Merodach, or Bel, armed for the Conflict with the Dragon; from Assyrian Cylinder. 31. and elevenfold offspring from fear they produce 32. (Through) the flood the demons go (all of them?). 33. He laid the hostility, his hand …. 34. part of their opposition under him …. 35. and the god Kingu again …. Again […]
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THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS – GEORGE SMITH – PART ONE – 5*INFO
3 and 745 Broadway. THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS. PREFACE BY THE EDITOR. T is now five years since the present volume was first laid before the public by Mr. George Smith, just before setting out on his last ill-fated expedition to the East. It naturally awakened extreme interest and curiosity. The earlier chapters of Genesis […]
The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood by Irving Finkel – review 5*INFO
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A Newly Deciphered Babylonian Tablet Details Blueprints for “Noah’s Ark 5*info
The New Republic LATEST THE SOAPBOX APOCALYPSE SOON SOLD SHORT CRITICAL MASS MAGAZINE PODCASTS SubscribeSign In The New Republic Jerry A. Coyne/January 21, 2014 A Newly Deciphered Babylonian Tablet Details Blueprints for “Noah’s Ark” HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES We’ve known since at least 1872 that the Great Flood detailed in Genesis is a descendant of […]
George Smith Assyrian Discoveries: An Account of Explorations and Discoveries on the site of Nineveh, during 1873 and 1874, New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1875.5*info
George Smith Assyrian Discoveries: An Account of Explorations and Discoveries on the site of Nineveh, during 1873 and 1874, New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1875. Nikola Benin, Ph.D The Assyriologist George Smith (1840–76) was trained originally as an engraver, but was enthralled by the discoveries of Layard and Rawlinson. He taught himself […]
GEORGE SMITH – How a self-taught British genius rediscovered the Mesopotamian saga of Gilgamesh after 2,500 years 5*INFO
Epic Hero How a self-taught British genius rediscovered the Mesopotamian saga of Gilgamesh after 2,500 years The unlikely researcher, George Smith, made one of archaeology’s most sensational finds when he uncovered the cuneiform-inscribed clay tablet containing fragments of a lost Babylonian epic. (David Damrosch) By David Damrosch SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE | SUBSCRIBE MAY 2007 In November 1872, George […]