Hidden History: Ancient Aliens and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization

by Jim Willis

Overview

Investigates and questions the scientific consensus on the origins of civilization

Do we, the human species, really know who we are or where we came from or how we originated or our place in the cosmos? Or is much of what we have been taught wrong or misguided or possibly even blatant lies intended to keep people in power and everyone else in line?

Exploring alternative theories on the establishment of society and civilization, Hidden History: Ancient Aliens and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization looks at a variety of dissenting, suppressed, and forbidden accounts of history and the origins of humanity. It takes a broad and inclusive survey of historical documents, various theories, and a wide array of perspectives to explore what conventional wisdom might have gotten right and wrong.

The book serves as a useful introduction into the suppressed accounts of the origins of modern civilization. It combines cutting-edge science with metaphysical, spiritual, and even paranormal views, daring to ask whether there might be a better explanation for humanity’s existence and the origins of civilization than the current scientific consensus.

Hidden History looks at the multiverse and parallel dimensions, the ancient alien theory, metaphysics, and hypotheses beyond physical perception, the eleven dimensions of string theory, radio telescopes that penetrate to the event horizon of our universe, mathematical equations that take us where no one has gone before, and the world-wide sharing of experiences old and new that speak of long forgotten ancient mythologies that reveal historical truths.

With more than 120 photos and graphics, this tome is richly illustrated. Its helpful bibliography provides sources for further exploration, and an extensive index adds to its usefulness. This fascinating book is a thorough investigation and examination of the mysteries surrounding early civilizations, their myths, legends, histories, monuments—and lasting legacies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578597109
Publisher:	Visible Ink Press
Publication date:	05/01/2020
Series:	The Real Unexplained! Collection
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Jim Willis earned his master’s degree in theology from Andover Newton Theological School, and he has been an ordained minister for over forty years. He has also taught college courses in comparative religion and cross-cultural studies. His background in theology and education led to his writing twelve books on religion, the apocalypse, cross-cultural spirituality, and the mysteries of the unknown. His books include Visible Ink Press’ Ancient Gods: Lost Histories, Hidden Truths, and the Conspiracy of Silence; Supernatural Gods: Spiritual Mysteries, Psychic Experiences, and Scientific Truths; and Lost Civilizations: The Secret Histories and Suppressed Technologies of the Ancients. Willis resides in the woods of South Carolina with his wife, Barbara.

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Artifact Anomalies

Leaving Göbekli Tepe, which is, itself, a highly curious anomaly, aside for a moment, there are other examples of a lesser order found throughout the world. Taken together, they all imply that an ancient, lost, parent civilization existed and remains buried in time. It is a forgotten chapter to what we naively call modernity. Here are just a few examples that usually aren’t mentioned in the history books. They are labeled "Ooparts" by archeologists, which stands for “out-of-place artifacts.” The list was originally compiled by Tara MacIssac for The Epoch Times and then reprinted by Ancient Origins magazine in September of 2015. They are used here by permission:

Batteries: Clay jars with asphalt stoppers and iron rods made some 2,000 years ago have proven capable of generating more than a volt of electricity. These ancient “batteries” were found by German archaeologist Wilhelm König in 1938 just outside of Baghdad, Iraq. “The batteries have always attracted interest as curios,” Dr. Paul Craddock, a metallurgy expert at the British Museum, told the BBC in 2003. “They are a one-off. As far as we know, nobody else has found anything like these. They are odd things; they are one of life’s enigmas.”

Light Bulbs: A relief beneath the Temple of Hathor at Dendera, Egypt, depicts figures standing around a large light-bulb-like object. Erich Von Däniken, who wrote Chariots of the Gods, created a model of the bulb, which works when connected to a power source, emitting an eerie, purplish light.

