title The Curse of Ham Race and Slavery in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam last Gutenberg first David M. authorlink coauthors year 2003 publisher Princeton University Press location Princeton isbn 069111465X pages ref In fact, Alexander never attacked Nubia, and never attempted to move further south than the Siwa Oasis oasis of Siwa in Egypt . ref name Gutenberg2003 The story is that when Alexander attempted to conquer her lands in 332 BC , she arranged her armies strategically to meet him and was present on a war elephant when he approached. Having assessed the strength of her armies, Alexander decided to withdraw from Nubia , heading to Egypt instead. Another story claims that Alexander and Candace had a romantic encounter. These accounts originate from The Alexander Romance by an unknown writer called Pseudo Callisthenes , and the work is largely a fictionalized and grandiose account of Alexander s life. ref name Gutenberg2003 It is commonly quoted, but there seems to be no historical reference to this event from Alexander s time. The whole story of Alexander and Candace s encounter appears to be legendary. ref name Gutenberg2003 ref name Greek Fiction The Greek Novel in Context cite book title Greek Fiction The Greek Novel in Context author Morgan, J.R. and Stoneman, Richard publisher Routledge year 1994 isbn 0415085071 pages 117 118 ref References to this warrior warrior queen are among the earliest made to the Nubian Kentakes . The name Candace is actually a form of the title Kentake , and not the actual name of a person. References reflist 2 Category 4th century BC female rulers Category Legendary Alexander the Great Category Nubian women in warfare Category Pseudohistory Category Queens regnant Category Sudanese people Category Women in Helleni ... more details
Deleted image removed image Pianeta sconosciuto.jpg thumb Cover for Il pianeta sconosciuto The Unknown Planet , one of Kolosimo s most popular international bestsellers. Peter Kolosimo , pseudonym of Pier Domenico Colosimo 15 December 1922 23 March 1984 was an Italian journalist and writer. Together with the later Erich von D niken , he is ranked amongst the founders of pseudoarchaeology in italian language Italian fantarcheologia . Born in Modena , he lived in Bolzano for much of his life. In 1969 he won the Premio Bancarella , one of Italy s most prestigious literary prizes, for Non terrestre Not from Earth . His books were translated in 60 countries, including Russia , Japan and People s Republic of China China . He was also coordinator of the Italian Association of Prehistorical Studies. Kolosimo died in Milan in 1984. Selected bibliography Il pianeta sconosciuto 1959 Terra senza tempo 1964 translated into English as Timeless earth Ombre sulle stelle 1966 Non terrestre 1968 translated as Not of this World Astronavi sulla preistoria 1972 translated as Spaceships in Prehistory Guida al mondo dei sogni 1974 Odissea stellare 1974 Fratelli dell infinito 1975 Polvere d inferno 1975 Italia mistero cosmico 1977 Civilt del mistero 1978 Fiori di luna 1979 Viaggiatori del tempo 1981 I misteri dell universo 1982, with Caterina Kolosimo External links http www.wumingfoundation.com english wumingblog ?p 845 UFOs and Revolution , an article on Kolosimo by Wu Ming , published on GQ magazine Italian edition , July 2009. http www.fantascienza.com magazine speciali 6391 2 Review of Kolosimo s works it icon DEFAULTSORT Kolosimo, Peter Category 1922 births Category 1984 deaths Category People from Modena Category Italian non fiction writers Category Italian journalists Category Pseudoarchaeology Category Pseudohistory es Peter Kolosimo fr Peter Kolosimo it Peter Kolosimo fi Peter Kolosimo ... more details
The Pizzigano map , also known as the Pizzigano chart is an Italy Italian portolan chart dated 1424. It contains islands in the North Atlantic Ocean in the west of Spain and Portugal including Portuguese discoveries and legendary islands such as Antillia . ref Seaver, Kirsten A. Maps, Myths and Men Stanford, CA Stanford University Press. 2004 ISBN 0 8047 4963 9 p.75 http books.google.co.uk books?id eOTupscnS1MC&pg PA75&dq Zuane Pizzigano map&ei zsYKSoWgC4HWNKTwxckE&client firefox a ref ref Thrower, Norman Joseph William Maps & Civilization Cartography in Culture and Society University of Chicago Press 1999 ISBN 0226799735. p66 http books.google.co.uk books?id cGeCNa vookC&pg PA66&dq Zuane Pizzigano map&ei zsYKSoWgC4HWNKTwxckE&client firefox a ref The cartographer may have been the Venetian Zuane Pizigano , possibly a descendant of a 14th century family of mapmakers one of whom authored another well known map also called the Pizzigano map in Parma in 1367. ref Cortesao, Armando The North Atlantic Nautical Chart of 1424 Imago Mundi , Vol. 10 1953 , pp. 1 13 http www.jstor.org stable 1150133 ref Notes references External links http bell.lib.umn.edu map PORTO 1424 index24.html The details in the Pizzigano Map Category Pseudohistory Category Maps Category 1424 Category Pre Columbian trans oceanic contact de Zuane Pizzigano fr Zuane Pizzigano it Zuane Pizzigano pt Zuane Pizzigano tr Pizzigano Haritas ... more details
