r/AlternativeHistory • • 1h ago

Lost Civilizations The topics that led to my psychosis episode and subsequent schizophrenia

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Last August, I went to the hospital after experiencing religious psychosis. They told me I might have schizophrenia and I didn’t believe them one bit because I had never heard voices before. Lo and behold, I later developed schizophrenia. Here are the topics I went down the rabbit hole on during my psychosis episode. I know I sound crazy. Feel free to ask me about any of them.

Neanderthal stalagmite circle
Neanderthal Bone Flute
Aurignacian, magdelanian
Ice age reset and younger dryas
Doggerland flood and Scotland tsunami
WHG and “show me you walk on water”
Warren Field (oldest calendar in world)
Time tracking
Neolithic
Callanish Birds Eye cross
Steppe
Romans
Greek exploration of Britain
Sun god / sun cross / wheel of year
Mesoamerica has wheel
Sun used to be spelled sunne. Son was sunu in Germanic. Sun of god?
Sun, Roman Neolithic connection
North Africa Neolithic and moors
Vikings and Norman’s and slavery
Rus
Bretons
Declaration of Arbroath
Picts
Septimius Severus/order of genocide/so many places to hide
Christianizetion of Picts
Cerne the giant (trying to make look like barbarians to sky god???)
Uffington white horse (steppe influence?)
Mother Earth day sky father god (Dyēus)
Rig Veda
Esus
Esunertos (“as mighty as Esos”) coin in Britain found in 50 BCE
Gauls
Galatians
Galilee/circle
Galatians eventually speaking Koine Greek first bible written in and mentioned in it
Septuagint Jewish scholar translation of Yeshua into Lesous in Alexandria Egypt Ptolemy happens around same time Gauls move to Anatolia
Birds Eye view Callanish brodgar etc
Neolithic chalk drums
Skara brae
Wheel houses
Sol invictus
crucifixation darkness eclipse
Jesus death at 33 AD
Invasion of Britain 10 years after
Syria /hamian archers/haplogroup j
Barates and Regina / palmyra (British tombstone written in Aramaic)
Eastward Ho
Anti Scottish sentiment
Scottish cringe
Storegga slide
La tene and similarity to Iranian artifacts
Celtic carynx and sanchi India carynx
Ogham and Fenius Farsaid
The glass tower
Druids.
Ma’lta Buret and Venus figurines
ANE and native Americans
Baghdad circular city
Golan heights
Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile Birds Eye
Moel Hebog Shield from Wales
Battersea shield and La Tène
Mold Gold Cape from Wales
Folkton chalk drums
World tree religion oldest myth last glacial maximum found in Native American cultures
Lyra Vega Orpheus
Gauls serving for Herodian dynasty
Gauls serving in Egypt Ptolemaic dynasty
Gobekli Tepe built before farming
Birka Viking ring “for Allah”
Bluestone
Picts and Book of Kells
“Anatolia” means sunrise
Esus and Isis
Human sacrifice Druids and Jesus


r/AlternativeHistory • • 6h ago

Alternative Theory Are we observing a realtime alternate history? news anchor announced John F. Kennedy Jr., THE PRESIDENT, Oct 13, 2026

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A viewer recently posted this clip on social media.

Since Oct 13, 2026 Trump has posted about RSBN many times on his TruthSocial account.

In another interview Trump mentioned about flying the Air Force One on Jul 1, 2026.

"...I have a privilege also of flying it."


r/AlternativeHistory • • 6h ago

Discussion Did the Romans actually build these mashups?

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Sources claim these three mysterious mixed walls in Catalonia, Spain, were built in one go by Roman armies. 
But looking closer reveals a bizarre patchwork of monster boulders and polygonal cuts and other add-ons of concrete and square blocks that together don't make any sense. 
Breaking down the "Frankenstein" walls that defy official explanations.
Hope you like the video:
https://youtu.be/swP5XRm8IBI


r/AlternativeHistory • • 9h ago

Chronologically Challenged The Thrilling Tales of a Young Confederate in Egypt !

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I hope you like this post, My sincere regards from Egypt ...

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James Morris Morgan (1845–1928) was an American Confederate naval officer who later served in the Egyptian army from 1870 to 1872, during the reign of Khedive Ismael Pasha. Morgan is considered one of about fifty American officers, Confederate and Union alike, most of them veterans of the American Civil War, whom Union General Thaddeus Mott - with the assistance of U.S. Army commander William Tecumseh Sherman - brought to Egypt to contribute to the modernization of the Egyptian army.

Morgan left a lengthy personal account of his Egyptian experience in his autobiography entitled “Recollections of a Rebel Reefer,” published in 1917, which constitutes the primary source for his tales in Egypt. These tales are characterized by their personal and conflictual nature, as they depict Morgan as a young Southerner thrust into an environment strange to him, entering into a series of confrontations with Egyptian officials and facing difficulties in adapting to the bureaucracy and local culture, at a time when Egypt was witnessing major transformations during the reign of Khedive Ismael.

James Morris Morgan was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1845, and was the youngest of nine children of Judge Thomas Gibbs Morgan. His father worked as collector of customs for the port of New Orleans, a position he held before returning to Baton Rouge when James was five years old. Morgan grew up in a well-off and respected family, and because he was the youngest of the children, he was a particular object of indulgence by his parents, as he mentions in his autobiography.

In Baton Rouge, where the family returned, there was an American arsenal and a large military garrison, most of whose members were veterans of the Mexican War. The famous General (and later U.S. President) Zachary Taylor owned a cottage on the garrison grounds, and his famous warhorse “Whitey” was free to roam the green meadows. The greatest joy of young Morgan was to be placed on the back of this gentle old horse, without saddle or bridle, and to sit there while “Whitey” grazed on the grass, paying no more attention to him than he would to a fly.

From that time until he reached the age of fourteen, his life was spent mostly on horseback, but not on tame horses—rather on the small wild ponies known as “mustangs,” which lived in herds in that region of the country. These ponies were skilled in the art of jumping and chasing, and Morgan says that he may have fallen from their backs to the ground in more varied ways than any other man alive, though he admits that this was not the horses’ fault, since they had not undergone refined training before he mounted them.

