F ORE WORD

THI S V O L U M E is a companion work to The Riddle of Prehistoric

Britain in which I endeavored to prove !" evidence# $athered over a
wide %e&d 'rom ancient and modern sorces# that the (ritish Is&es
were hi$h&" civi&ised 'rom the ear&iest times# and# indeed# that
(ritain ma" !e prod&" enthroned as the tre and ori$ina&
mother o' civi&isation) I c& aimed on evidence prodced that the
spposed&" *&ost is&and* or drowned *is&and+continent* $iven the
name o' *,t&antis* !" -&ato# was not a mere romance or m"th withot
s!stance# as is $enera&&" !e&ieved# !t# on the contrar"# it was a
serios epitome o' the most stpendos natra& catastrophe which
has ever a.ected the hman race# !oth !ecase o' the ma$nitde and
the severit" o' that visitation) I so$ht# moreover# to prove that the
,t&antean ca&amit" was a variation in other words o' the F&ood o' /oah#
or# as the 0reeks termed it# the De&$e o' Deca&ion)
For this prpose evidence was derived 'rom $eo$raphica&# $eo&o$ica&#
astronomica&# historica& and &e$endar" sorces to the e.ect that this
ma1or catastrophe a2icted northern and western Erope# main&" the
Scandinavian &ands and !e"ond a&& the (ritish Is&ands) I c&aimed#
in 'act# that the ,t&antis Is&and was no other than the (ritish
Is&es# which !ear the scars o' that catastrophe to this da"# that
,t&antis was not permanent&" s!mer$ed# or even mch o' it#
tremendos tho$h the &timate e.ects were) These is&ands# I
showed# were the tre Hesperides or Happ" Is&ands o' "ore# and are
known to have !een inha!ited 'rom the ear&iest -a&aeo&ithic 3or O&d
Stone4 ,$e onwards# and were the ori$ina& domici&e o' the sons o'
,dam# who were the Titans or 0iants o' c&assic 'ame# as we&& as !ein$
the ,t&anteans o' -&ato)
M" o!1ect# ma" I point ot# was 'ar $reater than an" mere academic
e.ort# as some critics seemed to ima$ine# to identi'" ,t&antis) The
disaster to ,t&antis was on&" indirect&" m" theme# 'or what matters is
what &a" and sti&& &ies !ehind these 'acts# as 'acts I c&aim the" are on
the evidence) For i' it were the F&ood o' the Scriptres it there!" !rin$s
into the or!it o' /orthern Erope the nations re&ated to that event
direct&" or indirect&"# sch as the 5ha&deans# E$"ptians# Israe&ites#
He&&enes or 0reeks# and man" others) It cannot !e iso&ated as sch# 'or
it cha&&en$es the &on$+accepted !e&ie's and do$ma that the F&ood
occrred in the Mi dd&e East# the spposed&" ori$i na& 5ha& d6a#
as to whi ch incidenta&&"# in spite o' most care'& investi$ations
even within recent "ears# there e7ists not a titt&e o' so&id
$eo&o$ica& or other evidence to spport sch a ca&amit" in those
re$ions) In'erentia&&" a&so# i' correct# it mst ndermine the
&on$+accepted c&aims in re&ation to the &ands we term ,ss"ria#
E$"pt# and -a&estine# and I 'ear necessari&" disptes the
accrac" o' man" modernist interpretations 'rom inscri!ed stones
or pap"ri)
In other words we have !een mis&ed in these matters) M" so&e
aim is to $et to the trth re$ardin$ the past as it !ears in
man" strikin$ wa"s pon the present)
(t# &et# me sa"# i' the 'rther c&aims I advance in this work are
sstained# it mst &o$ica&&" si$ni'" that the se$re$ation o' (i!&e
histor" as a thin$ apart 'rom e8iva&ent c&assic peop&es has pi&ed
p comp&ete&" 'a&se conceptions and va&ations re$ardin$ the
histor" o' nations in past times) For e7amp&e# I prodce evidence
to show that the Uranids o' 5rete# which 5rete was accepted !"
