History of Ancient Cultures and Civilizations, events that shaped history, ancient sites. Alternate viewpoints on History. Of the astronomy, calendars, engineering, and the myths of the ancients supporting the existence of an advanced civilisation prior to recorded history. A site concerned with ideas such as that megalithic monuments of the past were machines; that the ancients possessed advanced scientific knowledge. Variety of explanations claiming that Native Americans had a "universal language" and had contact with China, Egypt, and other world cultures. Essay by a white hobbyist arguing that the Narragansett and other American Indians are the descendants of recent Viking settlers. Site by an amateur historian tells the legend of Welsh prince Madoc colonizing the New World, and suggests that the reason the Mandan Indians were intelligent enough to build mounds is because they were descended from white people. This study is a content analysis of history textbooks used in Japanese high schools in the postwar era. |