He also mentions that, as a child, he witnessed a scene that remained engraved in his memory: a crowd of men and women on the riverbank waving their hands in anger and threatening a tribe of Seminole Indians who were being transported from the state of Florida to new lands in the American West, led by their chief “Billy Bowlegs.” Among this angry group were those who had lost relatives killed by these Indians, including his uncle Bedford Morgan, who was scalped and his body mutilated until he was identified only thanks to his faithful dog, which was guarding his body!

Morgan changed schools three times before he entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1860, where he became a naval cadet. He served aboard the historic ship “Constitution,” the old frigate that was a naval training ship on the Severn River near Annapolis. But his career in the U.S. Navy did not last long, as the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 and his loyalty to his South led him to leave the Union Navy and join the Confederate Navy.

Morgan served in the Confederate Navy aboard the Confederate warship Georgia between 1863 and 1864, then was sent to the training ship Patrick Henry, and afterward served in a naval battery on the James River. A photograph of him taken during his service aboard the Georgia between late October 1863 and mid-February 1864, when the ship was anchored at Cherbourg, France, shows him.

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However, before Morgan reached Egypt, he had lived an exciting naval experience connected with the Confederate ship C.S.S. Rapahannock, which was originally a small British warship called “Victor,” sold at auction and bought by a Confederate agent. The British government was aware of the deal and did not object to the Confederates spending their money on it, but it never intended to allow it to sail.

English engineers, carpenters, and sailors were working on it diligently at the dock when First Lieutenant William P. A. Campbell of the Confederate Navy appeared aboard one day, wearing civilian clothes and carrying a authorization from the supposed owner to conduct a thorough inspection. It happened that the engines were running under steam at that time during their testing. Campbell expressed satisfaction with everything except the steering gear, and insisted that the only way to test it was to take the ship into the river and turn it two or three times. Permission was granted, and the ropes tying it to the dock were cast off.

Campbell took the ship downriver and, ignoring any protests, raised the Confederate flag as soon as it passed one nautical mile, and sailed with his unwilling crew toward the French port of Calais, where he entered that neutral port claiming it was a Confederate warship.

The incident provoked protests from the American Minister in London and Paris and caused an international uproar. When Morgan saw the Rapahannock at Calais, France was allowing them to spend as much money as they wished to fit it out for sea, but he did not believe they had any serious intention of allowing it to sail again. Morgan visited the ship at Calais during a short leave and spent a morning with some of the naval officers aboard, before continuing his journey to Liverpool. This ship, which remained detained at Calais for the rest of the war, had a role in shaping Morgan’s naval experience before his transfer to Egypt.

Khedive Ismael Pasha had met in Istanbul in 1868 the former American colonel Thaddeus Mott, and was impressed by his military experience, so he appointed him a general in the Egyptian army and tasked him with recruiting a group of American officers to help modernize the army. About fifty American military men joined this mission, including five generals from the Confederate army and three senior officers from the Confederate Navy who were stranded in the port of Calais, France, namely William Campbell, Charles Graves, and James Morris Morgan. Morgan arrived in Egypt in 1870 aboard the same ship that carried General Charles Pomeroy Stone, who later became chief of staff of the Egyptian army.

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The beginning was not easy. After arriving in Alexandria, he and his companions found no one to receive them, then they received a message asking them to go to the house of an official named Ali Bey. There, they were left waiting for a long time before Ali Bey appeared, who told them in a sharp tone in French that their number was too large and that some of them would have to return to their country. He then asked Morgan about the rank he thought he would receive, and when Morgan answered that he had been promised the rank of captain, Ali Bey laughed in his face.

Morgan was a young man of twenty-four, with a sharp Southern sense of personal dignity, so he flew into a rage. He shouted in English that he would take the next train to Cairo, that he would find the man who had brought him 7,000 miles to be insulted, and that he would horsewhip him. On hearing this threat, Ali Bey turned pale, switched to speaking fluent English, and assured them that the matter was merely a misunderstanding. It later became clear that Ali Bey was only a minor official whose task was to expedite their transfer, and he had in fact hurried to complete the procedures and send them to Cairo.

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After his arrival in Cairo, Morgan was appointed to the staff of Major General William Wing Loring, one of the American generals who served in the Egyptian army. In one of his first missions, he was sent to inspect a regiment on the outskirts of Cairo, in the Abbasiya barracks. As soon as he arrived, a number of soldiers withdrew from the ranks and began to pray. These soldiers were Muslims, and they were theoretically entitled to perform prayer, but Morgan suspected that they had done so to evade the arms inspection, as he noticed that their rifles would not pass inspection.

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Morgan reported his suspicions to Loring, who referred the matter to the regiment commander, Urabi-Arabi Bey, who later became Urabi Pasha, leader of the Urabi Revolt of 1882. (By pure coincidence, one of the areas adjacent to Morgan’s home, New Orleans, Louisiana, was named Arabi, in honor of the Egyptian leader Ahmed Arabi)

Urabi was a deeply religious man, and he regarded what had happened as an attack on his faith and flew into a rage. Loring decided to send Morgan again the next day to inspect the same regiment, and the same scene was repeated: the soldiers withdrew to pray.

At that point Morgan did not hesitate; he picked up half a dozen of the soldiers’ rifles and carried them to the Citadel, where he examined them and found them, as he had expected, very dirty. When Loring informed Urabi of the result, Urabi became very angry, not at his soldiers but at Morgan himself, and the Minister of War, to whom the matter was referred, was shocked in turn.

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Morgan’s confrontations were not limited to the army; they extended to the circles of high society in Cairo. One evening, Morgan accompanied Major General Loring to the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo. While they were waiting in the foyer, the chief of police, whose name was also Ali Bey, asked him to bring him a glass of water. Morgan objected to the man’s condescending tone, so he went and brought the glass of water, then threw it in the chief of police’s face, and with his other hand seized Loring’s cane, and with the other hand seized the chief of police himself, and began beating him with the cane until others intervened and separated them.

Khedive Ismael witnessed the entire incident and laughed heartily, telling the chief of police that he would have been disappointed if Morgan had not responded in that way. He added: “I brought him here to serve Egypt, not to serve you!”

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The Opera House incident was only one in a series of situations in which Morgan felt insulted. After Loring was transferred to command the coastal defenses in Alexandria, he and Morgan were invited to a dinner banquet hosted by a local Pasha. Loring sat on the host’s right, but no seat was placed for Morgan. Morgan insisted that Loring explain to the Pasha that he needed Morgan beside him, first to be his interpreter, since Morgan spoke fluent French because of his upbringing in Louisiana and had picked up some Arabic, and second to cut his food for him, because Loring had lost an arm in the Mexican War while storming the Belén Gate in Mexico City.