the 0reeks at &east as the 9:;<=> or mother&and o' the ori$ina& race
o' mankind# were the e8iva&ent o' the peop&e ca&&ed Ur+o'+the+
5ha&dees in the (ook o' 0enesis# and that the" dwe&t not in the
Orient or Mediterranean# !t in the (ritish Is&es)
I' I prove correct in determinin$ that sch roads &ead ori$ina&&" to
that ver" ancient $rop o' is&ands# the Shet&and+ Orkne"s#
which stradd&e !oth Scandinavia and (ritain# and that these
were &ar$e&" shattered !" a vio&ent natra& catastrophe# we
!e$in to perceive that the 0nostics and 5retes o' 5rete# c&ose
kindred to the 5ha&deans# were the sons o' Seth or Sheth# the
son o' ,dam 'rom whom apparent&" Shet+&and or Seth+&and
ac8ired its name# in the re$ions o' 5a&edonia# a$ain on&" a
variation o' 5ha&d6a# whose sons are pro!a!&" the most ancient
e7istin$ race o' civi&ised man)
The accont o' the &ast da"s o' ,t&antis is partic&ar&" va&a!&e in
research where we are to&d !" -&ato o' a $reat war !etween
the ,t&anteans and their !&ood re&ations who crossed the sea to
reach them# a war &astin$ thirteen "ears# and in the 'orteenth
"ear# when the ,t&anteans were at the point o' e7hastion# the
cit" o' ,thens he&d ot and de'eated the enem"# !t that a&& her
warriors# &ike those opposed to her# were drowned) Leavin$ aside
the statement that the ori $i na& ,thens he& d ot and a& one
de'eated the invaders it was# accordin$ to -&ato# an ,t&antean
cit"# sitated on that is&and# and ths# we mst assme# the mother
cit" o' the &ater ,thens in the Mediterranean 0reece# &ike other
ear&" He&&enic sites) 5an we# however# s"nchronise -&ato with the
(i!&e re'erences to the F&ood? The acta& events o' these dramatic
thirteen "ears# c&minatin$ in the 0reat 5atastrophe# is the main
theme o' this !ook)
The tre arena o' this vei&ed "et historic event# as I endeavor to
show# was the c&ash !etween nations known in the Scriptres#
inc&din$ 0o$ and Ma$o$# in which the invasion and s&aver" o'
other (i!&e peop&es in the (ritish Is&es was the aim o' the
invaders) It c&minated in e7traordinar" events !oth in the
ce&estia& spaces and on this nhapp" earth) The %na& ce&estia&
disaster itse&'# as I descri!ed '&&" in m" previos work# was on
sch an immense and concentrated sca& e# and at the same
ti me so i rre$& ar i n i ts di stri!ti on# that certain parts were
destro"ed or rendered ninha!ita!&e 'or a &on$ period# whi&e
"et others escaped with on&" comparative s.erin$s) ,mon$ its
permanent e.ects were a variation in the earth@s a7is# a
&en$thenin$ o' the so&ar "ear and a conse8ent chan$e in c&imate
where!" man" nations in the north were 'orced to emi$rate to
o!tain the means o' s!sistence)
The m"th o' -haeton descri!es how the i&&+'ated son o' He&ios#
havin$ sto&en his 'ather@s steeds# tried to drive the chariot o' the
sn# !t the" !o&ted# where!" the" threatened the earth@s
e7tinction and Aes# seein$ the who&e wor&d was ths in
imminent dan$er o' destrction# hr&ed -haeton into the river
Eridans in the contr" o' the 5immerians) The e7p&anation o' the
m"th# as -&ato himse&' records it# was the dec&ination o' ce&estia&
!odies# acta&&"# it wo&d seem# a twin or tandem comet# which
strck the earth in the 5immerian &ands) This disastros event is
recorded on certain prehistoric Scottish Bodiacs as I showed in
m" previos work# in which the *chariot* o' -haeton is
represented s"m!o&ica&&" as whee&s with a connectin$ a7&e#
