Beyond Stonehenge by Gerald S. Hawkins.
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DESCRIPTION: Hardback with Dust Jacket: 335 pages. Publisher: Harper & Row
1973).Gerald Hawkins, author of “Stonehenge Decoded” and “Splendor in the Sky” here explores many intriguing facets of the wisdom of ancient man. First he tells about the astro-archaeological work done at Stonehenge itself, that eighth wonder of the ancient world. Stonehenge is an architectural gem, awesome, haunting, strangely beautiful. On the day of a summer solstice, his group took pictures of the rising sun over the heel stone. Hawkins considers just what it is that makes a civilization. Again he goes to make a study of enormous ancient drawings in the Peruvian desert, those vast linear Nazca lines which can be appreciated only from the air. Yet their makers could not have seen them from the air. How and why were they made?
Hawkins and his associates made measurements and calculations, but came to the conclusion that they are not oriented toward sun, moon, or stars. Their mystery remains unsolved; gigantic lizard, spider, flower, monkey. The author explores Machu Picchu and its temple. He reviews Heyerdahl’s theory of Kon-Tiki and the passage to the Pacific islands from the west coast of South America. Hawkins then explores the activities of the American Indian mound builders. Some of those works are oriented toward the sun. He looks at Mayan ruins in Central America.
Hawkins makes astro-surveys of the temples of the Nile, the Great Temple of Karnak, the Temple of Amon-Ra, where the pharaoh made his sun observations, and other temples. Hawkins’ assumption is that anything which shows today as clearly astronomical was known in antiquity to the builders. He offers perceptive speculations on how much longer our civilization will continue, and digs into many legends and myths concerned with the ancient civilizations which still have reference in the modern world. Illustrated with 60 photographs and 49 line drawings.
CONDITION: VERY GOOD. Lightly read hardcover with dustjacket in mylar sleeve. Harper & Row (1973) 335 pages. Book appears to have been read once by someone with a very "gentle touch". Other than very light evidence of having been read, inside the pages are pristine; clean, crisp, unmarked, unmutilated, and remain very well bound. From the outside the book is clean and without major blemish. There are very faint, very tiny tan-colored age speckles (known as "foxing") to the top surface of closed page edges (visible only when book is closed, not to individual pages, only to the mass of closed page edges, sometimes referred to as the "page block"). The dustjacdket is encased in a well-worn mylar sleeve. Beneath the sleeve the dustjacket shows a wee bit of edge wear, and someone used cellophane tape to reinforce the edges of the dustjacket at both the spine head and heel and along the edges leading to the spine head and heel. I have seen libraries reinforce dustjacket edges with tape as a precuation, but this is not an ex-library book - maybe someone got the idea from observing how libraries reinforce dustjacket medges. The dustjacket is clean and presentable with no tears or chips, though as a note each inside dustjacket flap corner has been clipped (all four of them, both back and front inside flaps, both top and bottom corners). Beneath the dustjacket the full cloth covers are clean and evidence no significant shelfwear. Given the fact that the book has been clearly read (albeit gently) and there is some faint foxing to the top surface of the closed page edges the book might lack the "sex appeal" of a "shelf trophy". Nonetheless for those not concerned with whether the book will or will not enhance their social status or intellectual reputation, it is an otherwise clean and only lightly read copy with "lots of miles left under the hood". Satisfaction unconditionally guaranteed. In stock, ready to ship. No disappointments, no excuses. PROMPT SHIPPING! HEAVILY PADDED, DAMAGE-FREE PACKAGING! #391.1a.
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PLEASE SEE PUBLISHER, PROFESSIONAL, AND READER REVIEWS BELOW.
PUBLISHER REVIEW:
REVIEW: Hawkins takes readers on a whirlwind trip of the globe in search of ancient astronomy and a scientific understanding of calendar-keeping.
PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS:
REVIEW: An amiable tour of sites associated with what the author calls
astro-arcaeology”, like Stonehenge, the Peruvian Nasca Lines, Machu Pichu, the Mayan ruins, the Great Temple of Karnak, and other locations that demonstrate early man's familiarity with the movements of the cosmos. 319 pages with numerous figures, charts and half-tones, Appendix, Bibliography, Index and Illustration Credits; plus Contents, Preface and Foreword.
REVIEW: The author of Stonehenge Decoded and Splendor in the Sky delves into the aspects of ancient man's knowledge of the sun and stars. Includes astro-Archaeological studies of ancient ruins: England's Stonehenge, Peruvian Nasca lines, Machu Picchu, Nile temples. Fascinating theories, well illustrated, an exciting read!
REVIEW: The Author of "Stonehenge Decoded" and "Splendor in the Sky" delves into the many fascinating aspects of ancient man's knowledge of the Sun and the Stars. Very informative, entertaining, though-provoking. Highly recommended!
READER REVIEWS:
REVIEW: Covers Stonehenge, Machu Piccu, mound builders in the US, Mayan ruins, Temple of Karnak and more. Rare classic! Written by same great author as
Stonehenge Decoded”. Photos and drawings throughout. Author elaborates on mystery of Stonehenge and then investigates other mysteries of the ancient world including the enormous ancient drawings in the Peruvian desert, the Nasca lines, Heyerdahl's theory of Kon-Tiki.
To go beyond is to explore into the mind of man at his earliest beginning. The author delves into the many fascinating aspects of ancient man's knowledge of the sun and the stars. Archaeological legacies/ ancient civilizations/astro-archaeological work. Many black and white photos and illustrations for author's speculations about the legends and myths of ancient civilization.
REVIEW: “Beyond Stonehenge” is certain to arouse controversy, though not so much as his groundbreaking previous study. He enters into greater detail about the subtle ability indicated for the erection of Stonehenge, pointing out that the structure is level, although built upon a sloping surface. He asks how did the builders raise it in such a fashion as to compensate for the tilt, to figure out beforehand what depth of hole would be required for the large stones to match up with a collection of variable factors, and the survey proved that this was done exactly! A formidable task for “primitive savages”.
Professor Hawkins applies the keys he devised from his studies of Stonehenge to other ruined structures to ascertain whether they also show astronomical knowledge on the part of their creators. He tries these keys in the “locks” of remains at Callanish in the Outer Hebrides, in the Americas and Egypt. He observes that the alignments of many antiquities scattered over the world indicate remarkable similarities in basic understanding of astronomical data, especially relating to positions of the sun at climactical times of the year, to the moon, and to certain fixed stars such as Sirius, and to the constellations Ursa Major and the Pleiades.
REVIEW: “The essential part of a civilization is perishable. It is finer than dust. Culture itself is fragile. For man to be cultured, civilized, he must be aware of time and its relentless flow. Then the past becomes a heritage to be transmitted in myth, legend, and saga; the present comes in focus as the living environment; the future is the great, unavoidable, hopefully controllable unknown.” The works of prehistoric man are now in process of being re-evaluated.
New information about his capabilities results from the application of astronomical data to archaeological remains, and aerial photographs also reveal features hidden from view at ground level. The practice is not yet widespread, but some recent publications stimulate increasing interest, despite the resistance of “orthodox” archaeologists who remain hidebound in their own narrow fields of research. Once more we see the need for a clearinghouse of information, where the finds of one discipline may be pooled for examination and reflection by specialists in other fields.
REVIEW: For a past year, Professor Hawkins - mathematician, astronomer, archaeoastronomer, and author has let stand his challenge to an international cadre of mathematicians, as well as to a quarter-million readers of Science News, to come up with the Fifth Crop Circle Theorem he uncovered through his studies of these incredible Formations. NO ONE successfully met his challenge. This book explores Stonehenge, the mysterious structure that has haunted locals and tourists alike for generations. Author delves into the many fascinating aspects of ancient man's knowledge of the sun and stars. The astronomical observations of ancient humans creates a pillar of civilizational identification, according to the author.
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