Podcasts that mention 📚 Hamlet's mill by Giorgio De Santillana

They wrote an immense book in the 1960s called 'Hamlet's Mill'.

Graham Hancock discusses the book 'Hamlet's Mill' by Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend, which presents a groundbreaking perspective on the phenomenon of precession. This book significantly influences his own research.

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And there's very solid scholarly backing for this in a book I've mentioned to you before, which is called Hamlet's Mill by Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend.

In this episode, Graham Hancock refers to the book 'Hamlet's Mill' as a source of scholarly evidence supporting ancient astronomical knowledge. He highlights its relevance in academic discussions during his conversation.

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But these guys, Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend in an amazing piece of work called 'Hamlet's Mill' strongly dispute that. And they suggest that we're looking at an extremely ancient knowledge of precession, a worldwide heritage of a lost civilization to which all subsequent civilizations in all parts of the globe, forgetful of the source of the precious legacy they received, are the ungrateful heirs. Giorgio de Santillana was a professor of the history of science at MIT. Hertha von Dechend was a professor of the history of science at Frankfurt University, so they're no lightweights. They refer to the fact that a series of numbers keep cropping up in ancient myths all over the world associated with imagery. And those numbers are all based on the number 72.

Graham Hancock references a book by Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend titled 'Hamlet's Mill' when discussing knowledge of precession in ancient cultures. He uses it to demonstrate a point about processional numbers.

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