Christopher Knight is an author who has written several books dealing with theories such as
366-degree geometry and has argued in favour of the origins of
Freemasonry
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...
being based on the rituals once used by the Order of the Knights Templar.
In an interview about the book ''Who Built the Moon?: 2005'' Knight stated that, as many scientists have observed, the moon does not appear to be a natural object. Knight has stated that he believes there are three possible causes, including the idea that it could have been built by humans with a message in "
base ten 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."
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 In engineering and business stu ...
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The Hiram Key
''The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasonry, and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus'', is a 1996 book by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas. The authors, both Freemasons, present a theory of the origins of Freemasonry as part of their "true ...
''. 1996,
Century
A century is a period of 100 years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word ''century'' comes from the Latin ''centum'', meaning ''one hundred''. ''Century'' is sometimes abbreviated as c.
A centennial or ...
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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 a ...
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Uriel's Machine
''Uriel's Machine: The Prehistoric Technology That Survived the Flood'' is a bestselling book published in 1999 by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas. The book's name is derived from a character of the same name in the '' Book of Enoch''. In ...
''. 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 cult ...
References
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British writers
Pseudohistorians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)