Weapons of the Gods H A A C A D OW NCIENT LIEN IVILIZATIONS LMOST ESTROYED E THE ARTH W G EAPONS OF THE ODS By N R , ICK EDFERN author of Bloodline of the Gods Copyright © 2016 by Nick Redfern All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written permission from the publisher, The Career Press. WEAPONS OF THE GODS EDITED BY JODI BRANDON TYPESET BY EILEEN MUNSON Cover illustration by noir33 Printed in the U.S.A. To order this title, please call toll-free 1-800-CAREER-1 (NJ and Canada: 201- 848-0310) to order using VISA or MasterCard, or for further information on books from Career Press. The Career Press, Inc. 12 Parish Drive Wayne, NJ 07470 www.careerpress.com www.newpagebooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data CIP Data Available Upon Request. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to offer my very sincere thanks and deep appreciation to everyone at New Page Books and Career Press, particularly Michael Pye, Laurie Kelly- Pye, Lauren Manoy, Jeff Piasky, Adam Schwartz, and Jodi Brandon; and to all the staff at Warwick Associates for their fine promotion and publicity campaigns. And a special thank you goes out to my literary agent, Lisa Hagan, without whom you would not be reading these words. CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1 Nukes of the Gods Chapter 2 Targeted for Destruction Chapter 3 Cities Turned to Radioactive Ash Chapter 4 An Alien Attack on a Pharaoh Chapter 5 The Strange Saga of the Iron Thunderbolt Chapter 6 Top Guns Over Ancient India Chapter 7 Aerial Anomaly vs. Misidentification Chapter 8 Radioactive Skeletons? Chapter 9 Creating a Crater With an Atomic Bomb Chapter 10 Atomic Armageddon in the United States of America Chapter 11 The Battle of Crater Lake Chapter 12 Death in the Valley Chapter 13 Tales of Alien Death Rays Chapter 14 Electricity in Ancient Egypt Chapter 15 An Alien Secret Weapon? Chapter 16 From Atomic War to Ice Age Chapter 17 Mars Attacks Chapter 18 Scotland’s Vitrified Forts Chapter 19 Armageddon Above, Survival Below Chapter 20 We Enter the Atomic Age Chapter 21 Secrets of the Past Chapter 22 From Past to Present Conclusions Chapter Notes Bibliography Index About the Author INTRODUCTION The Cold War is long gone, as is the Soviet Union. But as numerous post– 9/11 events have demonstrated, the world is still a dangerous place. In fact, it’s very dangerous. And it’s getting even more dangerous by the day. In 2015 alone, we saw Chinese hackers infiltrate and steal files on millions of Americans. The Russians began to flex their muscles even more. There was talk of the military minions of Vladimir Putin placing new atomic arsenals in the heart of Europe, something which—if it happens—may force the United States to do likewise, as a vital counter-measure. North Korea continued to be a big problem on the nuclear front, as did Iran. A Russian passenger plane, en route to Egypt, was blasted out of the sky, killing everyone onboard. November 2015 brought a shocking terrorist attack in Paris, France, as well as threats against Brussels, Belgium. And on top of that, in the same month, the Turkish military shot down a Russian fighter plane, something that provoked worried words that a Russian- NATO confrontation might well be almost inevitable. Then, in December, a pair of terrorists went on a rampage in California. As a result of all these combined and worrying issues, dark murmurings suggest that the threat of all-out, worldwide, atomic war—which subsided, to everyone’s relief, in the 1980s and 1990s—is about to rise, once again. This time, to stratospheric proportions, and maybe even beyond. The unthinkable may be just around the corner. We’re talking about World War Three and with no way back from the brink. The end of the world as we know it? Perhaps. But let’s hope not. Or, maybe, we’re talking about our own potential extermination becoming just the latest in a long line of Armageddon-style events; ones in which ancient civilizations and cultures were destroyed, and after which slow and torturous processes of recovery began. Is it possible that our civilization is, in reality, just the latest in a long line of many? Did previous cultures blossom, develop, and thrive, only to be destroyed by something akin to the very same atomic technology that threatens our entire society today? Was that technology created and unleashed by hostile extraterrestrials (ETs), ones with very little care, regard, or thought for the poor inhabitants of planet Earth? Even more incredible, could some of that very same technology have been shared with certain ancient, elite humans? Might we, then, be talking about atomic confrontations involving aliens and humans? These—and many more—are the controversial and thought-provoking questions at the heart of Weapons of the Gods. Quite reasonably, the skeptic might say: Where is the evidence? The answer is, for many, shockingly simple. For them, the evidence is everywhere. It’s a case of knowing where to look for it that really counts. But, how we interpret that same evidence is important, too. In the pages that follow, I take us on a disturbing journey into the distant past, into the worlds of forgotten lands, of unknown people, and of long-dead civilizations largely relegated to the domains of folklore and legend. I show how —time and time again—catastrophic events of an atomic nature may have decimated major portions of the planet, eradicating entire cultures and killing people on scales we can scarcely begin to imagine or comprehend. As will become apparent, atomic warfare in the past appears to have been very different from what we would likely see occur in our civilization today. God forbid it ever happens, but if World War Three does erupt, in all likelihood it will quickly transform from localized confrontations—perhaps beginning on the border of South Korea and North Korea, or in the disputed waters off the coast of China—to an all-out atomic exchange between the West, China, and Russia. In no more than mere hours, our civilization will be over and obliterated. Forever. There will be no going back. And there will hardly be any going forward, either. The planet, too, will suffer incredible damage, particularly to the eco-system and the atmosphere. Life will be grim for the few bands of survivors —and not just for decades. Maybe for centuries. We might even be talking about for millennia. In considerable contrast to all that, however, is a situation that may have occurred long ago. Most, if not all, of the available data that points in the direction of atomic exchanges thousands of years ago suggests not worldwide wars, but localized confrontations—possibly involving the equivalents of what today are known as “tactical” atomic weapons. Of course, for the people directly caught up in the deadly attacks, the end result would have been the same as it might very well be for us one day. The big difference, however, is that, whereas the ancient wars may have caused major damage to both the Earth and its people, we’re not talking about worldwide, near-annihilation. “Localized destruction” would be a