Radiocarbon dating can narrow the ages of tree rings to a theoretical range of years. (However, regional offsets sometimes cause
Category: Assyrian
How Much of the Second Millennium BCE Conventional Middle Eastern Chronology is Correct?
Those kingdoms with relatively abundant chronological data from that millennium include Babylonia, Assyria, and Egypt. Let us begin with Babylonia
Common Sense Versus the Conventional Chronology
Over the past four months, this website has featured 15 posts about how using common sense leads to better solutions
How to Use Common Sense to Make Chronological Discoveries
Over the past 15 weeks, this website has featured 15 posts concerning “common sense” and how it leads to better
Common Sense and Assyrian Astronomical Stone Reliefs
A previous post explained why we can be confident that sculpted reliefs on Babylonian kudurrus (boundary stones) represent celestial events
Common Sense and the Mari Eponym Chronicle’s Eclipse
Anciently recorded astronomical events greatly aid in reconstructing historical timelines, but only if they are unambiguous enough to be positively
Common Sense and Divergent Chronological Records
One researcher wrote, ‘We should trust that ancient chronological record keepers were correct and accept the details in their documents
Common Sense and the Assyrian Lunar Calendar without Intercalary Months
Would you believe a modern scholar’s interpretation of an ancient custom that seems utterly contrary to that ancient community’s benefit
Common Sense and Gaps in the Assyrian King List
Archaeological finds at a warehouse and marketing center in Acemhöyük, central Anatolia, from the Assyrian Colony period show that those