VERITAS by Mel Charles Ross | Empire of Symbols: Airships, Moors, and the Missing Chapters | Part 1 of 2
Sep 19, 2025
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Tonight on Veritas, our special guest is Charles Ross. He was born in East Germany, raised in the heart of Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon, traveled through Africa, and now makes his home in Taiwan. That life journey has given him a perspective few can claim. It is the perspective of someone who notices what others overlook.
Charles speaks of walking down streets in Taiwan and experiencing powerful deja vu. He sees train stations, cobbled alleys, Roman villages, even European architecture that simply should not be there. While most pass by without a second thought, he feels a memory that seems older than the place itself. It is as if the stones are speaking, and he happens to be listening.
His research takes us across continents and across time. We will explore heraldry where Black royals appear in coats of arms, yet are later labeled as servants. We will ask why lions, towers, and crowns appear in families whose names remain common today. We will look at maps that once displayed Tartaria, a vast land now erased from mainstream history. We will study statues and crests that feature the double-headed eagle, a symbol carried by empires from Austria to Russia. Why does it appear everywhere, and what story does it tell?
Charles also leads us into the world of technology and architecture. We will examine photographs of the great World Fairs, filled with palaces and domes that appeared and vanished within a season. We will discuss Tesla, the Baghdad battery, and energy systems that may have promised free power for humanity. We will consider pyramids in China that remain hidden from researchers, and the strange harmony between sacred geometry, human anatomy, and music itself.
What emerges is not just a story about history, but about us. Who we are, where we come from, and why certain truths seem to be buried while others are celebrated. Tonight, Charles Ross joins us to bring forward those forgotten fragments, and to ask us to see with new eyes.
Charles speaks of walking down streets in Taiwan and experiencing powerful deja vu. He sees train stations, cobbled alleys, Roman villages, even European architecture that simply should not be there. While most pass by without a second thought, he feels a memory that seems older than the place itself. It is as if the stones are speaking, and he happens to be listening.
His research takes us across continents and across time. We will explore heraldry where Black royals appear in coats of arms, yet are later labeled as servants. We will ask why lions, towers, and crowns appear in families whose names remain common today. We will look at maps that once displayed Tartaria, a vast land now erased from mainstream history. We will study statues and crests that feature the double-headed eagle, a symbol carried by empires from Austria to Russia. Why does it appear everywhere, and what story does it tell?
Charles also leads us into the world of technology and architecture. We will examine photographs of the great World Fairs, filled with palaces and domes that appeared and vanished within a season. We will discuss Tesla, the Baghdad battery, and energy systems that may have promised free power for humanity. We will consider pyramids in China that remain hidden from researchers, and the strange harmony between sacred geometry, human anatomy, and music itself.
What emerges is not just a story about history, but about us. Who we are, where we come from, and why certain truths seem to be buried while others are celebrated. Tonight, Charles Ross joins us to bring forward those forgotten fragments, and to ask us to see with new eyes.