[SunkenCiv]

I’ve finishing up a book on the Phoenicians (about to get in the tub and read much if not all of what is left to go). Got the following tonight, all from the “recent arrivals” shelves:

1434:
The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
by Gavin Menzies

Lost Battles:
Reconstructing the Great Clashes of the Ancient World
by Philip Sabin

Rome and Environs:
An Archaeological Guide
by Filipo Coarelli

Assassin’s Accomplice:
Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
by Kate Clifford Larson

Mistress of the Vatican:
The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini, The Secret Female Pope
by Eleanor Hermon

[BenLurkin]

Have you read any Gavin Menzies?

[fanfan]

LOL, see?

That’s why you’re so great, Civ.

Henry Ford once said (paraphrasing), I don’t need to know everything, I just need to know who to go to find out.

Thanks.

Enjoy the books.

[Kevmo]

1434:
The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
by Gavin Menzies
***I found the hype to this book fascinating. Let me know how you like it.

And one thing I remember reading about the Phoenicians was a National Geographic article back in the 1970’s. They were real strong seafarers. I think one of the things I recall from that (other than we get our alphabet from them) is that they would prepare for long sea journeys by drinking sea water for several days before embarking. But memory gets fuzzy over the years, so I may have heard that tidbit elsewhere.

Aug 1974 - 75 Matthews, Samuel W. “The Phoenicians Sea Lords of Antiquity,” Washington, DC: National Geographic, August 1974, p. 165. Also: LL Orlin. Tyre. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.
From One God One Message - Related web pagesbooks.google.com/books?id=xyzbUCk7UYoC&pg=PA364

Aug 1974 - Notice what SW Matthews, writing in National Geographic, Aug. 1974, p. 165, stated: “...today the Phoenicians’ Tyre lies buried beneath these paving stones and columns of a Roman metropolis. Only a small dig reaches down to the lost world of the Phoenicians.”Both Roman Tyre and modern Sur are located on top of the site of the biblical Tyre. Notice what SW Matthews, writing in National Geographic, Aug. 1974, p. 165, stated: “...today the Phoenicians’ Tyre lies buried beneath these paving stones and columns of a Roman metropolis. Only a small dig reaches down to the lost world of the Phoenicians.” And where do the Roman ruins lie? They lie under the city of Sur and to the south of it. It appears that many of Ezekiel’s statements ... Show more Show less
From Herbert Armstrong “Disproves” the Bible - Related web pageswww.hwarmstrong.com/ar/Disproves.html

Aug 1974 - Matthews, Samuel W. “The Phoenicians, Sea Lords Of Antiquity,” National Geographic Magazine, August 1974.
From Dudley’s Reading List - Related web pageswww.joppaglass.com/videos/research.html

Aug 1974 - National Geographic, 1974 August. Samuel W. Mathews, Winfield Parks and Robert C. Magis. The Phoenicians, Sea Lords of Antiquityl>l.
From I Found Atlantis - Related web pagesbooks.google.com/books?id=SlPKtFjckKsC&pg=RA1-PA430

Aug 1974 - Elissa Rudolph sends this wonderful History of Elissa, taken from the August 1974 National Geographic—The Phoenicians, Sea Lords of Antiquity... In the harbor of ancient Tyre in southern Lebanon, the fisherman chant “El—eee—sa, El—eee—sa,” as they haul in their nets...
From Elissa from Canaanites before Queen of Carthage - Related web pageselissa.org/history1.shtml

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1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance by Gavin Menzies paperback CD audiobook

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Lost Battles: Reconstructing the Great Clashes of the Ancient World by Philip Sabin

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Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide by Filipo Coarelli paperback

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Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln by Kate Clifford Larson

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Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini The Secret Female Pope by Eleanor Hermon large print Kindle

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[Andyman]

The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini, The Secret Female Pope

Yeah, uh huh

[Xenalyte]

Oooh, do let me know how you like the Menzies book! I have it too, but haven’t started it yet.

In the same vein is “The City of Light,” by Jacob d’Ancona. So far, intriguing! It’s d’Ancona’s journal of how he entered China four years before Marco Polo did. Scholars still argue its legitimacy.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance by Gavin Menzies

Gavin M reminds me of John Candy's line in Splash: "When something works for me, I stick with it!"

[zeugma]

1434:
The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
by Gavin Menzies

I head this guy interviewed on Coast to Coast. It was fascinating. He has a very interesting hypothesis, and the story of the fate of the fleet was amazing.