descri!ed !" Scottish archaeo&o$ists as *spectac&es#* the"
!ein$ natra&&" innocent o' the intention o' these stones
pro!a!&" erected !" the sons o' Seth# or# sa"# 5ha&deans# in the
5a&edonian &ands)
The 5immerians# in whose contr" this disaster happened# and
where Cowed the river Eridans# converts the m"tho&o$ica& into
rea&it" They agree with the Cymry of Britain, the Cimbri of Scandinavian &ands#
the peop&e known to c&assic poets as the Hyperboreans, dwellers beyond
the north wind, the Galatai of Pausanias# the 0a&s or 0ae&s# or 5e&ts#
a&wa"s the ta&&# 'air+haired and !&e+e"ed men o' the north) So
-haeton mst compe& s to understand the myth by making us look to the north of
Erope# where he was thrown to earth) In a tre revision o' the
prehistoric past the Mediterranean !ecomes on&" a ver"
secondar" sett&ement o' the r&in$ races o' mankind 'rom the
!e$innin$)
(ritain@s remote ancestors thro$h man" centries erected an
advanced civi&isation# !i&t wa&&ed cities# with towns# vi&&a$es#
and ports# and sai&ed ocean+$oin$ ships# !ein$ a maritime
peop&e o' $reat 'ame) The" erected a&so chains o' power'&
'ortresses some o' which have srvived the vicissitdes cased
!" man and the e&ements 'or we&& over three thosand "ears# &aid
&on$# strai$ht roads# and constrcted cana&s which transported
$oods 'rom one end o' (ritain to the other) Her sons 'aced
haBardos vo"a$es# &on$ !e'ore deep+sea sondin$s were
ndertaken# to the most distant parts o' the earth# and
esta!&ished tradin$ centres and commerce whi & e thei r mai n
search was ever 'or $o& d) The" man'actred 1ewe&s
emp&o"in$ $o&d# si&ver and !ronBe# !esides precios stones) ,t
an ear&" date the" mastered the science o' how to man'actre
!ronBe# desi $ned weapons o' war'are# and discovered the
secret art o' how to make and se %re+arms# otherwise *!&ack
ma$ic)*
So&omon !i&t p his wea&th and made the Israe&ites in his a$e
the dominatin$ peop&e !" his know&ed$e o' *ma$ic#* an art
descri!ed !" Dosephs in these words# *0od a&so ena!&ed him to
&earn that ski&& which e7pe&s demons# which is a ski&& se'& and
sanative to man)* Incidenta&&"# So&omon was a 0rand Master o'
prehistoric Freemasonr"Ea ver" ancient 'raternit" ear&ier known
as the 5a!iri $odsEits ori$in o'ten attri!ted to him# and some
o' the m"stic ceremonies sed in the Masonic c&t are pro!a!&"
derived 'rom his epoch# "et how man" present+da" Masons can
nderstand the inner meanin$ o' the two ho&&ow pi&&ars Dachin
and (oaB# which the" are so 'ond o' s"m!o&isin$?
In the $reat mi$ration# indced &ar$e&" !" pre+know&ed$e o'
what was a!ot to happen owin$ to ce&estia& phenomena#
1d$in$ 'rom certain passa$es o' Deremiah# the Israe&ites in their
E7ods were &ed thro$h dark# arctic wastes# *where no man
dwe&t#* the Si!erian &ands) Man" emi$rants 'ond their wa" to
the shores o' the Mediterranean# others went !" the rivers
Vo&$a# Vist&a# Dneiper and Dneister to the 5rimea# onwards
into ,sia Minor and thence to the Midd&e East# where we %nd in
Irak what appear to !e prehistoric 0othic inscriptions and
occ&t desi$ns as to which mch mi$ht !e said) In a tota&&"
di.erent direction# across the /orth ,t&antic# others made
haBardos vo"a$es and endred terri!&e privations in search o' the
sn# and sett&ed %na&&" in ,merica# most&" in Me7ico# a$es !e'ore
5o&m!s discovered that continent) Man" a$ain went soth+west
