The contents of this post are paraphrased from Jonathan Gray’s book, DEAD MEN’S SECRETS. I’m not convinced yet that ancient civilization was as advanced as he argues, but it’s plausible to me in light of his evidence, which I haven’t analyzed much yet. In his book, THE DATING SHOCK, he stated that the Great Flood occurred in 2345BC, but here he says it was in 3398BC. That’s much closer to my estimate of 3182BC. His earlier claim is close to my estimate of the Younger Dryas cataclysm, 2500BC, which also included much flooding. He seems to think that traces of radioactivity in several locations on Earth are evidence of ancient exploded nuclear weapons, which caused the decline of civilization. I think the cause of the radioactivity may have been natural.
CONTENTS — FIND IN PAGE
OUR ANCESTRAL MEMORY OF THE GOLDEN ERA
SUDDEN EMERGENCE OF THE FIRST CITIES
COMMON SOURCE OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
RECONSTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATION AFTER THE FLOOD
OPERATION SPIDER WEB — ENERGY NETWORK
EARLY FUNCTIONS OF THE ENERGY NETWORK
THE BABEL CONNECTION AND GLOBAL UNITY
CAVEMEN’S HOUSES & CLOTHES ETC.
OUR ANCESTRAL MEMORY OF THE GOLDEN ERA
If we are to credit the collective testimony of all ancient races, man’s early history was truly an incredible one. It was a Golden Age of advanced civilization, of original giants who had superior intelligence and technology. This appears to have been a universal truth, known to everyone in ancient times. Sacred records affirm that at the very beginning (soon after the fall from Paradise) men possessed extraordinary mental abilities. Beginning with the raw earth, they mastered a high level of civilization in just the first six generations of their existence. In that short time they were able to build cities, play complex musical instruments and smelt metals. Indeed, with their scientific complexes, these earliest men, it seems, were no fools.
We might well wonder to what degree they further developed and refined this technology in the final few centuries before the Flood struck. Were the miracles of science as common as they are now? A perfectly valid question, I think. Imagine it, if you can. Paved rainbow cities whose “houses of crystal” reflected every spectral hue; and we’re talking about air travel, computers and plastics. Did you know that when Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone, he hinted that it had been done before? “The old devices have been reinvented,” he observed. Yes, you read it right. That is exactly what Bell said. In fact the question was pressed further by the eminent British scientist Frederick Soddy, winner of a Nobel Prize in physics. He wondered whether the ancients might “not only have attained our present knowledge, but a power hitherto unmastered by us?”
Where did Bell and Soddy get their information? Quite possibly from some musty old records. Nevertheless, our quest is not based on ancient texts and reports, but on accepted scientific discoveries. There are recently discovered artifacts that cannot be dismissed, namely, objects of metal sitting in museums, unquestionably made in the ancient world, that would have required very advanced technology to produce. A technology not to be repeated until our day. The weight of evidence grows daily—evidence that all the major secrets of modern technology were known, and forgotten, long ago. Evidence that early man did create a society that surpassed ours in all aspects of development. The entire world is really a ‘dead man’s tomb’, a treasure hunter’s paradise. As we prize open the coffin, suspense builds. Slowly we’re lifting the lid on a lost technology which almost smacks of science fiction. We come face to face with such absurdities as brain transplants, colonies on Mars and invisible men. And we wonder, What next?
Admittedly, such concepts almost strain credibility. We are tempted to ask, Could the ancients have really advanced so far? It may help to consider our own age. As recently as a hundred years ago, were not most of today’s inventions totally unknown, even unbelievable? Since then the spawning has been sudden—and rapid. What is more, the present age of basic discoveries is hardly at its end. It is forecast that just fifteen years hence our present accumulated knowledge will have doubled. Do you grasp what that means? How, then, can one possibly conceive of the state of knowledge attained by the antedeluvians before the Deluge struck?
THE DELUGE
A world war was raging at the time. In the thirty-fourth century B.C., a catastrophe of incredible magnitude intervened, causing the world to wobble and ripping the crust of the earth to shreds. A great Flood swept the whole planet. November 17, 3398 B.C. That day was probably like most others: temperate, balmy. In one longitude, millions were dining... entertaining... relaxing. Precisely at 8 P.M. the earth gave an enormous shudder. Prodded by an outside force, the planet tilted on its axis, and amidst lightning and the worst thunder ever heard by man, the pristine vapor canopy began to disintegrate. A floodgate of rain was released upon the earth. There could be no gentle rising of water. Cosmic forces of horrific violence came unleashed. With a dreadful shock, large land masses with their populations slipped into the sea. The surface of the entire globe became as a giant maelstrom, in which continents and seas were churned up together. Attended by a screaming hurricane, tidal waves of 6,000 feet swept toward the poles. A blanket of lava and asphyxiating gases extinguished all life.
