Ages in Chaos; A Reconstruction of Ancient History from the Exodus to King Akhnaton. Volume I.

  • New York: Doubleday, 1952
By VELIKOVSKY, Immanuel
New York: Doubleday, 1952. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine, upon a bright blue title label. Dustjacket. 35opp. + [4pp] ads/reviews to rear. Light wear and scuffing to edges and extremities, some minor bumping to the spine ends in a clean, strong example of the dustjacket with some light fraying and wear to the spine ends, some soiling of the rear panel, and a persistent price sticker. A very good copy. Internally clean.

Velikovsky's at the time groundbreaking and important analysis of possible reasons why our chronology of the ancient middle east might be as much as 500 years out of sync with what we have been able to establish. As a useful thought exercise in reviewing what we know and theorize, Ages in Chaos was an important publication that, for better or worse, kicked off a little revolution in questioning established theory, which is tremendously useful...to a degree.

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