Ancient and Medieval Conspiracy Theories: The History of the Worlds Most Persistent Conspiracy Theories Audiobook Libro.fm

Perhaps it should also not be surprising that the themes found in contemporary conspiracy theories are often echoed in ancient conspiracy theories While some people still insist that Lyndon B Johnson was in on John F Kennedys assassination it was speculated across the ancient world that the young Macedonian king Alexander the Great conspired to have his own father Philip II of Macedon assassinated Likewise the New Age beliefs that Mesoamerican ruins in Mexico were somehow tied to extraterrestrials find common cause with people who believe the ancient Indus Valley site at Mohenjodaro was destroyed by a nuclear weapon And through it all the lack of surviving documentary evidence about much of antiquity has allowed for all of the unknowns to become highly speculative sources of debate For example did Caesars men burn the Library of Alexandria in the 1st century BC or was it destroyed later if at all Some people even suggest that the Library of Alexandria whose ruins have never been located never existed at all