Giorgio De Santillana, Hertha Von Dechend - Ham... -

The book (1969), co-authored by Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend, is a seminal and controversial work that argues ancient myths are actually encoded proto-science. Core Thesis

: Exploring how the figure of Hamlet—before Shakespeare—represented the "owner" of the cosmic mill that "grinds out" the ages of the world. Giorgio de Santillana, Hertha von Dechend - Ham...

: They suggest all great world myths share a common origin in this celestial cosmology, which was later suppressed or forgotten by Greco-Roman worldviews. Academic Reception The book (1969), co-authored by Giorgio de Santillana