122 Whosoever shall carry off: Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge, The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamesh with an Account of the Royal Libraries at Nineveh (London: British Museum Dept. of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, 1920).
123 The Book of the Vision of Nahum the Elkoshite: Nahum 2–3 (Jewish Publication Society Bible, 1917).
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145 That which is below: Adam McLean, “The Emerald Tablet of Hermes,” The Alchemy Web Site, www.levity.com/alchemy/ emerald.html.
147 It is we who through our glance: Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, The Elixir and the Stone (London: Random House, 1997), 19–26.
147 As a humorous aside, our own King John of England: Ibid., 70–71.
148 The bell, for example, represents the correspondence: Ibid., 62.
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200 Who wrote Mutus Liber?: Adam McLean, The Alchemy Web Site, www.levity.com/alchemy.
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208 The Judean Hebrew people of that time: Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman, The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Sacred Texts (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002), 153–54.
211 The Book of Nahum was not a prophecy but an eyewitness account: Laurel Lanner, Who Will Lament Her? The Feminine and the Fantastic in the Book of Nahum (New York: T&T Clark, 2006), 7.
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239 Upon the eleventh day: Brookes More (trans.), Metamorphoses (Books 1–5) (Boston: Cornhill, 1922), 19.
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325 And the queen is uncovered: Nahum 2:8 (Jewish Publication Society Bible, 1917).
326 Take ye the spoil of silver: Ibid.
326 Where is the den of lions: Ibid.
327 This is a place where the lions walk: Ibid.
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344 And the woman was arrayed: Revelation 17:4 (King James Study Bible).
349 And the beast: Revelation 13:2 (King James Study Bible).
Bibliography
The following books, newspaper articles, and websites have been instrumental to my research. I recommend them all as fascinating reads.
Books
Baigent, Michael, and Richard Leigh. The Elixir and the Stone. London: Random House, 1997.
Black, Jeremy, and Anthony Green; illustrations by Tessa Rickards. Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003.
Blech, Benjamin, and Roy Doliner. The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo’s Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican. New York: HarperCollins, 2009.
Bogdanos, Matthew, with William Patrick. Thieves of Baghdad. New York: Bloomsbury, 2005.
Finkelstein, Israel, and Neil Asher Silberman. The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Sacred Texts. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
Garcia Martinez, Florentino. The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English. Translated by W.G.E. Watson. Leiden, the Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1996.
George, Donny, Micah Goren, and Marie Helene Carleton. The Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
Grimal, Pierre. Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Edited by Stephen Kershaw from the translation by A.R. Maxwell-Hyslop. London: Penguin Group, 1991.
Hedges, Chris, and Laila Al-Arian. Collateral Damage: America’s War Against Iraqi Civilians. New York: Nation Books, 2008.
Hersh, Seymour M. Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.
Kuhrt, Amelie. The Ancient Near East. London: Routledge, 1995.
Lanner, Laurel. Who Will Lament Her? The Feminine and the Fantastic in the Book of Nahum. New York: T&T Clark, 2006.
More, Brookes, trans. Metamorphoses (Books 1–5). Boston: Cornhill, 1922.
Rhea Nemet-Nejat, Karen. Daily Life in Mesopotamia. Westport, CT; London: Greenwood Press, 1998.
Scaggs, H.W. The Might That Was Assyria. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1984.
Wallis Budge, E.A. The Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh. London: British Museum, 1920.
Wayland Barber, Elizabeth, and Paul T. Barber. When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004.
Weidener, Jay, and Vincent Bridges. The Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendaye, Alchemy and the End of Time. Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1999.
Newspaper Articles and Websites
Aprim, Fred. “Alqosh—The Mother of Assyria,” August 22, 2004, www.fredaprim.com/pdfs/2004/Alqosh.pdf.
Asser, Martin. “Baghdad Diary: British Cemetery,” BBC News Online, April 24, 2003, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_ east/2974111.stm.
Bates, Clair. “Dying to Look Good: French King’s Mistress Killed by Drinking Gold Elixir of Youth,” Mail Online, December 22, 2009, www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article- 1236916/Dying-look-good-French-kings-mistress-killed-gold-elixir-youth.html.
Bogdanos, Colonel Matthew. “U.S. Concludes Investigation of Looting of Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad,” Culture Kiosque Art and Archaeology News, September 25, 2003, www.culturekiosque.com/art/news/baghdadmuseum.html.
Bowser, Jonathon Earl, from an article by Jerry Jeffries, “The Perfection of Number,” The Memorial Website of Jerry Wayne Jeffries, October 27, 2009, www.jerryjeffries.net/jeb7.html.
Clarfield, Geoffrey. “Stop the Appeasement of Art and Antiquities Thieves,” The Globe and Mail, July 5, 2008, A19.
Darby, Gary. Durer’s Magic Square, May 18, 2009, http://delphi- forfun.org/programs/durersSquare.htm.
Deblauwe, Francis. The Iraq War and Archaeology Blog, http://iwa.univie.ac.at/iraqarchive12.html.
“An Eye for an Eye,” Knowledgerush, 2009, www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/An_eye_for_an_eye.
Filkins, Dexter. “Among the Ghosts: Heroes and Grand Plans,” The New York Times, July 9, 2006, www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/weekinreview/09filkins.html.
Fisk, Robert. “Untouchable Ministries,” The Independent, April 14, 2003,
