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176 pages of results. 191. Letters [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... the earth in the late seventh century and the Persians were newcomers who established themselves in the traditional lands of the Near East only in the third quarter of the sixth century. ' And: Why the question mark in the title ... In the preliminary announcements for this conference there was no question mark. After the conference it was felt desirable to add one. The reason was the elusive Medes. ' Further: I believe it is fair to say that prior ... , etc. on various aspects of Knowth and its attendant sites, Dowth and Newgrange. I particularly found the Easter theory proposed by Dr Charles Scribner intriguing, to say the least. However, in my opinion, his choice ...
192. The Military Strategy of Sheshonq/Shishak in Palestine [Journals] [SIS Review]
... Shishak in Palestine by Dr William H. Shea Dr William H. Shea received his Ph.D . in Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan in 1976 and taught in the Old Testament department at the Theological Seminary at ... Judah. Second, he travelled up the Jordan Valley, crossing over it on one occasion to attack some sites east of the river. This is described in the second half of the second line. The third phase of his ... took him on a circle tour' west through the Jezreel Valley and then south into the Plain of Sharon. The last two names of the second line and all of the third line describe this phase of action. The damaged ...
193. Bronze Age Multi-Site Destructions (A Preliminary Review) [Journals] [SIS Review]
... Bronze Age Multi-Site Destructions (A Preliminary Review)Robert M. Porter Introduction I shall consider the events at or near the ends of the Early Bronze, Middle Bronze and Late Bronze Ages, attempting to update Claude Schaeffer's major work ... not well received by most scholars, Velikovsky being an exception. Schaeffer proposed several waves of destruction throughout the Near East, some of which he attributed to earthquakes. The areas covered included Anatolia, Syria, Palestine, the Caucasus ... called Khirbet Kerak ware', which is an attractive but poorly fired red and black burnished ware probably originating in eastern Anatolia and found all the way south to Palestine. However, further excavation reports have appeared, more pottery comparisons ...
194. In Passing [Journals] [SIS Review]
... the Review will already be familiar with this quotation from the eminent Egyptologist SIR ALAN GARDINER, typifying the dilemma of Near Eastern archaeologists over Sothic dating. Despite the manifest weaknesses of the Sothic dating theory, and although it is almost ... a course that would have serious consequences for the history, not of Egypt alone, but of the entire Middle East. Readers of the Review will already be familiar with this quotation from the eminent Egyptologist SIR ALAN GARDINER, typifying ... dilemma of Near Eastern archaeologists over Sothic dating. Despite the manifest weaknesses of the Sothic dating theory, and although it is almost impossible to find an Egyptologist who will actually defend it, Sothic dates are still used as absolute reference ...
195. An Unexplained Arctic Catastrophe [Journals] [SIS Review]
... .A . Erman, in 1848, reported on the sinking of a borehole to a depth of 31 metres near Takutsk. This revealed that the ground there was composed of frozen twigs, rocks, leaves of trees, with ... of an all-embracing (uninterrupted) northern hemispherical icefield. Non-glaciated Arctic areas include: northern Greenland [5 ], east Labrador [6 ], many islands of the Canadian archipelago [7 ], Banks Island [8 ], ... 1-2, pp. 40-42; L. Trube, 1961, How does the Arctic Ocean affect the Climate of Eastern Siberia'?, Geografiya y Shkole, March-April, pp. 64-66; also see V.S . Mezentnev ...
196. Letters [Journals] [SIS Review]
... the Greeks rather paradoxical - I take it that Mr Mandelkehr is arguing that similar goddesses were already worshipped in the Near East before the Greeks appeared on the scene, and I agree with him that the cult of Aphrodite was largely ... , perhaps from that of the Phoenician Astarte. It is on this basis that H. J. Rose and others have suggested that Aphrodite is "older" than the Greeks: that is, closely similar deities such as Astarte ... comparative evidence is very strong. Athena and Aphrodite together match exactly the double goddess Ishtar or Inanna. These Near Eastern parallels add firm support to Velikovsky's case that Athena is Venus, since there is no doubt at all that Ishtar ...
... , "Go ye home, for on the morrow I shall ascend to heaven, and whoever will then be near me, he will die." Nevertheless, some of his companions remained with him, saying: "Whithersoever ... , Frode! If you would listen / To our songs, To sayings old. Fire I see burn / East of the burg, The war news are awake. / That is called warning. A host hither / Hastily ... Kai Khusrau's subjects had done]. The seven pilgrims meanwhile had set out upon their journey. They first wandered eastward, then southward, and then westward. Lastly they faced northward and crossed the Himalaya. Then they beheld before ...
198. Fomenko and English History [Journals] [SIS Review]
... ]. Yet coins bearing Alfred's name have been found in Britain and, in 1693, a jewel was found near Athelney, Somerset, bearing the inscription, in the Anglo-Saxon language, Alfred had me made' [4 , ... cannot be viewed in isolation. For example, we have the Annals of Fulda, which concern the history of East Frankia (effectively present-day Germany). It is believed that these were compiled around 869 AD, making use of ... made' [4 ,7 ,15]. Alfred the Great had strong associations with Athelney for, at Easter in the year 878, as told in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, King Alfred with a small force made a stronghold ...
199. Deportations in the Neo-Assyrian Empire [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... was not an invention attributed to the Neo-Assyrian period. There are other documented cases of this activity in the Ancient Near East. The first time this practice was described in Mesopotamia was during the reign of the Akkadian king, Rimus ... where he wrote that he conquered several Babylonian cities and deported the captives. There is also further evidence documenting the act of deportation outside Mesopotamia. In various treaties we see that the Hittite and Egyptian armies deported the inhabitants of rebellious ... of the position and treatment of early Mesopotamian deportees. 6.1 . B. Pritchard, The Ancient Near Eastern Texts. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955, 204. 7. Deuteronomy 28:58. 8. ...
200. Monitor [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... to dense dwarf) and at last a most plausible explanation is arrived at. Dendrochronology Reaffirmed source: JOURNAL OF NEAR EASTERN STUDIES 44:4 (October 1985), pp.295-317 If there have been doubts as to the ... states with justified conviction that "It can no longer be seriously argued that dendrochronological calibrations are inapplicable to the Near East." If an accurate fixed date is being sought, however, radiocarbon still has its drawbacks, particularly during ... historical period. Shaw cites the example of Tell el-Amarna, which is known to have been occupied for 15-20 years, but which can only be dated by radiocarbon within a range (one sigma) of over one century. A ...
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