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Ove von Spaeth
, (Copenhagen, Denmark), the Writer, Historian, and Researcher on the history of science and religion culture of Antiquity. He is known for the interdisciplinary investigation of several thousands of ancient sources and references of Antiquity especially about the historic Moses now forming a comprehensive basis for reshaping this figure into reality-history. Attended by international interest the entire work on the unique subject - and based on intensive research during a quarter of a century - the work was published in five volumes. It is the first time such a monograph as a thorough work on Moses has ever been established; in fact, not even a two-volume work have existed.
          Ove von Spaeth is noted for establishing the first decoding of dating information contained in the world's oldest star map, i.e. the Senmut (Senenmut) star map from Ancient Egypt. His method - thoroughly contested, as always essential to new, different projects - proved able to access the hitherto difficult chronology related to the important historical turning point 3,500 years ago. Eventually the discovery - as being based on modern objective method of exact astronomy - is contributing to a thorough time fixation needed for 18th dynasty of Egypt and with perspectives for the entire Middle East history of this era.

          The amount of related articles and other features published by Ove von Spaeth through out the many years - concerning his research of historical astronomy, ancient culture and religion history, myth tradition, and anthropology - have, notably, yielded to an important expansion of public interest in the ancient history knowledge.

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Scientific achievements

Some details elaborated.   On the basis of the experience by Ove von Spaeth devoting more than a quarter of a century tracking and studying the evidence material of the historical Moses, the results are pointing to a new, more concrete direction for the important related history, and for the biblical data too. The material he investigated was earlier spread and could be found in various parts in many languages. The hitherto research was often influenced, unfortunately, by unfounded hypothesis from the previous century with a then non-developed science of archaeology and poor developed text analysis. These lines of research were generally placing Moses almost 250 years too late and consequently claiming to have found no clues for his existence - thus, Moses was often assumed being a myth.
          However, for instance Sigmund Freud, with his famous analytic concept of Moses ("Moses and Monotheism", 1939) being an high-ranking Egyptian, would have accepted, as a matter of course, Ove von Spaeth's hypothetical basis with Moses' high ranking status among the Egyptian royal family - as being meticulous presented in his book-series based directly on the great number of concrete sources and data in the ancient Rabbinical Writings, archaeology, Egyptology, and epigraphic studies. Factually, such a task of large scale survey on historical data of Moses has never been carried out before - the results of all these activities showed the necessity of the tracing and testing of the huge amount of still existing and often neglected material, new discoveries, and the displaced parts of the dramatic history of Moses and details of his activities.

          A weak point in Ove von Spaeth's hypothesis could be the analysing comprising such extensive material of so many sources and research lines, all together often difficult to evaluate because of classic, separated studies using in general their individual methods of testing. Another weakness might be that the author often has the investigation dealing with many points in the general known research studies, instead of e.g. concentrating on being more opposing to particular schools or certain hypotheses. Such cases might otherwise have produced a clearer picture with a number of meeting or opposing features to relate to
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          By some critics it has been considered - and presumably right in some relations - as being a week point in the author's works that some moral aspects of religion, behaviour, odd traditions and even cruelty of ancient times and persons in question have not been brought more in focus. However, as many ancient texts themselves being without forming judgments, the author's choice here seems to have been observing a direction of using, in addition, extensively comprehensive research methods also known from e.g. anthropology - in order to better establishing a useful factual base to operate from - rather than conducting the matters presented by e.g. a politically correctness of the time.
          Thus, von Spaeth using a research methodology with definite distinction between description and analysis (all of which are more neglected in normal procedure than what generally is assumed), offering many indisputable improvements and results in the scientific areas in question. His clues to many enigmas of ancient history have expanded the access to information about the knowledge in antiquity - necessary for establishing a more true pattern of our cultural past, an achievement mostly well received also through the support and recognition from a considerable number of scientific experts and professionals (cf. credentials).

