[Ages in Chaos 03] • Ramses II and His Time by Velikovsky, Immanuel -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Introduction Chapter 1 The Battle of Kadesh-Carchemish

Who Was Pharaoh Necho, the Adversary of Nebuchadnezzar? The Early Campaign of Ramses II Tell Nebi-Mend The Army of Ramses II The Battle of Kadesh-Carchemish The Fortress of Carchemish The Plan of the Battle Carchemish, the Sacred City

Chapter 2 Ramses II and Nebuchadnezzar in War and Peace

Chapter 3 The Tomb of King Ahiram

The Speedy Scribe The Tomb of Ahiram The Inscriptions of Ahiram and the Origin of the Alphabet Ithobaal, Son of Ahiram “A Curious Fact” A Recapitulation

Chapter 4 The “Forgotten Empire”

Pictographic Script and the Cuneiform Archive of the “Hittites” Mursilis the “Hittite” and Nabopolassar the Chaldean Names and Surnames Nabopolassar Becomes an Invalid The Order of Succession to the Throne of Babylon

Chapter 5 The Autobiography of Nebuchadnezzar

Climbing the Throne The Personality of Nebuchadnezzar Changing History

Chapter 6 The “Forgotten Empire”: Testimony of Art

Yazilikaya: “The Inscribed Rock” Archaeology and “Hittite” Monuments “In the Deepest Darkness” Gordion The Dark Age of Anatolia The “Gold Tomb” of Carchemish The Herald’s Wall The Syrian City States The Lion Gate of Malatya “The Land of Their Nativity” The Secret Script of the Chaldeans A Dagger and a Coin Mitanni

Chapter 7 Exodus or Exile

Nebuchadnezzar Visits Ramses II The Brick Kiln of Tahpanheth Ramses’ Marriage The Israel Stele of Merneptah and the Lamentations of Jeremiah The Libyan Campaign The Persian Conquest of Chaldea and Egypt

Epilogue Questions and Answers

Tanis and Saïs How Long Did Seti and Ramses II Reign? Two Suppiluliumas Bronze and Iron Scarabs and Stratigraphy Retrospect

Supplement The Pitfalls of Radiocarbon Dating Synchronical Tables Bibliography Around the Subject Maps