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mals. The highlighted area of China in figure 23 is the widest in the Horn of Plenty and, not surprisingly, China domesticated the greatest number of crops. The Chinese have lost much of their heritage, and I believe that there are many archaeological trea- sures from ancient China yet to be excavated. India domesticated the second largest number of crops. Recent investigations by David Frawley and his associates have lifted the veil over ancient India. We are beginning to see that India is much older than most of us have suspected. The person who first attempted to push back the clock for India was called "the Beloved Leader of the People"—Bal Gangadhar Tilak, who was jailed by the British in 1897 for seditious writings. While in prison, Tilak read deeply in all the Vedic literature, and when released he wrote a book called The Arctic Home in the Vedas. Tilak summarised a key passage from the Zend-Avesta, the oldest saga of Iran: Ahura Mazda warns Yima, the first king of men, of the approach of a dire winter, which is to destroy every living creature by covering the land with a thick sheet of ice, and advises Yima to build a Vara, or an enclosure, to preserve the seeds of every kind of animal and plant. Yima escaped from Airyana Vaéjo (the island-paradise now at the pole) in a ship which, like Noah's Ark, survived the Flood. Now, I believe that Tilak was right about the ice-covered island at the pole, but I think it was Antarctica, not in the Arctic. The so-called "Fertile Crescent", where wheat, barley, goats, pigs and sheep were first domesticated, is a sub-section of the large Horn of Plenty. which was recorded by the ancient Sumerians. The myth of this lost land bears an uncanny resemblance to the mythology of the Haida of British Columbia. The ancient Sumerians tell of a time, long ago, when their ancestors lived on the island of Dilmun. Like the great village of mals. The highlighted area of China in figure 23 is the widest in _ the Haida, life on this land was carefree until the sky-god and the the Horn of Plenty and, not surprisingly, China domesticated the flood-god decided to destroy humankind by changing the sky and greatest number of crops. The Chinese have lost much of their bringing a worldwide Flood. Survivors escaped in a large ship heritage, and I believe that there are many archaeological trea- which took them to a new land, where they landed upon a moun- sures from ancient China yet to be excavated. tain-top. Russian scientists have linked the Haida and the ancient India domesticated the second largest number of crops. Recent Sumerians linguistically and it seems that they both may have investigations by David Frawley and his associates have lifted the shared a common heritage from Atlantis. veil over ancient India. We are beginning to see that India is And now we come to Egypt. I remember the first conversation much older than most of us have suspected. Thad with [Egyptology writer] John West. He asked me where I The person who first attempted to push back the clock for India thought the Egyptians might have been during the Flood. I was called "the Beloved Leader of the People"—Bal Gangadhar replied that I thought that they might have been in the highlands | i ere we must mention the lost island-paradise of "Dilmun" Sort Care Tilak, who was jailed by the British in 1897 for seditious writings. of Ethiopia, which were midway between the current and former path of the equator. This tropical oasis was Fig. 24 we aru a place of refuge from the rising ocean and it contained a freshwater lake, Lake Tana (figure 22). From Lake Tana, survivors of the crustal displacement could follow the Blue Nile downstream to an area near pre- sent-day Sudan where the Blue and White Nile tributaries merge to form the Nile River. There, near present-day Khartoum, emerged a culture known as the Nubia, where agriculture began around 10,000 BC—the very date that Plato's Egyptian priest said that Atlantis was destroyed. There is another highland tropical oasis in Thailand. At Spirit Cave we find the earli- est known experiments with the domestica- tion of rice. And no doubt we'll eventually find other archaeological sites near here. On the exact opposite side of the globe lies Lake Titicaca (figure 23). Like Lake Tana, it was a high-altitude freshwater lake that ultimately came to rest at the same distance from the equator after the displacement as it was before, creating ideal conditions for survival. This area was the site of the origin of the domestication of potatoes. So on Lake Titicaca, this high-altitude freshwater lake, are the remains of JUNE - JULY 1998 NEXUS - 59