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The Electric Mirror on the Pharos Lighthouse and Other Ancient Lighting A quality paperback measuring 8 1/2 x 11 inches and containing over 200 illustrations Beside covering the mysterious biblical Ark of the Covenant in detail, this book aims to prove—through a comprehensive layout of ancient coins, artifacts, monuments, and literature—that the ancients used electricity to light up their temples, tombs, lighthouses, fortresses, palaces, cities and other edifices and critical areas. No other work on the subject documents as much ancient Egyptian, Sumerian, Babylonian, Hebrew, Assyrian, Indian, Greek, Roman, Parthian, Persian, and Sassanian as well as medieval evidence of the fact. Furthermore, the work recalls interesting details and descriptions (some of which have never before been translated into English) of the ancient Alexandrian Pharos Lighthouse and its reflective telescope and electric beacon. It also describes modern carbon arc lights and presents a history of their use in nineteenth and twentieth-century searchlights (electric mirrors) and lighthouses. Its numerous illustrations, explanations, and historical testimony (eyewitness testimony) are enough to convince any reader that the ancients were well acquainted with electric lighting.
The great Egyptologist John Gardner Wilkinson pointed out that the ancient Egyptian “paintings offer few representations of lamps, torches, or any other kind of light.” Why—when they illustrate almost every other ancient Egyptian article abundantly? It is because people are not looking for ancient electric lights so they simply do not recognize them!
REVIEWS The Midwest Book Review says: “The Electric Mirror on the Pharos Lighthouse and Other Ancient Lighting" is “painstakingly compiled and edited by Larry Brian Radka,” and “is very strongly recommended reading, both for its thoughtful analysis, and its concise presentation focused upon a history of previously little known facts about the creation and use of lighthouses and lighted towers.”
Brent Raynes, the editor of Alternate Perceptions magazine, pointed out that Radka's work views the Old Testament's Ark of the Covenant as "an electrical instrument, which reportedly contained a 'light.'" He summed up his review by stating that it “will undoubtedly test and challenge your historical preconceptions regarding the development of electrical technology, if not shake them to the very core!”
Ruth Parnell, an editor for Nexus magazine and another literary torchbearer, wrote: “This is a fascinating investigation which confirms that the ancients knew about and utilized electricity, batteries, telescopes, mirror weapons and carbon arc lighting…a captivating read.”
A review in the fourth quarter 2006 Newsletter of the World Lighthouse Society relates that in this work, "The history of ancient lighting in antiquity is thoroughly documented, including footnotes, endnotes, hundreds of illustrations and an extensive bibliography to support the theory that the Pharos Lighthouse used a reflective telescope and electric beacon."
Frank Joseph, the Editor-in-Chief of the renowned Ancient American magazine and a prominent author in his own right, sheds even more light on The Electric Mirror... by describing this "brilliant new book" as "thoroughly credible" and "a terrifically original book!"
With reference to Frank Joseph's comments above, Bob Trapani, Junior, the Executive Director of The American Lighthouse Foundation, emailed Larry: "Congratulations on obtaining a wonderful statement about your book. Well deserved!"
David Hatcher Childress, author of Technology of the Gods, The Incredible Sciences of the Ancients, and many more fine books that shine light on the mysteries of the past, reported to Larry: “Your book is great and already very popular."
Robert Stanley, an author and the Editor-in-Chief of Unicus magazine, wrote: “Mr. Radka has shown with great clarity that our ancestors possessed advanced technologies. This is no longer a matter of conjecture. It is indisputable fact. Therefore, the historical information contained in The Electric Mirror should be taught in classrooms around the world. It is a powerful legacy left to us by our ancestors and should not be ignored."
"I would urge anyone with even a passing interest in ancient technology, electricity, electrical engineering or the ancient mechanisms that potentially could have generated covalence, to purchase a copy," wrote Michael Lohr, a professional journalist who writes for such magazines as Rolling Stone, Esquire, The Economist, Southern Living, Sporting News, Men's Journal, Mysteries and others. "You would be remiss not to do so. Simply stated, this is one of the most important publications on the topic of ancient technology and lighting you will ever find."
 A few copies of The Electric Mirror on the Pharos Lighthouse and Other Ancient Lighting are still available at Adventures Unlimited Press, Amazon.com, or The American Lighthouse Foundation.
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