Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-318).
Contents:
The old models don't work: Darwinism and Creationism under fire. Exposing a scientific cover-up: Forbidden archeology coauthor Michael Cremo talks about the 'knowledge filter' and other means for cooking the academic books / J. Douglas Kenyon. Evolution vs. creation: Is the debate for real? / David Lewis -- Exposing a scientific cover-up: Forbidden archeology coauthor Michael Cremo talks about the 'knowledge filter' and other means for cooking the academic books / J. Douglas Kenyon. Making the case for Catastrophism: Earth changes, sudden and gradual. Thunderbolts of the gods: Does growing evidence of an electric universe reveal previously hidden meaning in ancient mythology? / Mel and Amy Acheson. Cataclysm 9500 B.C.E: Two new works of immense scholarship throw orthodox ice age theories into question and, in the process, corroborate Plato and many other ancient sources / David Lewis -- The case for the flood: Exposing the scientific myth / Peter Bros -- The martyrdom of Immanuel Velikovsky: As catastrophists gain ground, an early hero gets some long overdue credit / John Kettler -- The perils of planetary amnesia: As evidence of ancient cataclysm mounts, the legacy of a rejected genius is reconsidered / Steve Parsons -- Thunderbolts of the gods: Does growing evidence of an electric universe reveal previously hidden meaning in ancient mythology? / Mel and Amy Acheson. Exploring the greater antiquity of civilization. Destination galactic center: John Major Jenkins thinks today's world has much to learn from the ancient Maya / Moira Timms. Pushing back the portals of civilization: For John Anthony West, the quest for evidence of advanced prehistoric civilization is bearing new fruit / J. Douglas Kenyon -- New studies confirm very old Sphinx: Orthodox protests notwithstanding, evidence for the Schoch/West thesis is growing / Robert M. Schoch -- R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz's magnum opus: The keys to understanding the wisdom of the ancients have been preserved / Joseph Ray -- Fingerprinting the gods: A bestselling author is making a convincing case for a great but officially forgotten civilization / J. Douglas Kenyon -- The Central American mystery: What could explain the failure of mainstream science to unravel the origins of Mesoamerica's advanced ancient cultures? / Will Hart -- Destination galactic center: John Major Jenkins thinks today's world has much to learn from the ancient Maya / Moira Timms. Searching for the fountainhead. India 30,000 B.C.E.: Do the roots of Indian culture lie drowned beneath the Indian Ocean? / David Lewis. Plato, the truth: how does the credibility of the best-known chronicler of Atlantis stand up? / Frank Joseph -- The Aegean Atlantis deception: Was Plato's grand tale nothing more than the saga of an insignificant Greek island? / Frank Joseph -- Atlantology: Psychotic or inspired? Media stereotypes aside, what kind of person pursues knowledge of a forgotten civilization? / Frank Joseph -- Atlantis in Antarctica: Forget about the north Atlantic and the Aegean, says author Rand Flem-Ath / J. Douglas Kenyon -- Blueprint from Atlantis: Do alignments of ancient monuments have something to tell us about the history of Earth's shifting crust? / Rand Flem-Ath -- Japan's underwater ruins: Have remains of ancient Lemuria been found? / Frank Joseph -- West, Schoch, and Hancock dive into Lemurian waters / J. Douglas Kenyon -- India 30,000 B.C.E.: Do the roots of Indian culture lie drowned beneath the Indian Ocean? / David Lewis. Ancient high tech. The case for advanced technology in the Great Pyramid: What does the evidence really show about the advancement of its builders? / Marshall Payn. Ancient agriculture, in search of the missing links: Is the inescapable evidence of a lost fountainhead of civilization to be found growing in our fields? / Will Hart -- Atlantean technology: How advanced? What does the evidence really show? / Frank Joseph -- Archeology and the law of gravity: Orthodox theory of ancient capability tends to cave in under its own weight / Will Hart -- An engineer in Egypt: Did the ancient Egyptians possess toolmaking skills comparable to those of the Space Age? / Christopher Dunn -- The Giza power plant, technologies of ancient Egypt: A new book challenges conventional wisdom on the intended purpose of the Great Pyramid / Christopher Dunn -- Return to the Giza power plant: Technologist Chris Dunn finds new fuel for his thesis / Christopher Dunn -- Petrie on trial: Have arguments for advanced ancient machining made by the great nineteenth-century Egyptologist Sir William Flinders Petrie been disproved? Christopher Dunn takes on the debunkers / Christopher Dunn -- How did the pyramid builders spell relief? Do we really know why the ancients used such giant stones in the pyramid's so-called relieving chambers? / Christopher Dunn -- Precision: Did the ancients have it? And if they did, should it matter to us? / Christopher Dunn -- The obelisk quarry mystery: Do Egyptologists really know how these monuments were created? / Christopher Dunn -- Behind the pyramid's secret doors: What does astonishing new evidence reveal about the Great Pyramid's true purpose? / Christopher Dunn -- The case for advanced technology in the Great Pyramid: What does the evidence really show about the advancement of its builders? / Marshall Payn. New models to ponder. The pulsar mystery: Could the enigmatic phenomenon be the work of an ancient ET civilization? A new scientific study makes the astonishing case / Len Kasten -- The physicist as mystic / David Lewis. Artifacts in space: For author Richard Hoagland, the trail of ancient ETs is getting much warmer / J. Douglas Kenyon -- The pulsar mystery: Could the enigmatic phenomenon be the work of an ancient ET civilization? A new scientific study makes the astonishing case / Len Kasten -- The physicist as mystic / David Lewis.
Summary:
Writer and editor J. Douglas Kenyon uses 42 essays from the bimonthly journal Atlantis Rising to provide readers with an overview of the positions of some of the key thinkers in today's supercharged debate over ancient mysteries and alternative history.
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