History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Architecture and Mathematics in Ancient Egypt

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Cambridge's normal skeptical view

Architecture and Mathematics in Ancient Egypt
Corinna Rossi
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Corinna Rossi explores the use of numbers and geometrical figures by the Ancient Egyptians in their architectural projects and buildings. Whereas previous architectural studies have searched for "universal rules" to explain the entire history of Egyptian architecture, Rossi reconciles the approaches of architectural historians and archaeologists by testing architectural theories. This book is essential reading for all scholars of Ancient Egypt and the architecture of ancient cultures.

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Cambridge's normal skeptical view.......2005-12-14

Several reviews of this book, published elsewhere, stress
the contents of Rossi's analysis were more focused toward
the skeptical side of Egyptian math and construction methods.
Rossi, therefore is being fairly depicted as publishing new information within unproven paradigms.

On the math side, Rossi mentions Fibonacci's algorithm
and phi, two paradigms that clearly were not used in ancient
Egypt, though many like to suggest that they were. The
Fibonacci algorithm idea was introduced after 1891 and J.J.
Sylvester's skeptical views of the RMP's 2/nth table, are
reference point to 1202 AD and the Liber Abaci, but not
a reference point of Egypt. Egypt used more subtle ideas
like http://egyptianmath.blogspot.com and http://akhmimwoodentablet.blogspot.com .

Yet, Hultsch in 1895 clearly showed that Ahmes in 1650 BC
easily wrote out 2/p series into short and concise unit
fraction series using a very simple partitioning method
(as Ahmes wrote out n/p answers in his 'false position'
algebra problems, ie. 5/19 written out in a long awkward
series using 1/12th as the first partition, as he did for 2/19,
as describe a couple paragraphs below. Ahmes wrote 5/19

per, 5/19 - 1/12 = (60 - 19)/(12*19) = (38 + 2 + 1)/(12*19)

or, 5/19 = 1/6 + 1/12 + 1/114 + 1/228).

Clearly modern scholars (two being Robins-Shute) have often suggested that 'false supposition' was used by Ahmes, hinting
that Ahmes guessed at his answers. Ahmes never guessed! Ahmes'
answers were always exact when he worked with rational numbers.

Moderm scholars were the ones that had guessed, and missed, finding Ahmes deeper methods. Interestingly no scholar, until
very recently, has claimed to have read Ahmes' shorthand
notes. Modern scholars had sadly filled inlogical gaps left
by Ahmes with their own intellectual guesses - many of which
have been proven to be wrong (as Rossi had not learned, since
he referenced none of the controversial Eguptian fraction and weights and measures issues).

Bruins also discovered the Hultsch method in 1945, and today
the method is named the Hultsch-Bruin method. It says that

2/p = 1/A + (2A -p)/Ap

where A, a highly divisible number selected in the range

p/2 < A < p

with the divisors of A uniquely added to (2A -p)
thereby solving (2A-p)/Ap.

Example,

2/19 = 1/12 + (24 -19)/(12*19)

= 1/12 + (3 + 2)/(12*19)

= 1/12 + 1/76 + 1/114

with the (4 + 1) alternative being discarded
since its last denominator was too large.

Rossi also mentions that Egyptian division may have followed
an inverse operation of its multiplication 'doubling' method.

Here also Rossi did not seen the simple remainder arithmetic
found in RMP #62 where 100/13 = 7 + 9/13 = 7 + 2/3 + 1/39.

Generally Ahmes and all scribes divided by this Q = quotient
and R = remainder method. The Akhmim Wooden Tablet even
shows a special method for grain and volume division where
a hekat unity 64/64 was divided by n, with n < 64, as

(64/64)/n = Q/64 + R/(n*64)

Even more interesting, Ahmes also used this method to
divide 100 hekat by 70, with his final form matching
the Akhmim Wooden tablet's special use of ro = 1/320th
of a hekat, by:

(6400/64)/70 = 91/64 + 30/(70*64)

and introducing ro = 1/320 of a hekat,

= (1 +16 + 8+ 2 + 1)/64 = (150/70)* 1/320

= 1+ 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/32+ 1/64 + (2 + 1/7)*ro

I'll not go on and discuss Rossi' view of Egyptian
architecture being the above her standard Cambridge
skeptical comments.

Overall, many accept Rossi's view as informative,
and I do as well, in limited areas. However, on the
math side of Rossi's quick use of a Sylvester's and
other recent skeptical techniques, all disproven years ago,
shows that her Cambridge training needs to be expanded
to read the Egyptian mathematical texts. Clearly Ahmes
and his brother/sister scribes are the only experts
that should guide our understanding of Egyptian math.

L'Ophtalmologie Dans L'Egypte Greco-Romaine D'Apres Papyrus Litteraires Grecs (Studies in Ancient Medicine, V.8)

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L'Ophtalmologie Dans L'Egypte Greco-Romaine D'Apres Papyrus Litteraires Grecs (Studies in Ancient Medicine, V.8)
Marie-Helene Marganne
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The recurring problems of eye-disease in Egypt account for the importance that ophthalmology has always had in this country. Eye-diseases and their treatment in Greco-Roman Egypt are documented by a remarkable but insufficiently known body of material: Greek literary papyri, which are often the only witnesses to lost medical works and which provide evidence of original theories, practices and terminology. The first part of this book provides an introduction to ancient ophthalmology, to the medical literature of Greco-Roman Egypt and to Greek medical papyri. The second part presents a critical edition (with a French translation and commentary) of the papyri with theoretical expositions, and a chapter on ophthalmic recipes. FRENCH TEXT Eu egard aux affections oculaires qui y sevissent depuis toujours, l'ophtalmologie ne cessa d'occuper une place preponderante en Egypte. Pour la periode greco-romaine, on dispose d'une documentation remarquable mais meconnue: des papyrus litteraires grecs, souvent seuls temoins d'oeuvres medicales perdues, qui attestent theories, pratiques et vocabulaire originaux. Apres une introduction sur l'ophtalmologie antique, la litterature medicale de l'Egypte greco-romaine et les papyrus grecs de medecine, le livre presente l'edition critique, avec traduction et commentaires, des papyrus contenant des exposes theoriques, ainsi qu'un chapitre sur les prescriptions ophtalmologiques. Il s'adresse aux philologues classiques, aux papyrologues, aux orientalistes, aux egyptologues, aux historiens de la medecine et aux ophtalmologues interesses par l'histoire de leur discipline.

