Illness of Emperor Hattusilis
“Nebuchednezzar Syndrome”: dreams, illness-madness, Egyptophobia Part Six: Illness of Emperor Hattusilis by Damien F. Mackey “… Hattusilis fell dangerously ill, and because of his feeble health he was thought to be doomed”. Dr. I. Velikovsky Hattusilis (so-called III), with whom Dr. I. Velikovsky had identified King Nebuchednezzar ‘the Great’ in Ramses II and His Time (1978), had likewise suffered a debilitating illness early in his life (career). In his Chapter 5 “The Autobiography of Nebuchadnezzar” (Climbing the Throne), Velikovsky wrote: The autobiographical record of Hattusilis was prepared to be kept in a temple of Ishtar. It is a confession and justification of his behavior in coveting the imperial crown. The autobiography … covers the period of his life from childhood to his accession...