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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... Rubble : Human Casualties of Earthquakes 141 Chapter 6 Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls : Destruction That Preserves ? Chapter 7 162 Expanding the Earthquake Record in the Holy Land 186 Chapter 8 Earthquake Storms and the Catastrophic ...
... Rubble : Human Casualties of Earthquakes One of the most telling kinds of earthquake evidence is the discov- ery of skeletons beneath the debris of collapsed structures . Some critics of archaeoseismology , in fact , point to the lack ...
... cities been rebuilt on the rubble of previous construction , only to fall themselves ? Because this region is renowned as the cradle of civilization , and of archaeology , we have simply accepted that these ruins. 20 Chapter 1.
... rubble just to ensure that the structures were no longer habitable ? Although scholars ( e.g. , Drews 1993 , 45 ) often propose this notion as a gen- eral modus operandi , they base this assumption only on a few his- torical accounts of ...
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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 |