into France# Spain and -ort$a&# h$$in$ the ,t&antic# or
mi$ratin$ into /orth ,'rica)
The &and we now ca&& E$"pt was co&onised then or not mch
ear&ier as shown !" astronomica& evidence# and was ori$ina&&"
peop&ed !" 'air 5e&ts 'rom the shores o' (ritain) This was the
E7ods o' the ,r"ans# some o' whom retrned &ater to their
primevaI homes# and a!ot a centr" a'ter# perhaps in some cases in
&ess time# when ear&ier 'ears had !een dissipatedE'or hmanit"
rare&" &earns 'rom the pastEand the 'erti&e (ritish &ands invited
newcomers# these is&ands were a$ain occpied !" nations
crossin$ the narrow seas# inc&din$ especia&&" those whom
0eo.re" o' Monmoth names the Tro1ans# and# or modern
anthropo&o$ists# the 0oide&s)
-anic and a chan$e o' c&imate in the northern &ands were the
main inspiration which sent these peop&es on their &on$ and sad
treks in search o' new domici&es) The edi%ces and re&i$ion o'
E$"pt speak e&o8ent&" o' the instinct o' terror as their $idin$
motive# as I a&so showed in m" previos work) The 'amos
E$"ptian (ook o' the Dead# inCenced comp&ete&" !" the epic
o' the F&ood and composed in the name o' Thoth 3Hermes4# in
its rita& cased the so&s o' the dead to nder$o a 'anci'&# %na&#
$&oom" pi&$rima$e to the sacred west# indeed# I contend# to the
ver" scene o' the 'ormer sham!&es in Western Scot&and# to the
&e$endar" ,menta# identi%ed as the tin" is&and o' Sta.a# near
Iona# in the He!rides# where the wanderin$ spirits were spposed
to !e 1d$ed !" Osiris# and were rewarded or consmed accordin$ to
their &ives on earth) Sta.a &a" in the ver" vorte7 o' the $reatest
area o' destrction at the time o' the F&oodEwater !ein$ !t one
e&ement concernedEand &ater !ecame the Underwor&d o' the 5e&ts
as it was o' the He&&enes) The F&ood# to the wor&d $enera&&" a
va$e and ne!&os tradition# rea&&" concea&s the most appa&&in$
visitation mankind has ever e7perienced# as he ma" e7perience
a$ain# and its rava$es in the (ritish Is&es and Scandinavian
&ands ma" !e retraced to some considera!&e e7tent !" the
e.ects o' what $eo&o$ists term the *Dri't* ,$e) It was no mere
ice dri't) It was sdden and terri!&" swi't and vio&ent)
M" present vo&me# as I mentioned# traces the corse o' the
thirteenyears! war to its origin and source and elucidates the main arena o'
that dramatic conCict which stares s in the 'ace in the
Scriptres i' we know where to seek 'or it) To !e ena!&ed to accomp&ish
this it has necessitated the identi%cation o' the most important
re$ions overrn !" the invaders 'rom the 'rthermost north and
'rom the direction o' the (a&tic and Low 5ontries) Mch attention
has !een directed to the &ands o' the west# main&" Somerset and
Wi&tshire# so important 'or varios reasons# where I have c&aimed to
identi'" sites known to readers o' the Scriptres# some o' which
srvive and Corish to this da") The comp&ete annihi&ation o' cities
!" man is not so eas" as it ma" seem) Dersa&em was said to !e
destro"ed stone !" stone !" Hadrian and "et it sti&& e7ists as a most
important capita&F
In the arran$ement I have 'ond it advisa!&e to devote the
openin$ part to the consideration o' 5reteEthe ori$ina& 5rete o' Homer
E!ecase o' its 'ormer $reat importance in the wor&d o' prehistor")
The third section descri!es in detai& the scene and action o' the
thirteen+"ears@ war and especia&&" the part enacted in it !"
