The Scrolls of Apollonia transform history into the stuff of legend, and legend into the stuff of prophecy. --W. A. Roberts Time Is the Real Monster When it was first reported that a team of archaeologists had discovered cursed scrolls written in a time before history, most scholars were skeptical, to say the least. The story is that a shepherd, who, while praying in a cave near the southern coast of Mygdonia, found a bronze basket with seven large scrolls in it. Not knowing what to make of his discovery, he brought the basket to his pastor in Thessalonica. Shortly thereafter, both men ended up dead. This was the first sign that there was something in this alluring basket of words that was not supposed to get out. The first scroll of Apollonia tells the story of how a civil war became a world war and how a world war destroyed a magical land of immense art and wealth, where fairy-tale lives were the norm and dreams were a reality. The world was divided between the gods Apollo and Artemis, who represented the Sun and Moon respectively. When Dominique La Celeste, the daughter of the Fletcher of Dantea, fell in love with her "enemy," Rexel Lightborn, the son of the Bowmaster of Apollonia, the end of Time itself was set into motion. Theirs is a timeless story of tragedy and betrayal that can only be described as monstrous. Because of the calamities presented in these scrolls and the subsequent tragedies that have occurred since their rediscovery, some audacious scholars continue to make the claim that these scrolls are cursed, and that reading them could put one's life in peril. Obviously, claims such as these cannot be substantiated. Nevertheless, here is a warning: if you do choose to read these scrolls, please do so very carefully.

This book presents a powerful new argument for how and why the Greek city-states, including their distinctive society and culture, came to be - and why they had the highly unusual and influential form they took. After reviewing early city-state formation, and the economic underpinnings of city-state society, three key chapters examine the way the Greeks developed their unique society. The spear, scroll and pebble encapsulate the book's core ideas. The Spear: city-state Greeks developed a citizen-militia military system that gave relatively equal importance to each citizen-warrior, thereby emboldening the citizen-warriors to demand political rights. The Pebble: the resultant growth of collective political systems of oligarchy and democracy led to thousands of citizens forming the sovereign element of the state; they made political decisions through communal debate and voting. The Scroll: in order for such systems to function, a shared information base had to be created, and this was done by setting up public notices of laws, proposed policies, public meeting agendas, and a host of other information. To access this information, these military and political citizens had to be able to read. Billows examines the spread of schools and literacy throughout the Greek world, showing that the male city-state Greeks formed the world's first-known mass literate society. He concludes by showing that it was the mass-literate nature of the Greek city-state society that explains the remarkable and influential culture the classical Greeks produced.

The Scrolls is a novel; the life and death of John the Baptist, part scriptural and part fiction. It is the story of a preachers kid growing up, wrestling with Yahwehs Call given through his father Zechariah. After his parents deaths he lives in the wilderness with those involved in their writings, the Dead Sea Scrolls. Two particular events enhance the story. The first is his journey north to Nazareth, looking for his Aunt Mary and Cousin Jesus. The other is the impact of the Scrolls on his life and his involvement in hiding them before his death. It is a story of love, both Yahwehs (Gods) and His children!

The Chase is the second of the three-volume continuum entitled The Hunt. Volume 1 was entitled The Search. It recorded my search for historical documents that confirmed the truth about the life of Jesus, as recorded in the four Gospels of the Bible. Volume 2, The Chase, is a record of the application of the documentation found in The Search, to the truth regarding the life of Jesus, as recorded in the four Gospels of the Bible. Volume 3, The Find, will use historical documents found and applied to the life of Jesus to identify and conform his position as Messiah, forgiving Savior and Eternal King. The second volume, The Chase, of the set of three explores the earthly life of Jesus within the context of known Greco-Roman history, customs, philosophies, and manners of the time. Jesus was born into this world during the time of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus (January 27 BC to August 14 AD). He lived, ministered and was put to death during the reign of Roman emperor Caesar Tiberius (September 14 AD to March 37 AD). Jesus was born into part of the world governed by Herod the Great, a vassal king appointed by the emperor.

The Scrolls of Apollonia transform history into the stuff of legend, and legend into the stuff of prophecy. --W. A. Roberts Time Is the Real Monster When it was first reported that a team of archaeologists had discovered cursed scrolls written in a time before history, most scholars were skeptical, to say the least. The story is that a shepherd, who, while praying in a cave near the southern coast of Mygdonia, found a bronze basket with seven large scrolls in it. Not knowing what to make of his discovery, he brought the basket to his pastor in Thessalonica. Shortly thereafter, both men ended up dead. This was the first sign that there was something in this alluring basket of words that was not supposed to get out. The first scroll of Apollonia tells the story of how a civil war became a world war and how a world war destroyed a magical land of immense art and wealth, where fairy-tale lives were the norm and dreams were a reality. The world was divided between the gods Apollo and Artemis, who represented the Sun and Moon respectively. When Dominique La Celeste, the daughter of the Fletcher of Dantea, fell in love with her "enemy," Rexel Lightborn, the son of the Bowmaster of Apollonia, the end of Time itself was set into motion. Theirs is a timeless story of tragedy and betrayal that can only be described as monstrous. Because of the calamities presented in these scrolls and the subsequent tragedies that have occurred since their rediscovery, some audacious scholars continue to make the claim that these scrolls are cursed, and that reading them could put one's life in peril. Obviously, claims such as these cannot be substantiated. Nevertheless, here is a warning: if you do choose to read these scrolls, please do so very carefully.

The year is 48 BCE, and both Rome and Ptolemaic Egypt are torn by civil wars. In the chaos caused by this political upheaval, a shadowy conspiracy seeks the mysteries buried under the sands of Egypt, not sparing any who stand in the way of their ambitions. One such aggrieved individual, Bayek, a Medjay from Siwa, now seeks revenge against this secret organization. Ultimately going back to the origins of the Assassin's Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Origins is a rebirth of the Assassin's Creed franchise, adding a vast open world, a revamped combat system and RPG elements to the prolific stealth-action series. - Guide includes a complete walkthrough of all main quests, side quests and points of interest. - Ideal chronological order walkthrough. - All Stone Circle locations and solutions. - Strategies for defeating all Phylakes. - Trophy/Achievement Guide

The centuries-long economic and military decline of the Byznatine Empire, which culminated in its political disappearance as a state in 1459, was, paradoxically, accompanied by high levels of cultural achievement. Aimed at broadening our understanding of the final phase of the empire, this collection explores how Byzantine ideological, spiritual, and artistic traditions transcending the economic and political realities of the time. The papers, delivered at an interdisciplinary colloquium held in May 1989 at Princeton University, deal with hagiographic, monastic, literary, architectural, and artistic questions, as well as the general cultural and social issues, of this fascinating period. Along with the editors, the contributors are Smilkjka Gabelic, Thalia Gouma-Peterson, Angela Hero, Robert Ousterhout, Marcus Rautman, Steven Reinert, Alice Mary Talbot, SPeros Vryonis, and John J. Yiannias. Slobodan Curcic is Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. Doula Mouriki teaches at the Technical University of Athens. Publications of the Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.