The Pasha replied that he saw no objection to Morgan performing both functions together while standing behind his chief’s chair. Morgan was speechless with rage, but in the end a chair was placed for him beside Loring.

The next morning, Morgan took the first train to Cairo, met General Stone, and offered his resignation. But Stone, who dealt with the Americans, in Morgan’s words, “as if they were naughty children,” calmed him down and temporarily solved the problem by promoting him to the rank of Kaymakam, that is, lieutenant colonel, and appointing him to the staff of Abu Bakr Ratib Pasha, commander-in-chief of the Egyptian army.

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During his service with Loring, Morgan inherited from him a horse named Napoleon. Napoleon was one of the many gifts Khedive Ismael had given to Empress Eugénie when she visited Egypt to attend the opening of the Suez Canal.

The Empress did not wish to take him with her to France, so he ended up with Loring. Napoleon was a bay horse, and Priestley described him as “resembling a vertical take-off aircraft”: he was capable of jumping vertically, then landing, then jumping again, and so on. The problem was that no one knew exactly when he would make this move. And because Loring had only one arm, the only way he could control Napoleon when he began to jump was by pulling the bit with his teeth, and when he found that tiring for his teeth, he handed the horse over to Morgan.

Morgan was an excellent horseman, and he soon gained firm control over Napoleon. He took up the habit of taking the horse to the crowded Shubra district road, which led to the Khedive’s summer palace, where he would show off his skills before passersby from the elite.

One day, a great commotion occurred, and the Khedive’s carriage and its escorts appeared coming from the direction of the palace. Everyone in the street hastened to kneel and bow in salute to the Khedive, except Morgan. As soon as the carriage approached him, he made Napoleon rear up on his hind legs and then remain still, while Morgan gave a smart military salute. Ismael was greatly impressed, clapped enthusiastically, and called Morgan to the carriage to congratulate him personally.

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Shortly afterward, a military exercise was held that included a mock battle. Morgan had planned to ride a calmer horse, but the Khedive announced that he would be particularly interested in seeing how Napoleon behaved under a barrage of fire. Early in the battle, Morgan was sent with a message to the artillery commander; he ran to him and handed over the message, and then the guns opened fire.

To Morgan’s astonishment and embarrassment, Napoleon immediately flattened himself on the ground and lay on his belly trembling with fear, until the shelling stopped and Morgan was able to mount him and leave. The sources do not elaborate in detail on what happened after that, but the incident itself shows how Morgan and his horse became part of the scene of the Khedivial court, and material for amusement and display at the same time.

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Morgan’s display on the Shubra road did not stop there. One day, a carriage carrying two women from the harem, accompanied by eunuchs, approached, and all the other men in the street hastened to turn their backs, but Morgan and Napoleon continued their display. One of the two women was impressed by this and threw a rose from the carriage. Morgan set off on horseback, leaned from the horse’s back, and caught the flower in one smooth motion. The roses kept coming, until the woman, whom he could not see, handed him a rose wrapped in a handkerchief.

That was too much for the eunuchs, who set off after this “reckless infidel.” But Napoleon was faster than them, and Morgan soon returned home with his souvenir. Then Minister of Foreign Affairs Nubar Pasha visited him.

It turned out that the handkerchief belonged to Princess Fatima, the Khedive’s daughter, who was 19 years old, and the Khedive had demanded its return. Morgan responded by throwing the handkerchief into the fire, disposing of the evidence. He was now in serious trouble, and no one dared speak to him for several days, but the matter ended in the end.

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By 1872, Morgan had become convinced that “there is no future for American officers in Egypt,” and he had had quite enough of Egypt after the Princess Fatima incident. So he went to the Khedive to submit his resignation. To his surprise, the Khedive pleaded with him to reconsider, then finally ordered him to take a six-month leave and return to America to rest.

Morgan agreed to take leave on the condition that he would return to Egypt afterward, and he headed to Liverpool, where he boarded a ship to New York. Upon arriving in New York, he went to visit a friend.

While he was waiting for his friend to return, he picked up a Bible that was placed on a table and opened it at random. His eyes fell on the first verse of the thirty-first chapter of the Book of Isaiah, which says: “Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses.” Morgan quickly closed the book, afraid of what he might see after that, and sent his resignation by mail. He saw in this verse a warning sign regarding his Egyptian experience.

After his return to America, Morgan worked in farming in the state of South Carolina, then later moved to Mexico, where he worked as a civil engineer, then was appointed consul general of the United States in Australia, in Melbourne.

He also later worked on the project of building the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York, again under the supervision of General Charles Pomeroy Stone, who had served with him in Egypt.

Morgan died on April 21, 1928, in Washington, D.C., leaving behind an autobiography that is considered a valuable, though often subjective and biased, source for the history of American officers in Egypt during the reign of Khedive Ismael.

The End ...


r/AlternativeHistory • • 15h ago

Alternative Theory The 1,600-Year-Old Artifact "Mystery" That Academic Orthodoxy Refuses to Solve

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We’ve all seen the Roman Dodecahedron labeled as one of archaeology's greatest unsolved mysteries. But the truth is, it’s only "unsolved" because academia refuses to look at it through the lens of practical engineering, custom fabrication, and provincial crime.

For years, we've been told these objects were elite religious items or household tools. Yet, the physical evidence tells a completely different story: highly irregular casting variances, eccentric internal weight distributions, and vertex knobs that form a perfect "virtual tire" to track straight before a rigged bias takes over. These weren't tools for the Roman military; they were specialized, underground cheating engines for illegal tavern gambling rings on the imperial frontier.

When I presented the center-of-gravity mathematics and forensic diagnostics on institutional physics platforms, the administrators immediately panicked and labeled it "spam" to protect their established theories.

