History
 Immanuel Velikovsky |
Velikovsky himself argued that much of ancient Near Eastern history should be downdated by some five centuries. Gunnar Heinsohn, in turn, would downdate the Old Babylonian period by over one thousand years.
The German scholar Heribert Illig would have us believe that some 300 years need to be deleted from AD chronology and that Charlemagne never existed. I have discussed these chronologies at some length both in the journal Aeon and on the internet newsgroup Kronia. A brief sampling of these writings follows.
- For information on Dr. Heinsohn's historical revisions, click here (PDF)
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- For a review of Charles Ginenthal's book on the subject, click here (PDF) .
- To learn how the science of astronomical retrocalculations impacts the radical chronologies, click here (PDF) .
- For a discussion of ancient eclipse observations and their relevance to the chronological debate, click here.