Drutakarma Das Working on New Book About Extreme Human Antiquity

 By: Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on Nov. 21, 2020

Drutakarma Das, October 2016

Drutakarma Das (Michael Cremo), co-author of Forbidden Archeology, is at work on a new book, tentatively titled “Extreme Human Antiquity.” 

The book, Drutakarma says, “Is composed of new cases of archeological evidence that are consistent with Vedic and Puranic accounts of very ancient human presence on this planet.”

Expected some time in Spring or early Summer 2021, each chapter of “Extreme Human Antiquity” represents a different geological epoch, starting with the most recent and going back to more and more ancient times.

“Most scientists now think that humans like us first appeared about 300,000 years ago,” says Drutakarma Das, a research associate of the Bhaktivedanta Institute. “So I’m interested in discoveries that show human beings like us existed more than 300,000 years ago.”

In the book’s introductory chapter, Drutakarma explains what he means by the terms “anatomically modern Homo sapiens” and “extreme human antiquity.” In chapter two, he looks at archeological discoveries from the Pleistocene Epoch, typically defined as ending about 11,700 years ago and going back to about 2.6 million years ago. In chapter three, he looks at the Pliocene Epoch, spanning from around 2.6 million years ago to some 5.3 million years ago. The next chapter discusses discoveries from the Miocene Epoch, spanning from about 5.3 million years ago to 23 million years ago; and so on.

British Queen Elizabeth Grateful for Back To Godhead Article

 

By: Anuttama Dasa for ISKCON News on Oct. 1, 2020

Queen Elizabeth II. 

A letter was recently sent to the president of Bhaktivedanta Manor, Visakha dasi, from Her Majesty the Queen of England, via her Private Secretary's Office. The letter thanked Vishaka for her recent Back To Godhead article about the Queen, entitled, "Royal Duty - Divine Duty" that was published in the July/August edition of BTG.  

"It was a very positive article praising the Queen's devotion to her duty, and how everyone can get closer to God through our own attention to duty and service," reports Radha Mohan Das, ISKCON Communication spokesperson at the Manor.  

The Queen has had multiple interactions with ISKCON in recent years, including inviting ISKCON leaders to the Buckingham Palace for special events, and a personal royal visit to the Krishna Avanti Primary School in Harrow, UK, with her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, during her Majesty’s Jubilee celebrations in 2012.