Mycenaean Times: Chronology and Greek History By Vern Crisler Copyright, 2004 1. Homer & Schliemann: The two incidents that Courville finds of most value for...
Very interesting. Troy and Myceanean civilization are unfamiliar areas for me. Hope you go slow and connect the dots for interested but not well informed ...
... areas for ... well informed ... I'll try, but I may not always be able to tell when dots need connecting (due to overfamiliarity with the material). If I...
... ships, ... Excellent review. I missed the date of the destruction of Troy VIh, according to Wood, "In Search of..." "The heyday of Troy VI (phases d-g)...
... wrote: <snip> ... I will argue in the next few posts that the Fall of Troy--hence Troy 6h--took place around 966 B.C. Wood's dates are based upon ...
In a message dated 11/22/2004 11:39:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... What would the signs of earthquake be? An army aiming to destroy a city would do similar...
In a message dated 11/22/2004 11:39:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... If Troy of Homer fell c. 966 BC, and the Amazons came through about 100 years before, that...
... That would be up to the excavator to determine. However, Wood did call attention to the shifting of the wall's foundations, etc. "Blegen soon became...
... It's hard to comment on what you say, because you haven't provided any references or citations. That would be helpful to us who only have a cursory...
In a message dated 11/24/2004 2:55:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Well, briefly, the only sources of any reliability are Homer, Diodorus Siculus and...
In a message dated 11/24/2004 2:53:21 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Of course, what is to keep invaders from taking advantage of an earthquake? You could have...
Happy Thanksgiving, may God bless you and your various projects in Jesus, Mary Christine Erikson Moderator Note: I share the sentiments. However, due to the...
3. Herodotus and Greek Chronography Greek history--or rather historiography--begins with Herodotus. It is to him that scholars first turn in their attempts...
Hello Vern, Your last two previews of Troy and the dating problem have been very interesting, referring to the article by Burkert and Forsdyke's book. You ...
... Yes I'm familiar with CoD, and I will be discussing it in coming weeks. They have a good discussion of many of the issues of Greek chronology, though I ...
... Hello Vern. Yes, normally I do not see a problem with this view, I think we can detect this also in biblical texts where contemporary experiences are ...
... I agree that in the biblical text contemporary experiences are intermingled with ancient recollections. However, I see nothing in the biblical texts about...
Certainly you must have a considerable problem with this statement found in the Bible. You cannot tell me of any reason a chariot would be made of iron, ...
... found in ... of iron, ... manufacture. It ... reasonable ... motorized tank! ... and the ... break into ... for a "war ... and others of ... See message...
... " Certainly you must have a considerable problem with this statement found in the Bible. You cannot tell me of any reason a chariot would be made of...
Vern, I believe I was referring to the Iron Chariots of Sisera in the famous battle with the Hebrews. Have you ever heard of the so called "armored laagers"...
... the famous ... "armored ... Don't know much about Charlemagne's military patterns and practices. According to the Englishman's Concordance, there are at...
In a message dated 12/10/2004 8:01:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... And then again, possibly not. Iron might have phased in slowly in small bits here and...
Bergen, a very thoughtful response. But according to my sources the "last" nation in the world to use the chariot were the Persians, and they were the first...
I rather suspect that chariots of iron were not solid iron, but had iron in them. You are right that iron did not replace bronze all at once, but gradually as...
... assume ... which ... mean ... Certainly, and I had always 'guessed' that it referred to iron sheathing around the wheel (iron tires), we see them all the...
4. The Spartan King List All chronological roads point to the Spartan king list as the key to solving the puzzle over the date of the Trojan War. To quote...
I came across this story today, and was wondering what, if any, historical events this can be related to. http://www.news-about-space.org/story/2409.html ...
In a message dated 12/17/2004 3:01:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Sounds about right for The Flood or for some aftershock to so speak. The Jewish calendar...
A most interesting article. Some brief comments. First Radiocarbon dating is only accurate if the amount of C14 in the atmosphere is constant, which has not...
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