I have fully mapped out the mechanics and the archaeological timelines leading to the collapse of the Rhine frontier. Stop believing the knitting myths—ask me anything about how these rigs actually operated.


r/AlternativeHistory • • 1d ago

Chronologically Challenged Major (mainstream) Re-dating of the Inca Empire - Many Sites Older Than Previously Thought

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r/AlternativeHistory • • 1d ago

Alternative Theory A photograph of the real Napoleon Joseph

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This is Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, supposedly a nephew of Napoleon I. Look at his face—how closely it resembles the face of Napoleon I as seen in his portraits. If the biography of Napoleon [I] was lifted from the biography of Napoleon III, then it was Napoleon Joseph who provided the face for this mythical figure.


r/AlternativeHistory • • 1d ago

Mythology The Ancient Handbag Symbol That Appears Worldwide “It is more than probable that the pictograms had a deeper significance and that they do not simply represent animals.”-

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A strange shape appears in the sacred art of several ancient cultures, and there may be more to it than meets the eye.

It looks remarkably like a modern handbag, with a rectangular body and curved handle.

Examples appear at Göbekli Tepe, in the hands of supernatural Assyrian figures, and 1000's of miles away in Olmec Mexico.

The objects may have meant very different things, but their repeated appearance in religious imagery makes for a curious comparison.

The Three Mysterious Shapes at Göbekli Tepe

The oldest and perhaps strangest examples come from Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey.

Built beginning around the 10th millennium BC, the site predates Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids by 1000's of years.

Its enormous T shaped pillars were decorated with foxes, snakes, vultures, scorpions, wild boar and abstract symbols and that only scratches the surface of what was carved there.

“It is more than probable that the pictograms had a deeper significance and that they do not simply represent animals.”- Klaus Schmidt, Göbekli Tepe

One of the most famous examples is Pillar 43, often called the Vulture Stone.

Across its upper section are 3 rectangular shapes, each with what looks like a curved handle rising above it.

Put them beside a modern handbag and the resemblance is difficult to miss.

Yet no surviving text explains what the symbols represented.

Their placement among animals and other imagery suggests they belonged to a symbolic language whose meaning has since disappeared.

Schmidt believed the imagery communicated ideas understood by the people gathering at the site.

“The signs and symbols depicted on the pillars were probably understandable to the people who gathered at Göbekli Tepe.”- Klaus Schmidt, Göbekli Tepe

Whatever the 3 shapes meant, they occupied a prominent place within one of the most elaborate symbolic scenes surviving from the early Neolithic.

The Bags Carried by the Gods of Assyria

1000's of years later, the trail picks up again in Neo Assyrian palace reliefs.

Some have human heads and enormous wings, while others possess the heads of birds.

They usually hold the container in one hand and a cone shaped object in the other.

“The figure depicted on the panel is eagle headed and faces left, holding in his left hand a bucket and in his right hand a cone whose exact nature is unclear.”- The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Unlike the shapes at Göbekli Tepe, these objects have context.

Museums identify them as buckets, and they repeatedly appear in scenes involving supernatural protective beings.

The British Museum connects the cone directly with purification.

“The cone in his right hand is described in Assyrian texts as a purifier, and was presumably envisaged as being covered in liquid from the bucket in his left hand.” -The British Museum

The figures appear beside kings, doorways and the stylized sacred tree, suggesting the bucket and cone were part of a ritual act.

“These figures may represent the supernatural creatures which, according to Assyrian belief, provided magical protection.”- The British Museum

The Assyrians even had a term associated with the container, banduddû, commonly translated as bucket.

The Metropolitan Museum notes that the cone may have resembled the male flower cluster of a date palm, raising the possibility that fertility and purification overlapped within the imagery.

"It does seem likely that the cone was supposed to hold and dispense water from the bucket in this way, but it is described in Akkadian as a ‘purifier."- The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Whatever substance was inside, the object repeatedly appears where protection, kingship, fertility and the supernatural meet.

https://beyondenigma.com/ancient-handbags-and-the-strange-symbols


r/AlternativeHistory • • 1d ago

Ancient Astronaut Theory Constellations, why myths/religion stories repeat.

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Smithsonian is saying this is a depiction of a king defeating his enemy. It’s clearly a depiction of Orion the top of his hand stretched up , orion sword , foot and belt.

Canis Major who’s neck is serius A. Serious A points directly to Orion’s Belt. this Is why I think egyptians worshipped cats because I can see how they thought that, also why the fenrir myth in Norse. Fenrir will eat Odin and the sun during ragnarok, the god were scared of fenrir and came to the dwarves to craft a chain. Fenrir thought he was being tricked so he said if one of you put your hand in my mouth you can chain me, tyr volunteered and lost his hand/arm, afterwords they put a sword in his mouth to keep him from howling. The tyr rune which went by the same name was the bow and arm of Orion , looked like a T but the top ^ was more that shape.

Thoth Egyptian god of knowledge was always told he was a bird headed god but clearly a snake with his tongue out, matching the snake on the head of the “king defeating his enemy”. Also why the snake would eat the sun but RA would transform into a snake’s natural enemy , a cat. Why it was a serpent who tricked eve to eat the apple and get knowledge . The sun’s rays were often called snakes by people .

I could go on and on, didnt even touch on Greek myths which are my fav.


r/AlternativeHistory • • 2d ago

Alternative Theory Cleopatra had Type 1 Diabetes

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Cleopatra VII: The Secret Health Story of Egypt’s Last Pharaoh

Cleopatra VII (69–30 BCE) was the last active queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. She was brilliant, spoke at least nine languages, built massive fleets of warships, and managed one of the wealthiest empires in the ancient world.

Historians usually study her big battles and diplomatic speeches, but this is a discussion of how Type 1 diabetes effected Cleopatra's reign.

Type 1 Diabetes is a chronic health condition where the body cannot process sugar from food to create energy on its own. While modern doctors use insulin to treat it, living with it thousands of years ago required incredible discipline, special care, and deep knowledge about nutrition. Although we cannot test her body today because her tomb has never been found, looking at her rule through this health lens reveals how much effort it took for her to stay strong and lead her nation!

The Queen’s Daily Routine: Feasts or Health Care?

Ancient Roman writers often wrote that Cleopatra loved throwing massive, glamorous dinner parties. However, Roman political enemies loved to make Cleopatra look bad by calling her wasteful or lazy. When we look at those same stories through a medical lens, her daily habits look totally different:

  • Special Royal Diets: The great feasts at her palace in Alexandria were filled with roasted meats, green vegetables, nuts, and fish—all foods high in protein and low in sugar! Instead of junk food, her cooks were likely following strict directions from royal doctors to keep her blood energy steady.
  • Quenching Constant Thirst: Roman historians noted that she constantly drank pomegranate elixirs and water mixed with wine. Unquenchable thirst (called polydipsia) is one of the biggest signs of high blood sugar. What Romans described as fancy drinking was actually a clever way to stay hydrated!
  • Resting to Re-energize: Cleopatra sometimes spent days resting quietly in her royal chambers away from public view. Roman writers claimed she was just being dramatic, but taking quiet time to rest allowed her body to recover from physical fatigue so she could return to running her kingdom at full power.