Dersa&em) When this is nderstood it wi&& !e apparent how advanced#
wea&th"# and hi$h&" civi&ised (ritain was p to the Roman
occpation# and there!" to reCect how sad it is that Roman i$norance#
t"rann"# and censorship have 'or &on$ centries presented an
tter&" 'a&se impression o' the cora$e# $enis# and enterprise o' the
varios states o' the is&and the" so coveted# ro!!ed and &e't in a
condition o' chaos)
One 'rther important point needs to !e emphasised) The histor"
o' the civi&ised wor&d in the past had &itt&e or nothin$ in common with
,sia or ,'rica# and to $et to the trth we mst raise the &atitde o'
Erope to the &ands main&" prominent# and even &ar$e&" 'or$et the
Mediterranean Sea) The ,r"an or white race# with 'air or red hair
and !&e e"es# never had an" racia& connection with the Orienta&
peop&es# the !rown+skinned# dark+e"ed# and dark+haired races) The
&aw o' Latitde 'or!ids it# 1st as the northern ,r"ans who invaded
India and sett&ed there as r&ers and princes# despite the ri$id &aw
o' caste the" 'orm&ated# in the corse o' a 'ew $enerations !ecame
a!sor!ed in the native pop&ation# as a&so happened in Me7ico)
Indeed# the wor&d@s civi&isation owes &ess than nothin$ to the ,siatic
peop&es) Even the -ersians# who t"rannised 'or centries over the
West# thro$h treacher" and the se o' *ma$ic#* can rea&&" !e
traced to Rssia and the Rssians# their characteristics thro$hot
the centries scarce&" i' at a&& chan$ed other than in name# and
who in their decadence were overthrown and driven !ack to their
orienta& !onds !" ,&e7ander the 0reat)
Viri&e races do not die ot withot a trace) We are to&d !"
historians that the Thracians disappeared 'rom their &ands !" the
He&&espont and "et Herodots sa"s that the" were the most
power'& peop&e in Erope who dissipated their stren$th !" tri!a&
8arre&s) The" did not disappear 'rom (a&kan &ands# 'or the" were
never there) Trans'er -onts or the E7ine Sea# or the He&&espont# to
where the" rea&&" !e&on$ed $eo$raphica&&"# name&" the (a&tic and
Ska$errak# and "o wi&& %nd the Thracians readi&" eno$h) The"
were the Scandinavians# and were apparent&" sett&ed 'rom primeva&
times a&so in /orthern Scot&and# c&ose kindred o' the 5a&edonians#
who &ike them he&d wives in common# tattooed themse&ves# !ried
wives a&ive with their hs!ands# adored sin$&e com!at# c&aimed
descent 'rom Hermes# worshipped Dion"ss as their principa& deit"#
raised monds over the $raves o' their $reat chie's and he&d 'nera&
$ames# a&& o' which were a&so the characterstics o' Odin@s 'o&&owers) It
sGces to add that the contr" !e"ond their northern 'rontiers was
ninha!ita!&e !" reason o' the ic" co&d# 'or it &a" nder the (earEthe
/orth -o&e)
Take a$ain the Tro1ans o' c&assic 'ame) The" were a ver" !rave
and %ne nation# advanced in civi&isation# who o.ered sacri%ces
to the dead o' !ow&s o' warm mi&k# $o!&ets o' wine# and a&so raised
'nera& monds) Where do "o %nd sch monds or !arrows? ,&& over
the Scandinavian &ands and in Denmark as in (ritain# !t never in
the /ear East) The" shook hands with one another# and an"one who
knows the East is aware that sch was never an Orienta& cstom) How
can we e7p&ain Vir$i&@s statement o' Hin$ -riam# s&ain and mti&ated
!" -"rrhs# as he sat on his *sacred throne#* that he had !een
*prod monarch over so man" contries and nations*? (t this we
can sa") The Tro1ans# a'ter the 0reat 5atastrophe# sett&ed in
$reat nm!ers in (ritain known as the (ri$antes# whose histor" I
trace# showin$ incidenta&&" that Rome was 'onded !" men o' this
ver" nation# and that the" !ecame the r&in$ peop&e in (ritain soth
o' the 5&"de and Forth) The" never ori$inated in ,sia Minor# !t as
wi&& !e seen 'rom ,scania# Denmark and the Low 5ontries# 'rom
the re$ions &ater known as Frisia) The Macedonians? We&&# Thracians#
5retans# 5a&edonians# and Macedonians were a&& o' one kindred# and
the" can !e tracked down to their ha!itat in Scot&and and Scandinavia#
havin$ man" areas in En$&and as we&&) I&&"ria? Wh" does Dersa&em
appear to have !een re$arded as in I&&"ria? It was not ori$ina&&" !"
