It was the first book in a series that presented the New Chronology theory, which argued that most of human history is much more recent than is commonly believed. It focused on dating methods, eclipses, and zodiacs.
History, Fiction or Science? Dating Methods as Offered by Mathematical Statistics, Eclipses and Zodiacs, (Chronology, Book One).
— Episode: The New Chronology Theory
Episode: The New Chronology Theory
It was the first book in a series that presented the New Chronology theory, which argued that most of human history is much more recent than is commonly believed. It focused on dating methods, eclipses, and zodiacs.
History, Fiction or Science? Dating Methods as Offered by Mathematical Statistics, Eclipses and Zodiacs, (Chronology, Book One).
And if you just to give you a sense, if you have ever gone to a museum and you go to their gift shop and you see the the different books they have, they're often like beautifully illustrated books on history, art or some realm of the sciences. And you'll see that they're written in a two column format because there's so much information that needs to be put on the page. This is one of those things.
It's that kind of approach. And it would prove to be an opening salvo in what some of Fomenko's critics call and some of his fans call a war on history.
Let's see right now, Matt, there are seven books in the series and they're all saying. They're all looking at different ways to support the argument that most of the ancient history you have heard of is not ancient at all.
This is the new chronology, folks. And spoiler alert, you'll want to strap in.