archaeologist and author SIR GODFREY HIGGINS (1772-1833) was rumored to be a Freemason and was even allegedly a Chosen Chief of the Order of Druids. If so, he undoubtedly drew on his arcane knowledge of the secret history of Western civilization to compose this impressive treatise. Called by the author "an attempt to shew, that the Druids were the priests of Oriental colonies who emigrated from India" and also that they were "the builders of Stonehenge, of Carnac,…
Author: Godfrey Higgins · Original publisher: Publisher not found in available sources
Tier 1 — Full text hosted on this page. Public domain: first published 1827; public scan held at Internet Archive (IA b22010294); the work is public domain in the U.S. — newly verified in the Tranche C2 pass (not previously in the register). The full text has NOT yet been pulled — the title sits in the recheck queue (newly verified hostable in the Tranche C2 pass; pull pending).