PŽtur Halld—rsson extends the research of the Icelandic scholar Einar P‡lsson, who
had discovered the landscape features in Icelandic myths. This book reveals that all
civilised settersusedlandmarks linked to the seasonalpositions of the sun, and multiplesof
cosmic numbersin the diameter of their cosmosand the borders of their central
sacredand administrative areas.Despitewide separation in placeand time, all the major
civilisations usedthe samepattern to anchor their first formal settlementsto the sky.This
cosmic image remains readable in the namesand legendsattached to landmarks in the
core areasat Memphis, Jerusalem,Athens, Rome,Venice, Paris, Jelling, London, Somerset,
Ireland, Hebrides, Iceland, and Washington D.C.