Ancient Egypt Cities Leveled by Massive Volcano, Ash Find Suggests Dan Morrison in Cairo for National Geographic News <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/> ...
Back in 1990 or so I was present at a lecture by Manfred Bietak, who was presenting the results of recent excavations at Tell el-Daba'a (the Hyksos capital...
I thank you both for what you have posted here about this. I have always found the Minoans fascinating and I have since reading Charles Pelligrino's book...
... The Exodus was not an historical event as portrayed in the ancient Hebrew texts. For more information see, amongst others, some of the publications of...
After Amhose defeated the Hyksos [ca 1550? BCE],There was a mass exodus of Hyksos to the Levant,[Brested-Translations of Egyptian Records].This people movement...
*Mikey,* *We will have to agree to disagree, but let us do it agreeably. * ** *Kim* On 03 Apr 2007 15:52:35 -0700, Mikey Brass <michael.brass@...> ... ...
... There are problems with linking that directly to the Exodus, apart from dating. In other words, the myth of the Exodus isn't a garbled version of the...
... Agreed but only on the basis of not wishing this to degenerate into a hardline religious vs science thread. The archaeological evidence is clear-cut....
*It was a long time ago and relatively little is known for sure.* *Everybody believes what they believe based upon their interpretation of the facts and their...
There are two main problems with the Santorini eruption: - how big it was? (and here the new finds can provide us with some more information) - when it was -...
... That is the whole point of research, not just in archaeology. We change our minds as we learn more, that doesn't, however, negate everything. ... ...
... It's the beauty of science. 80 years ago some scholars believed there was a factual foundation to the Exodus. As excavations mounted and the evidence was...
LOL... is Professor Dever a minimalist then? Could someone explain exactly what it is the minimalists believe? I have a vague idea that they do not put any...
Well it was big enough to blow a huge hole in the island. I have seen pictures of what was left. Allison ... From: "Katarzyna Zeman" <elf_cath@...> To:...
... Dever does not accept the Copenhagen school of thought. Two links describing Dever: Dever's webpage: http://w3fp.arizona.edu/neareast/dever.htm Also...
Mikey, There may be a factual foundation for an exodus.The excavation of the Tell el-Dab'a mound by M Bistok [1996] revealed grave goods from the 18th century...
Hi Bob, No Egyptian text has ever been found containing a single reference to "Hebrews" or "Israelites" in Egypt, much less to an "Exodus". On this, we appear...
M Bistak dated Thera pumice at the Avaris temple between 1524 and 1479 BCE.Whether the pumice is from the main eruption or a subsequent one is a moat point and...
Thank you very much..I will be sure to read this. Wonder why this Exodus is then written about in the Bible. This is a fascinating subject.. I guess it is too...
... Everything from fictional to an elite figure in a small group of semites either from transJordan or a Canaanite outlier. -- Best, Mikey Brass MA in...
I would think that there had to be at least a germ of truth to the exodus story.. and you use the term "Asiatics"..does that refer to any group of people from...
Mikey, No argument.The exodus of 240000 "Asiatics" from Egypt in the latter half of the 16th century BCE might be the root for the biblical exodus,but there is...
Allison, The term Asiatics is quoted from M Bistak [1996] and my interpretation,which could easily be erroneous,was that Bistak was referring to people from...
Generoso Benter, PhD De la Salle University, Manila Philippines Book: Discovering Israel, exegesis and analysis of Israel as a clan not as a place. The Bible...
... [calibrated 2005 calpal].The fallen walls filled the moat and allowed access to the urban centre, ... imply a plague.The full grain solos remained intact. ...
Science 312 (28 April 2006), 547-65: cover abstract: "New Carbon Dates Support Revised History of Ancient Mediterranean," by Michael Balter article:...