          Ove von Spaeth's book-series on the historical Moses appears to be the largest religious-cultural research in its field - and also the most comprehensive interdisciplinary science project carried out by such individual history-work. Among some researchers, naturally, the book-series on Moses caused mixed reactions - and controversy too, often initiated by certain theological schools. However, due to the fact that von Spaeth's books are mainly built up of the vast amount of concrete sources, thus in preference to hypothetical features, he was able to demonstrate the important fact:  that surprisingly much of the particulars in the information about Moses as presented in the ancient Rabbinical Writings and in connection with the biblical texts, fits in minute detail with information of Egyptian inscriptions of early 18th dynasty.
          Furthermore, his books are proving the fact that survived ancient astronomical data can enhance the exactness of the very important chronology in question. All these groups of sources have never before been brought together to such a large-scale for carrying out systematic, analysing comparison - a collection of great value for future research.

          Ove von Spaeth's treatise on a new-orientating dating of the world's oldest star map (Egyptian) was a scientific pioneer work first being wider known through the  "Centaurus International Magazine  of The History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology", published July 2000.
          The way of throwing fresh light on the ancient historical subjects has became widespread appreciated. For instance, Ove von Spaeth's treatise also caught special interest by the Editorial Board of the  "Aristoriton Journal of History,  Archaeology, and ArtHistory" (2002) who, independently, published (parts of) the original treatise and comments:

"... The study concludes as follows: The Senmut map depicts an exceptional event in the sky. This seems to have produced a prototype for all later pictures of similar celestial events - but with one exception: In the first depiction, in the time of Senmut, Mars is retrograde in the west when the other planets assemble around Sirius in the east.
          So far has been demonstrated: - 1) The Senmut maps contain a cosmological and astro-mythological expression not only as decoration - as hitherto assumed - but also as a picture of a particular and unique situation in the sky. -  2) This configuration of the sky can be exactly dated: 1534 BC.
          In addition the star maps may contribute to a much better dating of their creator Senmut and also of the contemporary Egyptian pharaohs ..."
          - D.I. Loizos, Professor in History, Editor-in-Chief, - Anistoriton Journal of History, Archaeology, & ArtHistory, Vol. 6/2002 (ISSN 1108-4081), - Anistoriton History Library, Athens, Greece

The further achievements of this research yields twofold:  -  a) presenting an able method of dating other similar star maps produced through the ages of Egypt;  -  b) the very discovery that other star maps, too, e.g. by Ramses II, are constructed according to similar systems containing information reflecting their exact dating.
          As an extra gain an important era of ancient history (Egypt's 18th dynasty period) is now to be set free of the limbo of non-fixation of its exact time.
          The star map's configurations, which in previous hypothesis have been considered mostly as mythological displays of ancient astronomy, were by Ove von Spaeth's investigations disclosed to be an accurate depiction of a rare gathering of planets in well-defined celestial positions - and by this referring it constitutes a fixation of a specific, unambiguous, point of time. 

          The decoding of the Egyptian star map also points back to ancient meta-scientific tradition of sky-recording, which hardly astronomy alone or Egyptology alone could have solved. Leading international authorities on the history of astronomy and Egyptology (for instance, Harvard-Smithsonian astronomy Professor Owen Gingerich, astronomer and BBC-science-editor Sir Patrick Moore, and Egyptologist Professor Dr. Erik Hornung, Basel University), independently and voluntarily, have acknowledged the important nature of the star map dating project and the specific value of what the results suggest. The system appears as a forgotten tradition, as proven by Ove von Spaeth, who has demonstrated the new dating method, too, successfully fits accordingly to all other big star maps of the era in question.
          The discovery reveals, too that the astronomical knowledge of ancient Egypt turns out to be more advanced than previously imagined, and being of more precision in detail after detail. The exact dating of the Senmut star map will contribute to obtain also a more precise determination of the dating of Moses in history. 

