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Arrival of the Maori, The

Legends of Gods, the Creation Myths and Spectacular Culture of Indigenous New Zealand

by NORAH ROMNEY ...

Narrated by Robbie Smith ...

Unabridged

2 hours 54 min

Marikoriko, the first woman, and Tiki, her Creator.Hupene, the old Tohunga, squats muttering on the floor beside his carved ancestor Tiki.Tiki is a God who in the dim long ago helped to build the world, and the whose carved image is now supporting the middle pillar of the house. His eyes of pawa-shell, which once commanded in the Ten Heavens and were full of fire and wisdom, glisten out of the ... Read more

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Marikoriko, the first woman, and Tiki, her Creator.Hupene, the old Tohunga, squats muttering on the floor beside his carved ancestor Tiki.Tiki is a God who in the dim long ago helped to build the world, and the whose carved image is now supporting the middle pillar of the house. His eyes of pawa-shell, which once commanded in the Ten Heavens and were full of fire and wisdom, glisten out of the
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Ancient Egyptian Book of the Duat, The

The Book of the Dead

by STACY DALTON ...

Narrated by Robbie Smith, RYAN MOORHEN ...

Unabridged

1 hour 5 min

The objects found in the graves of the predynastic Egyptians, i.e., vessels of food, flint knives, and other weapons, etc., prove that these early dwellers in the Nile Valley believed in some kind of a future existence. However, as the art of writing was unknown to them, their graves contain no inscriptions, and we can only infer from texts of the dynastic Period what their ideas about the Other ... Read more

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The objects found in the graves of the predynastic Egyptians, i.e., vessels of food, flint knives, and other weapons, etc., prove that these early dwellers in the Nile Valley believed in some kind of a future existence. However, as the art of writing was unknown to them, their graves contain no inscriptions, and we can only infer from texts of the dynastic Period what their ideas about the Other
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Discovery of the Ancient Flood, The

Mesopotamian Historical Accounts of the Biblical Flood as told by the Babylonians

by RYAN MOORHEN ...

Narrated by RYAN MOORHEN, Robbie Smith ...

Unabridged

1 hour 37 min

In the spring of 1852, Layard was obliged to close his excavations for want of funds, and he returned to England with Rassam, leaving all the northern half of the great mound of Kuyûnjik unexcavated. He resigned his position as Director of Excavations to the British Museum's Trustees, and Colonel (later Sir) H. C. Rawlinson, Consul-General of Baghdâd, undertook to direct any further excavations ... Read more

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In the spring of 1852, Layard was obliged to close his excavations for want of funds, and he returned to England with Rassam, leaving all the northern half of the great mound of Kuyûnjik unexcavated. He resigned his position as Director of Excavations to the British Museum's Trustees, and Colonel (later Sir) H. C. Rawlinson, Consul-General of Baghdâd, undertook to direct any further excavations
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Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom, The

Exploring New Revelations of the Most Significant Period in Egyptology

by STACY DALTON ...

Narrated by Robbie Smith ...

Unabridged

2 hours 11 min

The 18th, 19th, and first 20th Dynasties guided Egypt to its climax of power. Still, throughout the latter portion of the 20th Dynasty (identified as the Ramessid Age), that influence began to decline as the priests of Amun obtained more unimaginable resources and authority, and the situation of the pharaohs depreciated. The temple's capacity can best recognize the Cult of Amun's capability to the ... Read more

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The 18th, 19th, and first 20th Dynasties guided Egypt to its climax of power. Still, throughout the latter portion of the 20th Dynasty (identified as the Ramessid Age), that influence began to decline as the priests of Amun obtained more unimaginable resources and authority, and the situation of the pharaohs depreciated. The temple's capacity can best recognize the Cult of Amun's capability to the
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Relativistic Universe, The

Exploring The Einstein Concepts of Our Cosmology

by HENRY ROMANO ...

Narrated by RYAN MOORHEN, Robbie Smith ...

Unabridged

1 hour 51 min

From a time beyond the dawn of history, humanity has been seeking to explain the universe. At first, the effort did not concern itself further than to make a supposition as to the causes of the various phenomena presented to the senses. As knowledge increased, first by observation and later by experiment also, the ideas as to these causes passed progressively through three stages—the theological ... Read more

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From a time beyond the dawn of history, humanity has been seeking to explain the universe. At first, the effort did not concern itself further than to make a supposition as to the causes of the various phenomena presented to the senses. As knowledge increased, first by observation and later by experiment also, the ideas as to these causes passed progressively through three stages—the theological
... Read more
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Ancient Mythologies of Peru and Mexico, The

Exploring Surviving Historical Accounts of the Americas

by HENRY ROMANO ...

Narrated by RYAN MOORHEN, Robbie Smith ...

Unabridged

1 hour 45 min

Regarding the origin of the American mythologies, it is difficult to discover traces of foreign influence in either Mexico or Peru's religion. At the time of their subjugation by the Spaniard's legends were ripe in both countries of beneficent white and bearded men, who brought a fully developed culture. The question of Asiatic influences must not altogether be cast aside as an untenable theory; ... Read more

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Regarding the origin of the American mythologies, it is difficult to discover traces of foreign influence in either Mexico or Peru's religion. At the time of their subjugation by the Spaniard's legends were ripe in both countries of beneficent white and bearded men, who brought a fully developed culture. The question of Asiatic influences must not altogether be cast aside as an untenable theory;
... Read more
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Mysterious Gods of Egypt, The

by NORAH ROMNEY ...

