The wise Hebrew sages of old possessed a secret knowledge of astronomy where they had the indices and formulas for their prophets to map out the future in time. To safeguard the knowledge from the uninitiated, the sages disguised the...Read more
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Saturday, August 1, 2020 - 03:22
Examines how the similarities of symbols and wisdom across many cultures point to an ancient civilizing plan and system of ancient instruction
- Reveals the shared cosmological knowledge of Dogon and Maori cultures, ancient
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Saturday, July 25, 2020 - 03:38
Childress opens the door to the amazing world of ancient technology, from the computers of the ancient world to the 'flying machines of the gods'.
Saturday, July 25, 2020 - 03:32
Ancient Peru and Bolivia, like Egypt, contain enigmas and mysteries, especially in stone which most conventional scholarship can`t explain. Rather than simply being exclusively the works of cultures such as the Inca, there are many...Read more
Saturday, July 18, 2020 - 04:15
Freemasonry is the subject of perennial fascination-recently the cover story of a national newsmagazine, the premise of the movie National Treasure, and the anticipated basis of a forthcoming novel by Dan Brown. The twentieth century's...Read more
Saturday, July 18, 2020 - 04:13
World-renowned anthropologist and ethnopharmacologist Christian Ratsch provides the latest scientific updates to this classic work on psychoactive flora by two eminent researchers.
- Numerous new and rare color photographs
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Sunday, July 12, 2020 - 04:27
"We Greeks are one in blood and one in language; we have temples to the gods and religious rites in common, and a common way of life." So the fifth-century historian Herodotus has some Athenians declare, in explanation of why they would...Read more
Sunday, July 12, 2020 - 04:26
Cranial deformation of human skulls was a phenomenon that existed on all inhabited continents, and especially the case about 2000 years ago among the elite of societies. Nowhere was it more prevalent than it the countries now known as...Read more
Sunday, July 12, 2020 - 04:26
Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism--gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization. Avoiding a standard chronological account of the Byzantine Empire'...Read more
Sunday, July 12, 2020 - 04:25
David Childress, popular author and star of the History Channel’s show Ancient Aliens, brings us the incredible story of the Cham: Egyptian-Hindu-Buddhist seafarers who ruled a realm that was as big as the Pacific Ocean. The mysterious Cham, or Champa, peoples of Southeast Asia formed a megalith...Read more
Sunday, July 12, 2020 - 04:24
Covering a thousand years of Scottish history, this account incorporates both historical and contemporary research into old theories and controversies. During the first millennium AD, the most northerly part of Britain evolved into the...Read more
Sunday, July 12, 2020 - 04:23
Uncovers a connection between a Macedonian funerary sculpture found in the foundations of the Basilica di San Marco in Venice and the sarcophagus of an Egyptian Pharaoh shipped to London from Alexandria in 1801. Traces their trails to...Read more
Saturday, July 4, 2020 - 22:22
In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic clash between rival empires and faiths for control...Read more
Saturday, July 4, 2020 - 22:21
From the acclaimed author of Conquistador comes this thrilling account of one of history’s greatest adventures of discovery. With cinematic immediacy and meticulous attention to historical detail, here is the true story of a legendary...Read more
Saturday, July 4, 2020 - 22:20
A sacred text to Ethiopian Christians and Jamaican Rastafarians, The Kebra Nagast tells of the relationship between King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba and their son Menyelik, who hid the Ark of the Covenant in Ethiopia. This edition of...Read more
Saturday, July 4, 2020 - 22:16
R. H. Charles provides a definitive translation of one of the most noted apocalyptic works still in existence. Often described as "the lost book" of the Bible, The Book of Enoch seems to have been written in Palestine by several...Read more
Saturday, July 4, 2020 - 22:13
In this classic work of scientific and philosophical inquiry, the authors track world myths to a common origin in early man's descriptions of cosmological activity, arguing that these remnants of ancient astronomy, suppressed by the...Read more
Saturday, July 4, 2020 - 22:11
In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding...Read more
Saturday, July 4, 2020 - 22:09
Erich von Däniken again shows his flair for revealing the truths that his contemporaries have missed. In HISTORY IS WRONG, Erich von Däniken takes a closer look at the fascinating Voynich manuscript, which has defied all attempts at...Read more
Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 18:36
L.A. Marzulli has written this latest book. What you are about to read is not the stuff of science fiction. It's not a fantastic fable or the musings of an overzealous archaeologist. It's straight out of the pages of the Bible. The 120+...Read more
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As Greek mythology goes, the universe was once a big soup of nothingness. Then, two things happened: either Chaos or Gaia created the universe as we know it, or Ouranos and Tethys gave birth to the first beings.
The seductive scenery along the east coast of Attica in Greece overlooking the Aegean Sea, easily lures one back to an era when mythical gods and goddesses still claimed the land and implored their heroes to build temples for them and their heroines to serve in their sanctuaries as priestesses.
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When archaeologists assembled the pieces of an ancient stone artifact discovered in a cave in Germany, it was pretty clear what they’d found.
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The Celts can rightfully be placed amongst the world’s most important ancient cultures and civilizations. Their far-reaching ancient origins are the irreplaceable part of every historical lesson, and...
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Humanity has come a long way when it comes to crafty inventions, but some of the earliest innovative minds were the ancient Greeks.
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For centuries, the shores of Lake Superior have held countless secrets, hidden in the depths of the lake and the surrounding wilderness.
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