the ,driatic Sea in the Mediterranean area) Trans'er the 0reek or
Latin name to its (ritish renderin$# Si&ria# and we !e$in to
reco$nise how the histor" o' the He!rewsEthe I!eres o' (ritainEwas
so &ar$e&" p&a"ed ot in this is&and) How 'ew appreciate the tre
histor" o' the risin$s o' the Si&res a$ainst the Romans# and who
'o$ht with sch 'ata& $a&&antr" in a sccession o' wars opposin$
them especia&&" in the re$ion soth o' the Forth# "et ths sha&& we !e
$ettin$ nearer to the trth) It wi&& !e apparent# in short# that
,rma$eddon was the same event as the 0reat 5atastrophe and that
Dersa&em &a"Eand sti&& stands a $reat and no!&e cit"Ein (ritain) I'
this sonds a stpendos c&aim to make it neverthe&ess %ts in with
the rest)
How man" persons are aware that in ,)D) IJK# a'ter Hadrian had
de'eated the Dews nder (ar 5oche!a# their proc&aimed Messiah#
and had captred their stron$ho&d o' (athars# he cased Dersa&em to
!e tter&" destro"ed and the &and devastated# with the res&t that
it was '&& o' $raves# the markets with s&aves# and towns $iven
over to wo&ves and wi&d !easts? How man" more rea&ise that
the site o' Dersa&em was completely forgotten 'or over two
hndred "ears nti & 5onstanti ne the 0reat cased it to !e
*discovered* 'or po&itica& motives in the present -a&estine ?
,s I show in the 'o&&owin$ pa$es the -a&estine o' to+da" 'ai&s to
correspond in an" wa" to the O&d Testament or# come to that# o' the
/ew) , writer# Mr) H) D) Dant# severa& "ears a$o in a work entit&ed
The Centre of Ancient Civilisation, denied that -a&estine was the
(i!&ica& Ho&" Land 'or de%nite reasons) He c&aimed that (a) the
assmption is !ased on He!rew docments a&oneL (b) the accont o'
the Israe&ites !ein$ made s&aves and Ceein$ 'rom the E$"ptian
-haraoh# is not !orne ot !" an" other evidence# !t the contrar" L
(c) an e7ods in the re$ion o' Sinai 'or 'ort" "ears with MNN#NNN
warriors is an impossi!&e stor"L (d) -a&estine# despite the acconts o'
its 'erti&it" and wea&th# is perhaps the poorest &and in West ,sia apart
'rom the desertsL (e) sch a civi&isation with its man" cities mst
have &e't its traces in the records o' the nei$h!orin$ contries#
!t *-a&estine "ie&ds on&" the evidence derived 'rom names that
have !een scattered indstrios&" a!ot the &and in varios &ater
centries*L 3'4 there is 're8ent mention !" scri!es# archives# etc)#
so the art o' writin$ mst have !een we&& knownL and# moreover#
princes and scri!es seem to have possessed stron$ &iterar"
proc&ivities# "et# *notwithstandin$ a&& this# not a sin$&e inscription
has !een 'ond in -a&estine which can !e identi%ed with the
He!rew kin$dom*L 3$4 Dersa&em has 'ai&ed to prodce an" trace o'
David and So&omon# an" ta!&et or inscription or even 'ondation
memoria&) It mi$ht !e added that the cit" entire&" 'ai&s to con'orm
topo$raphica&&" with its '&& descriptions $iven !" Dosephs and
/ehemiah)
The name o' *Erope* was ori$ina&&" &imited to a part o' western
En$&and# and continenta& Erope was ,sia) To std" a map o'
Erope so &ate as at the hei$ht o' the Roman Empire# as prepared 'rom
the conventiona& acceptation o' ancient $eo$raph"# is a pathetic
vision o' emptiness) E7cept 'or Sothern Ita&"# 0reece# and ,sia
Minor# it contains 5e&tica# a vast and va$e re$ion stretchin$ 'rom
the ,t&antic to Venetia# and a!ove it# east o' the Rhine# *0ermania*
stretches 'ar to the east with a 'ew va$e names) Dacia# Moesia#