Nuclear Reactor: In 1972, a French factory imported uranium ore from Oklo, in Africa’s Gabon Republic. The uranium had already been extracted. They found the site of origin to have apparently functioned as a large-scale nuclear reactor that came into being 1.8 billion years ago and was in operation for some 500,000 years. Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, former head of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and Nobel Prize winner for his work in the synthesis of heavy elements, explained why he believes it wasn’t a natural phenomenon, and that it thus must be a manmade nuclear reactor. For uranium to “burn” in a reaction, very precise conditions are needed. The water must be extremely pure, for one, much purer than exists naturally. The material U-235 is necessary for nuclear fission to occur. It is one of the uranium isotopes found in nature. Several specialists in reactor engineering have said they believe the uranium in Oklo could not have been rich enough in U-235 for a reaction to take place naturally, so it must have been processed.

Seismoscope: In 132 C.E., Zhang Heng created the world’s first seismoscope. How exactly it works remains a mystery, but replicas have worked with a precision comparable to modern instruments. In 138 C.E., it correctly indicated that an earthquake occurred about 300 miles west of Luoyang, the capital city. No one not in that city had felt the quake in Luoyang, and so they dismissed the warning until a messenger arrived days later requesting aid.

Plumbing: Caves near Mount Baigong in China contain pipes leading to a nearby lake. They were dated by the Beijing Institute of Geology to about 150,000 years ago, according to Brian Dunning of Skeptoid.com. State-run media Xinhua reported that the pipes were analyzed at a local smeltery, and 8 percent of the material could not be identified. Zheng Jiandong, a geology research fellow from the China Earthquake Administration, told the state-run newspaper People’s Daily in 2007 that some of the pipes were found to be highly radioactive. He said iron-rich magma may have risen from deep in the Earth, bringing the iron into fissures, where it may have solidified into tubes. He admitted, however, “There is indeed something mysterious about these pipes.” He cited the radioactivity as an example of the strange qualities of the pipes.

The Antikythera Mechanism: A mechanism, often referred to as an ancient “computer,” that was built by Greeks around 150 B.C.E. was able to calculate astronomical changes with great precision. “If it hadn’t been discovered, no one would possibly believe that it could exist because it’s so sophisticated,” said Mathematician Tony Freeth in a NOVA documentary. Mathias Buttet, director of research and development for watch-maker Hublot, said in a video released by the Hellenic Republic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, “This Antikythera Mechanism includes ingenious features which are not found in modern watch-making.”

Ancient Drill Bit: John Buchanan, Esq., in a presentation to a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on December 13, 1852, described a mysterious drill bit that had been found encapsulated in a layer of coal and buried in a bed of clay about 7 feet thick. The coal was formed hundreds of millions of years ago. The Society decided that the instrument was of a modern level of advancement, but it concluded that “the iron instrument might have been part of a borer broken during some former search for coal.” Buchanan’s detailed report, however, did not include any signs that the coal surrounding the instrument had been punctured by drilling.

Enigmatic Spheres: Spheres with fine grooves around them found in mines in South Africa have been said by some to be naturally formed masses of mineral matter. Others think they were precisely shaped by a prehistoric human hand. “The globes, which have a fibrous structure on the inside with a shell around it, are very hard and cannot be scratched, even by steel,” said Roelf Marx, curator of the Klerksdorp Museum in South Africa, according to Michael Cremo’s book Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race. Marx said the spheres are about 2.8 billion years old. If they are mineral masses, it is unclear how exactly they formed.

Iron Pillar of Delphi: This pillar, which is 99.72 percent iron, is at least 1,500 years old. It remains rust-free and is of an astounding purity. In modern times, wrought iron has been made with a purity of 99.8 percent, but it contains manganese and sulfur, two ingredients absent in the pillar. It was made at least “400 years before the largest known foundry of the world could have produced it,” wrote John Rowlett in A Study of the Craftsmen of Ancient and Medieval Civilizations to Show the Influence of their Training on our Present Day Method of Trade Education.

