The Days of Peleg

Publisher: 
Enoch Press
Baltimore, Marylan

This is a work of fiction. The events and characters described here are imaginary and are not intended to refer to specific places or living persons. The opinions expressed in this manuscript are solely the opinions of the author and do not represent the opinions or thoughts of the publisher.

The Days of Peleg
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Copyright © 2007 Jon Saboe
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Disclaimer

This is a work of fiction and all characters in this book are the products of the author’s imagination. Any similarities with actual persons, living or dead, are purely coincidental (with one obvious exception). Historical figures and locations are also presented fictitiously.

Dedication

To Dave Ranck, my friend and fellow programmer, who encouraged me at the inception of this work.

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Acknowledgements

First I must thank my lovely and gracious wife, Valory, for her patience and support as she endured my long evenings—and the frequent visits to the computer in the middle of the night as I was struck by new brainstorms.

I also wish to thank my brother, Tracy, for his work on editing and critiquing the manuscript, and for his discovery of numerous inconsistencies.

Others who read through portions of the manuscript (while it was still a work in progress) are: Cherelle Robertson; Deborah Robertson; Della Rembert; Rob Smith; and my cover illustrator, Joe Zucker. I am most thankful for their observations, comments, and corrections.

I wish to express a very special note of thanks to Dr. Jack Cuozzo and Dr. Ruth Beechick, who both graciously agreed to read through this book before publication, and offered their invaluable insight and expert wisdom. I am forever indebted to their unsolicited kindness and generosity.

All remaining errors and discrepancies are due solely to my own ineptitude and/or intractability, and I take full responsibility for them.

Finally, I would like to acknowledge the following sources: The epigraph for chapter 27 is taken from Job 26:7. The epigraph for chapter 31 is a quote from
The Neurotic’s Notebook
by Mignon McLaughlin, and the one for chapter 32 is by Kurt Vonnegut. The rest are contrivances of my own making. Also, the opening to chapter 33 was stolen from the fourth chapter of Job, and may be perceived by some to be grievously misapplied.

Introduction

M
odern researchers in archeology (and to some extent, anthropology) are currently trapped in a self-imposed dilemma as they attempt to explain or rationalize the growing number of ‘out-of-place artifacts’ (collectively known as
OOPARTS
) that are constantly being discovered—both in archeological digs and in ancient writings.

A diatonic flute carved from a bear bone found in a Neanderthal cave. Advanced metallurgy in ancient South America—including platinum jewelry. Star charts of the constellation Orion carved onto a mammoth’s tusk, and a table for calculating human gestation periods on another.

Golden models that look like jets—complete with elevator flaps on their wings. A planetary calculating device (utilizing differential gears) numerically displaying relative planetary positions along with lunar cycles and solar eclipses.
¹
Stone walls in South America covered with carved faces depicting all of the known races of humanity—plus some undeterminable. The 35-ton slab of man-made purple glass found at the foundation of Snefru’s pyramid at Dahshur.

Maps produced in the 1300s and 1400s (which claimed to be researched from much older maps) showing an ice-free Antarctica, comprised of two large land masses—exactly as it currently exists
underneath
miles of ice. Strangely, these maps accurately reflect errors consistent with ancient Egyptian inaccuracies of the earth’s size and circumference, implying that the
original
maps were discovered and “corrected” by the Egyptians, becoming the source maps for those done in the middle ages.
²

Documentation and evidence for sophisticated medical practices such as dental cavity fillings, reliable pregnancy tests, cataract removal, and cosmetic surgery.

But probably the most impressive testimonies to humanity’s ancient accomplishments are the monuments themselves: gigantic megaliths which are scattered around the globe; and still challenge our twenty-first century minds as we attempt to contemplate how they were built.

