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... have been unearthed it has been recognised that the Babylonians were in noway inferior in thematter of original scientific investigation tootherraces of thesame era. The Chaldæans, being the most ancient Babylonians, held the same ...
... have been unearthed it has been recognised that the Babylonians were in noway inferior in thematter of original scientific investigation tootherraces of thesame era. The Chaldæans, being the most ancient Babylonians, held the same ...
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... been preservedat Nineveh, fromwhich we learn thatthe starcharts were even ... have records of observations carried on under Asshurbanapal, who sent ... been derived from late explorations. Thus we learn from E. B. Knobel[2] about the ...
... been preservedat Nineveh, fromwhich we learn thatthe starcharts were even ... have records of observations carried on under Asshurbanapal, who sent ... been derived from late explorations. Thus we learn from E. B. Knobel[2] about the ...
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... has been suggested thatthe passage was madefor this purpose. On other groundsthe dateassigned to theGreat Pyramid is 2123 B.C. (2) TheChaldæans gave namesto constellations now invisible from Babylon whichwould have been visiblein 2000 ...
... has been suggested thatthe passage was madefor this purpose. On other groundsthe dateassigned to theGreat Pyramid is 2123 B.C. (2) TheChaldæans gave namesto constellations now invisible from Babylon whichwould have been visiblein 2000 ...
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