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The Ancient Paths
The Ancient Paths: Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe | Graham Robb
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Graham Robb's new book will change the way you see European civilization. Inspired by a chance discovery, Robb became fascinated with the world of the Celts: their gods, their art, and, most of all, their sophisticated knowledge of science. His investigations gradually revealed something extaordinary: a lost map, of an empire constructed with precision and beauty across vast tracts of Europe. The map had been forgotten for almost two millennia and its implications were astonishing. Minutely researched and rich in revelations, The Ancient Paths brings to life centuries of our distant history and reinterprets pre-Roman Europe. Told with all of Robb's grace and verve, it is a dazzling, unforgettable book.
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rwmg
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The author's theory is that the Druids were ancient geocachers who used meridiens, and solstice and equinox lines to construct a mental grid mapping Gaul, Iberia, and Britain, which was then used to site oppida, tribal boundaries and battlefields.

He may be on to something, but I suspect that if you look at enough scattered points and lines on a map you can find a pattern.

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rwmg
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Not much sunlight today 😠

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the world of the Celts: their gods, their art, their sophisticated knowledge of science, the authors travels reveal a lost map of an empire constructed with precision and beauty across vast tracts of Europe. The Ancient Paths bring to life centuries of our distant history and reinterprets pre-Roman Europe. “ #nonfiction reads✨🌳

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DeeLeeBooks
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Very cool so far! ☺️ #nonfiction #history

mollyrotondo Hmm this seems interesting 5y
DeeLeeBooks I find it a little over my head with some of the scientific calculations in regards to mapping and celestial positioning, but I love to learn. ☺️ 5y
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Megara
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I‘m only on page 37 because I literally need a break after every other paragraph from having my mind blown. 🤯

#HistoryIsRomanPropaganda?

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Megara
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“Since the Middle Ages, scientific wisdom has accumulated like interest in a savings account, but in the days of the ancient Celts, whole tribes and empires vanished within a few decades of were reduced to relict populations with no means of reproduction.”

Sounds about right. 😂

#bibliomancy @TheReadingMermaid #divination #lovelife

rwmg Sometimes people come here asking for Jim, asking for, like, rides or loans.

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Megara @rwmg 😂 Good one. 6y
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