Richard, Such good questions! You write: "Now that the list is in your hands rather than Kim's, are you actually going to promote debate and the presentation...
This is a re-post with a different header title. It responds to Richard's recent questions under another thread title. Richard, Such good questions! You write:...
Walter: The one generation idea is in agreement with the Quran (Q 28:38) which places Moses under Kufu (2589-2566 BCE). Although Kufu's name is not mentioned,...
I didn't realize that notice was automatically generated. It is deleted and future notices terminated (I hope). There is NO limit to postings. Enjoy. George...
Hi George, many thanks for this clarification - being a moderator elsewhere I fully appreciate the balancing act one has to perform. My questions were largely...
Hi James and all, I have just received an email that touches on this issue, and here are some extracts: 1) There is some evidence for wheeled vehicles used in...
Richard, I *DO* understand that you were listing several OTHER possibilities in your thoughtful posts. But your ability to be creative in offering what I ...
Yea! George (from a Velikovsky fan, the old crank that got me interested in his wild ideas, and who answered the letters I argued with him in). However, if...
Don't forget the Egyptian version of Aaron's two sons fiery deaths. "Exploits of Sesostris.” Short Egyptian text about a king, Sesostris (no Roman numeral...
... Not having followed this thread, I'm uncertain how there can be a controversey about the presence of iron pre-Iron IIA (Mazar)."During the years 1200-1000...
Um, George ALWAYS jumps on everything, folks! It has nothing to do with his being moderator! I haven't seen him suppressing alternate points of view yet....
Scott, The question is when does iron become so COMMON in the ancient world that they make entire chariots of it?..... or cover the chariots with it...
I know this sounds like I'm putting this off, but just give me until this weekend and I will look up Khor. I've started a new job this week & I'm adjusting to...
George is like a famous baseball player turned coach ( I can't remember the name), but he is a player-coach a la abh member- moderator. So George, keep coming...
I'm still waiting on someone to look up the Hebrew term used for "iron chariot"?? If no one gets to it, I'll do it this weekend too I guess (*sigh*). Actually...
Ah, Richard. Yes, I would like to hear more about the Assyrian style chariots vs. say the Phoenician chariot or the 25th Dynasty Tarharqa etc... Egyptian...
Hi James, ... I'm still waiting on someone to look up the Hebrew term used ... In Judges 4:3, Sisera's chariots are described: tesha' me'owth rekeb-barzel nine...
... First, why do you think you know that the phrase would not be used unless the chariot were "covered" with it or--not gonna happen--made of it? Remember...
Thanks Richard, sorry I must have missed the mention. I did see where you were talking about how ludicrous it would be for the entire chariot to be made of...
Scott, The idea that military planners would armor chariots with iron, instead of other metal, suggests that iron is more plentiful or more commonly obtained. ...
Hi George, I feel you are underrating the difficulty of chariot design and overrating the technology of the time. Chariot design took a lot of years to develop...
Hello everyone, this is to let you know that I've started 2 new groups: 1. ninjahistory This group is to discuss the origin and history of the Shinobi/Ninja,...
Greetings If anyone is interested, this site http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1091936096020 has an article from the...
Sorry I forget to quote the first sentence in the article: "A recent dig at tel Beit Shemesh (Israel) has found a iron workshop dating back to the Ninth...
["And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel ...
Hi James, there is an online encyclopedia reference at http://www.lexiline.com/lexiline/lexi139.htm this traces the word back to Sumerian (so very much older...
James: Barzel probably comes from the sumerian word. Here is a list of the word origins in the Middle East. A peculiar website from the Lavian-American Andis ...