          Ove von Spaeth has presented determinately astronomical dating for some of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe's enigmatic writings. Part of the research is added to a treatise by Peter Zeeberg, Ph.D. in Latin Language and Literature, Professor at the Copenhagen University (published in the Renaissance Studies from the Museum Tusculanum, vol.7).
          Before the 1980's Ove von Spaeth was researching in cyclic phenomena, synchronicity, and also "pattern recognition" when this was a new line of expanded research. This was supported eventually by his established connections with Clyde Tombaugh (or cf. New Mexico University Libraries) astronomer and the discoverer of the planet Pluto and of more than thousand asteroids - and with  Glenn T. Seaborg  and  Edwin M. McMillan , the two nuclear physicists and Nobel Prize Laureates who discovered the new radioactive elements, respectively plutonium and neptunium. And with  Sir Martin Ryle, Britain's Astronomer Royal - and later with  George V. Coyne SJ , Although information of important and special kind was obtained by Ove von Spaeth's lines of new-orientating research, the broader publishing range was due to the presentation with keeping the genuineness also when simultaneously making it fit many varied audiences.(cf. propagation, next paragraph).
          The publishing includes the presentation of the author's discovering of a formerly used coding system for astronomical information, methods known from Antiquity till the Renaissance
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Propagation of history research

An appreciated quality of Ove von Spaeth's work is that he currently advocates for a more unprejudiced approach to scientific research on ancient history. By conveying his finds and results from special fields of ancient history and cultic religion, all of long-term cultural impact, he has in a larger scale contributed to make many people more conscious of some essential, cultural and spiritual features as a background of their own present day history.
          The author's research increased also by a huge exchange of knowledge and data through international contacts with expert scientists and researchers - all important for the propagation of the special kind of history knowledge.

          Earlier, occasionally he was a reviewer at the Astronomical Journal (a Scandinavian magazine) and a consultant for The Steno Museum, Denmark's National Museum for History of the Exact Sciences. He also has worked as referee/reviewer with the "Isis Journal of the History of Science", the world's oldest and leading international magazine of science history.
          In order to expand the conveying of the research information for external, general use - Ove von Spaeth's paper on the Egyptian star map was adapted for being used by non-scientific readers, through an independent version enclosed as an appendix in Volume II of his book-series on the historical Moses - of relevance for a better time fixation of this era.

          Concerning the ancient history research and religion-and-culture studies, the book-series was established in use (in all Scandinavia) as a declared basis for specially guided tours in Egypt, in order to visit places related to Moses, respecting the sources presented.
          From the beginning, The Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs included books of Ove von Spaeth's series on Moses among their recommended literature about Egypt, for official use at the Ministry's basic school for the experts from the Department for Development Aid. - Soon, international attention grew and other institutions, such as the National and University Library of Israel in Jerusalem, requested the books.

          On the Facebook, the free-access and popular social networking website currently including hundreds of millions active users worldwide, some very interested people have established: "Interest Group for The Ove von Spaeth Papers" - namely, the Interest Group for The Ove von Spaeth Papers on History and Knowledge: - Rediscovery, Insight, Renewal. In particular dealing with: - Communication and debate on Ove von Spaeth's exploration and discoveries concerning his research on the historical Moses, the Egyptian legacy, ancient sciences and astronomy - cf. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45399163234&ref=nf  (in English and Danish).