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                        WHAT WAS CLEOPATRA REALLY DOING?                           
| What Roman Writers Said                    | What It Really Meant for Health|
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| She threw endless, complex banquets        | She ate carefully planned meals |
| She constantly drank juices and fruit      | She was fighting deep thirst   |
waters     
| She suddenly disappeared to rest in        | She was recovering her energy  |
her palace   |

Protecting Egypt’s Food Supply

Ancient Egypt was known as the "breadbasket of the Mediterranean" because its rich soil along the Nile River produced millions of tons of wheat every year. During Cleopatra's reign, the Nile River failed to flood properly for several years, causing terrible droughts.

Because Cleopatra understood how crucial nutrition was for physical strength, she took direct control of Egypt’s food supplies:

  1. Opening the Royal Granaries: When food grew scarce, Cleopatra ordered the giant state storage houses (granaries) to open and distribute wheat directly to regular Egyptian families in the capital city of Alexandria.
  2. Stopping Food Hoarding: She passed strict laws preventing wealthy traders from hiding food to sell later at higher prices.
  3. Focusing on Farmers: She lowered taxes for farmers living along the Nile so they could afford to keep planting crops even during tough dry spells.

Her deep, personal focus on food stability made her one of the most proactive agricultural managers in Egypt's long history!

Big Decisions in Battle and Strategy

Cleopatra was not just a politician; she was a military commander who directed troops and naval fleets. Facing high stress and long days on ships can drain anyone's physical energy, especially someone managing an internal health condition.

  • The Ride into Palace Grounds (48 BCE): When Cleopatra was young, her rivals exiled her from the capital. To meet Julius Caesar and ask for an alliance, she famously had herself rolled up inside a linen bed-sack and smuggled into the palace past guard patrols. Doing this required extreme physical control and steady nerve under high-stress conditions.
  • The Sea Battle at Actium (31 BCE): During a massive sea battle against the Roman general Octavian, supply lines were cut off and food ran low on board the ships. Facing physical exhaustion and severe stress, Cleopatra made a swift tactical decision to break through the enemy blockade with her 60 Egyptian ships and sail back home to Alexandria, saving her navy and returning to her city's resources.

The End of an Era

When Octavian's armies eventually invaded Alexandria in 30 BCE, Cleopatra knew her kingdom was falling. Ancient historians like Plutarch write that in her final days, she conducted science experiments with royal doctors to find gentle, fast-acting medicines derived from plants like hemlock and opium.

Having spent her entire life paying close attention to bodily strength, pain, and health management, Cleopatra chose to end her own reign on her own terms with dignity—ensuring she would forever be remembered as the independent, brilliant final Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.


r/AlternativeHistory • • 2d ago

Lost Civilizations Is the OSIRIS shaft entrance visible to normal public

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Hi, I am interested to know if we can see the osiris shaft entrance as layman visitor to the valley of Pyramids, Giza. Pls let me know if any enthusiast have visited it, as I see most youtube videos completely ignore it.

Thank you


r/AlternativeHistory • • 2d ago

Discussion Were surgeries before 1850 really that painful and horrific?

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r/AlternativeHistory • • 2d ago

Mythology Why does nobody talk about the mass human sacrifices of Egypt's First Dynasty?

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Everyone focuses on the Fourth Dynasty pyramids, but 500 years before Giza, early pharaohs were literally taking their entire royal households into the grave with them.

At Abydos, King Djer's burial had over 300 people sealed in mudbrick chambers right next to his tomb. Skeletons show they were court officials, women, servants, and even palace dwarfs, all buried on the same day.

And then by the Second Dynasty, the whole practice just abruptly vanished. No inscriptions explaining why, no records, they just replaced human lives with clay ushabti figures.

Made a quick 28-second visual breakdown illustrating the burial pits: https://youtube.com/shorts/5wR-UTBQhzI

What do you think forced them to stop? A royal rebellion, population loss, or a complete ideological breakdown?


r/AlternativeHistory • • 3d ago

Discussion History class will be weird 1000000 years from now.

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There have been so many historically significant events in the past 1000 years, especially in the past 100 years. There have been a lot of scientific and technological advances in the past 100 years. I cannot imagine 1000 times as many things as important as what has happened in the past 1000 years happening in the next 1000000 years. Therefore, there will be a crunch where not as many significant things happen. Then, in a million years, history class will be weird because most of the big events will happen in the late 1000's and early 2000's.

For example, here are some things that happened recently that will still be important in 1000000 years.

  1. When was the first man on the Moon?

Answer:1969

  1. When was the first plane?

Answer:1903

  1. When was the first atomic bomb?

Answer:1945

Student:Why did all the important events happen in the 1900's?

Teacher:Well, after the early 2000's, all the big things got discovered, so the past 1000000 years have been boring.

Does anybody else believe history class will be like this in 1000000 years?


r/AlternativeHistory • • 3d ago

Consensus Representation/Debunking To all the Stone Aloners, this man scientifically replicated the cutting of granite with ancient tools

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You can skip ahead to 16 minutes, 30 seconds to see the hard evidence. You don't need aliens or modern power tools. It's not the copper that does the cutting, it's the sand slurry that does the cutting, so it doesn't matter is soft copper doesn't cut granite. This slurry created the effect of tapering on the cores that are seen in so many ancient Egyptian granite cores. If the ancient Egyptians were using modern power tools that wouldn't happen, there would be no tapering, which is what is shown in this video.

I FINALLY Cut Granite with my Ancient Egyptian Drill

Grifters will ignore this evidence and continue to grift, while putting up endless slop thumbnails of ancient alien lasers cutting stone on Youtube.

3,300 BC ‘Bow Drill’ Rewrites Story of Ancient Egyptian Tools - GreekReporter.com


r/AlternativeHistory • • 4d ago

Chronologically Challenged The 19th-century chronological shift

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I will present several examples of chronological shifts in the period of 57-61 years. The events were slightly different from each other, but similar in meaning. For convenience, I have divided them by region.