This cataclysm wiped the Mother Civilization from the face of the earth and consigned its products to a watery grave forever. Not only were the antediluvian people buried, but their technological achievements were destroyed, including all form of machinery and construction. It is quite possible that areas which were most densely populated were submerged by the sea or buried under thousands of feet of debris. It has been scientifically estimated that over 75 percent of the earth’s surface is sedimentary in nature, extending, as in India, to 60,000 feet deep. Indeed, the earth, torn and twisted and shaking, was not to quiet down for centuries. With no less than three thousand volcanoes in eruption, a dense cloud of dust enshrouded the earth, blocking out the sun and distorting the climate for hundreds of years. Thus began the Ice Age. Of the human race a mere handful remained; indeed, their survival was in every sense a miracle. Forewarned, they had salvaged what records they might: a compilation of knowledge which, in due course, would be imparted to their descendants.
Now for the sake of the reader who is unfamiliar with this event, it should be stressed that the global Flood catastrophe is one of the key facts of all history. Not only is there a mass of geological evidence—it has left an indelible impression on the memory of the entire human race. An analysis of some 600 individual Flood traditions reveals a widespread concurrence on essential points: the prior corruption of mankind, a Flood warning unheeded by the masses, a survival vessel, the preservation of up to eight people with representative animal life, the sending forth of a bird to determine the suitability of re-emerging land, significance in the rainbow, descent from a mountain, and the repopulation of the whole earth from a single group of survivors.
Especially remarkable is the persistence of that biblical name Noah. And this is particularly so when you consider the ultimate language differences between peoples, and the extreme local distortions which developed in Flood legends. Yet the name survived virtually unchanged in such isolated places as Hawaii (where he was called Nu-u), the Sudan (Nuh), China (Nu-Wah), the Amazon region (Noa), Phrygia (Noe) and among the Hottentots (Noh and Hiagnoh).
Think about this. Did each of these nations independently concoct the same name for its flood-surviving ancestor? Or did these widely separated peoples refer back to the same family of survivors? The table of nations in Genesis 10 records the gradual dispersion of Noah’s descendants and lists names, thus offering clues to their history and dwelling place. It contends that all nations of the earth have sprung from the family of Noah. Professor W.F. Albright, internationally recognized archaeological authority, describes this as an astonishingly accurate document...[which] shows such remarkable ‘modern’ understanding of the ethnic and linguistic situation in the modern world, in spite of all its complexity, that scholars never fail to be impressed with the author’s knowledge of the subject.
SUDDEN EMERGENCE OF THE FIRST CITIES
Archaeological evidence challenges the traditional view that human civilization developed gradually from primitive Stone Age beginnings. Instead, investigations reveal a global pattern: ancient civilizations appeared suddenly, fully formed and highly developed, without any clear transitional phases from earlier, simpler cultures. This phenomenon is observed notably in ancient Egypt around 3000 B.C., where an advanced society already existed at the earliest historical records. Egypt featured large, complex cities, enormous temples, massive pyramids, expressive monumental sculptures, efficient drainage systems, a decimal system, a perfected writing system, and a sophisticated social hierarchy including an army and civil service — all indicating a civilization at its peak from inception.
Similar sudden appearances occurred elsewhere. The Sumerian civilization emerged around the same time, described by scholars such as H. Frankfort and Leo Oppenheim as astonishingly abrupt developments of fully formed cultures that included complete cultural, religious, and administrative systems. The Indus Valley’s major centers, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, likewise show no archaeological evidence of evolution from primitive settlements but appear as mature urban societies from their earliest layers.
Additionally, the ancient Maya civilization’s calendar and writing system, originating roughly contemporaneous with Egypt and Sumeria, was already sophisticated and complete. Even the megalith builders of northwest Europe, emerging around the same era, demonstrated advanced knowledge in mathematics, astronomy, and measurement, including the discovery of Pythagorean triangles, precise calendars, compass bearings, and the tracking of celestial bodies, suggesting simultaneous high-level development worldwide.
These coincident timelines and developments indicate more than mere chance; they suggest a potential common origin or a singular, possibly explosive event behind such cultural acceleration. The similarities among these civilizations include common symbols such as the swastika, sun, and serpent motifs, virtually identical systems of writing across diverse and geographically separated regions, and linguistic connections with shared roots among ancient languages, including constellation names consistent across continents.
Architectural parallels further reinforce this: pyramids built on multiple continents and remote islands, monoliths, and stone circles often aligned astronomically and constructed with stones quarried from distant locations. In particular, the universal purpose of these structures—such as the Tower of Babel in Babylon and similar towers in Mexico—served as refuges against global cataclysmic floods.
Cultural customs like burial rites, mummification, circumcision, and cranial deformation (binding infants’ heads to elongate skulls) were practiced across unrelated peoples (Maya, Incas, Celts, Egyptians, Basques), implying a shared heritage. Religious observances and early historical traditions also show remarkable congruency worldwide, including stories of a primordial Golden Age or Garden of Delight, a universal flood narrative, original language, and sudden linguistic dispersal due to language confusion at a great tower.
Such extensive and distributed similarities cannot be fully explained by cultural borrowing or imitation. Instead, they point to the existence of an original, highly developed civilization or knowledge source that spread globally before these cultures emerged independently in the archaeological record.
