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Berossos and Manetho, Introduced and Translated: Native Traditions in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt

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Manetho, the third century B.C. chronicler and high priest of Heliopolis, wrote several books on Egyptian history and religion; and he wrote them all in Greek. It may be said that he was by birth an Egyptian and by manner a Greek. Much like Manetho, Berossos was a priest who thrived during the Hellenistic world's apogee. He also sought to reconcile his Chaldean herritage under the guise of contemporary Hellenistic forms. Furthermore, he too wrote his history in Greek, documenting the annals of ancient Mesopotamia to his current time. Despite the fact that our knowledge of Egyptian and Babylonian antiquity would be far less extensive without these ancient writers' works, it should be noted that on the whole these works are anything but the delicate merging of eloquence and history customarily found in the Greek writings of his time. They are, on the other hand, a loose fragmentary compilation of documents concerning religious rites and reign by reign accounts of the great kings and pharaohs of Egyptian and Babylonian antiquity. Berossos and Manetho's works are interesting; although they are not entertaining or inspiring.

It`s very important book to traditionalists of all over the world. We must know about our history, race & Roots.