          By purpose the texts in his books and articles were especially carried out to be read by a various public, both non-specialists as well as experts.
          The pioneering research and the special historical material in Ove von Spaeth's works have altogether with the untraditional results waked a considerable attention among other authors internationally. Their books and treatises showing serious professional interest and inspiration, and frequently a direct use. This can be seen, for example, in the years 2004-2008, in works by: Erling Haagensen, author and filmmaker ("The Murder of the Word"), and by Annie Dunch, lecturer and author ("Life after Life"), Erik Juul Clausen, journalist and author ("Pharaoh's Eye") in Denmark - and in South Africa author and journalist Lènor Tancred ("The Herder Prince"), and in Yugoslavia astronomer Boran Novakovic ("Senenmut: An Ancient Egyptian Astronomer"), - and a couple of others
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Publications, by the author
  • Dating the Oldest Egyptian Star Map, "Centaurus International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology", Vol. 42;3, 2000, pp. 159-179. Editorial Staff by History of Science Department, Aarhus University.(ISSN 0008-8994)(Faustnr.8 507 722 1). Blackwell Publishing, International Publishers Ltd., London, Edinburgh; request treatise: 
    http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1034/j.1600-0498.2000.420301.x  - & -
    http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mksg/cnt/2000/00000042/00000003/art00001 ,
    - By permission, the treatise was published also in connection with Ove von Spaeth's history research - and is an appendix in vol. 2 of his book-series "Assassinating Moses" (of vols.1-5, C.A. Reitzel Publisher, Copenhagen). - Internet version:  http://www.moses-egypt.net/star-map/dating_the_senmut_star_map.pdf .
  • Dating the Oldest Egyptian Star Map, - central parts published by ed. D.I. Loizos, Professor in History, Editor-in-Chief, - Anistoriton Journal of History, Archaeology, & ArtHistory, Vol. 6/2002 (ISSN 1108-4081), (7 March 2002) - Anistoriton History Library, Athens, Greece - http://www.anistor.co.hol.gr/english/enback/v021.htm .
  • The Suppressed Record; - Moses' Unknown Egyptian Background, "Assassinating Moses", Vol. 1, (Danish title: De Fortraengte Optegnelser; Moses' Ukendte Egyptiske Baggrund, "Attentatet på Moses", I), Copenhagen 1999. - Cf.:  http://www.moses-egypt.net/book2/moses2-inform_en.asp . - Three chapters (of Vol. 1) in English on the Internet, e.g.:  http://moses-egypt.net/book1/moses1-cap1_en.asp .
  • The Enigma of the Son of Pharaoh's Daughter; - Moses' Identity and Mystery Re-evaluated, "Assassinating Moses", Vol. 2, (Danish title: Gåden om Faraos Datters Sön; Moses' Identitet og Mysterium Revurderet, "Attentatet på Moses", II), Copenhagen 2000. - Cf.:  http://www.moses-egypt.net/book2/moses2-inform_en.asp .
  • The Vanished Successor; - Rediscovering the Hidden War Leading to Exodus, "Assassinating Moses", Vol. 3, (Danish title: Den Forsvundne Tronarving; Moses' Skjulte Krig för og under Exodus Genopdaget, "Attentatet på Moses", III), Copenhagen 2001. - Cf.:  http://www.moses-egypt.net/book3/moses3-inform_en.asp .
  • The Secret Religion; - Moses and the Egyptian Heritage in Past and Present, "Assassinating Moses", Vol. 3, (Danish title: Den Hemmelige Religion; Moses og Arven fra Egypten i Fortid og Nutid, "Attentatet på Moses", IV), Copenhagen 2004. - Cf.:  http://www.moses-egypt.net/book4/moses4-inform_en.asp .
  • Prophet and Unknown Genius; - Illuminating Moses the Advanced Pioneer, "Assassinating Moses", Vol. 4, (Danish title: Profeten som Ukendt Geni; Nye Fakta om Moses' Avancerede Pionergerning, "Attentatet på Moses", V), Copenhagen 2005. - Cf.:  http://www.moses-egypt.net/book5/moses5-inform_en.asp .
  • Astronomical Dating Clue Inclosed In the Poem, (Danish title: "Astronomisk Dateringsnøgle Skjult i Digtet"), an Appendix for the book of Peter Zeeberg, cand.phil., Senior Researcher, Professor: "Tycho Brahe's Urania Titania. A Poem About Sophie Brahe", the edition in Danish (and Latin): "Tycho Brahes Urania Titania. Et Digt om Sophie Brahe", - publ. in the series Renaessance-studies, Vol. 7, Museum Tusculanum, Copenhagen University 1994, pp.311-321, incl. illus. - cf. http://www.mtp.hum.ku.dk/details.asp?eln=200404 .
