Peter James
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Peter James is the primary author of Centuries of Darkness. Mr. James also collaborated with specialists in various areas of Mediterranean archaeology and history, who wrote various chapters of the book Centuries of Darkness. The co-authors were: I. J. Thorpe, Nikos Kokkinos, Robert Morkot, and John Frankish.
Centuries of Darkness challenged the current ancient chronology predominant among most archaeologist which is based primarily on Egyptian archaeology. The thesis of Centuries of Darkness is that there was no 300-year "dark age" in the ancient world, and that the 300-year dark age is based on a misreading of Egyptian history.
At the time of the publication of Centuries of Darkness, Peter James had graduated in ancient history and archaeology at Birmingham University and was engaged in postgraduate research at University College, London.
Peter James has also published numerous articles on ancient chronology, technology and the history of science, in both academic and popular journals. He is also the author of The Sunken Kingdom (1995) and co-author (with Nick Thorpe) of Ancient Inventions (1994) and Ancient Mysteries (1999).
Links
- Centuries of Darkness website
- Centuries of Darkness - Reply to Kitchen by Peter James and Robert Morkot
