Arcane Battle Composer has been released on the 24th. Fast rules on 90x60cm for 15mm. 1 stand 1 unit. Playtested with 15mm and 1:20 scale toy soldiers. Main...
Except that the OT isn't strictly comparable, if you're comparing them to Assyrian royal inscriptions (or indeed any state's *official* pronouncements, ancient...
Howdy, I read Halpern's book last year. I got the feeling it told more about Halpern's secret demons than anything else. His basic approach seemed to be to...
Trying to figure out the complete set of his titles & number of bound volumes in each. There is a 12 or 13 bound volume English translation set from around ...
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Anyone read this one? Makes the case that Joseph was the Vizier of Thutmoses IV, named Yuya. Places the Exodus in the time of Ramses I. -- -- Doug The price...
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... From: "radi_kibsi" <nigel@...> To: <ancmed@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:02 PM Subject: [ancmed] Re: New Chronology ......
I am currently researching this battle and would appreciate any information that could be provided about the battle and the opposing armies. I am particularly...
Gross; where does that one come from? PS I am reading 127 Midrashim on the Jewish holiday of Purim. The Jewish Queen Esther (Ishtar) marries King Ash (sp.)...
... From: "Sherry E. Stuart" <forceof1@...> To: <ancmed@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 3:53 AM Subject: Re: [ancmed] Re: Persians and the...
I was wondering about the depiction of crests on helmets of what we might think of the classic "Polybian" Republican Roman hastati, princeps and triarii - I...
... There is indeed new evidence, at least for one style: http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?p=177885 Neither the Entella depiction nor the Connolly...
Hi Still awaiting my copy of Slingshot. Has it been sent out yet? I resubscibed this year as my old Sub has ran out. Therefore my card is out of date and I...
... Verily, it is so. Though again, you know me, it isn't a case of finding more *detail* in the actual inscriptions (not all royal inscriptions are annalistic...
I Checking with Printall this morning, The January issue has been printed. Membership cards and new envelopes currently being done. They hope it should all...
Howdy, Kings is definitely the book with the most aspects similar to ANE royal inscriptions. You can see how the author could have had access to some sort of...
Omen texts: vast literature and there are several publications on Assyrian prophetic texts, reports of seers and wise-women and the like. Since at least the...
Howdy, What I meant to suggest is that we have no theological reflections on the fall of Nineveh from the Assyrian perspective. None of their scribes/priests...
The differing fates of the two elites may have something to do with it (the Assyrian metropolitan elite probably wasn't deported ... ). OTOH. the same lack of...
More importantly, that there was a continual, living community who kept copying and studying the texts. After all clay is more durable in a fire than papyrus...
The Assyrian elite was slaughtered and nearly all the major Assyrian centres were destroyed as far as we can tell. There were probably precious few Assyrian...