The Mystery Of The Timehri Rock Paintings

James Clarke with best friends Eddie and Henry are young Guyanese, aspiring to be teachers. On a seemingly average day Henry has a brush with death. The 3 young sleuths soon realize they appear to be in the center of a great mystery. One by one they have potentially fatal encounters. Making companions along the way, our youths realize the mystery centers around Guyana's mysterious Timehri Rock Paintings.

Wilson Harris is one of the outstanding literary innovators of the century. His novels date from The Palace of the Peacock to Jonestown . This long-awaited volume matches Harris's career with his critical writings, from 1961 to the present day. Selected Essays of Wilson Harris brings together twenty-one lectures, addresses and essays to make available Harris's full range of writings on subjects including: * the literate imagination * traditions of myth and fable in Central and South America * the North American literary imagination, from Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville and Ralph Ellison, to William Faulkner and Jean Rhys * inheritances and legacies of writers of the postcolonial diaspora This comprehensive collection also comes complete with: * an extensive editorial introduction, providing valuable historical and theoretical context for the essays * a map of Guyana * bibliographies of Harris's fiction and non-fiction * appendices on the legends of El Dorado and the Holy Grail.

Retired physician Judy F. Hilbish has taken her analytic skills honed after three science degrees and twenty-six years of medical practice and her accumulated insight into human nature to tackle the mystery of the Western Message Petroglyphs. These rock carvings are found in eight western states of the US and have puzzled many observers for over a hundred years. On site study of twenty-seven sites and exhaustive research for over twenty years have gone into her book "Stone Diary: Solving the Mystery of the Western Message Petroglyphs." After describing each site and providing photos of each, she draws on several disciplines to solve the mystery of these strange rock carvings. The various scientific fields need to understand these carvings are first explained then applied to various aspects of the Western Message Petroglyphs each providing clues to solve the classic five "W's" of any mystery: what, where, when, who, why? After building a time frame for the creation of the Western Message Petroglyphs, "Stone Diary" further explores of the nature of the carvings are placed in a historical setting with the histories of the locales and times of each of the sites. Study of the symbols from various cultures that are used in the carvings and the historical setting of the sites, creates the ground work for interpretations of some of the Western Message Petroglyphs. These carved panels of symbols reveal new insights into history and who the carver was. Continuing with the science of psychological profiling and deep research into county records a likely candidate for carving the Western Message Petroglyphs is identified. The book ends here by the story does not. There are more panels to be found and studied. Many of the symbols await definitive definitions. And in depth study of the history where the carvings are found will lead to greater understanding the carvings.. You are invited to join in the ongoing story of the "Stone Diary, Solving the Mystery of the Western Message Petroglyphs."

Retired physician Judy F. Hilbish has taken her analytic skills honed after three science degrees and twenty-six years of medical practice and her accumulated insight into human nature to tackle the mystery of the Western Message Petroglyphs. These rock carvings are found in eight western states of the US and have puzzled many observers for over a hundred years. On site study of twenty-seven sites and exhaustive research for over twenty years have gone into her book "Stone Diary: Solving the Mystery of the Western Message Petroglyphs." After describing each site and providing photos of each, she draws on several disciplines to solve the mystery of these strange rock carvings. The various scientific fields need to understand these carvings are first explained then applied to various aspects of the Western Message Petroglyphs each providing clues to solve the classic five "W's" of any mystery: what, where, when, who, why? After building a time frame for the creation of the Western Message Petroglyphs, "Stone Diary" further explores of the nature of the carvings are placed in a historical setting with the histories of the locales and times of each of the sites. Study of the symbols from various cultures that are used in the carvings and the historical setting of the sites, creates the ground work for interpretations of some of the Western Message Petroglyphs. These carved panels of symbols reveal new insights into history and who the carver was. Continuing with the science of psychological profiling and deep research into county records a likely candidate for carving the Western Message Petroglyphs is identified. The book ends here by the story does not. There are more panels to be found and studied. Many of the symbols await definitive definitions. And in depth study of the history where the carvings are found will lead to greater understanding the carvings.. You are invited to join in the ongoing story of the "Stone Diary, Solving the Mystery of the Western Message Petroglyphs."

Prehistoric Rock Paintings Of Bhimbetka By Dr. Yashodhar Mathpal Is The First Exhaustive Study Of A Single Rock Art Site In India. It Covers The Entire Art Activity In The Form Of Paintings Found In 133 Caves At Bhimbetka, Central India, The Largest Concentration Of Rock Paintings In The Country. For The First Time Copies Of Prehistoric Cave Paintings Have Been Made On The Spot, In Original Colour, To Scale And With Original Background. All The Superimpositions Of Figures Have Been Copied. For The First Time Indian Rock Paintings Are Dated 10,000 Years Back On The Firm Ground Of The Archaeological Findings From The Excavations Of Painted Caves. For The First Time Indian Rock Paintings Have Been Studied In Their Historical Perspective. For Example, The First Discovery Of Rock Paintings Was Made In India 12 Years Before Their Discovery Of Altamira In Spain. India Is Also The First Country To Recognize The Antiquity Of Rock Paintings. For The First Time Too The Maximum Literary, Ethnologic And Archaeological Evidences Have Been Researched For Evidence Of Drawing Material, Motivation And The Antiquity Of Rock Paintings. In His Foreword To This Monumental Work Professor H.D. Sankalia Says: This Work Is Unique Because For The First Time Prehistoric Indian Paintings Are Evaluated By A Scholar Who Is Artist By Nature And Training And A Trained Prehistorian, And Thus Eminently Qualified To Write On The Subject.