Ages in Chaos: Volume I: From the Exodus to King Akhnaton
Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
Black cloth with gilt titles in a blue gilt bordered box; Map endpages; Light top-edge-stain; 8.5 inches tall, xxiv, 350, [(9) adverts] pages, illustrated with sections of plates.
The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. The jacket with the price intact has modest shelf wear with loss on the bottom of the spine.
The first edition of Immanuel Velikovsky’s Ages in Chaos (1952), a groundbreaking and controversial reinterpretation of ancient history from the Exodus to Pharaoh Akhnaton. Velikovsky challenges conventional chronologies, drawing on biblical narratives, comparative mythology, Egyptian inscriptions, and classical sources to propose radical revisions of historical timelines.
This work remains a significant reference in alternative historiography and chronological studies, attracting both scholars and collectors interested in unorthodox approaches to ancient history. A compelling addition for anyone exploring Egyptology, biblical history, or the interplay of archaeology and mythology.
Genres: Historical Revisionism, Ancient History, Chronology Studies.
Subjects: Egyptology, Biblical History, Pharaohs, Akhnaton, Exodus, Alternative Chronology, Ancient Near East, Archaeology, Mythology.
Item #20915
Price: $145.00
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