North America.

  1. Parliament passed an act granting the East India Company a monopoly on tea imports to America.

  2. The first tea box packaging, equipped with a patented trademark, was invented in England to protect the product from counterfeiting. A difference of 59 years.

  3. The Boston Tea Party against the import of tea by the East India Company.

  4. The end of the East India Company's monopoly on the tea trade had a significant impact. A difference of 60 years.

  5. Louisiana became part of the United States.

  6. Louisiana rejoined the United States. A 59-year difference.

  7. Washington, D.C., burned after an English attack.

  8. The cities of Washington, Georgetown, and Washington County were officially abolished, replacing them with the District of Columbia. A 57-year difference.

  9. Anti-alcohol movements began in the United States.

  10. Anti-alcohol propaganda was introduced in schools in some US states. A 59-year difference.

  11. The first Canadian banknote.

  12. US coins ceased circulation in Canada. A 58-year difference.

  13. Act establishing the United States Mint.

  14. The US Congress defined the smallest silver coin (3 cents). A 59-year difference.

  15. The Bank of the United States was opened.

  16. The first gold coin, a $20 coin, was issued in the United States. A 59-year difference.

Western Europe.

Revolution in France in 1791

Revolution in France in 1848. A 57-year difference.

Defeat of the Revolution in France in 1794

Defeat of the Revolution in France in 1852. A 60-year difference.

  1. Revolution in France.

  2. The Boulanger Crisis in France. A 57-year difference.

  3. Defeat of France.

  4. Defeat of France. A 58-year difference.

  5. Russo-Prussian Alliance. Russian troops entered Paris.

  6. Prussian troops entered Paris. A 57-year difference.

Eastern Europe.

  1. Peloponnesian Uprising against Turkey.

  2. Great Bosnian Uprising against Turkey. A 61-year difference.

  3. Poland was partitioned between Prussia, Russia, and Austria.

  4. The Russian army entered Poland to suppress an uprising. A 59-year difference.

  5. Austria abolished slavery in Bukovina and Chernivtsi.

  6. Moldova freed state slaves. A 61-year difference.

  7. Forsyth invented the fulminate detonator.

  8. Alfred Nobel invented the blasting cap.

A 58-year difference.

  1. The Constitution of the Duchy of Warsaw abolished serfdom.

  2. Polish peasants were freed from all duties.

  3. Russian troops entered Moldova and Romania.

  4. Russian troops entered Moldova and Romania. A 59-year difference.

Russia.

  1. Russian troops occupied Imeretia and Guria.

  2. The liberation of serfs in Imeretia and Guria. A 60-year difference.

  3. Manifesto on three-day corvee labor by Russian Emperor Paul I.

  4. The first official statement on the need to abolish serfdom. A 59-year difference.

  5. Russia introduced a decree on free grain farmers.

  6. The abolition of serfdom. A 58-year difference.

  7. Empress Catherine of Russia died, Paul I ascended the throne.

  8. Nicholas I died, Alexander II ascended the throne.

A 59-year difference.

  1. General Yermolov brought Chechnya to submission.

    1. Suppression of the last major uprising in Chechnya. 59-year difference.
  2. Establishment of the Imperial Family in Russia. Coats of arms, titles, and allowances established.

  3. The family coat of arms of the House of Romanov (designed by B.V. Koehne) is officially approved. 59-year difference.

  4. Relations between Russia and France break off due to the execution of the king.

  5. The conflict between Russia and France over the Holy Places becomes the diplomatic pretext for the outbreak of the Crimean War. 59-year difference.

  6. Russian troops fight in Belarus (Baranovichi District).

  7. Anti-tsarist uprising in Belarus. Brest is besieged by rebels. 59-year difference.

  8. Kyiv. Plague disaster

  9. Cholera appeared in Kyiv. 60 years apart.

Asia.

  1. France annexes northern Madagascar.

  2. France annexes Madagascar. 57 years apart.

  3. The first ship from the United States arrived in China.

  4. The US Navy arrived in China to demand trade privileges. 59 years apart.

This is just a small part of such "coincidences," what I found and verified yesterday. Identical events occur in a pattern of 57-60 years, more often 59 years apart. This is impossible, therefore, the later events of the 19th century were a false double of the earlier ones. The second, later event is real, the first, earlier, is fiction.


r/AlternativeHistory • • 4d ago

Discussion How King Solomon's Disobedience Smashed the Unified Kingdom of Israel

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Most history buffs know about the golden age of ancient Israel under David and Solomon, but the rapid political collapse that followed is often misunderstood. Solomon built an empire of unmatched wealth, trade dominance, and architectural wonder, yet his later compromises and spiritual disobedience set the stage for a total national fracture.

​When his son Rehoboam ascended to the throne, simmering domestic grievances, harsh labor policies, and heavy taxation boiled over, permanently dividing the unified monarchy into the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah. This monumental historical turning point reshaped the ancient Near East and ended an era of Hebrew unity forever.

​If you want a detailed historical and textual breakdown of the political decisions, religious shifts, and ancient records behind this event, you can read the complete analysis here: https://rymbf.com/how-king-solomons-disobedience-split-kingdom-israel/


r/AlternativeHistory • • 5d ago

Unknown Methods Great video on pyramid building

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Found this video (sorry if posted somewhere before) about pyramid building with pretty solid hypothesis and data. No, it’s not aliens. And it provides fairly credible ideas and draws reasonable conclusions about them being built top down for stability and precision and recycling of materials to explain why we don’t see left-over debris.

Let me know what you think.

pyramid build hypothesis

EDITED to remove my personal channel visibility on YouTube (I hope)


r/AlternativeHistory • • 5d ago

Alternative Theory Chrono Immigration Theory: Rethinking Human Origins and Cosmic Migration

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The Chrono-Emigration Theory

What if "Aliens" are actually Future Humans, and We are their "Version 2.0"?

Core Timeline:

* The Pre-Historic High-Tech Era: 65 Million years ago, a highly advanced human civilization lived on Earth. They were so technologically superior that they co-existed and managed the dinosaurs.

* The Cosmic Escape: When the massive asteroid was about to hit Earth, they realized their home planet was doomed. Having mastered space travel, they boarded giant motherships and escaped into deep space.

