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The Popery was involved in a much greater hoax - one that deals with the very foundations of history itself. B.C./A.D. chronology was crafted by Jesuits in the XVI cy. Today the mere thought of questioning it seems preposterous - just like the notion of a rotating earth in the epoch of Galileo. Chronology is drastically shorter and dramatically different says mathematician Prof.Dr.Fomenko in his book "History: Fiction or Science?", more daring than Dan Brown at his wildest (2913621058).
The above statement is neither an exaggeration, nor a metaphor - very few people are aware that the B.C./A.D. chronology as we know it was created by a handful of Jesuits in the XVI-XVII century - Joseph Scaliger, Dionysius Petavius and their successors. We have grown so accustomed to a timeline that runs through many millennia, from the Egyptian pyramids to the present day, that the mere thought of questioning its veracity seems perfectly preposterous - just like the notion of a rotating earth must have seemed in the epoch of Galileo Galilei, and just as heretical. But nevertheless - the entire conception of ancient and mediaeval history know to us today owes its existence to a XVI century Jesuit hoax.
His fundamental work on chronology, now available in English, is more fascinating than Dan Brown at his wildest. Yet it is truly a non-fiction work - that goes to say, everything else you have read about history should probably classify as fiction. And, let's face it, much duller fiction than "The Da Vinci Code" barnburner.