- Hardcover: 512 pages
- Publisher: Century; First Edition edition (1 Feb 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0712677623
- ISBN-13: 978-0712677622
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 3.2 x 25.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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The Lords of Avaris will transport you into the real world of Greece's legendary Heroic Age
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The Lords of Avaris is one man's journey in search of the legendary origins of the Western World.
Our story begins in a small rock-cut tomb below the desolate ruin-mound of Jericho in the Jordan Valley. This is the start of an epic journey of discovery, in the Homeric mould, which ranges across the ancient lands and archaeological sites of the Mediterranean. From Joshua's Jericho to Romulus' Rome, the true chronicle of our pre-Christian past is uncovered revealing an extraordinary historical picture, previously unimagined by scholars.
The epic legends of the West, which permeate the writings of Greece and Rome, appear to have been based on the exploits of genuine historical figures and actual events. There really was an 'Heroic Age' of brazen-clad warriors, the last of which fought before the walls of Troy, just as described in Homer's Iliad.
At the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age - two thousand years before the assassination of Julius Caesar in the Roman Senate - a new people appeared on the stage of history to join the great civilisations of Mesopotamia and Egypt. These 'Indo-European'-speaking tribes were chariot-riding warriors from the northern mountains and plains. They became the Hittites, the Aryan kings of Mitanni, the Vedic heroes of the Indus, and the founders of the later empires of Greece, Persia and Rome. They had many legendary names - the Divine Pelasgians of Greece, the Luwians of Troy and western Anatolia, the Rephaim and Anakim of the Bible, and the Hyksos rulers of Avaris who suppressed Egypt for generations. Their heroes and heroines are legionary: Inachus, mythical king of Argos in the Peloponnese; his daughter the beautiful Princess Io who married an Egyptian pharaoh; Danaus, the Hyksos ruler who, fleeing from Egypt to Greece, founded the Mycenaean dynasty which culminated in Agamemnon's ill-fated Trojan War; Cadmus, the bringer of writing to the West; Minos, the Cretan high-king of Knossos who built the infamous Labyrinth; Mopsus, warrior and sage who led a vast Greek, Philistine and Anatolian army into the Levant in a daring attempt to seize Egypt in the time of Ramesses III. All these, and more, are the stuff of legend - but The Lords of Avaris reveals these Classical heroes as flesh-and-blood characters from our ancestral past.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the third of three volumes on the redating and reinterpretation of "Bronze age" history of the eastern Mediterranean and Mesopotamian lands by this author. The radical revision of dates which is called the new chronology returns scholarship to where it was approximately 120 years ago and despite criticisms from some modern specialists, in fact the whole scheme makes sense and shows that the ancient written and mythological sources are much more reliable than modern "scholarship" would allow. Rohl reveals clearly the problems that the idea of "dark age" Greece , Assyria and other cultures raise, and that these are quickly and more easily resolved if the new dates are accepted. This is the strength of his case - individual problems have yet to be resolved, but the overall picture is coherent and much more complete. Unfortunetely several generations of academics have been following an incorrect chronology and true to form, show reluctance to admit this. Expect to read a huge collective resistance to these ideas, until that is they decide to change their minds: such is th oft repeated pattern in academia.
Many readers will find that the names of people and places can be confusing - I partly solved the problem by drawing a table with the new dates and with a column for each region, (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Palestine, etc,) - this certainly relieved some of the confusion and made things much clearer. Rohl's summary tables are useful here, but do refer to the two earlier volumes in this series. A weakness of this voluime is the constant repition of the fact that the darks ages did not exist - we know that and do not need continual reminders. On the plus side he makes clear how complex the eruption sequence of Santorini (Thera) was, and offers a plausible (but as yet unverified) date of 1190-1210BC for the final cataclysmic eruption. There is archaeological evidence in support of this. Sadly he does not refer to research work on the site of Troy and the Scamander plain that shows that it is was a very large and complex site and probably the source of the Atlantis myth but this is a minor criticism. A further minor criticism is his brief treatment of the origins of the Etruscans and Romans, but then these could have been books in themselves. He does deal with the Hyksoss very well and casts much new light on this hitherto difficult group.
In all the new chronology has taken us to more accurate and reliable dates for events and people in the "Bronze age" and shows just how important this period is in the development of modern western culture. Rohl has done general readers a great service through these books and helped to dispel modern academic myths about the past. It is now time for the academic world to catch up.
Many readers will find that the names of people and places can be confusing - I partly solved the problem by drawing a table with the new dates and with a column for each region, (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Palestine, etc,) - this certainly relieved some of the confusion and made things much clearer. Rohl's summary tables are useful here, but do refer to the two earlier volumes in this series. A weakness of this voluime is the constant repition of the fact that the darks ages did not exist - we know that and do not need continual reminders. On the plus side he makes clear how complex the eruption sequence of Santorini (Thera) was, and offers a plausible (but as yet unverified) date of 1190-1210BC for the final cataclysmic eruption. There is archaeological evidence in support of this. Sadly he does not refer to research work on the site of Troy and the Scamander plain that shows that it is was a very large and complex site and probably the source of the Atlantis myth but this is a minor criticism. A further minor criticism is his brief treatment of the origins of the Etruscans and Romans, but then these could have been books in themselves. He does deal with the Hyksoss very well and casts much new light on this hitherto difficult group.
