News 2
Articles
Geomagnetic Effects of an Earthwide Event in 2300BC 4
Moe Mandelkehr develops his theory of a worldwide catastrophe in 2300BC.
On Velikovsky’s Orbits 11
Laurence C W Dixon takes a fresh look at the physics of Worlds in Collision
An Investigation into the Reality of the Early Medieval Dark Age 14
Trevor Palmer looks for Niemitz’s missing centuries.
The Dark Ages hiatus: a response to Clark Whelton 20
Steve Mitchell investigates what Pope Gregory really did to the calendar.
The sacred 260 day calendar of early Mesoamerican civilisations 22
Bob Johnson seeks an explanation for the Mayan calendar
More Problems with Sothic Dating 27
Jesse Lasken develops his case further from ‘Sothic Dating: the Shameless Enterprise’.
Thiele’s Assyrian Reliance 30
J. Eric Aitchison questions the ‘Bible’ of Assyrian history.
Black Sea Flood by Phillip Clapham 13
The Saint and the Miracle by Phillip Clapham 13
Recent Developments in Near Eastern Archaeology by R.M. Porter 35
Monitor By Jill Abery 38
Bookshelf by Jill Abery 50
Reviews 50
Controversy: Catastrophism and Evolution by T. Palmer – reviewed by Richard Huggett 51
Mount St. Helens by Dr Steve Austin – reviewed by Laurence Dixon 53
The Crystal Sun by Robert Temple – reviewed by Brian Moore 54
The Followers of Horus. Vol 1, Ed. D. Rohl – reviewed by Steve Mitchell 55
The Electro-Gravitic Theory of Celestial Motion & Cosmology by Charles Ginenthal – reviewed by Eric Crew 56
Forgotten Gems: Tuning in to Nature by Philip S. Callahan – reviewed by Jill Abery 58
Cradle of Saturn, by James P Hogan – reviewed by Bob Johnson 58
Prehistoric Astronomy and Ritual by Aubrey Burl – reviewed by Phillip Clapham 58
The Pyramid Age by Emmet J Sweeney – reviewed by John Crowe 59
King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend, by R. Castleden – reviewed by P. Clapham 61
Hapgood’s Ancient Maps – reviewed by Michael G. Reade 62
Uriel’s Machine by C. Knight & R. Lomas – reviewed by Derel Briarley 63
Society News 63
Talk by Bob Porter on Middle Assyrian History (Study Group) 64
SIS Study Group 17th June 2000 68
Letters:
Paul Standring, David Eccott, Bert Fiddelaers, John Ackerman, Derel Briarley, Phillip Clapham, G.K. Barnard Michael G. Reade and William P. Bourne. 69
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