First and foremost, of course, we wish to acknowledge the patience, tolerance and invaluable assistance of our wives Caroline and Kate.
We have many friends who have helped us across the years, academics, mathematicians, engineers, astronomers, biblical scholars and even some archaeologists. We thank you all but we would like to record our special thanks to the following people:
The late Professor Alexander Thom, without whose lifetime’s work and rigorous surveying none of our own research or investigations would have been possible;
Edmund Sixsmith, a London-based civil engineer and long-time champion of Alexander Thom who has picked up the gauntlet for our cause to push for a proper academic debate on our reconstruction of a super-science from prehistory, which he has designated the ‘Knight & Butler Symmetries’;
James Russell, a civil engineer from Northern Ireland who has conducted a range of highly impressive experiments to demonstrate how Neolithic astronomers would have measured the dimensions of the Earth with great accuracy;
Professor Philip Davies, a biblical scholar who has provided expert opinion over the years and has helped in every way he can, including introducing us to other experts;
Dr Jack Miller, a Cambridge University geologist who first alerted us to the reality of Noah’s Flood and to the fact that Rosslyn could never have been part of an intended collegiate church;
Professor Archie Roy, the astronomer who was first to confirm that our suggested pendulum method of timing stars explains the Megalithic Yard;
Robert Bauval, freethinking gentleman Egyptologist who first identified the correlation of Orion’s Belt with the Giza pyramids and has been very supportive of our investigations;
Dr Thomas Brophy, an astrophysicist for sharing his discoveries of super-ancient astronomical observatories in the Sahara;
Michael Mann, our publisher for his ongoing support and continued wise guidance;
Penny Stopa, our ever patient publishing manager who managed to deal with a very late manuscript when new discoveries impinged on deadlines. Our thanks also go to Shelagh Boyd, out tireless editor, and Paul Saunders who ‘set’ above and beyond the call of duty.