Pyramids. : An article from: Science Weekly

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Pyramids. : An article from: Science Weekly

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ARCHITECTURE AND MATHEMATICS IN ANCIENT EGYPT
CORINNA (UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE) ROSSI
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Step-By-Step Watercolor Painting: A Complete Guide to Mastering Techniques with the Alexander Brothers
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Learn to paint with this book.......2000-12-06

This was my first book on watercolor and with it I was able to create my first paintings. Projects are step-by-step guides with interesting themes. Some paintings are a bit more demanding, so as a beginner, I have done them several times to master the technique (a lot of wet-on-wet work). I found this to be a wonderful book that can teach you how to paint landscapes, figures, cities, water...It is great for beginners, but even someone advanced would enjoy it because of the techniques shown.

Step-by-Step Watercolor Painting, A Complete Guide to Mastering Techniques with the Alexander Brothers

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Fighting!! Guidance takes you into the life of Ghi-Han, a former delinquent who decided to wash his hands clean of pointless fights. He gives up the life as one of the highest ranked regional fighters to go to a good school and start anew... but of course fate would have it that he ends up being dragged into fights one way or another. Join Ghi-Han and his newly found best friend, Hyun-ha, in an action packed comedy drama that'll keep you guessing!

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IT'S PAT!.......2005-10-03

Ghi-Han Shin has just transferred to Poong Rim High and he just wants to blend in with the student body and not get into any trouble. Don't get the impression that he's a wimp or anything though. He's a vicious fighter who got tired of the gang life and now he just wants to be a respectable high school student. We all know that fate is not going to let that happen though, don't we? There's always a gang of bullies who want to pick on the new guy, in this case some toughs led by Young-Woo. That's when Hyun-Ha Ghang steps in. Hyun-Ha is a member of the Guidance Club, which is similar to a Student Council, except in addition to looking out for the student's academic needs, they are also trained in martial arts! Will Hyun-Ha be able to keep Ghi-Han from falling back into his old ways? And what's going to happen when "Union 5", a super-gang taking over all the high schools, turns its eye on Poong Rim?

Fighting Guidance is a little off the beaten path of Korean Manhwa. I thought it was going to be about a guy and a girl from the cover featuring Hyun-Ha and Ghi-Han. And that's an onrunning joke in the book too. Hyun-Ha looks like a girl and Ghi-Han is always kidding him about his lack of masculinity. Hyun even has what seems to be an unhealthy obsession with Ghi's crotch. At some points I was wondering if I was reading a boy-love manwha. Fortunately, after Hyun pulls Ghi's pants down to see for himself whether he's a girl or a boy, things become more comfortably hetero. In parts this volume was a little funny, and some of the action scenes were handled pretty well, but this title falls plainly into the average category. It does show some promise though.

An Enjoyable Action Drama!.......2005-08-15

Fighting Guidance was one of the more interesting Manga that I've read in a long time. There were no great kung-fu battles, no robots, sorcerers, dragons...nothing spectacular of any kind really, just an enjoyable story. The setting is the Korean high school system and the editors provide a nice explanation to readers about the structure of the Korean school systems and its hierarchy of gangs. This was all needed to understand the story to its fullest effect. We learn that the gangs and schools themselves operate with a unique social order with each grade or class year having its own gang boss who seems to directly report or be responsible to the boss in the class above him. It is into this setting that Ghi Han Shin arrives. The new guy in school with the quick wit and faster mouth that gets him in trouble at every turn.

He meets Hyun Ha Ghang, another first year student and a member of the Guidance Club. The Guidance club are basically student officers who are concerned with the well-being of all the kids in their grade level. Hyun Ha isn't too crazy about his new guy in school, Ghi Han. He can't believe he had the grades to gain entry into this elite school and furthermore Ghi Han pulled down Hyun's pants when he didn't believe that the cute boy was actually a boy! Ghi Han soon finds himself in conflict with the first year class boss Young Woo. Hyun shows off his own fighting skills by rescuing Woo and warning him to stay away from the new guy. Ghi Han it seems is not a fighter. But whenYoung Woo and his gang ambush Hyun Ha, Ghi Han becomes a whirlwind of fury, dispatching the gang with ease and amazing Hyun Ha. A tattoo on Ghi's arm identifies him as a member of the elite Union Five High Class. Were not told directly what the Union Five is, but from the various reactions, we know that Ghi Han is no one to be messed with.

Soon members of the gang as well as the high ranking members of the guidance club begin to check out this new guy and to try and figure out who he really is. We know from Ghi himself that he came from an environment where there were fights constantly and he wanted to escape that life. But why is such an elite fighter merely a first year student? Fighting Guidance is an enjoyable action drama, sprinkled liberally with humor, mainly as Ghi makes Hyun Ha the butt of his jokes constantly. The unique caste structure of the Korean schools was interesting to read about. The art is pretty standard manga-style, very proficient but nothing out of the ordinary. This was a book I enjoyed much more than I thought I would.

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