But Strabo wrote around the time of Tiberius. That's only a few decades before Josephus - would you also call him an extra-biblical source? Tacitus wrote about Moses while a few decades before Strabo we have Diodorus Siculus.
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Evidence for the Hebrews being Habiru? It isn't even clear what the 34 mentions of the word refers to.
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That's one interpretation of the word Habiru, and IMHO not the mainstream one. Of course some people try to say the similarity with the word Hebrew means something, but as the Wikipedia article says, "Depending on the source and epoch, these Habiru are variously described as nomadic or semi-nomadic, rebels, outlaws, raiders, mercenaries, and bowmen, servants, slaves, migrant laborers, e
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Roxana, one of the reviews is by two people, one an archaeologist, who think it took place - but that The Exodus Case is nonsense.
But there's no evidence in Egyptology for the events described. Or for Hebrew slaves building pyramids, etc.
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Academic books do seem very very expensive at times, but how much is that because they sell so few they can't afford to do them any cheaper? I really don't know the answer. Sorry, this is off-topic but interesting to me. See for a breakdown of costs.
Doug
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by Lennart Moller: Biblical Pseudoarchaeology by a Swedish Professor of Medicine
bv Martin Rundkvist______________
Volume 28.6, November / December 200,
Thanks.
Doug
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This was last discussed I think at . I've just seen a report on this which you can read at "The Cinmar discovery and the proposed pre-Late Glacial Maximum occupation of North America" byMetin I. Erena, b, , , Matthew T. Boulangera, c, , , Michael J. O'Briena, The paper concludes;
"Until clearly and reliably addressed, the gravity of the discrepancies and factual inacc
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Khazar-khum Wrote:
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> Those are all big skulls. What you want is on this
> page:
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> Scroll down to the comparison of average human
> jaws with the giant ones.
Sorry, but how do I actually know what I'm seeing is what it claims to be? As for the Si-te-Cah, the article on Wikipedia at says "Adr
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I looked at the photos of 4 skulls supposedly from Lovelock at - one of them is shown with a quarter - I enlarged it so that the quarter on my monitor was the same size as the quarter of my hand and measured the skull in quarters - I didn't see anything suggesting a giant skull. What have I missed?
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See this Smithsonian article: "But as Olshin is first to admit, the authenticity of the ten maps and four texts is hardly settled. The ink remains untested, and a radiocarbon study of the parchment of one key map—the only one subjected to such analysis—dates the sheepskin vellum to the 15th or 16th century, a sign the map is at best a copy. Another quandary is that Polo himself wrote nothin
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Andrew Lawler: The “pyramids” in B&H are totally natural
"The Bosnian Pyramid Foundation published in their 2012 report on page 40 that a miner’s lamp was found deep within the tunnels. In a museum in Bulgaria, they have quite a collection of miners’ lamps; from the Roman period to the present day. At the earliest, the one the Foundation found could date back to the late 17th century,
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Let's see whatthe person who brought this to light has said about this scrap: "In my reading, however, the main point of the GJW fragment is simply to affirm that women who are wives and mothers can be Jesus’s disciples."
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donald r raab Wrote:
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> Wrong on all counts.
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> 1. The bowl exists. Until recently it would be
> difficult to prove the bowls origin. That is not
> the case now. tools exist to determine the age of
> the bowl.
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> 2. You hope the bowl was brought in the 20th
> century. That is hardly science.
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The bowl has no provenance - it was supposedly found by a peasant in someone's hacienda. That's why I say it's origin is dubious. How would you describe it? Even if it turns out to be real Sumerian, there's no archaeological context, no reason to believe that it wasn't brought to Peru in the 20th century. Donald, you are the one who think's it is Sumerian, you are th
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Constantinos Ragazas Wrote:
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> > This could be a problem. Any of our readers
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> > contacts there? On the face of it it sounds
> nice,
> > but it is to be written by an Osamangich
> > supporter. See
> &g
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This could be a problem. Any of our readers have contacts there? On the face of it it sounds nice, but it is to be written by an Osamangich supporter. See
Doug
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And who says this is Sumerian writing? If you believe Clyde Winters I've a bridge I'd like to sell you. Love the " Sumerians, Minoans, Indus Valley people, Libyco-Berber people and Mande used the same writing." Find one recognised expert on Sumerian who claims that the Pokotia monolith or the Fuente Magna bowl is Sumerian. Jason Colavito's column on the Pokotia monolith
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Thanks - the Wikipedia article on Paratoari , although not too bad, certainly needs work and proper referencing.
Doug
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From Wikipedia:
"In 2014, the Smithsonian Department of Anthropology issued the following statement concerning the stone:
Quote While recognizing that a diversity of opinion continues to circulate around the authenticity of the Bat Creek Stone, the curators in the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, believe that the inscription
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Charlie, please try to report articles correctly. Western Eurasians means people from "West Asia and Europe". Note that this is before the recolonisation of Western Europe from the Middle East after the Last Glacial maximum, so what we are seeing is quite likely a movement of people from the Middle East both eastwards and westwards.
I see the four "takehome" messages are:
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BrettMartin Wrote:
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> Tin was very rare in ancient Europe.
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> Sicily and whales being the only places I think.
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> Tin is essential in bronze manufacture.
Read the earlier posts please. Wikipedia has an article on ancient source, the section about Europe is at . Erzgebirge along the border between Germany and Czech
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Hermione Wrote:
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> Another article
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> Hermione
> Director/Owner/Moderator - The Hall of Ma'at
Link didn't work.
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We have an article claiming that the Walls of Benin are the world's largest structure. The main sources are two, work by Patrick Darling and an article by the British science writer Fred Pearce which was in the New Scientist -
I suspect our article has confused the defensive walls of the city of Benin with another related series of earthworks, as the World Monuments fund gives a shorter
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The claim I have seen is for verses from the Mahabharata:
...a single projectile
Charged with all the power of the Universe.
An incandescent column of smoke and flame
As bright as the thousand suns
Rose in all its splendour...
a perpendicular explosion
with its billowing smoke clouds...
...the cloud of smoke
rising after its first explosion
formed into expanding round circl
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That will almost certainly be these tunnels:
More from Kusch:
His book:
Interesting review, see the article mentioned at the end of it (translate with Chrome or Google toolbar). Thomas Rathgeber, in: Contributions to the cave customer and Karst in Southwest Germany 47, 2010, p. 2 (Http://science.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/files/Ueber_Erdstaelle-aus47.pdf) Kühtreiber Thomas, in: The Cave. Zei
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donald r raab Wrote:
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> Well you see THAT is patently questionable. There
> are points of view (see at the actual lanse
> meadows site)that the site was operable from 1000
> to 1400 ad. It was a boat repair facility. Not a
> colony attempt per say. And a boat repair
> facility implies repairs so boats can return h
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