The Great Pyramid of Cheops: geometrical perfection.
The Piri Reis maps: ancient cartographs that showed Earth as seen from polar orbit -- they have recently been confirmed by satellite photography.
Myriad proofs that Earth has changed its axial tilt during near-historical times: perhaps as recently as 1450 B.C.
In 1962 Walt Richmond developed the theory of the "solar tap" a source of electrical power so great that one installation could provide the world's power. In 1963 his research papers were labeled "Top Secret." The Richmonds refused to work under conditions of secrecy, but Walt worked out on his own the ideal structure for a solar tap. The result: an exact replica of the Great Pyramid.
The kind of power postulated by the Richmonds' findings makes all the anamolies of history fall into place. This book was written as science fiction. Whether the story approaches the actual beginning of our civilization is something for each reader to decide for themself...