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He is said to be descended from Ut'''na'''pishtim (Noah), the flood hero himself, and he is the ancestor of Enmer-kar (n-m-r the hunter/hero, biblical n-m-r(-d) Nimru(d)), the builder of the famous Tower of Babel (the ziggurat of Eridu).<br/><br/> |
He is said to be descended from Ut'''na'''pishtim (Noah), the flood hero himself, and he is the ancestor of Enmer-kar (n-m-r the hunter/hero, biblical n-m-r(-d) Nimru(d)), the builder of the famous Tower of Babel (the ziggurat of Eridu).<br/><br/> |
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I am interested in ancient history and formerly in the works of Tolkien (but after a clash with the Tolkien Estate ove rmy maps that has lessened). On the internet I use the name "Steven White jr" (after my late father) so I do not have to use my real name and get spammed even more. <br/><br/><br/><br/> |
I am interested in ancient history and formerly in the works of Tolkien (but after a clash with the Tolkien Estate ove rmy maps that has lessened). On the internet I use the name "Steven White jr" (after my late father) so I do not have to use my real name and get spammed even more. <br/><br/><br/><br/> |
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==NO RELIGION== |
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Not only am I an atheist, I am also an anti-theist. Especially the deity worshiped by the adherents of the abrahamic religions is, according to their "sacred texts", an arrogant, vile, and hateful deity, so that it is incomprehensible how an educated, enlightened, modern person can possibly follow such a figure as their role model. |
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To quote Richard Dawkins (whom I only partially agree with but who puts it eloquently into words) I say ''"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully"''. Following such a deity is even worse than joining some Neo-Nazi party, and I consider that a severe flaw of character. |
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There is simply no justification for adherence to YHWH (or whatever name is assigned Elohim/Allah/Jesus) that is not in violation of the very founding principles of western societies. YHWH and the religions built upon this concept of deity are the antithesis to human equality, individual freedom, and peaceful and environmentally compatible human co-existence. Over the last 30 years I have experienced all the religionist propaganda and the vain and empty "arguments" they come up with. I have indeed no problem talking or writing articles '''about''' these religions and their history and the historical context out of which they developed, but I will not suffer anyone writing articles that express that the biblical deity is real or that require the base assumption that the biblical deity is real. |
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YouTube videos: |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6twSN8ZS_VA The Bible: Evidence That God Is Evil?] |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haBLjVqrrjM Religion is a mental disorder] |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSxgnu3Hww8 Top Ten Creationist Arguments 1] |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfZFsXfCy6s Top Ten Creationist Arguments 2] |
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YouTube channels: |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/user/AronRa AronRa] |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/user/TheThinkingAtheist TheThinkingAtheist] |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/user/atheistResource AtheistResource] |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/user/DeltaAtheism DeltaAtheism] |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/user/cdk007 CDK 007] |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/user/potholer54 Potholer54] |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/user/DonExodus2 DonExodus] |
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== My List of Ancient Sites == |
== My List of Ancient Sites == |
Revision as of 09:55, 2 April 2010
Cush
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Voyage_of_cush.gif/220px-Voyage_of_cush.gif)
His name means "he who divides the land (amongst his followers)". The ancients and subsequently the writers of the bible knew him by his hypocoristic name Cush (=division). Through the Greeks we derive our own word "chaos" (=division) from the same hypocoristicon. The Egyptians deified him as Seth, Lord Chaos. In memory of the great mariner king the region he came to was also later known as Kush.
He is said to be descended from Utnapishtim (Noah), the flood hero himself, and he is the ancestor of Enmer-kar (n-m-r the hunter/hero, biblical n-m-r(-d) Nimru(d)), the builder of the famous Tower of Babel (the ziggurat of Eridu).
I am interested in ancient history and formerly in the works of Tolkien (but after a clash with the Tolkien Estate ove rmy maps that has lessened). On the internet I use the name "Steven White jr" (after my late father) so I do not have to use my real name and get spammed even more.
NO RELIGION
Not only am I an atheist, I am also an anti-theist. Especially the deity worshiped by the adherents of the abrahamic religions is, according to their "sacred texts", an arrogant, vile, and hateful deity, so that it is incomprehensible how an educated, enlightened, modern person can possibly follow such a figure as their role model. To quote Richard Dawkins (whom I only partially agree with but who puts it eloquently into words) I say "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully". Following such a deity is even worse than joining some Neo-Nazi party, and I consider that a severe flaw of character. There is simply no justification for adherence to YHWH (or whatever name is assigned Elohim/Allah/Jesus) that is not in violation of the very founding principles of western societies. YHWH and the religions built upon this concept of deity are the antithesis to human equality, individual freedom, and peaceful and environmentally compatible human co-existence. Over the last 30 years I have experienced all the religionist propaganda and the vain and empty "arguments" they come up with. I have indeed no problem talking or writing articles about these religions and their history and the historical context out of which they developed, but I will not suffer anyone writing articles that express that the biblical deity is real or that require the base assumption that the biblical deity is real.
YouTube videos:
- The Bible: Evidence That God Is Evil?
