Ancient technology and rare history are the hidden gleams in the tarnished jewels of humanity's accounts of the past. The true stories often go unnoticed but burst out brilliantly when exposed by honest historians of any age. But ancient as well as modern chroniclers often fail to see the strength and beauty in sacrificing immediate praise for eternal applause. However, Lucian of Samosata on the Euphrates was not one of those wanton weaklings. We can rely on his honest history and especially on his rare account of the magnificent Pharos Lighthouse—whence its life-saving light once danced o'er the dark and dangerous harbors of ancient Alexandria.
In his brief and often neglected description of this famous lighthouse—included among the rare history laid out in The Electric Mirror on the Pharos Lighthouse and Other Ancient Lighting—this second-century eyewitness, an Egyptian government official, passed on some very wise counsel for historians of all ages when asking:
“Do you know what the Cnidian architect did? He built the tower on Pharos, the mightiest and most beautiful work of all, that a beacon light might shine from it for sailors far over the sea and that they might not be driven on to Paraetonia, said to be a very difficult coast with no escape if you hit the reefs. After he had built the work, he wrote his name on the masonry inside, covered it with gypsum, and having hidden it inscribed the name of the reigning king. He knew, as actually happened, that in a very short time the letters would fall away with the plaster and there would be revealed: ‘Sostratus of Cnidos, the son of Dexiphanes, to the Divine Saviors, for the sake of them that sail the sea.’ Thus, not even he had regard for the immediate moment or his own brief life-time: he looked to our day and eternity, as long as the tower shall stand and his skill shall abide.
“History then should be written in that spirit, with truthfulness and an eye to future expectations rather than with adulation and a view to the pleasure of present praise. There is your rule and standard for impartial history. If there will be some to use this standard, it will be well and I have written to some purpose.”
A few rare-history sources used here
This ancient technology and rare history site tries to follow Lucian’s standard—in sharing its knowledge on such subjects as the Pharos lighthouse at Alexandria, the Ark or Arc of the Covenant, ancient Egyptian technology, ancient electric lighthouse coins, ancient electric batteries, the Bible, gods, and ancient telescopes to more modern subjects such as electric carbon arc lights, searchlights, unicorns, movies, magic lanterns, and so on. Its numerous pictures, animations, and documented information will serve casual Web surfers as well as serious researchers with no easy access to some rare history and ancient technology—which may enlighten some minds and remove some superstition.
On May 23, 1885, a reporter for the Iowa State Register asked Civil War Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll: “What, in your judgment is the source of the greatest trouble among men?”
He replied: “Superstition. That has caused more agony, more tears, persecution and real misery than all other causes combined. The other name for superstition is ignorance. When men learn that all sin is a mistake, that all dishonesty is a blunder, that even intelligent selfishness will protect the rights of others; there will be vastly more happiness in this world. Shakespeare says that ‘There is no darkness but ignorance.’ Sometime man will learn that when he steals from another, he robs himself—that the way to be happy is to make others so, and that it is far better to assist his fellow man than to fast, say prayers, count beads or build temples to the Unknown. Some people tell us that selfishness is the only sin, but selfishness grows in the soil of ignorance. After all, education is the great lever, and the only one capable of raising mankind. People ignorant of their own rights are ignorant of the rights of others. Every tyrant is the slave of ignorance.”
Don't be tyrant—a slave of ignorance. Unbind your mind by reverting to reason—which fractures the fictions chained to your brain. Replace the rejections with selections from the menu above. Better yet, continue your visit to this Web site with Colonel Ingersoll and others by clicking the book below. Discover some of the hideous hidden history of the Bible, Gods, and Religion in this unique exposé.
Nevertheless, friend be forewarned!
Although this piece of well-researched history may prevent you from wasting precious life with manmade bibles, gods, and religions like I have done, my graphic exposition displays little diplomacy—a nice way of telling people to go to hell and making them feel good they are on their way!
(DECEITFUL DIPLOMACY)
(PERVERTED POLITICIAN)
(POMPOUS PREACHER AND PIGGISH PROFITEER)
Deceitful diplomacy does a devilish dance in the mouths of perverted politicians, pompous preachers, and piggish profiteers who wallow in wealth while bolstering this world's beloved bibles and bastardized beliefs—blind blasphemies blending with the truth like grease with water.
Relax, however, the buck stops here—with this Web site on ancient technology and rare history!
SOME THOUGHTFUL NOTES
Some people don’t believe in GOD—especially the GOD in the Bible—but an old friend of mine recently told me, “People have a right to their beliefs.” A “Right” is a manmade concoction like “The Divine Right of Kings,” revered by ignorant masses for thousands of years now.
This human illusion, the type our American forefathers, like Thomas Paine, once fought against, produces Power—often perverted power, passing into some ugly pages of history—like the narcissistic creature will below:
“Belief” is often not based on “Knowledge”—but Ignorance instead. So, saying “people have a right to their beliefs” can be tantamount to saying “people have the power to be stupid”—like the dumb creature below:
Belief is another word for Faith, generated by Opinion; and Belief and/or Faith inspire Religion—often a very idiotic institution that is harmless when dancing to the dopey drumbeat below:
More often though, this perverted practice is downright destructive—as history has so often shown.
Just one of the innumerable instances is portrayed in the photograph of the British Museum manuscript below:
All those fancies: Belief, Faith, Opinion, Power, Right, and Religion, however, are often not based on Science or Knowledge, synonyms for the Truth emblazoned on these unique Web pages. Their lively presentations will unlatch some of Shakespeare's “darkness,” open up a suppressed mind to some historical light, and inspire one's God-given Ability to Think to consider some more rare history and ancient technology.
This page was last modified on Saturday, June 27, 2009
