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... , their removal attributed to tomb-robbers, but we cannot be certain of this because tomb-robbers were comparatively late-corners in Egyptian history, for in the earlier ages the Underworld faith was too strongly held to permit of such sacrilege. There remains ... far beyond the mark, The very foundations of her most prominent cities are lacking in most cases and with such historic places as Heliopolis Tanis, Abaris, and many others (although Egyptologists have professed to identify them), this ... (or Sesostris, his Greek name), the last king of the 19th Dynasty according to Manetho. This historian affords our only direct source of information (and that second-hand through Josephus), apart from the inscriptions as translated ...
342. Thoth Vol III, No. 9: June 15, 1999 [Journals] [Thoth]
... mythological evidence Velikovsky drew upon to support the Venus and Mars events in Worlds and Collision belongs to a period of history prior to the development of writing, kingship, temple-building, and other ritual practices associated with the rise of civilization ... Saturn's reign. Dave Talbott Karen Josephson joins in: I'm not a great historian, but it seems that the historic calendar changes (and related historic statements), as well as the "angular chronology" I previously mentioned, ... infer a very impressive incident. And all the reading I've done indicates that this occurred about 700 BC- which would definitely be within the 3000 year BP timeframe.. kaj Ted Bond adds: Kaj, I'm so glad to ...
343. Pompous Asimov [Books]
... the riddle of motion precisely to prove the existence of God. Asimov, therefore, displays great ignorance of the history of science. Once again, he simply doesn't know what he's talking about, for, if he were correct ... what he's talking about. In this chapter, I will look at Asimov's attempts to deal with Velikovsky ideologically and historically, to show that, as a would-be historian and philosopher of science, he also does not know what he's ... about. The chapter will be divided into three parts. In the first, (composed of several sections), I will analyze Asimov's unsuccessful attempts to label Velikovsky a crackpot, to explain away the Velikovsky Affair and to offer ...
344. Focus [Journals] [SIS Review]
... 8 ]. Stecchini's "The Inconstant Heavens" in The Velikovsky Affair is a veritable goldmine of insights into the history of science that go counter to the conventional wisdom. His account complements Bass' writings on the stability of the ... remained unchanged since it was created eons ago, and their assumption has of necessity determined the views of geologists and historical biologists. This dogma, being basically of theological and not scientific nature, is grounded itself on fear, as ... so long as scientific judgements of plausibility are not too often badly mistaken." [6 ] As to why historians were justified in ignoring Ages in Chaos after the astronomers rejected Worlds in Collision, Polanyi would offer: " . ...
345. On the Nature of Cometary Symbolism [Journals] [Kronos]
... schools have yet to reckon with, or even acknowledge, any such association, it is possible to reconstruct the history and behavior of the prehistoric comet down to many remarkable details, including its specific relationship to the Saturnian band. ... end? Would not the comet then loom as a mythical image of vast influence, entirely out of proportion to historical "reality"? We ask this rhetorical question only to stress our approach's potential conflict with conventional interpretations and their ... assumptions about "the way the ancient sky looked". To the above-cited comet symbols one can compare the following Egyptian hieroglyphs: "beard" "lock of hair" or "sidelock" "feather" or "plume" ...
346. The el-Amarna Letters (Continued) (Ages in Chaos) [Velikovsky]
... . And there was a sore famine in Samaria. It was a time of hunger and starvation unparalleled in the history of the period of the kings of Israel. The want lasted seven years. II KINGS 8:1 . ... . The cuneiform letters of el-Amarna, found twenty years after the discovery of the Mesha stele, are regarded as historical documents Preceding the stele of Mesha by some five hundred and fifty years, and relating to the Canaanite period. ... 14. Letters 72, 102. 15. Ambi and Ammia, not far from Sumur, were placed by historians close to the coast and identified with Enfe near Tripolis. Both names, Ambi and Ammia were assumed to be ...
347. The Opening Of The Mouth Ritual - Part I [Journals] [Aeon]
... the Dead papyri date to the mid-fifteenth century BC., but the ritual utterances and incantations they contain have a history which can be traced back more than a thousand years earlier. Some spells...originated in the Pyramid ... Saturn theory has already shown, far beyond a reasonable doubt, that man's mythology contains an invaluable record of the historical past of this planet and our Solar System. This paper will indicate that the events of the Saturnian age were ... , even when in direct contradiction to existing views." [52] Such a state is good news for historians and comparative mythologists as it means the past is at least still available in the texts, even though it is ...
... I. The Chronicler's Tale 12 II. The Figure in Finland 26 III. The Iranian Parallel 36 IV. History, Myth and Reality 43 Intermezzo: A Guide for the Perplexed 56 V. The Unfolding in India 76 VI ... far given are not isolated ones. It is necessary to deal with material which may appear suspicious to the trained historical reader, who is bound to be wary of omne ignotum pro magnifico. One should, therefore, preface this ... at least has been pinned down to the proper historical character, and even has been checked by a serious military historian like Arrianus, who tells us the following: Alexander, then, reached Gordium, and was seized with an ...
349. THE VELIKOVSKY AFFAIR [Journals] [Aeon]
... popular magazines followed the lead given by the advertisements: the book was highly original, a tour de force in history and science, a challenge to conventional ideas, a work in the tradition of Galileo, Newton, Darwin, ... in particular among scientists- the reaction was very different. Velikovsky was called ignorant and incompetent in science and in historical scholarship: his method was tendentious, his data biased, his conclusions impossible. And there followed strong actions congruent ... their first aeroplane. So to the impartial observer who was not an astronomer or a physicist, or perhaps an historian or philosopher of science, the dispute must have seemed unresolved. After a while- a year or so- ...
350. Velikovsky's "The Dark Age of Greece" [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... me a letter from a man in North Carolina, begging him to complete his Ages in Chaos reconstruction of ancient history. "I am getting old," the man wrote. "If you don't publish soon, I will ... as "more mythology than history: neither in its cause nor in its conduct did this conflict seem to reflect historical traditions." Velikovsky raises an eyebrow at the idea of Helladic chiefs sailing off to Ilium for ten years to ... the wife of a compatriot while leaving their own spouses behind to be "ravished or besieged by suitors." And, if Hissarlik is in fact ancient Troy, then the war was a mighty tempest indeed for a two-acre teacup ...
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