Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of GodPrinceton University Press, 14 wrz 2021 - 328 What if Troy was not destroyed in the epic battle immortalized by Homer? What if many legendary cities of the ancient world did not meet their ends through war and conquest as archaeologists and historians believe, but in fact were laid waste by a force of nature so catastrophic that religions and legends describe it as the wrath of god? Apocalypse brings the latest scientific evidence to bear on biblical accounts, mythology, and the archaeological record to explore how ancient and modern earthquakes have shaped history--and, for some civilizations, seemingly heralded the end of the world. |
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... fact were laid waste by a force of nature so catastrophic that religions and legends describe it as the wrath of god ? Apocalypse brings the latest scientific evidence to bear on biblical accounts , mythology , and the archaeological ...
... fact were laid waste by a force of nature so catastrophic that religions and legends describe it as the wrath of god ? Apocalypse brings the latest scientific evidence to bear on biblical accounts , mythology , and the archaeological ...
... facts and inspiration . I see my book as a modest attempt to bring to the wider public some of the great work that Emanuela did . Then there are those who helped and collaborated in several as- pects of the work that led to my writing ...
... facts related to earthquakes in the Americas , including exciting sites in Mexico . I am also grateful to the many Stanford undergraduate students who , over a five - year period , not only patiently attended my lec- tures on ...
... fact , point to the lack of skele- tal evidence in a site as proof that an earthquake could not have caused destruction there . This chapter catalogues various skeletal finds in famous archaeological sites , some of which have not been ...
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How Earthquakes Happen | 33 |
History Myth and the Reliability of the Written Record | 66 |
Clues to Earthquakes in the Archaeological Record | 89 |
Under the Rubble Human Casualties of Earthquakes | 142 |
Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls Destruction That Preserves | 163 |
Expanding the Earthquake Record in the Holy Land | 187 |
Earthquake Storms and the Catastrophic End of the Bronze Age | 225 |
Rumblings and Revolutions Political Effects of Earthquakes | 247 |
Earthquakes and Societal Collapse | 273 |
Glossary | 280 |
References | 290 |
Index | 306 |
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Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of God Amos Nur,Dawn Burgess Ograniczony podgląd - 2008 |