Narrated by Christian Neale, Robbie Smith ...

Unabridged

2 hours 14 min

At the beginning of time, there was only Nun, the primeval waters of chaos, then in a great flood, the Sun got interned, rose from the water, and willed himself into creation. Atum then created Ayr, a son he named shu and moisture, a daughter he named Tefnut.They were the first divine pair and soon had children of their own. The earth named gab and the sky called nut the second divine pair then ... Read more

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At the beginning of time, there was only Nun, the primeval waters of chaos, then in a great flood, the Sun got interned, rose from the water, and willed himself into creation. Atum then created Ayr, a son he named shu and moisture, a daughter he named Tefnut.They were the first divine pair and soon had children of their own. The earth named gab and the sky called nut the second divine pair then
... Read more
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Popol Vuh Illustrated, The

The Mythic and Heroic Sagas of the Mayans

by RYAN MOORHEN ...

Narrated by Tom Kingsley, Robbie Smith ...

Unabridged

1 hour

There is no document of greater importance to the study of the pre-Columbian mythology of America than the "Popol Vuh." It is the chief source of our knowledge of the mythology of the Kiché people of Central America, and it is further of considerable comparative value when studied in conjunction with the mythology of the Nahuatlacâ, or Mexican peoples. This interesting text, the recovery of which ... Read more

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There is no document of greater importance to the study of the pre-Columbian mythology of America than the "Popol Vuh." It is the chief source of our knowledge of the mythology of the Kiché people of Central America, and it is further of considerable comparative value when studied in conjunction with the mythology of the Nahuatlacâ, or Mexican peoples. This interesting text, the recovery of which
... Read more
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Vedic Cosmology

Decoding the Ancient Lost Knowledge of the Yuga Cycles

by HENRY ROMANO ...

Narrated by Tom Kingsley, Robbie Smith ...

Unabridged

1 hour 22 min

We are situated in the fifty-first Brahma year of the existence of our Brahma.Inside that Brahma year, we are in the primary Brahma day, called the Varaha Kalpa.Inside that Brahma day, we are in the seventh manvantara and in the 28th maha yuga of that manvantara. This would put us at about the 454th maha yuga of the 1,000 maha yugas that include this day of Brahma.Inside this maha yuga, we are in ... Read more

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We are situated in the fifty-first Brahma year of the existence of our Brahma.Inside that Brahma year, we are in the primary Brahma day, called the Varaha Kalpa.Inside that Brahma day, we are in the seventh manvantara and in the 28th maha yuga of that manvantara. This would put us at about the 454th maha yuga of the 1,000 maha yugas that include this day of Brahma.Inside this maha yuga, we are in
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Ancient Egyptian Religion, The

by RYAN MOORHEN ...

Narrated by HENRY ROMANO, Robbie Smith ...

Unabridged

2 hours

Before dealing with the special varieties of the Egyptians' belief in gods, it is best to try to avoid a misunderstanding of their whole conception of the supernatural. The term god has come to tacitly imply to our minds such a highly specialized group of attributes, that we can hardly throw our ideas back into the more remote conceptions to which we also attach the same name. It is unfortunate ... Read more

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Before dealing with the special varieties of the Egyptians' belief in gods, it is best to try to avoid a misunderstanding of their whole conception of the supernatural. The term god has come to tacitly imply to our minds such a highly specialized group of attributes, that we can hardly throw our ideas back into the more remote conceptions to which we also attach the same name. It is unfortunate
... Read more
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Dawn of Sumerian History and The Origin of Anunnaki Temples, The

by RYAN MOORHEN ...

Narrated by Robbie Smith ...

Unabridged

2 hours 42 min

In their origin, the great cities of the Sumerians were little more than collections of rude huts constructed at first of reeds cut in the marshes and gradually giving place to rather more substantial buildings of clay and sun-dried brick. From the very beginning, the shrine of the Anunnaki Gods played an essential part in the foundation and subsequent development of each center of the population. ... Read more

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In their origin, the great cities of the Sumerians were little more than collections of rude huts constructed at first of reeds cut in the marshes and gradually giving place to rather more substantial buildings of clay and sun-dried brick. From the very beginning, the shrine of the Anunnaki Gods played an essential part in the foundation and subsequent development of each center of the population.
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Legends of the Mesopotamian Gods

Rulers and Sumerian Descendants

by RYAN MOORHEN ...

Narrated by Robbie Smith, Robbie Smith ...

Unabridged

4 hours 21 min

With the fall of the Assyrian empire in 606 B.C., Mesopotamia once more regained her national status. This meant that her national god Merodach was no longer subservient to the Assyrian Asshur in a political sense and regained his place as sole head of the Mesopotamian pantheon.Great must have been the satisfaction of the people of Sumeria when this comparatively mild tyranny removed; they could ... Read more

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With the fall of the Assyrian empire in 606 B.C., Mesopotamia once more regained her national status. This meant that her national god Merodach was no longer subservient to the Assyrian Asshur in a political sense and regained his place as sole head of the Mesopotamian pantheon.Great must have been the satisfaction of the people of Sumeria when this comparatively mild tyranny removed; they could
... Read more