Ancient Egypt Cities Leveled by Massive Volcano, Ash Find Suggests Dan Morrison in Cairo for National Geographic News <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/> ...
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kgarryh
Apr 3, 2007 6:38 pm
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...
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Kim Noyes
kimusinteruptus
Apr 3, 2007 10:49 pm
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...
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Mikey Brass
mikearchaeology
Apr 3, 2007 10:52 pm
... 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...
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Joan Butcher
bobandjoany
Apr 4, 2007 5:02 am
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...
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Kim Noyes
kimusinteruptus
Apr 4, 2007 5:02 am
*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@...> ... ...
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Mikey Brass
mikearchaeology
Apr 4, 2007 7:06 am
... 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...
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Mikey Brass
mikearchaeology
Apr 4, 2007 7:11 am
... 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....
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Kim Noyes
kimusinteruptus
Apr 4, 2007 1:43 pm
*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...
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Kim Noyes
kimusinteruptus
Apr 4, 2007 1:44 pm
Mikey, Famous last words. How oft have we heard that only to have to reevaluate and in some cases rewrite what we previously believed to be gospel...
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Katarzyna Zeman
elf_cath
Apr 4, 2007 1:45 pm
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 -...
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Isabelle
tanithastarte
Apr 4, 2007 1:50 pm
... 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. ... ...
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Mikey Brass
mikearchaeology
Apr 4, 2007 2:49 pm
... 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...
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LoukanisFamily
aloukanis
Apr 4, 2007 3:29 pm
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...
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LoukanisFamily
aloukanis
Apr 4, 2007 4:36 pm
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:...
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Isabelle
tanithastarte
Apr 4, 2007 5:14 pm
... He's a Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology......
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Mikey Brass
mikearchaeology
Apr 4, 2007 6:47 pm
... Dever does not accept the Copenhagen school of thought. Two links describing Dever: Dever's webpage: http://w3fp.arizona.edu/neareast/dever.htm Also...
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Joan Butcher
bobandjoany
Apr 4, 2007 8:51 pm
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...
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Mikey Brass
mikearchaeology
Apr 4, 2007 9:23 pm
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...
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Joan Butcher
bobandjoany
Apr 4, 2007 9:27 pm
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...
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LoukanisFamily
aloukanis
Apr 4, 2007 9:27 pm
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...
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Mikey Brass
mikearchaeology
Apr 4, 2007 9:33 pm
... 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...
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LoukanisFamily
aloukanis
Apr 4, 2007 10:07 pm
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...
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LoukanisFamily
aloukanis
Apr 4, 2007 11:02 pm
Well now that is interesting. I have never heard that take on Exodus before. Allison ... From: "Mikey Brass" <michael.brass@...> To:...
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Mikey Brass
mikearchaeology
Apr 5, 2007 6:51 am
... Thanks. I would point out it is the mainstream view amongst theologists and Near Eastern scholars working in the Levant....
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Joan Butcher
bobandjoany
Apr 5, 2007 6:53 am
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...
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Joan Butcher
bobandjoany
Apr 5, 2007 6:54 am
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...
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gbenter
Apr 5, 2007 7:00 am
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...
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Mikey Brass
mikearchaeology
Apr 5, 2007 8:00 am
... [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. ...
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Katarzyna Zeman
elf_cath
Apr 5, 2007 2:48 pm
Science 312 (28 April 2006), 547-65: cover abstract: "New Carbon Dates Support Revised History of Ancient Mediterranean," by Michael Balter article:...