A COMMON ORIGIN?
The sudden emergence of fully developed ancient civilizations worldwide suggests these cultures share a common origin rather than arising independently. Several key clues support this conclusion:
Universal symbols and hieroglyphics such as the swastika, serpent, and sun appear repeatedly across vastly separated cultures, indicating a shared heritage impossible by coincidence.
Writing systems show striking similarities globally, including on remote islands, highlighting a widespread intellectual connection.
Linguistically, ancient languages relate to one another in both vocabulary and construction beyond chance; for instance, constellation names remain substantially consistent across widely separated regions like Mexico, Africa, and Polynesia.
Calendars likewise show notable parallels; the Egyptian and Peruvian calendars both consist of eighteen months of twenty days plus a five-day year-end holiday.
Architectural features are remarkably consistent: pyramids on every continent and remote islands, monoliths and stone circles worldwide, often quarried from distant sources and astronomically aligned. Their functions also closely match; for example, the Tower of Babel was said to be built as a refuge against another global flood, a purpose echoed by towers in Mexico, demonstrating shared cultural memory despite geographic divides.
Cultural customs related to burial, mummification, circumcision, and infant head binding to elongate skulls appear across diverse peoples such as the Maya, Incas, Celts, Egyptians, and Basques, suggesting a transmission of practice from a common source.
Religious observances and traditions worldwide converge around themes of a primordial Garden or Golden Age, a global Flood, an original human language, linguistic confusion at a great tower, and subsequent dispersal.
Worldwide traditions of early history—including stories of a primordial Garden of Delight or Golden Age, a global Flood, an original single language, the confusion of languages at a great tower, and the subsequent dispersal of peoples—exhibit remarkable similarity, indicating a shared cultural memory and common origin rather than independent invention or mere borrowing.
COMMON SOURCE OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
Evidence indicates that despite the passage of 5,000 years, sufficient cultural and linguistic footprints remain to analyze the origins of early civilizations. Linguistic studies reveal that root words in nearly every global language trace back to the Middle East. Correspondingly, a unified system of written signs used extensively by ancient Stone Age cultures over a wide geographical area also originated in the Middle East. Anthropological reconstructions support this, situating humanity’s earliest emergence around the central Europe-Asia-Africa landmass, especially the mountainous highlands of the Middle East, crossroads of these continents.
Archaeological evidence further confirms this region as the cradle of civilization. Agriculture—the cornerstone of human development—spread globally from the Middle East highlands. Genetic botanical studies corroborate archaeological data, showing plants, shrubs, and fruit trees fundamental to early survival and societal advancement first appeared there. This collection of evidence firmly establishes the Middle East highlands as the origin point for many early civilizations.
A salient question arises as to why agriculture originated in the rugged mountainous highlands rather than fertile lowlands or river valleys, which seems counterintuitive. Scholars have noted this anomaly. A viable explanation links this distribution to a worldwide deluge event. Survivors of such a global flood would logically inhabit elevated mountain regions, as low-lying fertile areas would remain flooded or unsuitable for cultivation for some time thereafter. Biblical and historical sources identify Mount Ararat (Armenia) as the site where flood survivors settled, consistent with this theory.
By 3000 B.C., archaeological evidence shows established settlements spread widely from the Americas to Thailand, overlaid on a belt of high cultures extending from Spain to Pakistan. Armenia sits near the center of this distribution, reinforcing its significance as a cultural and population dispersal point. Independent research, such as that by anthropologist Howells, concurs, identifying Asia—and specifically the Middle East region—as the “hothouse” of early human races, with cultural diffusion radiating outward.
The pattern observed—beginning with the sudden appearance of mature civilizations, examples including Egypt, Sumeria, the Indus Valley, and the Maya—coupled with evidence of interconnectedness, points to an inheritance from an antediluvian civilization destroyed by a global Flood. Descendants of the biblical Noah likely preserved and transmitted a body of knowledge and cultural practices, enabling rapid re-establishment of high civilizations following the disaster.
Chronology fits this model: the oldest known civilizations appear approximately 400 years after the Flood, sufficient time for population growth and sociopolitical complexity. This interpretation aligns with earlier scholarship such as Sir Leonard Woolley’s work, which contradicts the notion of gradual development and instead demonstrates that civilization peaked soon after the Flood event. This global deluge is supported by geological evidence and is memorialized in widespread cultural traditions, thus serving as a key historical event underpinning the sudden appearance of advanced post-Flood civilizations.
Literary and prophetic sources draw parallels between the antediluvian era and present times in terms of material progress and moral condition. Biblical prophecy references, such as Matthew 24:37-39 and 2 Peter 3:3-7, liken the coming end-times to the suddenness of the Flood and anticipate the destruction of the current world by fire, succeeded by a renewed and purified world order. Such prophecies underscore the historical and symbolic importance of the Flood in both ancient and modern contexts.
RECONSTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATION AFTER THE FLOOD
Post-Flood survivors could not have immediately restored the full extent of pre-Flood technological and cultural achievements, but they preserved and transmitted whatever knowledge and records they could. Genetic studies on the earliest domesticated grains indicate a sophisticated level of selective breeding and uniformity immediately following the Flood, reflecting advanced agricultural practices inherited from pre-Flood cultures.
Reconstructions of antediluvian technology suggest there was a globally integrated civilization with capabilities in some scientific areas surpassing modern knowledge. Multidisciplinary evidence—archaeological, botanical, anthropological, and linguistic—coalesces to explain the rapid rebirth of mature civilizations worldwide after the Flood catastrophe. These findings have been compiled for further research by expert groups dedicated to piecing together humanity’s ancient origins.
ANCIENT MAPS
In 1799, explorer Alexander von Humboldt observed unusual inscriptions etched high above the upper Orinoco River’s cliffs. Indigenous peoples explained these markings as remnants of their ancestors who fled to the mountain tops in canoes during a great flood, carving symbols into still-soft rocks—a detail consistent with conditions following a global Deluge when sedimentary layers remained impressionable for centuries.
Nearly 130 years later, Halil Edhem, Director of Turkey’s National Museums, discovered fragments of a 1513 map compiled by Admiral Piri Reis from much older sources. This map, verified in 1956 by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, demonstrated exceptional accuracy far beyond Renaissance capabilities, including precise depictions of coastlines and interior topographies of continents and islands, some corresponding to geological features uncovered only in the 20th century.
The Jigsaw Team—comprising experts in cartography, linguistics, mathematics, prehistory, and genealogy—examined fourteen medieval and Renaissance maps, such as the Zeno map (1380), Camerio map (1502), and the Piri Reis map (1513). These maps collectively reveal advanced knowledge of the Earth’s geography, including:
Accurate coastlines of Europe, the Americas, Africa, and islands such as Cape Verde, the Azores, and Canary Islands.
Greenland depicted as three islands, matching its state circa 3000 B.C.
Antarctic coastlines shown free of glaciers, a fact only confirmed by 20th-century geophysical surveys.
Island configurations, mountain ranges, rivers, lakes, and ancient land bridges not known to contemporary or even Renaissance scholars.
Usage of spherical trigonometry and circular grids for map projection, with geodetic accuracy exceeding historical expectations.
These findings imply the maps are based on data from an ancient global survey conducted approximately 5,000 years ago by an advanced civilization possessing sophisticated instruments capable of accurate longitude and latitude measurement, predating technologies developed in the 18th century.
Linguistic and cultural evidence aligns with this cartographic knowledge. Ancient Indian texts such as the Vishnu Purana describe detailed geographical knowledge of distant lands including Europe and the Americas. Irish legends recount visits by Dravidian surveyors from India, reinforcing notions of early global exploration and mapping.
Chinese historical documents, notably the Shan Hai King (circa 2250 B.C.), provide descriptions of mountains, rivers, mineral deposits, and flora corresponding precisely to features in western and central North America. The text reads like a detailed geographical survey, including personal observations by explorers. These records were later dismissed as myth but now align with modern findings, confirming early trans-Pacific surveys.
Rock art and inscriptions worldwide often include consistent symbols—such as the Chinese dragon—marking routes utilized by ancient surveyors. These “stone-writers” followed a standardized system of 241 distinct geometric signs and symbols, placed systematically on multiple continents, serving as guideposts for subsequent travelers.
Biblical chronology offers additional historical context, naming individuals associated with these surveying efforts:
Peleg, during whose time “the earth was divided”—likely meaning surveyed or measured.
Mizraim, credited with founding Egypt, whose name means “to delineate” or “to draw up a plan,” associated with Egyptian use of circular map projections.
Almodad, credited as the inventor of geometry and known as one “who measured the earth to its extremities,” progenitor of southern Arab peoples linked to early geographic discoveries.
Notably, the Great Pyramid’s dimensions encode Earth measurements on an accurate scale (1:43,200), including the equatorial bulge and polar flattening, matching satellite data.
Medieval and Renaissance cartography show advanced geographical knowledge. Fourteen significant maps ranging from the 14th to the 18th centuries include:
The Zeno map (1380) accurately outlining northern European coasts and islands.
The Camerio map (1502) using spherical grids.
The Zauche map (1737) showing Antarctica free of ice before its official discovery.
The Orontius Fineus map (1531) depicting Antarctic topography with rivers and fjords.
The Mercator map (1569) showing partial ice cover of Antarctica.
The Hadji Ahmed map (1559) showing detailed Antarctic and Pacific coasts.
The Piri Reis map (1513) compiled from ancient sources, showing South America, Africa, Greenland, North American mountain ranges, even an ancient Suez Canal, with surprisingly accurate longitude and latitude based on spherical trigonometry.
Other maps from this pool (and mentioned in related research) include (but are not limited to):
Dulcert Map (1339) — Showing precision from Ireland to Eastern Europe.
Gloreanus Map (1510) — Detailed Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.
King Jaime World Chart (1502) — Depicts Sahara as fertile lands.
Iehudi Ibn ben Zara Map (1487) — Depicts glaciers and ancient landmasses.
