Richard Heath, M.Sc., is a system designer who studies the technical achievements of the ancient world, from those of the megalithic astronomers to sacred building design. He is the author of six books, including Sacred Number and the Origins of Civilization and Sacred Geometry: Language of the Angels. He lives near Cardigan in Wales.

“Richard Heath’s fascinating and highly readable book presents a decoding of the metrology of Göbekli Tepe of 10,000 BCE and advances arguments that support its role as a place for the worship of the Goddess. Although the megaliths of Europe were to come nearly 5,000 years later, the book marshals evidence from mathematics, astronomy, sacred architecture, and tone theory to show that these structures were a successor to Göbekli Tepe. The book disentangles many threads that went into the creation of the Classical Age.”

• Preface PART ONE Megaliths Built by the Goddess Introduction to Part One The Atlantic Megalithic The Mediterranean Megalithic 1 The Language of the Mesolithic The Northern and Southern Branches of MegalithismStepping-Stones to Numeracy The Geometrical Origins of the Measures The Numerical Nature of Mesolithic Astronomy Resequencing Prehistory 2 The Mediterranean Tradition Initial Analysis of Göbekli Tepe A Matriarchal Megalithic The Sleeping Goddess of Malta Stellar Astronomy at Malta Interpreting Göbekli Tepe 3 Reunion of the Megalithic Latitudes The Bluestone Culture The Significance of Latitude for the Megalithic A Pyramidion for the Great Pyramid Britain’s Circular Geodetic Monument The Stonehenge Trilithons as Synods of Venus PART TWO The Mediterranean Transmission Introduction to Part Two 4 Time, Gender, and Human History Gender Selection within Prehistory Gender Transformational Themes Origins of The Mysteries 5 Matriarchal Crete in the Bronze Age The Monolith Basement at Knossos The Kernos of Malia Palace The Horns of Consecration as Alignments The Oval House Why Matriarchal Astronomy Happened The Significance of Form to Megalithic Astronomy The Iconography of the Double Axe 6 Pythagoras, the Bible, and Plato Numbers as Multidimensional Symbols, Rather Than Lengths Pythagoras The Parthenon Plato’s Dialogues The Bible as a Neolithic Tale PART THREE The Role of Providential History Introduction to Part Three 7 Cappadocian Crossroads in Anatolia Early Christianity and the Four Gospels The Cappadocian Creed Secrets within Orthodox Churches Interpretation of Ayvali Kelise Interpretation of Haçlı Kelise Evolution of Orthodox Churches in Cappadocia Orthodox Transmission of the Perimeter and Area Models The Cappadocian Cross 8 The Arctic Origins of Astronomical Symbolism The Phenomenology of Indra The Arctic Framework and Its Motion 9 The Vedas in Southeast Asia Angkor Wat Water, Time, and Irrigation The Middle Enclosure The Inner Temple and Enclosure 10 Rome: The Goddess within the Vatican Rebuilding Saint Peter’s Basilica Extending the Design The Vinca and da Vinci 11 Design for a Living Planet The Chaldean Model The Moon as Football for the Gods Integrating Gravity Using Square Areas The Grand DesignPOSTSCRIPTThe Deep Significance of Our Past APPENDIX Astronomical Periods and Their Durations Notes BibliographyIndex

Richard Heath, M.Sc., is a system designer who studies the technical achievements of the ancient world, from those of the megalithic astronomers to sacred building design. He is the author of six books, including Sacred Number and the Origins of Civilization and Sacred Geometry: Language of the Angels. He lives near Cardigan in Wales.

“Richard Heath’s fascinating and highly readable book presents a decoding of the metrology of Göbekli Tepe of 10,000 BCE and advances arguments that support its role as a place for the worship of the Goddess. Although the megaliths of Europe were to come nearly 5,000 years later, the book marshals evidence from mathematics, astronomy, sacred architecture, and tone theory to show that these structures were a successor to Göbekli Tepe. The book disentangles many threads that went into the creation of the Classical Age.”