Wiktionary pseudo scholarship Pseudo scholarship from wikt pseudo pseudo wikt scholarship scholarship is a work e.g., publication, lecture or body of work that is presented as, but is not, the product of rigorous and objective study or research the act of producing such work or the pretended learning upon which it is based. ref Jerome V. Jacobsen, Notes and Comment Pseudo scholarship , Mid America An Historical Review, Volumes 23 24 , Chicago Loyola University, 1941 p. 315 Steve J. Stern, http books.google.com books?id U35PbM x9WsC&pg PA33&dq 22the marshaling and twisting of apparent research to suit a particular political line or agenda 22&cd 1 v onepage&q 22the 20marshaling 20and 20twisting 20of 20apparent 20research 20to 20suit 20a 20particular 20political 20line 20or 20agenda 22&f false Between Tragedy and Promise , in Gilbert Michael Joseph, Reclaiming the Political in Latin American History Durham, NC Duke University Press, 2001 p. 33 Shaye J. D. Cohen , http books.google.com books?id jHtC39Bm1AwC&pg PA285&dq 22pseudo scholarship, that is, pronouncements and opinions born of religious faith and confessional conviction but masquerading as 22&cd 1 v onepage&q 22pseudo scholarship 2C 20that 20is 2C 20pronouncements 20and 20opinions 20born 20of 20religious 20faith 20and 20confessional 20conviction 20but 20masquerading 20as 20 22&f false In Memoriam Morton Smith , in Shaye J. D. Cohen, Studies in the Cult of Yahweh , Vol. 2 New Testament, Early Christianity, & Magic Leiden BRILL, 1996 p. 285 ref For a particular form of pseudo scholarship see Pseudoarchaeology Pseudohistory ref Marshall Fishwick , American Studies in Transition Boston Houghton Mifflin, 1969 p. 265 266 ref Pseudolinguistics Pseudomathematics Pseudophilosophy Pseudoscience ref Jeremy Bernstein, A Comprehensible World On Modern Science and Its Origins , 2nd ed. New York Random House, 1967 p. 193 ref References Reflist See also Conspiracy theory Counterknowledge Crank person Fallacy Fringe theory Fring ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2007 The Message of the Sphinx Keeper of Genesis in the United Kingdom was a book written by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval in 1996 which argued that the creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza Sphinx and Giza Necropolis Pyramids can be pushed back as far as Paleolithic 10,500 BC using astronomical data. Working from the premise that the Giza complex encodes a message, they begin with recently discovered geological evidence indicating that the deep erosion patterns on the flanks of the Sphinx were caused by 1000 years of heavy rain. Such conditions last existed in Egypt at the end of the last ice age, about 10,000 9,000 BC, meaning that the Sphinx may be more than 12,000 years old not the generally accepted 4500 years . The authors go on to suggest, using computer simulations of the sky, that the pyramids, representing the three stars of Orion s Belt , along with associated causeways and alignments, Orion Correlation Theory constitute a record in stone of the celestial array at the vernal equinox in 10,500 BC. This moment, they contend, represents Zep Tepi , the First Time, often referred to in the hieroglyphic record. They claim that the initiation rituals of the Egyptian pharaohs replicate on Earth the sun s journey through the stars in this remote era, and they suggest that the Hall of Records of a lost civilization may be located by treating the Giza Plateau as a template of these same ancient skies. This theory is dismissed by many archaeologists as they believe there is no evidence to support the existence of such an ancient civilization. This is, however, disputed by Bauval and Hancock through in their claims on the architecture and design of the Pyramids and the Sphinx. DEFAULTSORT Message Of The Sphinx Category Egyptology books Category Pseudohistory Category Pseudoarchaeology Category Pseudoegyptology Science book stub ... more details
The Austrian Chronicle of 95 Seigneurs sterreichische Chronik von den 95 Herrschaften of Leopold von Wien formerly known as Leopold Steinreuter of Vienna lived ca. 1340 1400 is a 14th century chronicle compiled by order of Albert III, Duke of Austria . The chronicle is notable for recording legendary history from the time of Noah , constructing a fictional ancestry of the Dukes of Austria connecting them with biblical rulers of the Kingdom of Israel Samaria Kingdom of Israel dn . It exerted considerable influence on 15th century Austrian historiography, a fact underscored by its preservation in more than 50 manuscripts among these Cod. 2820 foll. 33ra 171vb in the Austrian National Library . In the 16th and 17th centuries, the popularity of the chronicle waned rapidly due to its obviously fictional content, and it remained inedited until the early 20th century. Since its edition, it has played a certain role in pseudohistory , in particular in US American Biblical literalism , in publications such as those of Herman L. Hoeh ref Compendium of World History 1963 http www.earth history.com Various Compendium ref and Herbert W. Armstrong ref Here s the Plain Truth About Old Testament Polygamy 1963 http www.blowthetrumpet.org OLDTESTAMENTPOLYGAMY.htm ref of the Worldwide Church of God , who took the chronicle s genealogies at face value to postulate that, e.g., European civilization &mdash and its history &mdash is as old as Egypt s. But it has been suppressed. Not since the close of the seventeenth century has it been allowed to be taught publicly. Hoeh 1963 , vol. 2 ch. 3 http www.earth history.com Various Compendium hhc2ch03.htm Edition Joseph Seem ller ed. , sterreichische Chronik von den 95 Herrschaften , Monumenta Germaniae Historica Deutsche Chroniken 6.1, 1909 , 1980 reprint ISBN 3921575532 http www.dmgh.de dmghband.html?bsbbandname 00000781&frameaction bandansicht facsimile References reflist See also British Israelism Category German chronicles Category 14th ... more details
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