Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko
Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko () (born
13 March 1945) is a
Ukrainian-
Russian
mathematician, professor of
Moscow State University, well-known as a
topologist, and a full member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences. He was born in
Donetsk,
Ukraine.
Historical work
Fomenko is a founding father of the
New Chronology theory, a new interpretation of the world history. This theory asserts that following the massive falsifications and book-burnings of Middle Ages, the written world history is known to us only from the
11th century, and the medieval and ancient events known to us today, notably the life of
Jesus and the
Peloponnesian War, happened not earlier than between 1,000 and 400 years ago. The theory thus denies the "Dark Ages" of European history and comparable gaps in other cultures.
Fomenko's research into chronology is based on the computer-aided mathematical analysis of the astronomical data extracted from archeological and cultural artifacts, and other non-written sources. He declares, for example, that eclipses described by
Thucydides happened not in the 5th Century BC but in the 11th or 12th Century AD. The theory itself has been around for some time, perhaps originating with the French scholar
Jean Hardouin, but has failed to gain much scholarly backing or approval.
Other interests
Fomenko is the author of extensive writings in his original fields of mathematics, and is also famous for his original drawings, inspired by
topological objects and structures.
History: Fiction or Science? vol.1 ISBN 2913621058, vol.2 ISBN 2913621066
Mathematical Impressions, by A. T. Fomenko and Richard Lipkin,
American Mathematical Society, 1990, 184 pp. ISBN 0821801627
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Biography and list of his 'New Impressions' art (German language)*
Outline of his book in the English language "History: Fiction or Science?" *
Reviews of "History: Fiction or Science?" v.1 and v.2*
Fomenko's Drawings *
New Chronology official site (Russian language) 
