Wolter a copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. At a book release party for our book, the kensington rune stone. Scott is also the author of several books, including the kensington rune stone. In 2005, scott wolter coauthored a book entitled the kensington rune stone. Mysteries of the kensington runestone are also mentioned in this book knights templar or vikings on the prairie. This book depicts a continent emerging as both a bloody battleground between native americans and europeans and a place where alien cultures began to mesh. Compelling new evidence in 1898, a minnesota farmer clearing trees from his field uprooted a large stone carved with mysterious runes. Kensington rune stone deception disguised as scholarship. The kensington runestone is a 202pound 92 kg slab of greywacke covered in runes on its face and side. Its something that puts settlers in america well before columbus. Key to the secret history of north america, and his new book, cryptic code of the templars in america.
Through the presentation of compelling new evidence this book answers the many nagging questions that have eluded investigators for over 100 years. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. Wolter present new evidence in favor of the authenticity of the krs runes, including a discussion of the larsson letters and wolters petrographic analysis. How often does one find a book which combines history, anthropology, geology, mystery, modern analytical method. If you are a longtime reader of this blog, you are undoubtedly familiar with the legend of the kensington runestone, a runecovered stone. The kensington runestone with scott wolter giants of the. Compelling new evidence by richard nielsen 20050101 on. Minnesota geologist maintains authenticity of kensington. His latest book in the series, cryptic code of the templars in america, is due out in early september of 2019. Now known as the kensington rune stone, it details a journey of land acquisition in the year 62. Some were not previously known by most family members. Compelling new evidence is both a forensic inquisition and engaging mystery. Kensington rune stone secondary geodetic code elements in 2010, a minneapolisbased musician, mark limburg, published a book, the kensington rune stone. Compelling new evidence, which can be purchased at a lower price at.
Beginning in 2000 and culminating with the publication of his book, kensington rune stone. This paper presents the detailed description of a recent discovery by the author he calls the, ritual code on the kensington rune stone. Compelling new evidence, richard nielsen and scott f. In a new book coming out in november of 2005, the kensington runestone. Defying critics and skeptics, the authors dig deep into the history of the kensington rune stone andusing a combination of hard science, historical research and common senseconclusively prove that the stone slab is a genuine medieval artifact. Through the presentation of compelling new evidence this book answers the many nagging questions that have puzzled investigators for the over 100 years.
Compelling new evidence, another minnesota geologist, scott wolter, performed modern scientific tests on the stone and the carvings. Through the presentation of compelling new evidence, this bookanswers the many nagging questions that have puzzled investigators for over 100 years. And a good companion is the exhaustive scientific analysis of the stone and its runes, the kensington rune stone. Kensington runestone authenticity testing also used on. Compelling new evidence, much effort was directed toward gathering together old family documents. The kensington runestone compelling new evidence this book really lays out the evidence for the stone s authenticity, including the geologic evidence and the linguistic evidence including ancient swedish runes that were discovered in the 1900s but are also inscribed on the runestone. Key to the secret history of north america, akhenaten to the founding fathers. New evidence presented in dassel on the authenticity of the. Compelling new evidence, that presents a large body of research that conclusively. Scott is the author of several books including, the kensington rune stone.
New evidence presented in dassel on the authenticity of. The results of their research present a compelling and convincing case. Moen presented new evidence discovered in the past 25 years by scott wolter, geologist and president of the american petrographic services, along with dr. The existence of another new code embedded within the inscription was first realized by the author during the lecture portion of the select master degree, the second of three degrees within the cryptic degrees of york rite freemasonry. Scott has been president of american petrographic services, inc. In some cases they served linguistic purposes, in others they were part of various. Compelling new evidence in 2005, and his latest research is recounted in the justpublished book, the hooked x. The mysteries of the hooked x and cryptic code of the templars in america. A minnesota geologist thinks the controversial kensington runestone is the real thing and there is evidence. Scott fred wolter books list of books by author scott. In vikings in the attic, eric dregni tracks down and explores the significant and quite often bizarre historic sites, tales, and traditions of scandinavias peculiar colony in the midwest. Compelling new evidence 2005 available from its publisher. Kensington runestone revisited research minnesota historical.
Compelling new evidence has 1 available editions to buy at half price books. Compelling new evidence in 2005, and his latest research is recounted in the justpublished book. The cryptic code with scott wolter 1216 by barbara delong. The newest testing, a stateoftheart 3d imaging project mapping the kensington runestone, was conducted last thursday at the runestone museum. This is the history they left out of the textbooksthanks to cormac obrien, the forgotten history of america will be forgotten no more. In the selection we believe the reader can see that these were mostly family letters that noone dreamed would ever become public. Key to the secret history of north america and akhenaten to the founding fathers.
Compelling new evidence paperback june 1 2005 by richard nielsen author 4. Swedish scholar finds new evidence that the kensington. In the us that means the kensington rune stone, the heavener rune stone and the newport ri tower get some additional attention. Richard nielsen, who together coauthored the book the kensington rune stone. The kensington rune stone has been the subject of passionate debate over its authenticity since it was discovered in the roots of a tree near kensington, minnesota,by olof ohman in 1898. The kensington rune stone has been the subject of passionate debate over its authenticity since it was discovered in the roots of a tree near kensington, minnesota, by olof ohman in 1898. When asked about the degree, the university of minnesota could find no evidence of wolters claim and they maintain such records all the way back to 1932. Years ago, i wrote a piece for the newsletter of the denver chapter of the colorado archaeological society about proposed evidence for viking exploration into north america moore 2001. A swedish immigrant, olof ohman, reported that he discovered it in 1898 in the largely rural township of solem, douglas county, minnesota, and named it after the nearest settlement, kensington. Not very far north and 27 years before the discovery of the kensington rune stone, an old fire steel was added to the medieval norse specimens located at the oslos university museum. I wrote about the stone and the possibility of it being another land claim stone placed by the knights templar at about the same time as the kensington rune stone in my 2006 book, the kensington rune stone. Page 218 of our compelling new evidence book includes oversized runic fonts of the modified characters on the first six lines i documented.
Pictures of the characters modified by the medieval carver, that i photographed in 2002, were taped above the windows for dick to use as visuals as he. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The kensington runestone has been the subject of discussion and controversy since its discovery in 1898 by a swedish farmer, named olof ohman, while clearing land for his farm near kensington, minnesota 45 48 46. Kensington rune stone compelling new evidence using exhaustive research, objective analysis and personal testimony, nielsen, wolter, and their team have left scientific prejudice behind and refused to leave one document or stone left unturned. It had been uncovered from the deep beneath the banks of the red river near climax, minnesota. Compelling new evidence how often does one find a book which combines history, anthropology, geology, mystery, modern analytical method, and human emotion in a manner worth of the best fiction. No longer can we doubt that european explorers visited north america in the 14th century. If you want an intelligent eyeopener on the kensington runestone s story, i highly recommend this little book. Compelling new evidence, at the wolter home in november of 2005, dick nielsen far left explains our joint discovery of the dating code, grail code and the dotted r to friends and family. Now the official blog of the swedish national heritage board has surprising new evidence that confirms the hypothesis that the unusual and nonstandard runes found on the kensington rune stone are in fact of nineteenth century vintage, or at any rate not the runes used by medieval french knights. Coauthors geologist scott wolter and engineer richard nielsen present the evidence of their collective 25 years of research on the artifact.
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