Egypt
http://www.geotimes.org/may04/NN_plague.html
A study of insect life at Akehnaten's city Amarna (Akhetaten) has revealed that the place was teaming with fleas, flies, bedbugs and parasites, in particular at the tombuilders "Workmens Village". The study by Eva Panagiotakopulu, a paleoentomologist at Sheffield University (UK) believes that the fossilized plague bacteria she identified in the fossilized fleas may indicate that the plague originated in Africa, in fleas that fed on the Nile rat and were only later transferred to Asian rats as carriers, which in turn communicated the plague to the rest of the Mediterranean.
- Hittite Plague Warfare
The Telegraph Not Egyptology, but relevant, given Egypt's military activities and expansionist policies during the New Kingdom: Dr Trevisanato said he had spent years searching through ancient accounts of Hittite conquests. In 1325 BC, when the Hittites...
- Curse Of King Tut Haunts Mourning Woman
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=85&art_id=qw1108983601114B221 The curse of Tutankhamun continues to plague Egyptology, although I bet Zahi Hawass is chuckling happily at this one. Hawass is rushing to the rescue of a woman who believes...
- Overlapping Kings
I noticed recently that when I aligned the third Amenhotep's year reign of 25 with his successor and namesakes year 1 that a number of curious dates begin to suggest that much of the fourth Amenhotep's reign may actually have run parallel to his...
- Overlapping Kings
It has been noticed that when aligned the third Amenhotep's year reign of 25 with his successor and namesakes year 1 that a number of curious dates begin to suggest that much of the fourth Amenhotep's reign may actually have run parallel to his...
- Overlapping Kings Of Amarna
I noticed recently that when I aligned the third Amenhotep's year reign of 25 with his successor and namesakes year 1 that a number of curious dates begin to suggest that much of the fourth Amenhotep's reign may actually have run parallel to his...
Egypt
Insects at Amarna
http://www.geotimes.org/may04/NN_plague.html
A study of insect life at Akehnaten's city Amarna (Akhetaten) has revealed that the place was teaming with fleas, flies, bedbugs and parasites, in particular at the tombuilders "Workmens Village". The study by Eva Panagiotakopulu, a paleoentomologist at Sheffield University (UK) believes that the fossilized plague bacteria she identified in the fossilized fleas may indicate that the plague originated in Africa, in fleas that fed on the Nile rat and were only later transferred to Asian rats as carriers, which in turn communicated the plague to the rest of the Mediterranean.
- Hittite Plague Warfare
The Telegraph Not Egyptology, but relevant, given Egypt's military activities and expansionist policies during the New Kingdom: Dr Trevisanato said he had spent years searching through ancient accounts of Hittite conquests. In 1325 BC, when the Hittites...
- Curse Of King Tut Haunts Mourning Woman
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=85&art_id=qw1108983601114B221 The curse of Tutankhamun continues to plague Egyptology, although I bet Zahi Hawass is chuckling happily at this one. Hawass is rushing to the rescue of a woman who believes...
- Overlapping Kings
I noticed recently that when I aligned the third Amenhotep's year reign of 25 with his successor and namesakes year 1 that a number of curious dates begin to suggest that much of the fourth Amenhotep's reign may actually have run parallel to his...
- Overlapping Kings
It has been noticed that when aligned the third Amenhotep's year reign of 25 with his successor and namesakes year 1 that a number of curious dates begin to suggest that much of the fourth Amenhotep's reign may actually have run parallel to his...
- Overlapping Kings Of Amarna
I noticed recently that when I aligned the third Amenhotep's year reign of 25 with his successor and namesakes year 1 that a number of curious dates begin to suggest that much of the fourth Amenhotep's reign may actually have run parallel to his...