  • Review of: Deborah J. Warner's "The Sky Explored. Celestial Cartography 1500-1800", Astronomisk Tidsskrift, 14th year, 1981, pp.177-179.
  • Definitions, & parts of Introduction to "Patañjali's Yoga Sutras. With the Classical Commentaries"  (in Danish: "Patañjali's Yoga Sutras. Med de klassiske kommentarer", collected, edited, and transl. into Danish by G. Raman), Copenhagen 1968, pp. 9-13 and 91-95.
  • Psychedelical '67, (Psychedeliske '67, in Danish only), Copenhagen (1967), 2nd printing, enlarged edition, Copenhagen 1969.
  • The Science And the Historical Moses, Swedano Journal, 2nd year, no.9, Sep.2003, pp.34-36. Internet version: http://www.thirax.dk/artikler/OveSpaeth/Ove17/17a.html  - & -  http//:www.moses-egypt.net/book4/moses4-debate_en.asp .
  • Pattern, Universe and Ancient Knowledge, as presented as an appendix in: Lynnclaire Dennis: "The Pattern", Vol. 2, Lower Lake, Calif., 2001. Also publ. (updat. 2003 and later) by: Swedano Journal, 3rd year, no.3, Mar.2004, pp.5-7; & - Aspiranten Journal, (Norway), 2nd year, no.3, May 2004, pp.17-20; - Internet version:  http://www.thirax.dk/artikler/OveSpaeth/Ove4/index.html .
  • The Knights Templar's Ancient Wisdom From Egypt - and Moses, Swedano Journal, 2nd year, no.6, Feb.2003, pp.34-46; - & - updat. version in: Aspiranten Journal, (Norway), 2nd year, no.5, Sep.2004, pp.11-17. - Internet version:  http://www.thirax.dk/artikler/OveSpaeth/Ove30/index-uk.html .
  • The Knights Templar and Moses' Hidden Treasure, Aspiranten Journal, (Norway), no.10, 3rd year, 2005, pp.13-19. - Internet version:  http://www.thirax.dk/artikler/OveSpaeth/Ove30/index-uk.html .
  • The Light's Open Dimension in a New Era. An Introduction to Ulla Runchel's Research of the Future, preword in: Ulla Runchel: "The Age of Light", Universal Growth Publishing, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 2004, pp.7-10. - Internet version, article:  http://www.thirax.dk/artikler/OveSpaeth/Ove15/index-uk.html .
  • A Genius of the Highest Order, (by Dianna Padgett & Ove von Spaeth) - Internet version:  http://www.thirax.dk/artikler/OveSpaeth/Ove10/index.html .
  • Nostradamus And the New Millennium, Sideways of Astronomy History, Aspiranten Journal, (Norway), 2rd year, no.6, 2004, pp.7-14. -  Internet version:   http://www.thirax.org/Artikel-X/Ove18/index-uk.htm .
  • Star Knowledge in Ancient Egypt, Swedano Journal, no.6, 2nd year, Feb.2003, pp.47-59. 
     - Internet version:  http://www.thirax.dk/artikler/OveSpaeth/Ove21/index.html .
  • Archaeological Finds and Biblical Statements, feature article, Kristeligt Dagblad (Danish daily), 31 May 2005, p.8. - Internet version in English:  http://www.moses-egypt.net/book3/moses3-debate_en.asp .
  • Tracking the Moses Heritage From Egypt, Swedano Journal, 1st year, no.1, Sep.2002, pp.53-66 - featuring article. - Internet version: http://www.thirax.dk/artikler/OveSpaeth/Ove5/index-uk.html  - & -  http://www.moses-egypt.net/book5/moses5-debate_en.asp .
  • Science-Myths and Historical Facts, Swedano Journal, 3rd year, no.2, Feb.2004, pp.12-14. - Internet version:  http://www.thirax.dk/artikler/OveSpaeth/Ove17/17a.html  - & -  http//:www.moses-egypt.net/book1/moses1-debate_en.asp .
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A special treasure of knowledge and wisdom of Greece, Rome, and the Renaissance had originated in Ancient Egypt - and was here known to connect also with the historical Moses' dramatic fate and mystery.
          Ove von Spaeth has written an intriguing, new-orientating work presenting this still influential background of our civilization. His interdisciplinary research on history, archaeology, and anthropology goes deeply into Egyptian tradition, history of religion, initiation cults, star-knowledge, and mythology - relating to biblical studies, the Rabbinical Writings, and the authors of Antiquity. Each volume offers unique insights not presented before.
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