Catastrophism: Man, Myth and Mayhem in Ancient History and the Sciences

311. The Identification of the Biblical "Queen of Sheba" with Hatshepsut, "Queen of Egypt and Ethiopia"" [Journals] [Kronos]

... published his most provocative book, Ages in Chaos I, in which he suggested that the accepted reconstruction of Egyptian history seemed to be based on a wrong conception of chronology and that this chronology should be revised, (1 ) ... to take up the challenge and test the so-called "revised" chronology of Velikovsky by applying it to a specific historic event. The average student of the archaeology and/or ancient history of the Middle East, when told that ... able to publish the final volume shortly, and with it his answer to a problem which had vexed Egyptologists and historians alike for such a long time. [* This was the chapter "Astronomy and Chronology"- later published ...

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312. Letters [Journals] [SIS Workshop]

... ' you see in transcriptions of cuneiform represents the guttural Hebrew het and at times the guttural ayin- the Cambridge Ancient History has tried to make this clear by transliterating this sound as kh, as in Khammurabi). I've always wondered ... he the last regular contributor to SIS who has not abandoned this dating, which is the best match both on historical and archaeological grounds? - I think that he should be a bit more wary of shooting from the hip' ... of his points.'... the information .. . [Gildas] provided has been invaluable to historians. ' Quite apart from his avowed propagandist stance and mainly Biblical content, Gildas was also infuriatingly vague and also ...

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313. The Saturn Theory [Journals] [SIS Review]

... , in addition to presenting a comprehensive model of ancient myth, offers a radically different approach to understanding the recent history of the solar system [1 ]. It posits that the neighbouring planets only recently settled into their current orbits ... is easily shown. The Sumerian goddess Inanna, explicitly identified with the planet Venus already at the dawn of the historical period (c . 3300BC), is a case in point and might well serve as an exemplar for comparative ... . Virtually every ancient culture will feature a goddess with notable structural affinities to Inanna, although the identification with Venus is not always preserved. The Pawnee Indians of the American central plains, for example, celebrate the wondrous deeds of ...

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314. Scientists, Journalists and Editors as Suppressors (Part II) [Journals] [Velikovskian]

... SUNY- Buffalo. Professor Rose has authored a book on Aristotle and is an editorial consultant for the Journal of the History of Philosophy. His evaluation is enclosed. 2. Roger W. Wescott, PhD, former Professor of Anthropology ... concepts are actually conducted, how evidence is handled, how ethics are trampled. It is a book for the historical record. 343 pages, plus table of contents, footnotes, and index. (7 ) Along with a ... and the supporters and opponents of Carl Sagan, but that it will also be of great interest to astronomers, historians, psychologists, theologians, geologists, biologists and physicists, as well as to the general public. Carl Sagan ...

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315. The Velikovskian Upheaval: A Temporocentric Challenge [Journals] [Kronos]

... a lack of historical perspective. It afflicts in large measure the untutored man who has had no opportunity to study history" (Bierstedt, 1970:178). History, as a source of explanation, is held in disrepute ... , one's own lifetime, as the center of sociological significance, as the focus to which all other periods of historical time are related, and as the criterion by which they are judged." It is an adversity which " ... geologists call upon gradualism and speak for eons of time- Velikovsky invokes catastrophes that quickly remold Earth's structure and composition; historians and archaeologists establish resolute time periods for major chronologies of civilizations- Velikovsky transforms historical constructs both by disposing of extraneous centuries ...

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316. A Cosmic Debate [Books] [de Grazia books]

... the publication and testing of Dr. Velikovsky's theories itself presents issues of a fundamental kind in political science, the history of science, and philosophy. The experience is already well-documented, and will, when Dr. Velikovsky's archives are ... problem. Political behavior and dogmatic and aggressive ideologies have their biological origins in the physiology of humans, but their historical origins are founded upon abrupt as well as continuous change in human ecology. When the skies fell, man was ... by evidences of wide-spread, almost total, disasters that overtook the Minoan and Mycenean precursors of Greek civilization, most historians have accepted a theory that allows 500 years of dark ages. During this period they allege that one set of ...

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317. Oedipus and Akhnaton by Immanuel Velikovsky [Books]

... Oedipus and Akhnaton" © 1960 by Immanuel Velikovsky | FULL TEXT NOT AVAILABLE CD HOME Oedipus and Akhnaton Myth and History (c ) 1950 by Immanuel Velikovsky Garden City, New York Doubleday & Company ISBN: 0-385-00529-6 To Horace M ... product of the subconscious mind as Freud thought? Was he a mythological figure? Or was he a real, historical person? Such questions have provoked interest among historians and authors for centuries. In OEDIPUS AND AKHNATON, Immanuel Velikovsky ... the scene and all the personages of the Greek Oedipus legend with the life patterns of the family of the Egyptian King Akhnaton, reputedly the first monotheist during the most famous period of Egyptian history. As a feat in unraveling myth ...

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318. "Let Them Throw The Brick". File III (Stargazers and Gravediggers) [Velikovsky] [Velikovsky Stargazers]

... , almost ten years, Professor Robert H. Pfeiffer followed the development and the fate of my reconstruction of ancient history, Ages in Chaos. He read its first draft and, as it encompassed ever larger areas, the additional ... and Boston universities might deliberate on its merits, taking sides and analyzing it in an earnest endeavor to find the historical truth. On one occasion in 1949 he wrote: Dr. Velikovsky discloses immense erudition and extraordinary ingenuity. He ... ... His conclusions are amazing, unheard of, revolutionary, sensational. If his findings are accepted by historians, all present histories for the period before Alexander the Great (who died in 323 B.C .) ...

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319. Oedipus and Akhnaton by Immanuel Velikovsky [Velikovsky]

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320. Chaos and Creation [Books] [de Grazia books]

... man), "feminine." Her identity will become more foggy, until, with confusing effects upon art history, science, astrology, and mythological understanding, she will be identified with the planet Venus. Cometary Venus, ... decide- that it was hot, whereas, try as they may, those who have chosen to make an historical issue of the heat of Venus, have been hard-pressed to find any chain of opinions in modern scientific circles which ... toured the world for its names, nor can we do so very well until anthropologists have caught up with the historians and humanists in descriptions. Every language, every culture and sub-culture carries one and more names for Venus. Cometary ...

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