Hamy King Chart (1502) — Shows regions in Siberia and the Baltic under glaciation.
Other regional maps documenting glaciers, land bridges, ancient shorelines, and rivers.
This wider body of maps supports claims that ancient civilizations engaged in global exploration and mapping using advanced methods, and that Renaissance and medieval cartographers often copied or adapted these now-lost originals or composites made from them.
OPERATION SPIDER WEB — ENERGY NETWORK
Following the global Flood, Noah and his family found a transformed Earth—barren, desolate, with altered landscapes and harsh climatic extremes. Mountain ranges had risen, creating isolated and challenging environments. The first post-Flood generations settled in the foothills of Ararat but eventually expanded to explore and claim new lands. The available landmass was greatly reduced, and natural resources—including fertile soil—were unevenly distributed.
A critical resource forgotten after the Flood was the knowledge of Earth’s geomagnetic energy network. Antecedent scientists had discovered that the spinning Earth generated planetary energy currents, with landmasses intersected by magnetic energy lines. This terrestrial power grid had been harnessed prior to the Flood but was lost afterward.
Within centuries, growing populations initiated exploratory expeditions across the globe. Tasked with re-identifying these energy springs, they undertook the construction of a vast, coordinated grid to recapture and utilize this Earth energy system—a project conceptually analogous to what modern scholars might term "Operation Spider Web." To carry this out, they used units of measurement derived from divisions of Earth’s circumference (degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude), mirroring modern geodesic systems.
This effort resulted in a prehistoric network of extraordinarily straight alignments spread worldwide, revealing large-scale planning executed simultaneously across continents. Along these energy lines, terrestrial power points were marked by temples, pillars, standing stones (menhirs), circles, crosses, mounds, pyramids, tunnels, and platforms—a global distribution still traceable today, including on remote islands. These sites exhibited precise geometric relationships; for example, ancient temples in Greece aligned in coordination with those in Egypt, reflecting a master worldwide pattern.
Collectively, this network functioned as a single massive scientific instrument harnessing Earth’s energy. According to researcher John Michell, a great scientific device sprawled globally is marked by these megalithic monuments aligned in an intricate geometric pattern—the remnants of an ancient power network.
The technology involved advanced knowledge of terrestrial energy currents and their interaction with solar and atmospheric energies. The builders developed methods to detect and manipulate Earth currents to achieve predictable effects. For instance, thousands of menhirs arranged symmetrically served to straighten and channel Earth’s natural magnetic currents, attracting atmospheric electric currents to fuse with terrestrial flows and generate concentrated energy. The frequent use of quartz in standing stones—crystals known for electronic semi-conductive properties—suggests intentional exploitation of piezoelectric and conductive materials.
Some researchers hypothesize that standing stones were connected underground by metal strips, although no definitive proof exists. Potential corrosion from cathodic electric currents might have dissolved such metal connections, leaving grooves found beneath some sites, such as the Breton menhirs in France. Moreover, energy rising in a spiral form has been detected emanating from standing stones, and photographic anomalies showing mists or light around stone bases have been recorded.
Natural energy springs served as current sources concentrated by constructed mounds, which acted as focal points to accumulate and intensify energy fields. Nearly every ancient site features buried chambers lined with alternating layers of organic and inorganic materials—precisely the composition Wilhelm Reich later used to demonstrate energy accumulation—supporting the interpretation of these chambers as energy collectors. From these mounds, energy currents dissipated outward, powering and inspiring entire civilizations.
EARLY FUNCTIONS OF THE ENERGY NETWORK
One primary effect of the energy lines was to enhance soil fertility and plant growth. Fertility stones and their associated symbolism derive from genuine ancient scientific knowledge. Contemporary experiments demonstrate that cosmic and magnetic influences affect magnetic currents at Earth’s surface, charging rocks seasonally and stimulating seed germination and crop development. Lightning also contributes by enriching soil nitrates, promoting fertility. Experimentally, magnetic fields accelerate fruit ripening and seed growth rates—effects consistent with ancient claims.
Druidic accounts suggest the energy network was harnessed for propulsion and transport. When solar alignment energized the lines, objects could be electrically charged and levitated, with records of British flying vehicles said to have traveled to Greece powered by this energy.
Disruptions, such as eclipses, caused sudden drops in magnetic power, halting machinery—comparable to modern blackouts. This necessitated precise astronomical calculations to anticipate solar, lunar, and planetary influences on the magnetic currents, explaining the ancient obsession with eclipse prediction.
The pyramidal shape is well-documented to accumulate, and potentially generate, energy if specific proportions and alignments are observed. While popularly regarded as tombs, pyramids worldwide primarily functioned as integral components of the terrestrial energy network. Examples include 85 pyramids in Egypt, sites in France (including one radioactive), hundreds along Peru's coasts, thousands in Mesoamerica, as well as structures in China, Tibet, Southern Russia, Sudan, Brazil, Hawaii, Tahiti, and other remote locations.
