N 1 (1) |
January - February
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2007 |
Îrigin of language
Mosenkis Yu.L.
Universal Proto-Language: History of Question and Statement of Problem
History and some lexical evidence of language monogenesis theory are considered.
Key words: origin of language, comparative linguistics, monogenesis.
Ancient scripts
Boukalov A.V.
Early Cretan Script Signs as Proto-Alphabet
Based on author’s research of writing signs found at the basement of the palace in Phaestos (Crete), dated to beginning of the early Minoan period I, a conclusion is made that they may represent a script preceding the Minoan hieroglyphic and Linear A by 300–500 years, and may be a kind of a specific script which author called Alpha, whose signs are initial forms for all subsequent Mediterranean scripts. Moreover, the signs coincide with the signs on an engraved stamp seal from Anau (about 2300 BC, Turkmenistan). A hypothesis is substantiated that the development of this sacral script according to certain religious-mystical tradition could result in separation of consonant signs and creation of a sacred alphabetic script, both consonant and all subsequent.
Key words: proto-alphabet, Cretan script, Knossos, Phaestos, Linear A, Linear B, sacral script, alphabetic script, hieroglyphic script.
Mosenkis Yu.L.
The Mystery of Phaistos Disk — the Most Enigmatic Script
The major idea of the research is a reading of Phaistos Disk in Greek.
Key words: Phaistos Disk, decipherment, hieroglyphics, the Greek language.
Ancient buildings
Furduy R.S.
The Connection of the Ancient Cult Buildings with the Energy-Abnormal Earth Lots
The data on the influence of the special pathological lots on the human health and biological objects are considered. It is described the megalithic buildings (dolmens) actions on people, animals and biological structures.
Key words: cult buildings, geopathogen lot, megalith, dolmen, human health.
Contacts of ancient civilisations
Mosenkis Yu.L.
The Polynesians in Mesopotamia and Aegean Region?!
The major concern of the research is a demonstration of ancient presence of Austronesian languages in Mesopotamia and Aegean region.
Key words: comparative linguistics, loan words, cultural terms, mythonims.
Hypothesis
Malovichko A.V., Kozyrsky V.G.
Language Monogenesis
The problem of origin of human language is considered. Examples of the oldest words that survived up to day are given.
Key words: linguistics, monogenesis of language, primitive speech, Nostratic languages, African languages, Afro-Asiatic languages.
Discussion
Boukalov A.V.
On the Problem of New Dating of the Trojan War
Mistakes of traditional dating of the Trojan War (1250–1184 B.C.) and subsequent invasion of Dorians into Peloponnesus are demonstrated. Calculation by nine continuous genealogies of Greek kings with regard to natural and reliable biological terms of change of generations allows to date the end of the Trojan War 988±20 B.C. This agrees with the chronological gap (245 years) found by the author in the Paros Chronicle, which gives somewhat different, but close in time date of the end of the Trojan War: 964±15 B.C. The obtained result shifts the Mycenaean Greek and Mediterranean chronology due to shrinkage of the Dark Age by 200–245 years.
Key words: Trojan War, Greece, Dorians, Heraklides, People of the Sea, Paros Chronicle, chronology, genealogy.