Ulfbehrt “Viking” Sword: When archaeologists found the Viking sword Ulfbert, dating from 800 to 1000 C.E., they were stunned. They couldn’t see how the technology to make such a sword would have been available until the Industrial Revolution 800 years later. Its carbon content is three times higher than other swords of its time and impurities were removed to such a degree that the iron ore must have been heated to at least 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

A Very Old Hammer: A hammer was found in London, Texas, in 1934 encased in stone that had formed around it. The rock surrounding the hammer is said to be more than 100 million years old. Glen J. Kuban, a vocal skeptic, claims the hammer was made millions of years ago. He said the stone may contain materials that are more than 100 million years old, but that doesn’t mean the rock formed around the hammer so long ago. Some limestone has formed around artifacts known to be from the twentieth century, so concretions, masses of hardened mineral matter, can form fairly quickly around objects. Carl Baugh, who is in possession of the artifact, has said the wooden handle has turned to coal. That implies great age. He notices that the metal head has a strange composition. Critics have called for more independent testing to verify these claims, but thus far no such testing has been conducted.

Construction in the Ancient Past: Workers at a stone quarry near Aix-en-Provence, France, in the eighteenth century came across tools stuck in a layer of limestone fifty feet underground. The find was recorded in the American Journal of Science and Arts in 1820 by T. D. Porter, who was translating Count Bournon’s work Mineralogy. The wooden instruments had turned into agate, a hard stone. Porter wrote: “Everything tended to prove that this work had been executed upon the spot where the traces existed. The presence of [man] had then preceded the formation of this stone, and that considerably, since [he] had already arrived at such a degree of civilization that the arts were known to him, and that [he] wrought the stone and formed columns out of it.”

Table of Contents

About the Author
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction

Part I: Origins of the Cosmos
1. Prime Theory – The Big Bang
2. Natural Alternative Theories – Quasi Steady State; Eternal Inflation; A Mirror Universe; Colliding in Higher Dimensions; Gravity Over the Rainbow; The Slow Thaw; A Cyclic Universe; White Holes and Alternate Universes
3. Alien Alternative Theories – Metaphysics, Spirituality, and Religion; A Digitally Simulated Universe; Intervention from Beyond
4. Summary

Part II: The Emergence of Life
1. Prime Theory – The Great Chasm
2. Natural Alternative Theories – The World of RNA; Fire and Ice; Molecules With Feet of Clay; Buried at Sea; The Gaia Hypothesis
3. Alien Alternative Theories – Biological SETI and Panspermia; DNA Doctors; Physical Intervention
4. Summary

Part III: The First Humans
1. Prime Theory – Lucy the Australopithecus Afarensis
2. Natural Alternative Theories – The Anthropic Principle; Biocentrism; The March of Evolution; Panpsychism
3. Alien Alternative Theories – Zecharia Sitchin and the Coming of the Gods; Jehovah and the Demiurge; Discovering Aliens in the Mirror
4. Summary

Part IV: Expansion
1. Prime Theory – Out of Africa
2. Natural Alternative Theories – Ancient Civilizations and Mistaken Identities; Diffusion and the Spread of Ideas; The First People of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Americas, Antarctica
3. Alien Alternative Theories – The Problem of Time; The Jewish Exodus; The Hopi Migration; The Aztec Journey; The Mysterious Mound Builders; Power Points and Energy Stations
4. Summary

Part V: Early Civilization
1. Prime Theory – The Mesopotamian / Egyptian Genesis
2. Natural Alternative Theories – Mysteries of Göbekli Tepe; Artifact Anomalies; the Americas
3. Alien Alternative Theories – The “Face” on Mars; The Nazca Lines; Stonehenge; Egyptian Pyramids; Sacsayhuamán and Beyond
4. Summary

Part VI: Origins
1. Prime Theory – A Purpose for Lost Civilizations
2. Natural Alternative Theories – The Rise of Atlantis and the Coming of the Flood; Studies in Stone; The Message of the Myth
3. Alien Alternative Theories – A Space of Time; Life in the Test Tube
4. Summary

Part VII: Future Possibilities – Suppressed History; Alternative Theories; Ancient Aliens; Hidden Origins; Future Scenarios; Summary

Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

This is ONE fascinating book! … This book makes you question everything you thought you knew about ancient history. … The information you will find in this book is like super glue, it really sticks and won’t let go!” – Halo Paranormal Investigations

“… a big book, packed with interesting material (some of it new) and well illustrated … while rehashing much that we have heard before over the last few decades, it is a tighter, broader and more thoughtful overview than most.” – Fortean Times

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