Centuries of Darkness
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A Hundred Reviews
Quotes from Reviews
The Funnier Side
The Continuing Debate
Frequently Asked Questions
Studies in Ancient Chronology
Recent Developments
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What's New on this Site

27 Apr 2013

  • Notices on Aidan Dodson’s Afterglow of Empire (2012) and two of our recent studies on dendrochronology and radiocarbon added to Recent Developments.

8 Apr 2013

  • Now readable online – P. James, 2012. “Review Article: Tree-rings, Kings and Old World Archaeology and Environment”, added to The Continuing Debate.

25 Jan 2013

  • “Radiocarbon and the Eruption of Thera: Archiving and updating an unpublished letter to the journal Science”, by P. James, added to the Internet Notes and Papers section in The Continuing Debate.
  • Judaea and Rome in Coins 65 BCE - 135 CE (co-ed. N. Kokkinos) added to Other Books by the Authors, plus link corrections.

17 Oct 2012

  • Now readable online – P. James, 2004. “The Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian Periods in Palestine”, added to The Continuing Debate

19 Jun 2012

  • Summary of new article by N. Kokkinos added to The Continuing Debate:- “A Note on the Date of Philo of Byblus”.
  • Summary of new review article by P. James added to The Continuing Debate:- “Tree-rings, Kings and Old World Archaeology and Environment”.

30 Apr 2012

  • Now readable online – P. James, N. Kokkinos & I. J. Thorpe, 1998. “Mediterranean Chronology in Crisis”, added to The Continuing Debate.

28 Feb 2012

  • Notice added of March 2011 BICANE meeting on “Solomon and Shishak” added to Recent Developments

11 Jan 2012

  • Now readable online – P. James and R. Morkot 2010. “Herihor’s Kingship and the High Priest of Amun Piankh”, added to The Continuing Debate.

27 Feb 2011

  • Summary of new article on ancient chronography by N. Kokkinos added to The Continuing Debate:- “Julius Cassianus, Pseudo-Thallus, and the Identity of ‘Cassius Longinus’ in the Chronographia of Eusebius”.
  • Announcement of CoD “21st-Dynasty Review” added to Recent Developments.
  • Announcement of new article on 22nd-Dynasty chronology by Ad Thijs, added to Recent Developments.
  • Announcement of publication of Pierce Furlong’s thesis on Near Eastern chronology, added to Recent Developments.
13 Feb 2011
  • Now readable online – P. James, 2010. Review of “Excavations at Tel Beth-Shean” Vol. 1, added to The Continuing Debate.

4 Jan 2011

  • Abstract of new article by P. James and R. Morkot added to The Continuing Debate:- “Herihor’s Kingship and the High Priest of Amun Piankh”.

6 Dec 2010

  • Now readable online – R. Morkot and P. James, P., 2009. “Peftjauawybast, King of Nen-nesut: Genealogy, Art History, and the Chronology of Late Libyan Egypt”, added to The Continuing Debate.

27 April 2010

  • Spring report (2010) of five new publications on revised chronology added to Recent Developments.

21 April 2010

  • Abstract of new article by N. Kokkinos added to The Continuing Debate:- “Ancient Chronography, Eratosthenes and the Dating of the Fall of Troy”.
  • Notice of review of Beth-Shean excavation reports by P. James added to to The Continuing Debate.

10 March 2010

  • Abstract of new article by R. Morkot and P. James added to The Continuing Debate:- “Peftjauawybast, King of Nen-nesut: Genealogy, Art History, and the Chronology of Late Libyan Egypt”.

14 Jul 2009

27 Apr 2009

  • Now readable online – P. James, 2005a. “The Date of the Ekron Temple Inscription - a Note”, added to The Continuing Debate.
  • Now readable online – P. James, 2008. “The Alleged ‘Anchor Point’ of 732 BC for the Destruction of Hazor V”, added to The Continuing Debate.
  • Illustrations (Shoshenq Megiddo fragment; Archaic kore) added to Recent Developments.
  • New sites added to Chronology Links: Middle Assyria; The EEF Guide to Internet Resources for Ancient Egyptian Texts; Egyptology E-Journals and Digitized Paper Periodicals.