Energy from springs and earth currents had beneficial health effects. Animals born in areas of favorable energy showed better health. Conversely, human diseases like cancer correlated with dwellings atop “black streams”—areas of distorted or “sour” earth currents. Such negative flows were remediated by driving metal stakes into the ground, allowing atmospheric energies to purify the currents.
Many ancient civilizations followed similar principles when situating structures. The Chinese aligned all buildings, stones, and trees with “dragon currents” (earth energy lines). The Incas centered their Sun Temple at Cuzco within a similar energy network. Roman roads famously followed straight lines coinciding with terrestrial energy lines. North African Bedouins navigated deserts using standing stones and cairns along the system, and Australian Aboriginal peoples maintained the “turinga” lines, which they claim become energized seasonally to revitalize surrounding lands. Aboriginal rock art encodes knowledge of these lines; their traditions speak of energy emissions from stones that fertilize flora and fauna and serve as communication networks to warn of approaching strangers.
THE BABEL CONNECTION AND GLOBAL UNITY
Operating such an extensive network demanded coordination of all terrestrial current crossings, necessitating a single, unified global authority. Megalithic monuments mark these ley line intersections worldwide.
The biblical Tower of Babel likely served as the central receiving station for Earth's ley line currents and functioned as a hub for global communication and energy accumulation. Babel (Babylon) was also the political center of a world government, controlling this terrestrial energy network. Ancient records profiled Nimrod, Babylon’s founder, as increasingly arrogant until his downfall was precipitated.
A significant historical break—interpreted as the dispersal at Babel—ended the global line system, fracturing universal political unity. The consequent isolation of continents and islands led to cultural divergence and eventual forgetting of shared origins. The remnants we see today are but shadows of this former universal energy network.
Archaeological discoveries increasingly substantiate narratives once considered mythic, presenting the biblical account of a united, then fragmented, world government as a real historical phenomenon and marking the beginning of humanity’s decline into cultural fragmentation.
PROGRESSIVE DECLINE
A catastrophic event abruptly ended the global plan to unify humanity under one central authority based at Babel. Communications were destroyed, fracturing the world alliance and triggering widespread migration and loss of contact among peoples. Despite the collapse of this world order, the memory and remnants of ancient technology persisted.
Biblical and traditional sources describe a mass dispersion of peoples roughly one thousand years after the Flood, coinciding with the fall of Babel’s central authority—generally dated near 2000 B.C. Archaeological evidence shows several new civilizations emerging suddenly around this period, indicating a possible connection rather than coincidence.
Limited communications were reestablished between nations after the collapse, but large-scale knowledge retention deteriorated. Some custodians misused advanced knowledge in destructive nuclear-scale wars across three continents, obliterating multiple civilizations. From the ruins, “primitive” agricultural economies arose, focusing on survival.
Without industrial infrastructure, ancient technologies could not be maintained. Civilizational centers previously intact entered decline. Fragmentary revivals occurred intermittently—in Middle Eastern countries and Mediterranean cultures—though on a diminished scale, often suppressed by dominant forces such as the Romans.
Knowledge became restricted to secret societies and eventually faded from public awareness, contributing to a broad cultural dark age. Only in the last three centuries has cultural revival and rediscovery of ancient traditions occurred. Historically, evidence points to general cultural regression rather than continuous progress.
Archaeological and historical data attest to regression in many fields:
Older city complexes are often more architecturally sophisticated than later rebuilds on the same sites.
Medicine in ancient Egypt and pre-Incan Peru surpassed medieval European and subsequent Peruvian standards.
Ancient oceangoing vessels were larger and more durable than medieval European counterparts.
The earliest maps and calendars were drawn with greater precision than those made later.
The Maya calendar demonstrates superiority over many modern equivalents.
Many languages have undergone simplification and loss over time.
Earlier building stones were larger and more difficult to transport than in later periods.
Cave art by Cro-Magnon peoples (Altamira, Lascaux) exceeds later artistic realism and technique.
Britain’s prehistoric Icknield Way road surpasses Roman roads in width and quality.
Mathematical concepts such as zero were known early but lost or corrupted later.
Originally mnemonic constellations degenerated into mythologized animal and heroic figures.
Scientific compasses degraded into superstitious objects in some cultures.
The earliest Cretan empire displayed higher cultural advancement than successively followed civilizations.
Canary Islands showed cultural decay by the 14th century with primitive warfare and construction.
Polynesian and Micronesian islands bear ruins of advanced temples and cities far superior to modern local cultures.
Mohenjo-Daro’s lower archaeological strata exhibit more advanced craftsmanship than upper layers.
The Maya civilization’s descendants lost literacy and building capabilities.
Egyptian pyramid construction and craftsmanship declined across dynasties.
Sumerian culture was often more advanced than successor societies.
Ancient Greek sites such as submerged Copae have infrastructural and technological complexity beyond classical or modern Greece.
Bulgarian graves at Karanova reveal advanced technology from 3000 B.C., exceeding later European achievements.
Pre-Incan Peruvian structures surpass later Incan and Spanish colonial architecture, especially in earthquake resistance.