- Religion is a mental disorder
- Top Ten Creationist Arguments 1
- Top Ten Creationist Arguments 2
YouTube channels:
My List of Ancient Sites
OK, I've been collecting coordinates of ancient sites and here they are. This list is generated automatically from my database, so editing will be lost as soon as I post a new list, subsequently any corrections should be sent to me in a message.
Maps
![]() Ancient Egypt |
![]() Ancient Mesopotamia |
![]() Ancient Levant |
![]() Ancient Anatolia |
updates coming soon |
NC manager
The NC manager is the software I wrote myself to edit the data stored in my database. Here's a few screenshots to give an impression of how it works.
![]() Main window |
![]() Chart window |
![]() Placemarks properties |
![]() Placemarks map |
For further info see my own forum
New Chronology Dates for Ancient Egypt
Based on the work of David Rohl.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Nc_chart_2.png/220px-Nc_chart_2.png)
See complete list (with kings)
Name | NC From | NC To | OC From | OC To | |
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Predynastic Period | 4000 bce | 2770 bce | |||
Badarian | 4000 bce | 3250 bce | |||
Nakada I | 3250 bce | 3050 bce | |||
Nakada II | 3050 bce | 2850 bce | |||
Dynasty of Nekhen | |||||
Nakada III | 2850 bce | 2770 bce | |||
Dynasty 0 | 2830 bce | 2770 bce | |||
Early Dynastic Period | 2770 bce | 2554 bce | |||
1st Dynasty | 2770 bce | 2670 bce | 2920 bce | 2770 bce | |
2nd Dynasty | 2670 bce | 2554 bce | 2770 bce | 2650 bce | |
Old Kingdom | 2554 bce | 2061 bce | |||
3rd Dynasty | 2554 bce | 2499 bce | |||
4th Dynasty | 2499 bce | 2389 bce | 2613 bce | 2498 bce | |
5th Dynasty | 2389 bce | 2273 bce | 2494 bce | 2345 bce | |
6th Dynasty | 2273 bce | 2061 bce | 2345 bce | 2181 bce | |
First Intermediate Period | 2082 bce | 1833 bce | |||
7th Dynasty | 2061 bce | 2045 bce | |||
8th Dynasty | 2045 bce | 2018 bce | |||
Proto-Dynasty 9 | 2026 bce | 2018 bce | |||
9th Dynasty | 2018 bce | 1914 bce | |||
10th Dynasty | 2018 bce | 1833 bce | |||
Nomarchs at Khemenu | 1980 bce | 1690 bce | |||
Middle Kingdom | 1974 bce | 1632 bce | |||
Proto-Dynasty 11 | 2015 bce | 1984 bce | |||
11th Dynasty A (Thebes) | 1974 bce | 1870 bce | 2080 bce | 1937 bce | |
11th Dynasty B (all Egypt) | 1870 bce | 1803 bce | |||
12th Dynasty | 1800 bce | 1632 bce | 1985 bce | 1773 bce | |
Second Intermediate Period | 1632 bce | 1194 bce | |||
13th Dynasty A | 1632 bce | 1545 bce | |||
13th Dynasty B | 1545 bce | 1439 bce | |||
Theban Dynasty A | 1439 bce | 1380 bce | |||
Lesser Hyksos | 1439 bce | 1298 bce | |||
Greater Hyksos | 1298 bce | 1192 bce | |||
"16th Dynasty" | 1260 bce | ||||
Theban Dynasty B | 1252 bce | 1180 bce | |||
unassigned rulers | |||||
Dynasty of Abydos | |||||
New Kingdom | 1194 bce | 801 bce | |||
18th Dynasty | 1194 bce | 962 bce | 1550 bce | 1295 bce | |
19th Dynasty | 963 bce | 865 bce | 1295 bce | 1186 bce | |
20th Dynasty A | 865 bce | 832 bce | |||
20th Dynasty B | 863 bce | 830 bce | |||
20th Dynasty C | 847 bce | 801 bce | |||
Third Intermediate Period | 842 bce | 525 bce | 1069 bce | 525 bce | |
21st Dynasty Djanet | 842 bce | 644 bce | 1069 bce | 850 bce | |
21st Dynasty Waset | 824 bce | 658 bce | 730 bce | 715 bce | |
22nd Dynasty | 823 bce | 701 bce | 945 bce | 730 bce | |
25th Dynasty | 720 bce | 656 bce | |||
24th Dynasty | 716 bce | 705 bce | |||
26th Dynasty | 664 bce | 525 bce | 715 bce | 525 bce | |
23rd Dynasty | 661 bce | 620 bce | 818 bce | 715 bce | |
unassigned rulers | |||||
Late Period | 525 bce | 332 bce | |||
27th Dynasty | 525 bce | 404 bce | |||
28th Dynasty | 404 bce | 398 bce | |||
29th Dynasty | 398 bce | 380 bce | |||
30th Dynasty | 380 bce | 343 bce | |||
31st Dynasty | 343 bce | 332 bce | |||
32nd Dynasty | 338 bce | 335 bce | |||
Ptolemaic Period | 332 bce | 30 bce | |||
Macedonian Dynasty | 332 bce | 305 bce | |||
Ptolemaic Dynasty | 305 bce | 30 bce | |||
"35th Dynasty" | 205 bce | 186 bce |
New Chronology Dates for Ancient Mesopotamia
Based on the work of David Rohl.