Forbidden History

J. Douglas Kenyon is the editor and publisher of Atlantis Rising. He lives in Montana.

". . . a case in support of a much greater antiquity for civilization, a convincing argument for the existence of advanced technologies in prehistory, and the outline of a lost fountainhead of world culture."

• Introduction Part ONE---The Old Models Don’t Work: Darwinism and Creationism under Fire 1--Darwin’s Demise: On the Futile Search for Missing Links --Will Hart 2--Evolution vs. Creation: Is the Debate for Real? --David Lewis 3--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 Part TWO---Making the Case for Catastrophism: Earth Changes, Sudden and Gradual 4--In Defense of Catastrophes: Pioneering Geologist Robert Schoch Challenges the Conventional Wisdom on Natural History --William P. Eigles5--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 6--The Case for the Flood: Exposing the Scientific Myth of the Ice Age --Peter Bros 7--The Martyrdom of Immanuel Velikovsky: As Catastrophists Gain Ground, an Early Hero Gets Some Long Overdue Credit --John Kettler 8--The Perils of Planetary Amnesia: As Evidence of Ancient Cataclysm Mounts, the Legacy of a Rejected Genius Is Reconsidered --Steve Parsons9--Thunderbolts of the Gods: Does Growing Evidence of an Electric Universe Reveal Previously Hidden Meaning in Ancient Mythology? --Mel and Amy Acheson Part THREE---Exploring the Greater Antiquity of Civilization 10--The Enigma of India’s Origins: The Dating of New Discoveries in the Gulf of Cambay Upsets the Orthodox Scenario for the Dawn of Civilization --David Lewis 11--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 12--New Studies Confirm Very Old Sphinx: Orthodox Protests Notwithstanding, Evidence for the Schoch/West Thesis Is Growing --Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D. 13--R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz’s Magnum Opus: The Keys to Understanding the Wisdom of the Ancients Have Been Preserved --Joseph Ray, Ph.D. 14--Fingerprinting the Gods: A Bestselling Author Is Making a Convincing Case for a Great but Officially Forgotten Civilization --J. Douglas Kenyon15--The Central American Mystery: What Could Explain the Failure of Mainstream Science to Unravel the Origins of Mesoamerica’s Advanced Ancient Cultures? --Will Hart 16--Destination Galactic Center: John Major Jenkins Thinks Today’s World Has Much to Learn from the Ancient Maya --Moira TimmsPart FOUR---Searching for the Fountainhead 17--Megalithic England: The Atlantean Dimensions, a Conversation with John Michell --J. Douglas Kenyon 18--Plato, the Truth: How Does the Credibility of the Best-Known Chronicler of Atlantis Stand Up? --Frank Joseph 19--The Aegean Atlantis Deception: Was Plato’s Grand Tale Nothing More Than the Saga of an Insignificant Greek Island? --Frank Joseph 20--Atlantology: Psychotic or Inspired? Media Stereotypes Aside, What Kind of Person Pursues Knowledge of a Forgotten Civilization? --Frank Joseph 21--Atlantis in Antarctica: Forget About the North Atlantic and the Aegean, Says Author Rand Flem-Ath --J. Douglas Kenyon 22--Blueprint from Atlantis: Do Alignments of Ancient Monuments Have Something to Tell Us about the History of Earth’s Shifting Crust? --Rand Flem-Ath 23--Japan’s Underwater Ruins: Have Remains of Ancient Lemuria Been Found? --Frank Joseph 24--West, Schoch, and Hancock Dive into Lemurian Waters --J. Douglas Kenyon 25--India 30,000 b.c.e.: Do the Roots of Indian Culture Lie Drowned beneath the Indian Ocean? --David Lewis Part FIVE---Ancient High Tech 26--A Conversation with Peter Tompkins: Secrets of Forgotten Worlds --J. Douglas Kenyon27--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 28--Advanced Technology: How Advanced? What Does the Evidence Really Show? --Frank Joseph 29--Archeology and the Law of Gravity: Orthodox Theory of Ancient Capability Tends to Cave In under Its Own Weight --Will Hart 30--An Engineer in Egypt: Did the Ancient Egyptians Possess Toolmaking Skills Comparable to Those of the Space Age? --Christopher Dunn 31--The Giza Power Plant, Technologies of Ancient Egypt: A New Book Challenges Conventional Wisdom on the Intended Purpose of the Great Pyramid --Christopher Dunn 32--Return to the Giza Power Plant: Technologist Chris Dunn Finds New Fuel for His Thesis --Christopher Dunn 33--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 Dunn34--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 35--Precision: Did the Ancients Have It? And If They Did, Should It Matter to Us? --Christopher Dunn 36--The Obelisk Quarry Mystery: Do Egyptologists Really Know How These Monuments Were Created? --Christopher Dunn 37--Behind the Pyramid’s Secret Doors: What Does Astonishing New Evidence Reveal about the Great Pyramid’s True Purpose? --Chistopher Dunn 38--The Case for Advanced Technology in the Great Pyramid: What Does the Evidence Really Show about the Advancement of Its Builders? --Marshall Payn Part SIX---New Models to Ponder 39--Visitors from Beyond: Our Civilization Is a Legacy from Space Travelers, Says Zecharia Sitchin, and His New Book Offers to Unveil New Secrets of Divine Encounters --J. Douglas Kenyon 40--Artifacts in Space: For Author Richard Hoagland, the Trail of Ancient ETs Is Getting Much Warmer --J. Douglas Kenyon 41--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 42--The Physicist as Mystic --David Lewis Recommended Reading: Selected Bibliography Contributors