Christopher Knight is an author who has written several books dealing with pseudoscientific conspiracy theories such as
366-degree geometry and the origins of
Freemasonry
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In an interview about the book ''Who Built the Moon?: 2005'' Knight stated that the moon is an artificial construction probably built by humans with a message in "
base ten
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arithmetic so it looks as though it is directed to a ten digit species that is living on Earth right now - which seems to mean humans." He believes that it was created to make life on Earth possible, including humans, and that the most likely builders were humans of the future using time travel.
Books
Co-authored with
Robert Lomas
Robert Lomas is a British writer, physicist and business studies academic. He writes primarily about the history of Freemasonry as well as the Neolithic period, ancient engineering, and archaeoastronomy.
Career
Lomas gained a First Class Ho ...
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* ''
The Hiram Key''. 1996,
Century
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* ''The Second Messiah''. 1997, Century.
* ''The Holy Grail (Mysteries of the Ancient World)''. 1997,
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd (established 1949), often shortened to W&N or Weidenfeld, is a British publisher of fiction and reference books. It has been a division of the French-owned Orion Publishing Group since 1991.
History
George Weidenfeld ...
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* ''
Uriel's Machine''. 1999, Century.
* ''The Book Of Hiram''. 2003, Century.
Co-authored with Alan Butler
* ''Civilization One''. 1999,
Watkins Publishing.
* ''Who Built the Moon?''. 2005, Watkins Publishing.
* ''Solomon's Power Brokers''. 2007, Watkins Publishing.
* ''Before the Pyramids''. 2009, Watkins Publishing.
* ''The Hiram Key Revisited''. 2010, Watkins Publishing.
See also
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Archaeoastronomy
Archaeoastronomy (also spelled archeoastronomy) is the interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary study of how people in the past "have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used these phenomena and what role the sky played in their cultur ...
References
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British writers
Pseudohistorians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)