Colin Rivas

Infobox Officeholder

| name=Colin Rivas
nationality=British
order=Abbey Road, London 2002
birth_date=Birth date and age|1970|10|2|mf=y
birth_place=Galicia, Spain

Colin Rivas (born October, 1970 in Galicia, Spain) is of Basque and Irish descent, a writer, archeologist, artist, and singer/songwriter. He lives in the United States. He studied and graduated from Santa Monica College in performing arts and music. Then obtained a BA and MA degree in Linguistics and Anthropology from prestigious California State University, Northridge.

Songwriter and Folk singer

Colin Rivas worked in numerous jobs from restaurant, retailers, teaching, playing and busking in the streets and even touring with famous people. He starts by playing the mandolin, laud and ethnic instruments and doing busking after university hours to support himself along with the local circuit performing at venues in California.

Colin Rivas crafted his first music album in 2000 and then Tales of Shambala, 3 years later by fusing eastern and western music. He is also published numerous linguistic and esoteric books in Spanish, English and Portuguese.

Afterwards, he goes on a solo career playing ancient instruments and performing around Europe: Santiago de Compostela, (Xacobeo 2000), Bilbao( Music festival), Umbria, London. Headliners in this macro concerts included sometimes, Loreena Mc Kennit, The Chieftains, Carlos Nunez, Chris Isaac and Sting among others. Famous Lybia-based Arabic singer Dalinda features in Colin's 2000 single 'Ay Dalay.'

Linguistic Archaeology Work

Colin Rivas, is a member of the council for British Archaeology; He was visiting professor of the History and Linguistics, Tsinghua University, Beijing and visiting research fellow of the Archaeological Sciences Institute of the Aegean at Alexandria, Egypt. Colin has worked with the Cal State arqueological team under the supervision of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo (CSA), led by renown Zahi Hawas. He is an expert in ancient music artefacts and others, travels extensively around Europe, Asia and The US, has lectured at Santa Monica College as intern and tutor in English Literature and Mythology under the supervision of PH D Don Doten and Languages Coordinator Cecile Haranhan, at CSUN He has tutored Linguistics Courses under the supervision of Dr. Rei Noguchi (Historical Linguistics Semantics and Pragmatics; Applications of Linguistics to Writing)and lectured at Spanish History and Language courses under the supervision of Dr. Brian Castronovo.

Colin Rivas is also a proponent of the Euskeran (Basque) Origin of the European Languages and population, and how the Basque genetic and linguistic factor has influenced upon The Celtic Cultures of Ireland, British Isles and The Iberian Peninsula. Colin theorizes that due to genetic antiquity of these peoples, one can trace the Basques as being in Europe already by at least about 17,000 years ago, and probably 45,000 to 50,000 years ago, and are a precursor of most of the European Languages and peoples including the Celts or namely are Celts, par excellence, themselves.

Colin Rivas is gregarious and knowledgeable in the scope of Linguistics and Anthropology as well as Mythology and Philosophy of Religions, He has traveled extensively around the world working on archeological sites in England (Avesbury), Ireland (County Meath), France (Britanny), Portugal (Almendros), Algiers, Virginia, Northern California, Egypt, Northern Spain (Galicia), Majorca and the Canaries , Euskadi and Hong Kong and is also a part time investigator and Archeologist by collaborating with the series in Spanish and English of Atlantis and Lemuria in the search of the ancient city capital of Atlantis.

Colin Rivas also collaborates with several national TV's and Radios in the US, England and Spain. He has been featured in Bolivian and Peruvian radiofusion along with Quetxua and Aymara natives supporting Incan natives rights on satellite TV.

Audio/Bibliography

*"Did Shakespeare exist? : Quarterly Santa Monica Research Paper and Corsair Publication (1996)
*" The Origins of The Basque Languages and Peoples : M.A. Thesis for department of Foreign Languages at California State University at Northridge supervised and revised by Dr. Brian Castronovo & Christina M. Scholten(1998)
*"¿Fue Jesus un Druida : Desvelando el Codigo Da Vinci Vol.I " (2004)
*"¿Fue Jesus un Druida : Desvelando el Codigo Da Vinci Vol.II" (2004)
*"La Biblia de Atlantida y Lemuria" (1999)
*"Hollywood : Ocultism and Symbols in the Movies" (2000)
*"Viajes de Atlantida y Lemuria : El Secretos de la Tierra Hueca" (2001)
*"Travels of Atlantis & Lemuria : The Secrets of The Hollow Earth" (2001)
*"Monumentos de Atlantida y Lemuria : El Secreto de la Esfinge, Megalitos y Petroglifos" (2001)
*"Tierra de Druidas y Templos del Sol : Egipto, Akhenaton y Moises" (2001)
*"Monumentos de Atlantida y Lemuria : Los Secretos de las Civilizaciones de Las Piramides" (2002)
*"Reyes de Atlantida y Lemuria : Los Nefilim y El Origen De las Civilizaciones " (2003)
*"Anatomia de Los Pergaminos o Escrituras Del Mar Muerto : El Culto a la Amanita Muscaria" (2004)
*"Colonias de Atlantida y Lemuria : Las Tribus Perdidas De Israel" (2004)
*"Historia de Atlantida y Lemuria : Cronicas De Las Guerras entre Dioses y Terricolas" (2005)
*"Exploradores de Atlantida y Lemuria : Sociedades Secretas, Illuminati, Nazis, Templarios, Catares y Cristobal Colon" (2005)
*"Era de Atlantida y Lemuria : Las Profecias Del Final de Los Tiempos, Mayas, Nostradamus, Cayce y el 2012" (2006)
*"Religiones de Atlantida y Lemuria : Las Religiones, Astrologia y el Tarot" (2006)
*"Reliquias de Atlantida y Lemuria : En Busca del Arca Perdida y El Grial Olvidado " (2007)
*"La Biblia de Atlantida y Lemuria : Nueva Edicion" (2007)
*"The Bible of Atlantis & Lemuria" (2008)
*"Galicia : Tierra de Faraones" (2008)
*"Hollywood : Ocultismo y Simbolos en el Cine" (2008)

Discography

*"Message in a Box EP" (2000)
*"Ay Dalai Tales of Shambala EP" (2001)
*"Pay Back Remix" (2002)
*"King Of dreams" (2003)

External links

* [http://www.colinrivas.com/ Official Colin Rivas website] - Includes a list of his works, articles, books, radio interviews (with audio downloads), downloadable video presentations, etc
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/london Colin Rivas on BBC London Mysteries of The World] (MP3 free audio downloads/gratis)
* [http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ Council for British Archaeology The gateway to British archaeology online]
* [http://www.rtve.es/rne/r1/ Colin Rivas on RNE Radio 1 talking about music with Mono Burgos y Olga Viza]
* [http://www.atlantischannel.com/ UnOfficial Colin Rivas Sp translated articles]
* [http://boiramisterio.com UnOfficial Colin Rivas Radio audio archive of Shows Radio Catalana boiramisterio with Alex Garcia] (with free audio downloads)
* [http://sarahsilverman.comedycentral.com/index.jhtml Colin Rivas' song Ay Dalai featured on the Sarah Silverman show Season 3]
* [http://www.lucesenlaoscuridad.es/grabaciones.php?elemento=1072 archive of Shows luces en la oscuridad with Pedro Riba] (MP3 free audio downloads/gratis)