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Six articles, each setting out his reading of the evidence, including arguments that differ from the usual scholarship. The date on each one is the date of the article or the paper, not the day it was added to this site.

Climate and Ice Ages

Modulation of ice ages via precession and dust-albedo feedbacks

Dust, albedo, and the pace of the ice ages

A 2016 paper with Michael Palmer. Late-Pleistocene ice ages, they argue, are paced by precession and regulated by dusty ice sheets. Carbon dioxide is not, in their account, the main feedback.

The articles

  1. Jesus and Edessa

    The Huqoq Elephant Mosaic – an Alternate Analysis

    The elephant mosaic at Huqoq is read as a meeting in AD 65 between King Izates-Manu VI of Edessa and the high priest, rather than as Alexander or an Antiochus.

  2. Jesus and Edessa

    The Ark of Edessa

    A Sogmatar inscription of the Seleucid year 476 is read as a seat kept at the Edessan necropolis, and the article asks whether that seat is the biblical ark.

  3. Climate and Ice Ages

    Modulation of ice ages via precession and dust-albedo feedbacks

    A 2016 paper with Michael Palmer. Late-Pleistocene ice ages, they argue, are paced by precession and regulated by dusty ice sheets. Carbon dioxide is not, in their account, the main feedback.

  4. Arthurian Britain, Jesus and Edessa

    Astrology, King Jesus and King Arthur

    A Nazarene use of the zodiac is traced into Arthurian legend, and read in the Round Table.

  5. Jesus and Edessa

    Jesus, King of Edessa

    The gospel events are placed in the AD 60s, and the king in that history is a king of Edessa in northern Syria.

  6. Egypt and the Exodus

    Eden in Egypt

    From Genesis 2:10, the river of Eden is read as the Nile, and the garden and the Tower of Babel are placed in Egypt rather than in Mesopotamia.

On Ancient Origins

His articles there, under his own name. The date is the magazine date, not the day the link was added here. The text stays on their site.

  1. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    Hero of Alexandria and his Magical Jugs

    Hero of Alexandria, and the mechanical devices and steam engines he made in the first century.

  2. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    Jacob’s Pillow: A Christian-Hindu Connection?

    A reading of Genesis 28:18, the stone Jacob set up at Bethel. It is not the 2017 article on the ark at Edessa.

    On this site: The Ark of Edessa, Genesis 28:18.

  3. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    Dating Lascaux Art by Precession

    Possible cosmic imagery in the Lascaux paintings, dated by the precession of the Earth.

  4. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    Anatolia’s Gōbekli Tepe And New Mexico’s Pueblo Bonito – Similar Necropolis Sites?

    The circular enclosures at Göbekli Tepe set beside Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon.

    Ancient Origins serves this page as a premium preview.

  5. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    The Enigmatic H-Symbol Linking Gōbekli Tepe, The Priesthood And The Zodiac

    The H-symbol at Göbekli Tepe and the same mark on the tunic of the Jewish high priest.

    Related books: Jesus, King of Edessa, King Jesus.

  6. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    Politics Behind The Jewish-Roman War: Vespasian Versus Izates Manu

    Vespasian and Izates Manu, opening from the Huqoq mosaic. It is not the March 2022 analysis of that floor.

    Related books: Jesus, King of Edessa, King Jesus.

    On this site: The Huqoq Elephant Mosaic, Jesus, King of Edessa.

  7. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    The Royal Lineage Of Jesus, Descendant Of Cleopatra

    A magazine extract from Cleopatra to Christ. It is not the 2012 article hosted in the journal.

    Related books: Cleopatra to Christ, King Jesus, Jesus, King of Edessa.

    On this site: Jesus, King of Edessa.

  8. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    Elusive Mount Sinai, Hidden In Plain Site In Egypt

    A proposed Egyptian site for the biblical mountain, with the Israelites read as the Hyksos. The headline uses the word Site.

    Related books: Tempest & Exodus, Eden in Egypt.

  9. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    Mistaken Identity? Mosaic in Israel Purported to Show Alexander the Great, but Some Not So Sure

    His 2016 comment on the Huqoq mosaic, after the National Geographic photograph. The longer analysis is the March 2022 article.

    Related books: Jesus, King of Edessa, King Jesus, Eden in Egypt.

    On this site: The Huqoq Elephant Mosaic.

  10. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    King Solomon’s Mines Discovered: Ancient Treasures - Part II

    The second part of the extract from Solomon, Pharaoh of Egypt, on the gold of the Tanis pharaohs.

    Also King Solomon’s Mines Discovered: Kings and Pharaohs - Part I.