and Thrace occp" the (a&kan &ands# and the Ister is interpreted
as the Dan!e# whereas it sho&d !e the Rhine# simi&ar&" as the
Ha&t@s River is p&aced in ,sia Minor !t was the &ater ,&vis or ,&!is#
now the E&!e) These are a 'ew names chosen at haphaBard)
I' I am ri$ht in these statements the 8estion ma" we&& !e asked
how it a&& came a!ot) The answer &ies pro!a!&" in the 'act that
the historians o' the past on whom we have to re&" were most&" the
0reeks# and more especia&&" Herodots) (t these 0reeks were
themse&ves ver" circmscri!ed in their know&ed$e o' the wor&d)
The" were nac8ainted with $eo$raph" !ecase 'orei$n trave&
was not in their prview# and most&" the" derived their know&ed$e
'rom the -hOnicians whose prpose was !" no means necessari&"
served !" widenin$ 0reek know&ed$e) The" wrote their histor" 'rom
records or traditions# !t their $eo$raph" was va$e) I %rst rea&ised
sch shortcomin$s when I attempted to trace the detai&ed march o'
Per7es 'rom -ersia to ,thens a&on$ accepted &ines# !t !e'ore &on$ I
rea&ised that his histor" simp&" co&d not possi!&" %t in with modern
conceptions# and compe&&ed me to 'o&&ow ot 'resh investi$ations with
srprisin$ res&ts)
,s 'ar as (i!&e $eo$raph" is concerned it appears that the main
person responsi!&e 'or its misinterpretation was 5onstantine the
0reat# who had de%nite motives 'or trans'errin$ the arena o' Dewish
histor" and that o' 5hrist to another re$ion a&to$ether) He sed
5hristianit" as a va&a!&e po&itica& asset# se&ected the East as his
Empire# and with the aid o' Ese!is# Derome and others# invented
the present -a&estine) I cannot e7p&ore this ver" important and
'ascinatin$ theme now# !t hope to ndertake it in the not ver"
distant 'tre# in a &i'e o' that remarka!&e monarch# who was !orn
in Qork in the (edern) I' this !e correct the present+da" Dews# who
make a historica& c&aim to -a&estine# are tter&" wide o' the mark)
M" aim thro$hot# as I hope the reader wi&& appreciate# is to
reconstrct the past histor" o' the wor&d in which it appears that
(ritain# or# more proper&"# the (ritish Is&ands# p&a"ed so
prominent a part) (t one cannot correct&" report histor" n&ess the
$eo$raph" is a&so accrate# and so the position o' contries and
historic cities !ecomes o' ma1or importance) In m" 'ormer !ook as
in this I have seemin$&" taken $reat &i!erties with $eo$raph"
and I have to con'ess that in a s!1ect so con'sin$ and !i$# it is
diGc&t to !e a&wa"s accrate) It means mch research)
-&ato@s 'amos ,t&antis# as a matter o' 'act# knocks conventiona&
$eo$raph"# and a&& the histor" or traditions attached to it# sk"+
hi$h) I$natis Donne&&"# in his work Atlantis, said tr&" that *the
histor" o' ,t&antis is the ke" to 0reek m"tho&o$"#* as# indeed# is the
case) Qet that m"tho&o$" a&& points nhesitatin$&" to the ear&iest
civi&isation as occrrin$ in the ,t&antic re$ions and not at a&& in the
Mediterranean or in ,sia Minor) ,!ove a&&# the histor" o' the O&d
Testament is the histor" o' ,t&antis) That these trths wi&& !e
accepted is more than I wo&d dare to !e&ieve) The wor&d is mis&ed
to+da" a!ot the past and the trth &ies at the !ottom o' a ver"
deep we&&) I can on&" presme to !e a hm!&e pioneer# !t hope
that I ma" !e a!&e to hew a ro$h track which others ma" widen
into a $reat arter" 'or the en&i$htenment o' 'tre $enerations)
5OMQ/S (E,UMO/T
IRKS)