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Alan Wilson is a
British historian specialising in the origins and ancient history of the British and the history of the ancient British kings including two real
King Arthurs.
Arthurian research:
In
1976, after a chance meeting with historical researcher,
Anthony Thomas 'Baram' Blackett, at the public library in
Newcastle upon Tyne, the two men decided to put up many thousands of pounds of their own money to fund full-time research into the origins of
King Arthur. The Arthurian stories, so popular today, came out of South-Eastern
Wales into
France, via the
Normans, in the
12th century and this encouraged them to start their search in the same place. The search soon moved beyond Wales to include the
English Midlands which had been dominated by the old
Welsh Kingdoms for centuries.
To date,
Wilson and Blackett have published seven books that provide information based upon Old Welsh records that date to the
12th Century. They believe that these provide a final solution to the King Arthur story and have clearly identified the true sites of the battles of
Badon (Mynydd Baedan) and
Camlann.
In
1983, Wilson and Blackett discovered what they believe to be King Arthur's memorial stone at the small ruined church of St Peter-super-Montem on Mynydd-y-Gaer in Mid-Glamorgan, which they subsequently purchased. The stone was offered to the
National Museum of Wales (Amguedda Werin
Cymru) for analysis, but the offer was not taken up. Subsequently it went on public display in various venues for some time.
Following this, they employed the services of two archaeologists, (
Professor Eric Talbot and
Alan Wishart) in
1990, to lead a dig at the same place. During the excavations, which were authorised by the
Royal Commission on the
Ancient and Historical
Monuments of Wales, several artefacts were discovered including an ancient axe, a knife and a small cross weighing two and a half pounds, that reads "Pro
Anima Artorius" ("For The
Soul Of
Arthur"). The cross was subsequently tested by an independent metallurgical house, Bodycote
PLC, and found to be made of electrum, and so certified. The cross was offered up to the National Museum of Wales for public testing, but this also was declined.Wilson and Blackett had already identified the church as an ancient historical site possibly originally dating from the first century
A.D. Other major
Welsh kings are buried locally.
More recently, Wilson and Blackett began a search for what was known as '
The Greatest Work of the Cymru' - Cyfrangon. This is allegedly a massive, hollow, man-made hill concealed somewhere in Wales (similar to
Silbury Hill).
Treasure hunters in Wales have long sought this fabled hill in which, it is believed, lie several objects of tremendous historical and archaeological value, many of which may be covered in gold or copper.
The use of deep ground probing metal detection and analysis equipment revealed non ferrous metal artefacts some fifteen feet below the surface of the hill at Twyn y Glog, near
Ynysybwl in mid
Glamorgan. Further investigation by collaborators proved that the original height of the hill lies some 30 or more metres below the
Ordnance Survey height, and that the hill is therefore an artificial construct. (Berkly, G.,
2007).
No further tests have been made to date (
10 September 2007).
Lecture tours:
Alan Wilson and his colleague lectured extensively in the
United Kingdom, including
Manchester and
Jesus College at the
University of Oxford, and Alan Wilson gave the prestigious
Bemis Lecture in
Boston in
1993.
Research into claims that the Welsh settled in mid-western
America in antiquity led to Wilson and his colleague, Baram Blackett, accepting invitations from
American supporters to visit US sites of historical significance in
1994. The visit led to several television appearances and the deciphering of alphabetic inscriptions claimed to be in the old '
Coelbren' alphabet. Wilson also concluded that the many snake mounds in the
American Mid-west were of ancient Khumric-British construction. Whilst in America, the two men were also commissioned to produce a detailed genealogy for the
Bush family (friends and supporters of
President George H. W. Bush).
Published works:
Arthur, King of Glamorgan and
Gwent (with Baram Blackett, MT Byrd
Partnership,
1980)
Arthur and
Charter of the
Kings (with Baram Blackett, MT Byrd Partnership,
1981)
Arthur
The War King (with Baram Blackett, MT Byrd Partnership, 1982-3)
Artorius Rex Discovered (with Baram Blackett, MT Byrd Partnership,
1986)
The
Holy Kingdom (with
Adrian Gilbert and Baram Blackett,
Bantam,
1998)
King Arthur
Conspiracy (with Grant
Berkley and Baram Blackett,
Trafford,
2005)
Moses in the Hieroglyphs (with Grant Berkley and Baram Blackett, Trafford,
2006)
The Discovery of the
Ark of the Covenant (with Grant Berkley and Baram Blackett, Trafford, 2007)
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