Showing posts with label Egyptian history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Egyptian history. Show all posts
Thursday, December 25, 2025

What areas of archeology are most relevant to Biblical Studies?

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I have been learning the Ancient Greek language since 2013. I’ve even used it to read some Plato in the original . But my main goal with th...
Saturday, July 20, 2024

A review of Michael Wood’s “In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great”

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“Whilst the Amphictyonic confederacy remained, that of the Achaeans, which comprehended the less important cities only, made little figure o...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

A review of Martin Gilbert’s “Israel: Birth of a Nation” (History Channel)

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“The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people . Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they f...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

Forgotten battlegrounds of the World Wars: Africa, the Middle East, and Italy

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“♪ We’re the D-Day Dodgers, out in Italy, Always on the vino, always on the spree. Eighth Army skivers and their tanks, We go to war in ties...
Monday, May 22, 2023

A review of “Science in Antiquity” (audiobook)

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People have been curious about the natural world for as long as human beings have existed. The scientific impulse began very early in our hi...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

A review of “Modern Marvels: The Suez Canal” (History Channel)

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Long before the  Panama Canal  was built, the Suez Canal was opened in 1869. This is the same year that America ’s  Transcontinental Railroa...
Thursday, December 3, 2020

A review of “Classical Religions and Myths of the Mediterranean Basin” (audiobook)

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“ Declare, O Muse! in what ill-fated hour Sprung the fierce strife, from what offended power Latona’s son a dire contagion spread, And heap...
Sunday, September 22, 2019

Forgotten battlegrounds of the Cold War: North Africa and the Middle East

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If there's ever been a peaceful period in Muslim history, the Cold War was not that period … If there's ever been a peaceful per...
Saturday, May 25, 2019

A review of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s “Africa's Great Civilizations” (PBS)

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“The High Contracting Parties do by the present Charter establish an Organization to be known as the ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY . The O...
Friday, April 26, 2019

A review of “Egypt's Golden Empire” (PBS Empires)

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The Egyptian language might have been the first language in human history to have been written down . (Although some scholars have argued...
Wednesday, March 6, 2019

A review of the BBC's “The Story of Maths” (by Marcus du Sautoy)

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“Maths is the true language that the universe is written in  –  the key to understanding the world around us.” – Marcus du Sautoy, in th...
Saturday, March 11, 2017

Reflections on learning about history of Ancient Egypt

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"Written by a team of pioneering archaeologists and acknowledged experts working at the cutting edge of Egyptology ... " - Th...