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

571. Catastrophism and Ancient History [Journals] [Aeon]

... . K. OWEN, "A Maya Record of Two Thousand Years?" IX/1 . D. L. VORHEES, "Velikovsky: Beyond Freud." M. S. SANDERS, "Gezer and the Mysterious Gates of Solomon." D; KENNY, "Cuchulain-Comet or Meteor?" T. CHETWYND, "A Seven Year Famine in the Reign of King Djoser with Other Parallels between Imhotep and Joseph." IX/2 . W. SHEA, The Placement of Abraham in Time." M. S. SANDERS, "Jericho." H. A. STORCK, "Exploring Exodus," Proceedings of the First C&AH Seminar- ...

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572. Notes (The Book of Revelation is History) [Books]

... And I answered and said to him: Speak on, my lord . . . ' The explanations were only given in instalments: (2 Esdras v. 13). These signs I have been commanded to tell thee [said the `angel']; but if thou wilt pray again, and supplicate as now, and fast seven days, thou shalt hear greater things than these. (Such `preparations for the reception of revelations' are mentioned repeatedly in this apocalypse, as also in others.) Note 11. It may well be that the expression `sweet as honey', is a translation of a Semitic colloquialism (cf. also Ezek. iii ...

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573. The Formation of the Mediterranean (Moons, Myths and Man) [Books]

... Desert there lies a shallow sunken area running from the Gulf of Sidra (Syrtis Major) over Aujila-Siwa to the Natron Lakes and Birket al Qarun (what remains of the Lake of Moeris) in the Fayum. The Oasis Siwa is about 100 feet below sea-level, and the depression descends to about 150feet below sea-level towards the east. The seven Natron Lakes are a remnant of the branch of the Sea which once filled this depression. In fact, saline accretions are found throughout these districts. The basin of the present Mediterranean must have been densely populated by a number of highly developed nations. After the loss of their country those who escaped settled round the shores of the new ...

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574. The Libyan Period In Egypt [Journals] [Kronos]

... years. In a note, Jaquet-Gordon contended that the reign of Osorkon I's successor on the throne, Takelot I, needs to be similarly reduced, for a stele "on the basis of which a 23-year reign has been meted out to him does not in fact belong to him at all". She suggested that Takelot only reigned the seven years which are attested on his genuine monuments. The attribution of the stele was definitively clarified by Caminos in an article published two years later, removing an error which "has particularly affected king-lists and discussions of the Libyan period in Egypt". As a result of the two adjustments, the Libyan period becomes shorter by a total of ...

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575. Sothic Dating: A "Surrealjoinder" (Forum) [Journals] [Kronos]

... year cycle and it was no shock to me whatever when it became necessary to have a triennium somewhere along the way to account for the epagomenal days already being over in the Decree. Rose does not mention the calculation of Ingham which resulted in a Sothic cycle between -1314 and + 139 of 1453 years, so that there must have been seven triennia over these years, with one of them surely to be expected between Canopus and Censorinus. With that the defense rests. Richard A. Parker Professor Emeritus/Brown University Prof. Lynn E. Rose Replies: I will discuss Professor Parker's comments in the order in which he made them. My criticisms of Parker in KRONOS VI ...

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576. Diluvial and Prelunar Culture (Moons, Myths and Man) [Books]

... enigmatic remains on Ponape are the ruins of the dead city of Nan Matal, which cover eleven square miles. On the Marianas the remains are stranger still: we find groups of conical pillars surmounted by hemispherical capitals, aiways arranged in two parallel rows. They are only up to fifteen feet high, while the capitals are from six to seven feet in diameter. No possible purpose has been attributed to them. On far-distant Easter Island we find ahus, peculiar stone structures of great age, built of large cut stones fitted together without cement. But the most striking remains of a lost culture are the huge moais, the uncouth colossal stone heads and rock images, some of ...

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577. Tower Myths (Moons, Myths and Man) [Books]

... not yet as settled as it is now. Chasms must often have yawned, and earthquakes have shaken large areas. And the lightnings often struck the high towers jutting up in the plains, Thus they were levelled again. The pyramid of Cholula in Mexico, which was built as a thank offering to the water-god Tlaloc, who had saved seven brothers of the giant race from the deluge, was destroyed by fire falling from heaven, which killed many of the builders. The gods, we are told, were afraid of an invasion of their realm. The destruction or inefficiency of pyramids or other artificial hills is the subject of many myths. The Washoan Indians of California tell ...

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578. The Baalim [Journals] [Kronos]

... in its various editions from 1890 onward, in toto. 16. W. F. Albright, loc. cit. 17. G. de Santillana & H. von Dechend, Hamlet's Mill: An Essay on Myth and the Frame of Time (Boston, 1969), pp. 284-285. 18. G. Rawlinson, The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World (N . Y., 1885), Vol. I, p. 76. 19. D. N. Talbott, The Saturn Myth (N . Y., 1980), in toto. 20. "Fragments of Berossus from Alexander Polyhistor," in R.K . ...

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579. An Evaluation of the Practical Operation of the Stonehenge Calendar [Journals] [Kronos]

... 29-day months. This can be seen as shown below: 30-day months 6 x 19 = 114+ 7 = 121+ 4 = 125 29-day months 6 x 19 = 114 - 4 = 110 Now, how can these corrections to the calendar be accomplished in a logical and easily remembered manner? My suggestion would be the following: The seven additional lunar months can be inserted individually beginning with year 2 in alternate 3 and 2-year intervals at the end of the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th, 15th, and 17th years. The four 29-day months that must be changed to 30-day months will be the last lunar month for the years 3, 8, 13 ...

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580. The Age of Reason: Some Insights [Journals] [Kronos]

... was already implied in the writings of Spinoza (1632-1677). But, in the process of satirizing the rationalism of Leibnitz, Voltaire criticizes most of the main ideologies of the Enlightenment, including his own. Like many other writers of the eighteenth century, Voltaire criticizes existing institutions and prejudices. The background is provided by the evils of the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), but the criticism is directed not only against war, militarism, religious intolerance, dogmatism, but further against all political institutions (France, England, Turkish Empire) and even international law (according to which the actions of the Bulgarians are perfectly regular). Even the Jesuits of Paraguay, who ...

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