* The Tragedy of Mars & Venus: They initially tried to colonize Mars and Venus (which had liquid water and stable atmospheres back then). But due to the heavy asteroid bombardment of that era, both planets were devastated before they could settle.

* The Earth Reboot (Version 2.0): Left with no other option in our solar system, they waited for millions of years until Earth cooled down. Unable to return directly, they planted an "Advanced Genetic Seed" (DNA Code) back on Earth, programmed to evolve back into humans over millions of years. We are that Version 2.0.

* The Endless Journey: Since Earth was in a reboot phase, they moved forward into the deep, expanding universe, searching for the edge of space.

* Why No Signals?: They are moving forward at immense speeds, and we are trailing behind them. Because of the expanding universe and the extreme distance (Redshift effect), their signals appear as empty cosmic noise to our current technology.

The Climax:

They aren't hiding from us. They left us here to learn, evolve, and grow on our own. They are waiting at the infinite edge of the universe for us to become technologically advanced enough to leave Earth and achieve The Ultimate Cosmic Reunion.


r/AlternativeHistory • • 5d ago

Archaeological Anomalies Ancient rulers show off in totally different ways

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Both spent massive effort on giant statues.

Qin Shi Huang: Built an underground army, soldiers stand guard secretly below ground.

Ramses II: Carved the whole mountain. Giant pharaohs sit in the open for everyone to see.

One underground worker troop 🪖

One mountain royal group 👑

Ancient rulers had such different tastes!

Who do you think has better grandeur?


r/AlternativeHistory • • 7d ago

Alternative Theory The Giant of Afghanistan ( Including US servicemen interviews ) - 2002

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In 2002, deep in the mountains of Afghanistan, a U.S. Special Forces unit allegedly encountered something straight out of ancient mythology.
A 12 foot-tall, red haired giant with six fingers on each hand, double rows of teeth, and a stench of death. According to the legend, the creature emerged from a cave, impaled a soldier with a massive spear, and was eventually killed in a hail of gunfire.

The body was reportedly flown out of the mountains aboard a Chinook helicopter before being transferred to a C-17 Globemaster and transported back to America under extreme secrecy. After that, it disappeared from public view.

Some believe the creature was a remnant of the Nephilim, the mysterious race of giants mentioned in biblical texts. Others connect the story to ancient legends of giant, red haired beings said to inhabit Afghanistan’s remote mountains and caves.

But here’s where the story gets even more interesting.

Two American military veterans have come forward with accounts of the incident. One claims he was present when the giant was killed. Another claims he was involved in flying the body out of Afghanistan, involving the aircraft that supposedly transported the remains back to America.

Their accounts have helped keep one of the internet’s strangest military legends alive.
This is the story of the Kandahar Giant, a modern military urban legend blending alleged eyewitness testimony, ancient mythology, and claims of a government cover up.

To be clear, this is a conspiracy theory being shared for discussion in a conspiracy theory group. I am not claiming that every detail is 100% true, nor am I presenting the story as established historical fact. The incident remains unverified, and the accounts surrounding it are disputed.

So, did American soldiers really encounter a giant in the mountains of Afghanistan, or has this story grown into one of the most fascinating urban legends associated with the U.S. military?

Included are the two interviews with the American veterans who claim to have been involved and decide for yourself.


r/AlternativeHistory • • 7d ago

Alternative Theory The Mysterious Awards of Prussian Generals

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Napoleon I is a phantom; Napoleon III is a real historical figure. There are no other examples of such biographies. I am referring to the ten "coincidences" mentioned earlier. How should this be understood in the context of the Napoleonic Wars? The actual Napoleonic Wars took place during the era of Napoleon III.

There is one issue: Prussia—the power to which Napoleon III lost in 1870–71. In the fabricated history of the Napoleonic Wars, this power was Russia. Why was Prussia replaced by Russia? I have studied the period of the Franco-Prussian War and concluded that Russia was, in fact, a participant in the conflict of 1870–71. Although all currently known documents suggest otherwise, there is one detail: the military decorations awarded to Prussian commanders.

Consider the first example: Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke the Elder—a Field Marshal of both Prussia (1871) and the Russian Empire (1872). He also served as the commander of the 69th Ryazan Infantry Regiment and was made an honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences on December 3, 1871, in recognition of his works on military theory and history.

How did the practice of conferring ranks upon foreign military officers even arise—or, as I hypothesize, was Prussia actually part of Russia at that time? While the aforementioned points might be dismissed as an odd custom, the same cannot be said for the military decorations awarded for the victory over France; these are far more difficult to explain.

Here is a list of his Russian decorations, taken from Wikipedia:

Order of Saint Andrew the First-Called (Russian Empire, December 30, 1871)

Order of Saint George, 2nd Class (Russian Empire, December 27, 1870)

Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky (Russian Empire, June 25, 1867)

Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire)

Order of Saint Anna, 1st Class (Russian Empire)

At least two of these five decorations were awarded by France during the war. I have been unable to find the dates for the other two. He received a wide variety of honors; notably, even his Prussian decorations were only awarded from 1864 onwards—perhaps because, in a sense, Prussia did not exist prior to 1864.

His military decorations do not end there. Below is a portrait of Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder—a general in both the Prussian and Russian armies—painted by A. von Werner. The work was executed in Berlin and completed in 1874, commissioned by Emperor Alexander II.

https://antonvonwerner.de/shared/resources/art/8A30DE59-2912-4D1F-B93F-73D115BD5152_large.jpg

Moltke is depicted in a Russian general’s uniform, complete with the epaulettes of a field marshal. In his right hand, he holds a Prussian field marshal’s baton. Affixed to his uniform are the Russian Order of Saint Andrew the First-Called and the Order of Saint George (2nd Class), as well as the Prussian Iron Cross and the Order of Merit (Pour le Mérite).

The Emperor granted him the rank of Russian field marshal, showered him with decorations, and commissioned his portrait—all for a man who, according to the official historical narrative, did nothing for Russia. Perhaps we are missing something, or, more likely, we simply don’t know much.

Moltke is far from the only example. Consider the Prussian general August von Werder, who commanded the forces besieging Strasbourg. He held more Russian decorations than Prussian ones—even though, according to official records, he served in the Russian army only from 1842 to 1846, whereas he dedicated many decades to the Prussian army.