    Related books: Solomon, Pharaoh of Egypt, Eden in Egypt.

  11. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    King Solomon’s Mines Discovered: Kings and Pharaohs - Part I

    The first part of that extract. Solomon is placed in the 21st or 22nd dynasty, so the mines belong to Tanis.

    Also King Solomon’s Mines Discovered: Ancient Treasures - Part II.

    Related book: Solomon, Pharaoh of Egypt.

  12. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    The Celestial Snow White: Mary Magdalene, Moon Goddess – PART II

    The second part of the Snow White cypher, read with Mary Magdalene.

    Also The Celestial Snow White – Ancient Tale, Hidden Cypher- PART I.

    Related books: Mary Magdalene, Princess of Orange, Cleopatra to Christ, King Jesus, Jesus, King of Edessa, The Grail Cypher.

  13. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    The Celestial Snow White – Ancient Tale, Hidden Cypher- PART I

    The Grimm tale read as a parable with a cosmic layer. Part II follows it.

    Also The Celestial Snow White: Mary Magdalene, Moon Goddess – PART II.

    Related books: Mary Magdalene, Princess of Orange, Cleopatra to Christ, King Jesus, Jesus, King of Edessa, The Grail Cypher.

  14. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    The Carolina Bays and the Destruction of North America

    The Carolina Bays set at the start of the Younger Dryas. It is not the 2016 peer-reviewed paper.

    On this site: The 2016 paper with Michael Palmer.

  15. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    The Ancient Epic of Gilgamesh and the Precession of the Equinox

    Gilgamesh read as Orion, and the epic as a story of precession. Taken from Jesus, Last of the Pharaohs.

    Related books: Jesus, Last of the Pharaohs, The Grail Cypher.

  16. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    The Grail Cypher: A radical reassessment of Arthurian history

    An opening from The Grail Cypher. It is an opening from the book, not a separate study.

    Related book: The Grail Cypher.

  17. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    Star Shaft Pointing - Busted: Debunking the Star Shaft Theory of the Great Pyramid

    A later article rejecting the claim that the small shafts were aimed at stars. The 2014 article is the earlier one.

    Also The Star-Shaft Theory of the Great Pyramid - Busted.

    Related books: Thoth, Architect of the Universe, K2, Quest of the Gods.

    On this site: The lecture, Star shafts at Giza.

  18. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    Imperial Measures and the Pyramids

    The imperial measures read as coming from the design of the Great Pyramid. Taken from Thoth and from K2.

    Related books: Thoth, Architect of the Universe, K2, Quest of the Gods.

  19. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    Eden in Egypt – Part 2

    Adam and Eve compared with Akhenaten and Nefertiti. The hosted extract is a different file and is not replaced by this part.

    Also Eden in Egypt – Part 1.

    Related books: Eden in Egypt, Mary Magdalene, Princess of Orange.

    On this site: Eden in Egypt, the hosted extract.

  20. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    Eden in Egypt – Part 1

    The river of Eden read as the Nile. Part 2 follows it. The page says the text was taken from his books.

    Also Eden in Egypt – Part 2.

    Related books: Eden in Egypt, Mary Magdalene, Princess of Orange.

    On this site: Eden in Egypt, the hosted extract.

  21. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    Tunnel Vision – The Mysterious Forced Entry of the Caliph into the Great Pyramid - Part 2

    Why al-Ma’mun’s tunnel may have been made to take something out. Taken from Thoth and from K2.

    Also Tunnel Vision – The Mysterious Forced Entry of the Caliph into the Great Pyramid of Giza.

    Related books: Thoth, Architect of the Universe, K2, Quest of the Gods.

  22. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    Tunnel Vision – The Mysterious Forced Entry of the Caliph into the Great Pyramid of Giza

    How the Caliph’s forced entrance met the upper passages. Part 2 follows it.

    Also Tunnel Vision – The Mysterious Forced Entry of the Caliph into the Great Pyramid - Part 2.

    Related books: Thoth, Architect of the Universe, K2, Quest of the Gods.

  23. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    The Star-Shaft Theory of the Great Pyramid - Busted

    The first article rejecting a star-pointing date for the small shafts. A later article followed in 2015.

    Also Star Shaft Pointing - Busted: Debunking the Star Shaft Theory of the Great Pyramid.

    Related book: K2, Quest of the Gods.

    On this site: The lecture, Star shafts at Giza.

  24. Ralph EllisAncient Origins

    Henge of the World

    Avebury read as a model of the Earth. Taken from Thoth, Architect of the Universe.

    Related book: Thoth, Architect of the Universe.

His other files remain with the articles. The short guides are on the research pages.