Uwe Topper
Encyclopedia
Uwe Topper is a German amateur researcher and author of books about historic, ethnographic and anthropological subjects.
In 1977 Topper published Das Erbe der Giganten (The Legacy of the Giants), a book about the prehistory of Spain
and the Western Mediterranean basin. The main thesis interpretes the remnant of very early high cultures there as the basis for Plato
's Atlantis
.
Since the late 1990s he is best known as a proponent of radically rewriting chronology
, with his variant of New Chronology somehat between Heribert Illig's phantom time hypothesis
and Fomenko's
.
His works in this field have been partially published in Almogaren, the newsletter of the Institutum Canarium
and in the yearbook of University of Cádiz
(Spain). He has published scientific articles in German official reviews like Zeitschrift für Ethnologie and Jahrbuch des Museums für Anthropologie München, and others.
Topper has also written about the Book of Revelation
(Das letzte Buch, 1993), about Reincarnation
believings from a historical and ethnological perspective (Wiedergeburt, 1988), Sufism
in North Africa (Sufis und Heilige im Maghreb, 1984/1991) and similar subjects. He lives in Berlin
.
In 1995, Topper, who had by then got in contact with a group of German researchers including Gunnar Heinsohn
, Heribert Illig, Christoph Marx and others, who all question the established chronology, started to take a closer look on the Middle Ages
and published a series of books which try to show that History, as we know it, was created from the 16th century onwards - according to this idea, there are hardly true facts before 1400 AD. Titles include Die Große Aktion [The Big Action](1998) Erfundene Geschichte [Invented History](1999), Fälschungen der Geschichte [Faked History](2001), ZeitFälschung [Faking Time] (2003). His knowledge of Arabic and Berber
makes him focus especially on North African subjects.
In 1977 Topper published Das Erbe der Giganten (The Legacy of the Giants), a book about the prehistory of Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and the Western Mediterranean basin. The main thesis interpretes the remnant of very early high cultures there as the basis for Plato
Plato
Plato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the...
's Atlantis
Atlantis
Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written about 360 BC....
.
Since the late 1990s he is best known as a proponent of radically rewriting chronology
Chronology
Chronology is the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time, such as the use of a timeline or sequence of events. It is also "the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events".Chronology is part of periodization...
, with his variant of New Chronology somehat between Heribert Illig's phantom time hypothesis
Phantom time hypothesis
The Phantom time hypothesis is a conspiracy theory developed by Heribert Illig in 1991. It proposes that there has been a systematic effort to make it appear that periods of history, specifically that of Europe during the Early Middle Ages exist, when they do not...
and Fomenko's
New Chronology (Fomenko)
The New Chronology is a fringe theory in history, which argues that the conventional chronology is fundamentally flawed, that events attributed to antiquity such as the histories of Rome, Greece and Egypt actually occurred during the Middle Ages, more than a thousand years after the time to which...
.
His works in this field have been partially published in Almogaren, the newsletter of the Institutum Canarium
Institutum Canarium
Institutum Canarium is an academic association founded in 1969 concerned with the cultural history of the Canary Islands and the neighbouring cultures of the Mediterranean region.The headquarters are in Vienna.It publishes two periodicals:...
and in the yearbook of University of Cádiz
University of Cádiz
The University of Cádiz , commonly referred to as UCA, is a public university located in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, noted for its medicine and marine sciences curricula. It was founded in 1979, and has the Latin motto Non Plus Ultra...
(Spain). He has published scientific articles in German official reviews like Zeitschrift für Ethnologie and Jahrbuch des Museums für Anthropologie München, and others.
Topper has also written about the Book of Revelation
Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament. The title came into usage from the first word of the book in Koine Greek: apokalupsis, meaning "unveiling" or "revelation"...
(Das letzte Buch, 1993), about Reincarnation
Reincarnation
Reincarnation best describes the concept where the soul or spirit, after the death of the body, is believed to return to live in a new human body, or, in some traditions, either as a human being, animal or plant...
believings from a historical and ethnological perspective (Wiedergeburt, 1988), Sufism
Sufism
Sufism or ' is defined by its adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a '...
in North Africa (Sufis und Heilige im Maghreb, 1984/1991) and similar subjects. He lives in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
.
In 1995, Topper, who had by then got in contact with a group of German researchers including Gunnar Heinsohn
Gunnar Heinsohn
Gunnar Heinsohn is a German sociologist and economist. He was born in Gdynia, Poland, under German occupation used as Kriegsmarine-Arsenal and named Gotenhafen, on November 21, 1943 to Roswitha Heinsohn, née Maurer and the late Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Heinsohn, last serving on U-438...
, Heribert Illig, Christoph Marx and others, who all question the established chronology, started to take a closer look on the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
and published a series of books which try to show that History, as we know it, was created from the 16th century onwards - according to this idea, there are hardly true facts before 1400 AD. Titles include Die Große Aktion [The Big Action](1998) Erfundene Geschichte [Invented History](1999), Fälschungen der Geschichte [Faked History](2001), ZeitFälschung [Faking Time] (2003). His knowledge of Arabic and Berber
Berber languages
The Berber languages are a family of languages indigenous to North Africa, spoken from Siwa Oasis in Egypt to Morocco , and south to the countries of the Sahara Desert...
makes him focus especially on North African subjects.
Books by Uwe Topper
- 1977: Das Erbe der Giganten. Untergang und Rückkehr der Atlanter (Walter Verl. Olten & Freiburg)
- 1986: Märchen der Berber (Diederichs, Köln)
- 1988: Wiedergeburt. Das Wissen der Völker (Rowohlt. Reinbek /Hamburg)
- 1988: Erdbefragung. Anleitung zur Geomantik (Knaur. Munich)
- 1988: Arte Rupestre en la Provincia de Cádiz (Cadix' Province Government, Spain)
- 1991: Sufis und Heilige im Maghreb. Marokkanische Mystik (Diederichs, Cologne)
- 1993: Das letzte Buch. Die Bedeutung der Offenbarung des Johannes (Hugendubel, Munich)
- 1993: Cuentos populares de los Bereberes (Miraguano Ed., Madrid)
- 1998: Die "Große Aktion". Europas erfundene Geschichte (Grabert, Tübingen)
- 1999: Erfundene Geschichte. Unsere Zeitrechnung ist falsch (Herbig, Munich)
- 2001: Fälschungen der Geschichte. Von Persephone bis Newtons Zeitrechnung (Herbig, Munich)
- 2003: horra. Die ersten Europäer (Grabert, Tübingen)
- 2003: Das Geheimnis des Elsaß. Was geschah damals am Odilienberg? (with Gert Meier and Hermann Zschweigert; Tübingen)
- 2003: ZeitFälschung. Es begann mit der Renaissance (Herbig, Munich)
- 2006: KalenderSprung. Falsche Geschichtsschreibung bestimmt die Zukunft (Tübingen)
External links
- New Chronology - A page about chronology critic which features around 25 articles written by Uwe Topper, around 12 in English