Synchronized Chronology:

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Imagine how distorted our understanding of ancient history would be if the chronological framework around which it was built had several extra centuries added. What if the backbone of Egyptian dynasties contained duplicates?A revolutionary perspective on the Egyptian dynasties allows for correlation with Biblical chronology and classical history - clearing up nagging discrepancies between the findings of archaeology and the assertions of history.

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Synchronized Chronology resolves the structural problems of Egyptian chronology and then outlines the correct history of the Middle East and Mediterranean from the time of Abraham and his wandering into the Empire of Alexander the Great. Recognizing some overlapping of dates and names in Manetho's List of Kings, frees history to place pharaohs and dynasties where archaeology supports their existence. This resolves a myriad of discrepancies and unlikely assumptions that historians have been forced to swallow, and neatly opens the way to synchronizing Egyptian dynasties with Biblical chronology.Several works have appeared in recent years, challenging Egyptian chronology; none is really successful in fixing the multi-layered problems of Biblical chronology, because they try to compress Egyptian history without recognizing duplicated dynasties.The crisis in Biblical history is reflected in The Bible Unearthed. Palestinian archaeologist William Dever has just published What Did the Biblical Writers Know, and When Did They Know It? Peter James received wide attention for his Centuries of Darkness; David Rohl, in Pharaohs and Kings, relies on the recent archaeological work of Beitak at Tel Dab'a in Egypt. The evidence is compelling that the site's population before the Hyksos took over was none other than the Hebrews. Rohl's work, on the period preceding the Exodus, is complementary to The Synchronized Chronology. Like James, however, he tries to squeeze the remaining Egyptian dynasties without discarding the duplicates. It doesn't work.Anyone who enjoys ancient history, archaeology, or a good mystery will find this an intriguing read. The controversial theory is well-researched and sure to generate debate.

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Synchronized Chronology: Rethinking Middle East Antiquity offers a bold rethinking of how Egypt, Israel, Greece, and Mesopotamia fit together in time. Drawing on Egyptian inscriptions, archaeological layers, classical writers, and the Hebrew Bible, Roger Henry argues that the standard Egyptian timeline is structurally flawed—containing duplicated dynasties and phantom centuries that throw the entire ancient Near Eastern chronology out of alignment.

Henry walks readers from the age of the Patriarchs and the Middle Bronze Age through the Exodus, Conquest, Judges, United Monarchy, divided kingdoms, Assyrian expansion, Neo-Babylonian power, and the Persian Empire. He correlates biblical events with Egyptian history, re-dates the 18th–20th dynasties, reinterprets the Hyksos, and connects the Tell el-Amarna letters to Israelite and Aramean kings. Along the way he reconsiders the Greek “Dark Ages,” the rise of Assyria, the nature of the “Hittite Empire,” and the famous Battle of Carchemish, proposing new identifications for well-known pharaohs, including Ramses II.

Readers will find detailed discussions of key sites such as Jericho, Shechem, Samaria, and Tell el-Dab’a, as well as treatment of alphabet origins, the Sea Peoples, and the transmission of scripts and culture across the eastern Mediterranean.

This book will appeal to:

- Students and enthusiasts of ancient Near Eastern history

- Readers interested in biblical history and archaeology

- Scholars and lay researchers curious about alternative chronologies

- Those following the works of Immanuel Velikovsky, Peter James, and David Rohl

- Anyone intrigued by how a single chronological shift can reshape the stories of Egypt, Israel, Greece, and Mesopotamia

Henry offers a coherent, cross-disciplinary framework that invites readers to reconsider long-held assumptions about the ancient world.