Biblically Compatible Archaeology and Geography

    “ There are of course very many library tablets that purport in their colophons to be the work of Ashurbanipal that quite clearly were not, but quite apart from the uniquely long and poetic colophon, would an ordinary scribe dare to proclaim “I am Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria” as part of a tablet colophon’s content? ”. Alasdair Livingstone   Alasdair Livingstone writes: 098_118.ps   Ashurbanipal: literate or not?   Although many rulers and monarchs in the Ancient Near East lay claim to various kinds of wisdom, relatively few claim literacy, and of these Shulgi and Ashurbanipal were by far the most vociferous. While it may never be possible to actually test the veracity of Shulgi’s assertions, the purpose of this article is to present and discuss for the first time some evidence that has direct bearing on the question of Ashurbanipal’s literacy. …. Serious commentary on this issue commenced almost twenty-five year...

    “ What MSH [Mount Saint Helens] demonstrates is not that the fossil forests at places like Yellowstone were deposited by a giant water flood, but that they were deposited in a volcanic environment like MSH ”.   Kevin Nelstead     This 2020 article needed to be written: What does Mt St Helens teach us about Noah’s flood? Almost nothing. – GeoChristian   What does Mt St Helens teach us about Noah’s flood? Almost nothing.   All I got from Mt St Helens (MSH) in the days following its May 18, 1980 eruption was a few pretty sunsets. I was an undergraduate student in my first year at the University of Utah, and most of the ash cloud passed far north of Salt Lake City. MSH became more significant for me a few years later as a geology graduate student at Washington State University, where my research project involved analysis and correlation of Cascade Range tephra (volcanic ash) layers buried at various levels in the Quaternary P...

    “The two Sargons may have had very different backgrounds, but they both came to the throne violently, one through a coup and the other by military conquest. Once each man settled into his new role as king, he also embarked on impressive building projects to legitimize his rule”. Jared Krebsbach       What Did Sargon of Akkad and Sargon of Assyria Have in Common?   Although they were unrelated, two of the greatest leaders of the ancient Near East were named Sargon. Both rulers were builders, warriors, and cultural influencers.   Published: Jul 31, 2025 written by  Jared Krebsbach ,  PhD History Krebsbach, Jared. "What Did Sargon of Akkad and Sargon of Assyria Have in Common?" TheCollector.com, July 31, 2025, https://www.thecollector.com/jared-krebsbach/   Sargon of Akkad (ruled c. 2334-2279 BCE) and Sargon II of Assyria (ruled 721-705 BCE) were two of the greatest rulers in ancient Near Eastern histo...

  by Damien F. Mackey     There was … Kagemni, which name occurs in both the Fourth and Sixth dynasties. Egyptologists, with their lengthy chronological separation of the Fourth from the Sixth dynasty must assume that two Viziers Kagemni are involved here. No need for that if, as I think, the Fourth and Sixth dynasties were contemporaneous.       My search for the historical Moses   ·        Phase One   Initially, inspired by a legend that Moses was “a king” (was this clue from Artapanus?), I searched for him amongst whichever pharaohs I considered to be chronologically reasonable for Moses.   This took up a lot of time, with no positive result.   ·        Phase Two   Much later, after I had to my satisfaction identified Moses as Vizier and Chief Judge of Egypt (cf. Exodus 2:14) - a high office, but clearly subordinate to Pha...