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119 pages of results. 371. Dating the Trojan War [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... consider whether some elements of Tyrrhenus' story have become mixed with those of Trojan Aeneas. We know likewise that Charlemagne in Medieval stories and Cyrus the Persian king (e .g . the Cyropaedia by Xenophon) are credited with the deeds of their predecessors or successors. The name of Tyrrhenus or (in Greek) Tursenos is a little strange for the eponym of a people. When we compare the Italian Tu(r )s-ci with Turs-enoi we see that -enoi is a Greek ending denoting a people's name. I think the Tursenoi were not named after Tursenos but after "Turs" or "Tros." Billigmeier [14] has established etymological connections among the words " ...
372. The Earth Chronicles (Review) [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... work marvelous fantasy until I saw an article in the San Francisco Chronicle (December 27, 1983) on the latest IRAS (infra-red) Satellite probe which reported the sighting of a celestial object "moving in to the Sun . . . possibly as large as Jupiter," and "50 trillion miles from Earth." Astronomers have been strangely silent about this report since then, but interest in Sitchin's work has increased greatly since the planet he has attempted to investigate may be moving into sight. Many of us sense we are on the verge of a great event. In The Twelfth Planet Sitchin examines the genealogy and history of the Sumerian pantheon. He relates the Earth records ...
373. Rocks From Where? [Journals] [Horus]
... Mars is positively distressing. The escape velocity from Mars is given as five kilometers per second, and it is postulated that "no target material should survive the shock pressures accompanying the requisite impact." Be that as it may, nine meteorites, one of them Antarctic sample EETA7900 1, are suspected to have come from Mars. These strange rocks are known as "SNCs," meaning shergottites-nakhtites-chassignite names derived from the locations where they were first found (Shergotty, India; Nakhla, Egypt; Chassigny, France). The chemical and isotopic compositions of the SNCs are meteoritic rather than Earthlike, so they could not have escaped the Earth due to an impact and then fallen ...
374. Letters [Journals] [SIS Review]
... From: SIS Chronology & Catastrophism Review 1997:2 (Apr 1998) Home | Issue Contents Letters Dead Sea Pyramids'In C&CR 1996:2 (Letters, p. 57), Laurence Dixon enquired about some strange formations near Masada, on the western shore of the Dead Sea. His accompanying photograph shows features which he interprets as a courtyard, pyramid, enclosing wall and ramp'. Mr Dixon is not the first to suggest these are the remains of ancient buildings; one self-styled biblical archaeologist even identifies these weathered shapes as the ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah. After studying such claims, we visited the area in March 1997, along with David Rohl ...
375. Thoth Vol II, No. 5: March 15, 1998 [Journals] [Thoth]
... found the above poem on a London subway. (Well, I wasn't actually in London, but I found the poem in the archives of an Internet site that's maintained by the folks who display poems on the London subways.) I couldn't help but be impressed that most of these "wondrous sights" listed by the anonymous poet seem strangely resonant with the mythical backdrop of the Saturn thesis. Not because a catastrophe of Saturnian dimensions occurred in the 17th century! --but because the poet was still immersed in the literary and symbolic echoes of more ancient events. Perhaps the true meanings were lost ages ago, and now the symbols can only appear unlikely and incomprehensible, twisted by ...
376. The Cloud of Jehovah [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... Exodus 40:38] We must be aware that this was not the pillar of fire/cloud identified by Velikovsky as the comet Venus. This was no comet in the sky; it was earthbound and intermittent- and associated strictly with the Tabernacle. It was, to some degree, approachable, and coming into its presence could have strange consequences. And he [Moses] went gathering seventy men of the older men of the people and proceded to have them stand round about the tent. Then Jehovah came down in a cloud and spoke to him and took away some of the spirit that was upon him and put it upon each of the seventy older men. And ...
377. Thoth Vol II, No. 2: January 31 , 1998 [Journals] [Thoth]
... , it is only appropriate that we seek out the underlying idea. The broom plays a part, for example, in the myth of Cihuacoatl, or "Woman Snake," the chief advisor to the Aztec ruler. Cihuacoatl stands in close but enigmatic association with both the horrifying serpentine goddess Coatlicue and the revered mother goddess Toci. But strangely, Cihuacoatl's relationships and symbols suggest two extremes, with no apparent bridge between them. In her most familiar role, she speaks for "domestic" responsibilities (she holds a broom and was remembered in the daily sweeping of the household shrine); but she was equally "at home" in her Terrible Aspect, the man-eating mistress ...
378. Assyria, Karduniash, Babylon: A Rational chronology [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... in another system Name B is used. Dr. Velikovsky applied this approach successfully on two or three occasions, e.g . Amu/Amalek, and Shishak/Thutmoses III, but in almost all other instances, in the author's opinion, he has seriously erred when applying this technique. Many others in his footsteps have adopted many strange stands-and quickly retreated! In Assyrian chronology trying to match up second millennium Assyrian kings with first millennium "equivalents" proved more sport than fact. It seems that some may still hope to identify Assuruballit I with 1050 B.C . The person responsible for the overuse of the Multiple Names Approach was Velikovsky himself. The founding genius of ...
379. The Fire Came By: The Riddle of the Great Siberian Explosion by John Baxter and Thomas Atkins [Journals] [Kronos]
... Rakata eruption on Krakatoa in 1883, it was estimated that several million tons of cosmic pollution had been dumped into our air-mass. Yet, as more expeditions converged on the Siberian wastes, where fearful Tungus tribes said, "The fire came by," fewer and fewer answers were forthcoming and more questions were generated. It became as a strange puzzle, enshrouded in mystery, and wrapped in an enigma. The comet hypothesis became less tenable on mechanistic grounds, which also ruled out a train of meteorites, as the path of the object, as described by observers in villages and communities along its course, delineated an erratic trajectory. Finally, in 1961 and 1963 two fully ...
380. Rohl's theory [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... 21st Dynasty tomb was cut into the 22nd dynasty tomb, implying it was built later. Alternatively: the 22nd Dynasty tomb was built around the 21st dynasty structure, implying it was built later. It wouldn't be the first time that a building incorporated earlier structures, and it seems to me that cutting into a pre-existing structure is a slightly strange thing to do, with the associated risk of damage to load bearing walls, collapsing roofs, etc. If the foundation of the 22nd dynasty tomb extended under the 21st dynasty tomb, there would be no ambiguity, but this was not made clear. At least, I don't think it was. : -) From: Eirikur ...
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