In all the new chronology has taken us to more accurate and reliable dates for events and people in the "Bronze age" and shows just how important this period is in the development of modern western culture. Rohl has done general readers a great service through these books and helped to dispel modern academic myths about the past. It is now time for the academic world to catch up.
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The whole of David Rohl`s series is clearly based upon the earlier book "Centuries of Darkness" which clearly exposes the nonsense of the orthodox chronology in the middle east and mediterranean in the bronze age period which required the widespread inventions of dark ages.
What David Rohl does so well is the reconstruction of credible time lines which manage to link archaeological finds with myths and legends to create far more logical histories for the peoples of Israel, Egypt and the area of Mesopitamia. In a test of time he showed clearly that the bible was a credible historical source that is far more likely to be correct than the orthodox historians would ever admit to.
In this latest book Lords of Avaris he puts together a clear and coherant history for the early Greek period (Heroic age ) and shows the links it had with the Minoan civilization and the Hyksos in Egypt and although some of this work may be informed speculation it is highly credible and does fit in with the available sources from that time.
Perhaps the best outcome of this research is the complete lack of the need for a Greek dark age of 300 years or so, where all human activity according to orthodox historians seemed to stop and then resume 300 years later with exactly the same types of buildings,culture, art, weaponary , etc.
This gives Greek history far more credibility and also means that the foundation stories about Rome may actually have some real credibility.
This book is a must have for all people with an interest in ancient history and although slightly academic in parts it makes you realise that ancient people knew far more about their own history than we ever gave them credit for
What David Rohl does so well is the reconstruction of credible time lines which manage to link archaeological finds with myths and legends to create far more logical histories for the peoples of Israel, Egypt and the area of Mesopitamia. In a test of time he showed clearly that the bible was a credible historical source that is far more likely to be correct than the orthodox historians would ever admit to.
In this latest book Lords of Avaris he puts together a clear and coherant history for the early Greek period (Heroic age ) and shows the links it had with the Minoan civilization and the Hyksos in Egypt and although some of this work may be informed speculation it is highly credible and does fit in with the available sources from that time.
Perhaps the best outcome of this research is the complete lack of the need for a Greek dark age of 300 years or so, where all human activity according to orthodox historians seemed to stop and then resume 300 years later with exactly the same types of buildings,culture, art, weaponary , etc.
This gives Greek history far more credibility and also means that the foundation stories about Rome may actually have some real credibility.
This book is a must have for all people with an interest in ancient history and although slightly academic in parts it makes you realise that ancient people knew far more about their own history than we ever gave them credit for
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
... of the Orthodox (or should that be Outdated) Chronology accepted by academia.
This book along with A Test of Time and to a lesser extent Legend and The Lost Testament (both excellent in there own right), provide hard to ignore arguments that the antiquated academics need to review their severely flawed dating methodologies.
Troy is placed in it's true historic context and Homer is put back in his correct historic period. As well as allowing the true founder of the Roman civilisation to be correctly identified as the historically real figure of Aeneas. Along the way he also removes the myth status from the Greek heroes such as Heracles, Perseus, Icarus and Daedalus and places them in their true historic location.
The arguments given and evidence presented wipe a way, with a huge and convincing stroke, the phantom Greek Dark Age, that most archaeologists have an impossible task trying to explain.
It can be heavy going at times due to the detail that Mr Rohl goes into but it is fascinating to see the truth emerge from the mists of time at such a page turning pace (I first read it over 3 days). Now I can revisit the evidence and examine in more detail the excellent reference material provided.
Although his New Chronology may not be 100 percent correct (it is tweak-able) once again Mr Rohl has without doubt proven that the Outdated Chronology, generally accepted by academia, is, in my opinion, 100 percent incorrect.
This book along with A Test of Time and to a lesser extent Legend and The Lost Testament (both excellent in there own right), provide hard to ignore arguments that the antiquated academics need to review their severely flawed dating methodologies.
Troy is placed in it's true historic context and Homer is put back in his correct historic period. As well as allowing the true founder of the Roman civilisation to be correctly identified as the historically real figure of Aeneas. Along the way he also removes the myth status from the Greek heroes such as Heracles, Perseus, Icarus and Daedalus and places them in their true historic location.
The arguments given and evidence presented wipe a way, with a huge and convincing stroke, the phantom Greek Dark Age, that most archaeologists have an impossible task trying to explain.
It can be heavy going at times due to the detail that Mr Rohl goes into but it is fascinating to see the truth emerge from the mists of time at such a page turning pace (I first read it over 3 days). Now I can revisit the evidence and examine in more detail the excellent reference material provided.
Although his New Chronology may not be 100 percent correct (it is tweak-able) once again Mr Rohl has without doubt proven that the Outdated Chronology, generally accepted by academia, is, in my opinion, 100 percent incorrect.
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