hints that something is/was wrong

   A secondary outcome of the
   analysis is a major disruption of the orthodox system of precessional
   dating, permitting synchronisation of the Phaeton and the Exodus
   episodes, together with the somewhat unexpected finding that
   Stonehenge can be added to the world list of ancient monuments which
   have their origin in these disturbances. [quoted also below]

The Ninsianna tablets, a preliminary reconstruction
by Michael G. Reade
cdrom\pubs\journals\review\v1993\02ninsi.htm

   Comparison of the Egyptian Ramesside Star tables with the Babylonian
   (Ammizaduga) Venus tablets suggests that both relate to the same
   celestial disturbance. Integration of the information recorded on both
   leads to recognition of a discontinuity in the precession of the
   equinoxes of about 2 months (= 60° displacement in longitude of the
   vernal equinox) and a suggestion as to how 4 and 8 year 'festival'
   cycles could have originated.

-- workshop\w1986no1\08star.htm Ninsianna And Ramesside Star Observations
Michael G.Reade

   Michael Reade has suggested that the Phaethon incident marks the most
   recent inversion of the Earth (1 ), and times it shortly after sunrise
   on a day close to the mid-summer solstice. Patten et al., suggest that
   the Phaethon event may have similarities with the long day of Joshua,
   and they time this as happening in the autumn (October in fact),
   making it a "case two" event like that of the Tower of Babel (2) .
   According to Velikovsky, the Phaethon incident was caused by Venus, an
   identification which I shall accept without demur. However, Venus
   seems to have caused most of its havoc at the Spring Equinox (in
   Nisan) rather than the Summer Solstice (in Tammuz).

-- A LATER DATE FOR THE PHAETHON EVENT? by B. O'GHEOGHAN
   workshop\no5\09date.htm

   A detailed analysis is presented of the succession of disturbances of
   the Earth's motions indicated by the Ninsianna (Ammisaduqa) Venus
   tablets. The principal single outcome is a small expansion of the
   Solar System, an approximate 1% expansion of the orbit of the Earth
   which was initiated about 882 BC and which was complete by about 729
   BC. In the course of this expansion, Venus pushed the Earth out
   towards Mars, causing the Earth to start pushing against Mars. The
   reality of the one time 360 day year is confirmed but this was a count
   of Babylonian days per Babylonian year, any change in the absolute
   spin rate of the Earth being minimal. 

   A secondary outcome of the
   analysis is a major disruption of the orthodox system of precessional
   dating, permitting synchronisation of the Phaeton and the Exodus
   episodes, together with the somewhat unexpected finding that
   Stonehenge can be added to the world list of ancient monuments which
   have their origin in these disturbances.

-- The Ninsianna tablets, a preliminary reconstruction
   by Michael G. Reade
review\v1993\02ninsi.htm

   We therefore have four sets of data - the Panchasiddhantika, the
   Dresden Codex, the Ninsianna tablets, the Ramesside star tables - all
   of which seem to relate to the same event. The Mayan and the Hindu
   data can also be related to one another, in the sense that their
   celestial arithmetic is remarkably similar; Hindu yugas and mahayugas,
   for instance, have essentially the same properties as Mayan tuns and
   katuns. 

   None of these four versions of the troubled period surrounding the
   spin rate change can as yet be dated by any absolute means. Currently,
   the best hope of progress appears to lie in identification of the
   "noteworthy event" recorded by Varaha Mihira and shown as occurring 60
   days before superior conjunction of Venus.

--      Probable Visibilities of Venus at the Time of the Supposed Spin
Rate Acceleration of the Earth MICHAEL G. READE
workshop\vol0502\05prob.htm