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By Christopher Knight and Alan Butler
“I’m electrified by it….one of the most important books to be published in decades….this is the definitive proof that civilisation is thousands of years older than historians believe.” Colin Wilson, Daily Mail and author of The Outsider and The Occult
Civilization One began as a forensic investigation into the viability of a little known linear measurement from the European Stone Age. In the end, it became a rediscovery of two complete and utterly staggering world views, so old it was impossible to say exactly when they had originated. Together, they will change our view of prehistory forever.
Two writers and researchers, Christopher Knight and Alan Butler, previously worked together to crack the mystery of the Megalithic Yard. This linear unit had been rediscovered by the late Professor Alexander Thom, an Emeritus Professor of Engineering at Oxford who, over five decades, had measured meticulously literally thousands of Megalithic structures in Britain and France. Thom’s data showed conclusively that the Megalithic Yard - 82.966cm in length - had been used in the construction of almost all of them. This flew in the face of the establishment which claimed that the invention and retention of such a finely tuned basic measurement from such a remote period of history was impossible.
In its early chapters, Civilization One relates the story of Alexander Thom and shows how plausible the Megalithic Yard was and just how easy it was to replicate on any site using a weighted pendulum, while observing the specific path travelled by an observed star.
These discoveries act as a key, opening a locked door on the remote past. Knight and Butler go on to realize that within the Megalithic Yard lies an integrated measuring system that defined the ‘exact’ dimensions of the Earth. This system was used to measure length, area, mass, volume, time and geometry in one complete and absolutely integrated way, creating a system far more advanced than anything in use today. Once they had mastered this calculation, Knight and Butler quickly uncovered a second measuring system, one that originated far from the Megalithic monuments of the West, in Sumeria. Using known and accepted archaeological examples as their guide, the authors realized that the Metric system, supposedly created in the ‘age of reason’ at the end of the 18th century, is actually many thousands of years old. What is more, in its original form, the Metric system also shows a stunning grasp by its instigators of our planet and the part it plays in the solar system.
Knight and Butler are able to explain, probably for the first time, exactly what a ‘second of time’ actually represents; why it was invented and how crucial this tiny ‘scrap’ of time actually is, not only to the Earth but to physics throughout the universe. One by one they overthrow a host of previously accepted paradigms, completely changing our perception of the abilities of these ancient people.
Reviewing as much evidence as possible, Knight and Butler show that other free thinkers in periods before our own struggled to recreate the design of the prehistoric world view. Amongst these was one of the founders of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. With only a little more evidence, Jefferson may have reached the same conclusions that lie at the heart of Civilization One.
The book finishes in the most thought-provoking and explosive way possible, by demonstrating exactly what, at least some, prehistoric peoples really knew. They understood the absolute dimensions of the Earth and could measure its mass at least as well as we can today. They knew the exact dimensions of the Moon and the Sun and devised a linear measurement that was applicable to the Earth, Moon, Sun relationship. These remarkable people understood that light has speed and measured it accurately.
Using cast-iron proof, illustrated by the easiest of maths, Civilization One proves conclusively that, no matter how clever we think we are today, greater minds have existed in the remote past. The implications of Civilization One are unthinkable and contrary to all accepted paradigms but, in the final analysis, they can be verified by anyone.
Christopher Knight has written four books to date, co-authored with Robert Lomas. His writing career began almost by accident after he had invested seven years conducting research into the origins of Freemasonic rituals. After completing the research it seemed possible that other people might be interested in reading the findings - and Random House promptly agreed, publishing ‘The Hiram Key’ in 1996.
This book went into the UK top ten bestseller list within three days of publication and remained in the chart for eight consecutive weeks. In 1997 ‘The Second Messiah’ was published and ‘Uriel’s Machine’ appeared in 1999 - both of which were also UK and international bestsellers. The fourth book, ‘The Book of Hiram’ was published in the UK in 2003.
Alan Butler was fascinated with history from a very early age and he embarked on a quest to discover the true purpose of the Phaistos Disc, a strange artefact from 2000 BC, discovered in the ruins of the Minoan palace of Phaistos, Crete. His ten-year quest resulted in the rediscovery of a lost system of geometry and mathematics and in 2000, he published ‘The Bronze Age Computer Disc’, a seminal work that is now proving to have been inspirational in opening up aspects of our prehistoric past that have been forgotten for so long. Alan contributed to the Knight and Lomas’ bestseller, ‘Uriel’s Machine’, which led to his partnership with Christopher Knight in the creation of ‘Civilization One‘.
During the last decade Alan Butler has also become an acclaimed expert on the mysterious Knights Templar. He has co-written two books on the subject and lectured extensively. Alan is also an accomplished playwright. One of his plays was broadcast on BBC Radio in July of 2003 and his newest play is scheduled to air in the summer of 2004.
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WATKINS PUBLISHING, and imprint of DUNCAN BAIRD PUBLISHERS
Civilization One
Retail $24.95
By Christopher Knight and Alan Butler
ISBN 1-84293-095-8
Format: 6 x 9¼ 272 pages
Color Photos with Black/White Illustrations
Publication Date: October 2004
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