• Preface PART ONE Megaliths Built by the Goddess Introduction to Part One The Atlantic Megalithic The Mediterranean Megalithic 1 The Language of the Mesolithic The Northern and Southern Branches of MegalithismStepping-Stones to Numeracy The Geometrical Origins of the Measures The Numerical Nature of Mesolithic Astronomy Resequencing Prehistory 2 The Mediterranean Tradition Initial Analysis of Göbekli Tepe A Matriarchal Megalithic The Sleeping Goddess of Malta Stellar Astronomy at Malta Interpreting Göbekli Tepe 3 Reunion of the Megalithic Latitudes The Bluestone Culture The Significance of Latitude for the Megalithic A Pyramidion for the Great Pyramid Britain’s Circular Geodetic Monument The Stonehenge Trilithons as Synods of Venus PART TWO The Mediterranean Transmission Introduction to Part Two 4 Time, Gender, and Human History Gender Selection within Prehistory Gender Transformational Themes Origins of The Mysteries 5 Matriarchal Crete in the Bronze Age The Monolith Basement at Knossos The Kernos of Malia Palace The Horns of Consecration as Alignments The Oval House Why Matriarchal Astronomy Happened The Significance of Form to Megalithic Astronomy The Iconography of the Double Axe 6 Pythagoras, the Bible, and Plato Numbers as Multidimensional Symbols, Rather Than Lengths Pythagoras The Parthenon Plato’s Dialogues The Bible as a Neolithic Tale PART THREE The Role of Providential History Introduction to Part Three 7 Cappadocian Crossroads in Anatolia Early Christianity and the Four Gospels The Cappadocian Creed Secrets within Orthodox Churches Interpretation of Ayvali Kelise Interpretation of Haçlı Kelise Evolution of Orthodox Churches in Cappadocia Orthodox Transmission of the Perimeter and Area Models The Cappadocian Cross 8 The Arctic Origins of Astronomical Symbolism The Phenomenology of Indra The Arctic Framework and Its Motion 9 The Vedas in Southeast Asia Angkor Wat Water, Time, and Irrigation The Middle Enclosure The Inner Temple and Enclosure 10 Rome: The Goddess within the Vatican Rebuilding Saint Peter’s Basilica Extending the Design The Vinca and da Vinci 11 Design for a Living Planet The Chaldean Model The Moon as Football for the Gods Integrating Gravity Using Square Areas The Grand DesignPOSTSCRIPTThe Deep Significance of Our Past APPENDIX Astronomical Periods and Their Durations Notes BibliographyIndex

Richard Heath, M.Sc., is a system designer who studies the technical achievements of the ancient world, from those of the megalithic astronomers to sacred building design. He is the author of six books, including Sacred Number and the Origins of Civilization and Sacred Geometry: Language of the Angels. He lives near Cardigan in Wales.

“Richard Heath’s fascinating and highly readable book presents a decoding of the metrology of Göbekli Tepe of 10,000 BCE and advances arguments that support its role as a place for the worship of the Goddess. Although the megaliths of Europe were to come nearly 5,000 years later, the book marshals evidence from mathematics, astronomy, sacred architecture, and tone theory to show that these structures were a successor to Göbekli Tepe. The book disentangles many threads that went into the creation of the Classical Age.”

• Preface PART ONE Megaliths Built by the Goddess Introduction to Part One The Atlantic Megalithic The Mediterranean Megalithic 1 The Language of the Mesolithic The Northern and Southern Branches of MegalithismStepping-Stones to Numeracy The Geometrical Origins of the Measures The Numerical Nature of Mesolithic Astronomy Resequencing Prehistory 2 The Mediterranean Tradition Initial Analysis of Göbekli Tepe A Matriarchal Megalithic The Sleeping Goddess of Malta Stellar Astronomy at Malta Interpreting Göbekli Tepe 3 Reunion of the Megalithic Latitudes The Bluestone Culture The Significance of Latitude for the Megalithic A Pyramidion for the Great Pyramid Britain’s Circular Geodetic Monument The Stonehenge Trilithons as Synods of Venus PART TWO The Mediterranean Transmission Introduction to Part Two 4 Time, Gender, and Human History Gender Selection within Prehistory Gender Transformational Themes Origins of The Mysteries 5 Matriarchal Crete in the Bronze Age The Monolith Basement at Knossos The Kernos of Malia Palace The Horns of Consecration as Alignments The Oval House Why Matriarchal Astronomy Happened The Significance of Form to Megalithic Astronomy The Iconography of the Double Axe 6 Pythagoras, the Bible, and Plato Numbers as Multidimensional Symbols, Rather Than Lengths Pythagoras The Parthenon Plato’s Dialogues The Bible as a Neolithic Tale PART THREE The Role of Providential History Introduction to Part Three 7 Cappadocian Crossroads in Anatolia Early Christianity and the Four Gospels The Cappadocian Creed Secrets within Orthodox Churches Interpretation of Ayvali Kelise Interpretation of Haçlı Kelise Evolution of Orthodox Churches in Cappadocia Orthodox Transmission of the Perimeter and Area Models The Cappadocian Cross 8 The Arctic Origins of Astronomical Symbolism The Phenomenology of Indra The Arctic Framework and Its Motion 9 The Vedas in Southeast Asia Angkor Wat Water, Time, and Irrigation The Middle Enclosure The Inner Temple and Enclosure 10 Rome: The Goddess within the Vatican Rebuilding Saint Peter’s Basilica Extending the Design The Vinca and da Vinci 11 Design for a Living Planet The Chaldean Model The Moon as Football for the Gods Integrating Gravity Using Square Areas The Grand DesignPOSTSCRIPTThe Deep Significance of Our Past APPENDIX Astronomical Periods and Their Durations Notes BibliographyIndex