What first comes to mind are the seventy-story pyramids of Egypt: but what are often overlooked are the pyramids and other monuments build in South America—including entire cities built at over 2 miles above sea level; some of which used perfectly fitted stones weighing more than 400 tons! (Totally immovable by
any
modern equipment.) Not to mention the underwater pyramids found off of the coasts of Japan and Costa Rica.
³

The two horns of the aforementioned dilemma are this: Modern archaeologists and anthropologists find themselves in one of two camps. The majority (“consensus”
⁴
) view is to regard all such discoveries as though they did not exist. It is assumed that any find or research that contradicts the reigning paradigm is erroneous, and is summarily dismissed or ignored.

The alternate camp, often regarded as the fringe or “crackpot” view, actively studies these enigmas, and generally ascribes their existence to extra-terrestrial intelligences or “ancient astronauts”. It should be pointed out that
this
group is actually the more “scientific” of the two, since they at least
acknowledge
the evidence and attempt to follow it where it leads.

The novel,
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller, examines this dilemma in the setting of a futuristic, yet regressive, post-atomic holocaust society attempting to decipher advanced archaeological data from our current, technological era. The moral of the story is this: The researcher and historian always carry their own blindness and presuppositions with them, and, as a result, can never comprehend, objectively, the object of their study. Only as our own technology grows can we begin to understand the meaning and purpose behind many of the ancient artifacts and documents that are just now being discovered.

I began this introduction by saying that this dilemma was “self-imposed”. Both camps are constrained by the naturalistic blinders of Darwinism which presume (in typical arrogant, Victorian chauvinism) that the history of mankind has been a steady assent up the hill of progress—a journey which began in the brutish ignorance of prehistory. Simply put, ancient man was too stupid, and too primitive to accomplish any of the technologies that continue to be unearthed.

This presupposition
forces
any researcher (if they are determined to follow the evidence) into the fringe camp. Since superior intelligence is required for OOPARTS, and since everyone
knows
that ancient man could not provide it, they are forced to solicit intelligence from elsewhere.

However, if one removes the archaic, darwinistic cobwebs from one’s mind, a third alternative appears; one which satisfies the true scientist's curiosity, and yet allows him or her to engage in legitimate research—not the specious speculations of extraterrestrial “what-ifs”, or the anthropologist's insistence that all early societies should be analyzed in the light of their inevitable “primitive” superstitions. (i.e. Any unidentifiable artifact is inevitably assumed to have been used in “tribal religious ceremonies”, and any other possible use is summarily dismissed.)

The radical, liberating thought which emerges after stepping out from under Naturalism’s shadow is this:

What if humanity has always been intelligent?

What if the human race was placed on earth, complete with innate abilities in language, abstract thought, and independent decision making? What if, regardless of whether they chose to live in caves, jungles, or cities, they were endowed with comparable mental abilities—regardless of how they chose to demonstrate it? (Even today there is no such thing as a non-complex, “primitive” language.)

What if we have always had unlimited imaginations, sarcasm, vices, and other attributes which make us distinctly human?

The Days of Peleg
attempts to encompass this alternate paradigm in the guise of a historical science-fiction novel.

The great author, Isaac Asimov, once instructed aspiring science-fiction writers to limit the number of impossibilities in their books to “one per story”. This meant that, if you are going to include faster than light travel in your novel, don’t also include telepathy or time travel. Your audience may suspend disbelief once, but will become less accommodating as more is required of them.

I have attempted to do one better in
The Days of Peleg
. Throughout this book I have endeavored to ensure that everything within it is at least
possible
. These pages explore a line of history that
could
have happened.

One final note: Powers far greater than mine have asked me to explain that, chronologically, the events in chapter 1 occur between chapters 30 and 31.

Jon Saboe
December, 2006

Contents

• Part I:
  The Seeker
  
• Part II:
  The Search
  
• Part III:
  The Source
  
• Part IV:
  The Seed
  
• Afterword
  : Fact vs. Fiction
  
• Appendix A
  : What the Sumerians Knew
  
• Appendix B
  : Essay on the Origin of Races by Shem
  
• Appendix C
  : Recommended Reading
  
• Appendix D
  : Glossary
  

Part I

The Seeker