Leonard W. King

A fascinating look at the ancient Babylonian and Egyptian mythologies, and how they relate to the Hebraic religions.

A History of Babylon from the Foundation of the Monarchy to the Persian Conquest is a fantastic history of the Babylonian Empire. Heraklion Press has included a linked table of contents.

Skyros Publishing is dedicated to reproducing the finest books ever written and letting readers of all ages experience a classic for the first time or revisit a past favorite. Leonard W. King was a well known English archaeologist who taught courses... Lire la suite

Legends of Babylonia and Egypt
by Leonard W. King Legends of Babylon and Egypt was first published in 1918 under the authorship of Leonard W. King. In these lectures an attempt is made, not so much to restate familiar facts, as to accommodate... Lire la suite

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS
PREFACE
LECTURE I—EGYPT, BABYLON, AND PALESTINE, AND SOME TRADITIONAL ORIGINS LECTURE II — DELUGE STORIES AND THE NEW SUMERIAN VERSION
I. INTRODUCTION TO THE MYTH, AND ACCOUNT OF... Lire la suite

Leonard Kings A History of Sumer and Akkad is an authoritative history on the earliest civilizations in Mesopotamia. The expansive text begins with an overview of the racial makeup of the people, the civilizations most notable cities, and the... Lire la suite

The interconnected influences of different traditions of ancient mythology on one another consumed the archaeological efforts of the late 19th and early 20th century, though much work in Britain and Europe was interrupted by the outbreak of World... Lire la suite

Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition by Leonard W. King.

Skyros Publishing is dedicated to reproducing the finest books ever written and letting readers of all ages experience a classic for the first time or revisit a past favorite. Hammurabi was the sixth Babylonian king who created the well-preserved... Lire la suite

This classic work is a treasury of esoteric writing concerning the prayers and rituals to ancient deities from the dawn of Western civilization.
In this work first published in 1896, King presents the cuneiform text of a group of sixty clay... Lire la suite

In these lectures an attempt is made, not so much to restate familiar facts, as to accommodate them to new and supplementary evidence which has been published in America since the outbreak of the war. But even without the excuse of recent discovery,... Lire la suite