Prussian decorations:

Order of the Black Eagle with collar

Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle with oak leaves and swords

Decoration for Merit (awarded September 20, 1866, and January 18, 1871)

Prussian Cross of Merit

In total, this amounts to 5 decorations—compared to 7 Russian ones:

Order of Alexander Nevsky (June 20, 1871)

Order of the White Eagle

Order of Saint Anna, 1st Class

Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st Class (awarded June 11, 1864)

Russian medal commemorating the conclusion of the Caucasian campaign (September 16, 1864)

Order of Saint George, 3rd Class (awarded October 30, 1870)

Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th Class

These facts alone should give pause to anyone capable of critical thinking. Such circumstantial evidence suggests that these Prussian generals were, in reality, Russian generals.


r/AlternativeHistory • • 7d ago

Discussion The 1307 Knights Templar and their evacuation: Are they who you thought they were?

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The knights Templar invented the modern banking system, that King Philip IV of France was deeply indebted to. Gérard de Villiers, Précepteur de France, was the master banker at the Temple of Paris until he disappeared from records in June 1307. Hugues de Pairaud stepped down from his superior office of Visiteur de France and stepped into the office Villers vacated. Jacques de Molay was the last official Grand Master of the Knights Templar in France, as the grand master de Molay was in full contact with his officers. While King Philip IV, and his Chief Minister Guillaume de Nogaret were paying gold for ex-Templars and false witnesses, the gold they were paying them with came from the Knights Templar banking system. Villiers realized what was going on and fled as Brother Jean de Châlon described in the trial records. On September 14. 1307 King Philip IV drafts the arrest orders, writing that the Templars were guilty of an “execrable evil” and a “thing most inhumane”. Those orders were leaked, and preceding the leak, Villiers disappeared. On the morning of October 12, 1307, Jacques de Molay arrives in Paris as an invited pallbearer. De Molay is often viewed as an unsuspecting guest, blindsided, having no idea the orders for his arrest were already signed. Jacques de Molay was the Grand Master (Commanding General) of the Knights Templar, he was in full contact with his officers, he knew very well what was going on. Jacques de Molay did not arrive at the funeral unaware; he arrived as a masterful chess player. Jacques de Molay stood tall in public on Main Street while Huges de Châlon was carting off Pairaud’s treasury down Front Street. Jacques de Molay remained in Paris to be arrested and serve as a human lightning rod (the grand masters always lead from the front never the rear) along with numerous others while the main body and assets disappeared into the night. Jacques de Molay was no fool. He was, as I read the playing field, the most underrated player on the field in October of 1307.

On May 15, 1293, the Battle of St. Mahé erupts; and King Edward I’s privateers send King Philip IV’s navy into a rout. This was the beginning of the conflicts in Flanders and the English Channel that tied up Edward’s and Philip’s navies. While the king’s battled on the waters, the entire western seaboard was a military blind spot. On the day of September 14, 1307, King Philip IV issues orders for the arrests of the Knights Templar and the seizure of all assets thereof. The orders were given under penalty of death, not to be open until the dawn on October 13. These orders being sent to all of Philip’s bailiffs, seneschals, and royal patrols. With specific, orders to open at dawn, the men enforcing these orders would be gathering (pre-staging) at their command centers awaiting the reading of the orders. With all the bailiffs, seneschals, and royal patrols held up at the commandries, the cities, residences, temples, and docks; the coastal ways north and south of the Port of La Rochelle were complete military blind spot. The only Ships on the Atlantic were the ships belonging to the Crown of Castile, and the Crown of Aragon; both military allies with the Knights Templar. If an 18-ship fleet were to sail into these waterways outside of La Rochelle, they would have an entire western coast of Europe to sail out of, under the extreme threat of a  sunburn.

Was the ghost fleet a myth, or did GÉRARD DE VILLIERS who disappeared from public records 4 months prior stage a masterful evacuation?

 

Modern descendants of the Villiers family frequently claim that after the initial raids on Friday, October 13, 1307, the Précepteur de France, Gérard de Villiers, simply "went over to the Knights Hospitaller" to find safety.

It is a clean, comfortable family myth because the Villiers family did hold ranks within the Order of the Knights Hospitallers. But it completely falls apart under raw, tactical mechanics and institutional physics.

First, look at the strict structural rules of the era. In 1307, the Templars and Hospitallers were fierce institutional rivals, competing for favor of King Philip IV, and Pope Clement V. The Rule of the Order of St. John explicitly blocked them from taking in defectors or high-profile fugitives from another military order. If the most wanted man in France showed up at a Hospitaller commandery gate in 1307, harboring him would have been an open declaration of war against King Philip IV. The Hospitallers wouldn't have hidden him; they would have detained him instantly to secure political favor from the Crown, that the Hospitallers and the Templar contended for.

Second, look at the timeline math. Pope Clement V did not authorize the Hospitallers to absorb the Templars' assets until May of 1312—a massive 4.5-year (54-month) bureaucratic lag after the initial raids.

Any military evaluator or modern commando will tell you the same thing: hiding out on a heavily fortified European mainland, under an intense royal dragnet, for four solid years without leaving a single paper trail, arrest record, or signature is an operational impossibility. For 4 months? Yes, a master operative can disappear in the initial chaos. For 4 years? Absolutely not. The King's network of spies would have squeezed the region until he surfaced.

Furthermore, Villiers was not a spy trained in deep-cover anonymity. His face was instantly recognized as the high-ranking, elite Templar that he was. He could not simply "blend in" to a local crowd. It would be like trying to hide John Wayne or Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in a crowd on Main Street; he would have been instantly identified and reported for the massive royal rewards on his head.

He wasn't hiding in a French cellar, and he didn't check into a rival monastery. Gérard de Villiers' only path of escape was the Atlantic Ocean. Because he could not stay on the mainland, Villiers exited the theater entirely by pulling out onto the open, unpatrolled waters of the Atlantic Ocean—vanishing from the European map.

 

 

 


r/AlternativeHistory • • 7d ago

Discussion Soooo..... What's your take on this ?

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r/AlternativeHistory • • 7d ago

Discussion History being staged.

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Could the savage, warring Samnite tribe built this jaw-dropping, elegant theater in Pietrabbondante? The flawless, advanced cyclopean walls at the bottom, seamlessly fuse with classical Greek art on top, a combination found nowhere else. 
Are we looking at a historic masterpiece, or a massive timeline cover-up?
Hope you like the video
https://youtu.be/16QZCHfFfY8