Easter Island statues from archaic periods exhibit superior preservation and craftsmanship to later copies.
Collectively, these examples show a pattern of cultural and technological regression over time.
PHYSICAL DEGENERATION ALSO
Scientific examination of human remains supports physical regression:
Cro-Magnon skull capacity equals or exceeds that of modern humans.
Neanderthals had larger average cranial volumes (~1,600 cc) compared to modern humans.
Ancient Moroccan Mouillans measured ~2,000 cc cranial capacity, well above modern averages (~1,400 cc).
Decline in intellectual capacity plausibly began soon after the Flood.
Fossil fish and mammals often exhibited greater development and robustness than modern descendants, challenging linear evolutionary assumptions like Cope’s Law.
Homo erectus individuals, such as “Turkana Boy,” were as tall or taller than modern people.
Gigantism in early humans correlated with physiological advantages and potentially increased longevity.
Ancient traditions of extended lifespan align with ongoing scientific research suggesting such possibility under certain conditions.
Fundamental physical laws provide a framework for understanding historical regression:
The first law (energy conservation) states energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted in form.
The second law asserts a natural increase of entropy (disorder) over time, leading systems toward decay and less usable energy.
This universal tendency applies across physics, chemistry, biology, and geology.
Genetic mutations are overwhelmingly detrimental, contributing to deterioration rather than improvement.
Thus, the evolutionary model of continuous upward complexity and creation conflicts with the second law’s universal entropy increase.
Physicists affirm the universal validity of thermodynamics, contrasting with evolutionary theory’s lack of empirical confirmation.
The universe’s gradual energy depletion since its original creation aligns with biblical descriptions of creation cessation and subsequent decay.
Destruction caused by nuclear-scale wars circa 2500-2000 B.C. forced survivors into isolated, agrarian communities globally. These new agricultural centers arose independently but simultaneously across northeastern China, Southeast Asia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela, often near ruins exhibiting signs of catastrophic fiery destruction.
Anthropological research now rejects the primitive savage stereotype, recognizing many surviving “Stone Age” or “primitive” peoples as descendants of advanced populations reduced by disasters. Their continuity includes artifacts of fabric, metallurgy, ceremonial art, and refined toolmaking incompatible with supposedly primitive origins.
REASSESSING THE STONE AGE
Scientific and archaeological findings challenge traditional views of the Stone Age:
Cave paintings at Altamira, Lascaux, and elsewhere demonstrate extraordinary artistic mastery including perspective and naturalistic detail predating the Renaissance.
Cave painters constructed scaffolds—implying masonry and architectural knowledge—and engineered their galleries with careful design reflecting complex metaphysical systems.
Advanced constructions including stone ovens with mortar, geometric houses, and urban planning exist from prehistoric eras.
Depictions on engraved stones show clothing such as pants, robes, boots, gloves, belts, and hairstyles comparable to modern dress.
Prehistoric mining operations worldwide document extensive ore extraction and underground tunnel engineering.
Evidence suggests sophisticated metalworking, although many metal tools have corroded and vanished while stone tools disproportionately survive.
Use of hematite and other minerals, found at dispersed mining sites worldwide, implies global trade and cultural transmission.
Cutting and polishing on prehistoric bone tools indicate metal tool use despite lack of surviving artifacts.
These facts support the conclusion that many so-called Stone Age peoples were bearers of advanced cultural and technological traditions inherited from pre-Flood civilizations.
QUALITY OF CAVEMAN ART
There are six important points about the quality and sophistication of prehistoric cave art. First, the rock paintings of animals found in caves such as Altamira (Spain), Lascaux (France), Ribadasella, and others are masterpieces by any standard, showing artistic talent far exceeding that of animal paintings from ancient Egypt, Babylon, or Greece. The realism and beauty demonstrated in these ancient works remain exceptional. Second, the Altamira cave paintings, near Santander, Spain, rival modern paintings aesthetically in terms of design and execution. Third, cave paintings from Algeria, Libya, and Lascaux reveal a developed culture that utilized perspective and freedom of form—techniques considered advanced and which did not reappear widely in art until the fifteenth century. Fourth, these cave drawings follow a deliberate pattern of figurative arrangement, remarkably consistent across western European sites, indicating they were organized according to an underlying metaphysical or symbolic system. Fifth, the motifs and themes found in these paintings share a common style worldwide, suggesting a cultural unity or shared ‘school’ of prehistoric artists. Sixth and finally, the original Lascaux caves—once called “the Sistine Chapel of prehistory” for their artistic beauty—demonstrate a unique technique whereby artists incorporated the natural rock contours into the paintings. Small holes in the rock served as eyes of animals; cracks represented wounds, and bulges were used to depict body parts such as humps. This use of natural rock formations in painting to create a three-dimensional, lifelike effect is unparalleled in art history. Together, these points illustrate that the artistic abilities of prehistoric “cavemen” reached heights not surpassed until centuries later. This sophistication implies cultural and artistic development rather than primitiveness.
CAVEMEN’S HOUSES & CLOTHES ETC.