18 Apr 2009

  • Notice of new article on Shoshenq I and the archaeology of Megiddo by Rupert Chapman, added to Recent Developments.

3 Mar 2009

  • Notice of article on revised chronology by P. James and. P. van der Veen added to to The Continuing Debate.
  • Abstract of new article by P. James added to The Continuing Debate:- “The Alleged ‘Anchor Point’ of 732 BC for the Destruction of Hazor V”.
  • Notice added of June 2008 chronology colloquium (Cambridge) and BICANE project (“Bronze to Iron Age Chronology in the Near East”) added to Recent Developments.

27 November 2008

  • Notice of Pierce’s Furlong’s thesis on Near Eastern chronology added to Recent Developments.

14 May 2008

  • Now readable online - P. James, I. J. Thorpe, N. Kokkinos, R. Morkot, J. Frankish (1992), "Centuries of Darkness: A Reply to Critics", added to The Continuing Debate.
  • R. Morkot's Historical Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian Warfare (2003); N. Kokkinos' The Enigma of Jesus (new, Greek edition 2007); also The World of the Herods Vol. 1 (2007); P. James' The Sunken Kingdom (Greek translation 2008) - added to Other Books by the Authors. Page revised with new illustrations (book covers).
  • Routine corrections, some links repaired.
28 February 2008
  • Now readable online – P. James, 2006. “Dating Late Iron Age Ekron (Tel Miqne)”, added to The Continuing Debate.
  • Now readable online – P. James, 2007. Review of new Lachish site reports, added to The Continuing Debate.
  • Routine corrections – some links updated.
26 November 2007
  • Now readable online – “Corrigenda and Addendum to Postcript”, for James, Kokkinos and Thorpe 1998, added to The Continuing Debate.

  • Now readable online – P. James (2005b), “Archaic Greek Colonies in Libya: Historical vs. Archaeological Chronologies?”, added to The Continuing Debate.

24 February 2007

  • “The 'Francis and Vickers’ Chronology: A Bibliography”, by N. Kokkinos, added to the Internet Notes and Papers section in The Continuing Debate.
  • Now readable online – P. James (2002a), “Review of I. Finkelstein & N. Silberman: The Bible Unearthed”, added to The Continuing Debate.
  • Announcements of CoD “Archaic Review” and new “Internet Notes and Papers” section, added to to Recent Developments.
  • Routine corrections.

22 October 2006

  • Abstract of new article by P. James added to The Continuing Debate:-, "Dating Late Iron Age Ekron (Tel Miqne)" (2006).

3 October 2006

14 May 2006

  • Now readable online – P. James (2002b), "The Dendrochronology Debate", added to The Continuing Debate.
21 April 2006.
  • "The Uluburun Shipwreck - a Dendrochronological Scandal" added to the Internet Notes and Papers section in The Continuing Debate.
7 March 2006.
  • Abstract of new article by P. James added to The Continuing Debate:- "Archaic Greek Colonies in Libya: Historical vs. Archaeological Chronologies?" (2005).

26 Aug 2005

  • Bartlett 1991/1992 reference added to to A Hundred Reviews and quote added to Quotes from Reviews
  • Abstracts of two new articles by P. James added to The Continuing Debate:- "The Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian Periods in Palestine" (2004) and "The Date of the Ekron Temple Inscription - a Note" (2005).
  • Paperback (augmented) edition of N. Kokkinos’ Antonia (2002) added to Other Books by the Authors.
  • Booklet by J. Bimson, (When) Did it Happen? New Contexts for Old Testament History (2003), added to Recent Developments.

6 May 2005

24 Apr 2005

  • Chronology Links - all addresses updated, redundant ones removed. Links added to Palestine Exploration Fund, Caeno and Informath websites.

10 Apr 2005

14 Feb 2005

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