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Thomas Yaeger studied Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations and Languages at both University College, London, and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Yaeger specialized in the text corpus of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. He is the author of five books: the first is 'The Sacred History of Being' (2015), the second is 'J.G. Frazer and the Platonic Theory of Being' (2016). His third and fourth books - 'Understanding Ancient Thought' (2017) and 'Man and the Divine' (2018), explore further patterns of thought in antiquity. His fifth book is Echoes of Eternity’ (2020). Yaeger tweets regularly on ancient history and philosophy, with the Twitter ID: @rotorvator. His books are available (in eBook format) from Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Blio, Walmart, Smashwords, and other retailers.
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Science and the Classics
Select Passages from Ancient Writers, Illustrative of the History of Greek Sculpture Edited with a Translation and Notes
Report by Professor D'Arcy Thompson on His Mission to the Behring Sea in 1896, Dated March 4, 1897
J. G. Frazer and the Platonic Theory of Being
A Handbook of Greek Sculpture
King Sun: In Search Of Akhenaten
Assyria, Its Princes, Priests and People
The Sacred History of Being
References to Prophecy in Neo-Assyrian Sources
CONVERSATIONS WITH ETERNITY:  ANCIENT MAN'S ATTEMPTS TO KNOW THE FUTURE.
Cylinder Seals V: Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods
Oracles and Divination
Combination of Observations
The Annals of Ashurbanapal (v.Rawlinson pl. 1-10): autographed text by Robert J. Lau, with a glossary in English and German and brief notes by Stephen Langdon
Ancient Egypt
Queries To The Sungod: Divination And Politics In Sargonid Assyria
Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylon
The Face And The Message
The works of Philo Judaeus
Ancient Fragments


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