Contrary to the stereotype that cave people lived solely in caves, archaeological evidence shows that prehistoric peoples built houses and lived in settlements. For example, the artists of Lascaux did not reside inside the caves but created art galleries. They painted images up to twelve feet high, using scaffolding supported by crossbeams inserted into holes carved in the rock—a technique impossible without prior masonry knowledge. This suggests these peoples understood construction and lived in built homes. Furthermore, “Stone Age” ovens discovered in Noailles, France, were constructed from stones shaped like bricks and mortared with cement, indicative of advanced building technology. At major prehistoric tool production sites, such as Charroux in France, no evidence of cave habitation has been found, reinforcing the conclusion that the so-called “caveman” populations primarily lived in houses rather than caves. Excavations in places like Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia have revealed dwellings from the Stone Age that exhibit advanced architectural features requiring knowledge of mathematics and geometry.
Evidence from prehistoric art reveals that early humans wore complex, well-designed clothing rather than simple skins or rags. Cave paintings in southwest Africa’s Kalahari Desert depict light-skinned men with blond beards and styled hair wearing boots, tight pants, multicolored shirts, coats, and gloves. Women are portrayed in fitted pullovers, breeches, gloves, garters, and slippers. Engraved stones from the Magdalenian period found near Lussac, France, show casually posed figures dressed in robes, belts, boots, coats, hats, and other recognizable garments such as pantsuits and decorated hats resembling modern fashion items. Men are shown with clipped beards and moustaches. These depictions indicate a level of clothing sophistication inconsistent with “primitive” stereotypes. Some of these engravings have been restricted from public viewing, suggesting that their implications challenge established views of prehistoric peoples. Additionally, cave paintings in China’s Honan Mountains depict hunters wearing jackets and long trousers, while a “Stone Age” man unearthed near Vladimir, Russia, was found wearing fur trousers, an embroidered shirt, and a jacket with ornamental ivory buttons. This level of garment complexity confirms the civilized origin of these populations.
Various lines of evidence further demonstrate the advanced culture of prehistoric peoples. First, anthropological data show well-developed community cooperation through clustered habitations, labor specialization, and widespread sharing of design and construction techniques. Second, prehistoric peoples were familiar with sea travel: for instance, at Montgaudier (France) and Nerja (Spain), cave art depicts highly detailed whales, seals, and dolphins—species observable only through extended open sea voyages, implying significant nautical capabilities. Third, archaeological findings include tools and skeletal remains from the same Stone Age culture found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, indicating intercontinental contact. Fourth, striking similarities exist between the writing symbols of so-called “primitive” indigenous Americans and the cave cultures of Europe, suggesting common origins or cultural transmission. Fifth, prehistoric and ancient civilizations inherited a complex lunar calendar system, evidenced by thousands of notational sequences of vertical markings, lines, and dots used for lunar observations scattered from Spain across Ukraine. These early calendrical records demonstrate advanced astronomical knowledge shared across widely separated groups.
“STONE AGE” MEN MINED METALS
Contrary to the assumption that Stone Age peoples worked only with stone tools, significant evidence indicates extensive metalworking knowledge. Numerous prehistoric mines have been found worldwide, including deposits of hematite (iron ore), identified in France, Tasmania, Tierra del Fuego, and Swaziland, mostly in coastal regions. Hematite’s use—including as cosmetic material (“bloodstone”)—may have been disseminated globally. Mining operations reveal the capacity to transport ores over vast distances, for example, copper ore moved about a thousand miles from Michigan in the USA without local deposits near the consumption areas. Prehistoric miners applied mathematics and maintained production records, as evidenced by bone etchings found in Border Cave (South Africa) and writing inscriptions at Glozel (France). One Michigan mine near the Ontonagon River produced a six-ton mass of copper lifted on timbers and smoothed to ease transport; a thirty-six-pound stone hammer was discovered in the shaft. Another mine on Isle Royale in Lake Superior was excavated through solid rock to nine feet depth before uncovering an eighteen-inch copper vein, with underground tunnels extending almost two miles in almost straight alignment, complete with drainage systems.
The scarcity of metal tools in Stone Age archaeological sites results largely from preservation bias: metals corrode, rust, decay, and scatter over time, making survival rare compared to stone artifacts. Nonetheless, evidence such as prehistoric animal bones found near Odessa, USSR, bear precise, circular cuts and grooves made by metal tools, subsequently polished, confirming metal use. Additionally, cultures in iron-rich regions such as Alsace-Lorraine show no traces of stone tool usage, suggesting direct metallurgical traditions. Archaeologist Robert Charroux argued that flint tools were limited to a few isolated groups, not representative of the majority. Given the relatively low number of flint tools found, it is implausible to define entire prehistoric periods by their supposed widespread use. This reinforces the view that metalworking was known and practiced by advanced prehistoric populations, though their tools often did not survive the ravages of time. Consequently, the traditional long-standing concept of a “Stone Age” as a primitive humans’ era does not hold. Instead, stone cultures existed alongside advanced metallurgical knowledge until the Great Flood around 5,400 years ago eradicated most evidence.