https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html en-us Translation © 2026 Scriptorium Press, free to share with credit The Lost Histories of Babylon and Egypt, Newly Translated from the Greek and Latin. Two priests, writing within a generation of each other around 280 BCE, set down their nations' entire past in Greek: Berossus of Babylon — Oannes the fish-sage, ten kings reigning 432,000 years, the flood of Xisouthros with its birds and its ark on the mountains of Armenia — and Manetho of Egypt, inventor of the thirty dynasties and teller of the Hyksos and Osarseph stories that Josephus spent a book fighting. Both works are lost; every surviving fragment, quoted by Josephus, Eusebius, and Syncellus, is translated fresh here with its source named. A new plain-English translation made directly from the original language by Scriptorium Press, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Free to read, listen to and download at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html The Lost Histories of Babylon and Egypt, Newly Translated from the Greek and Latin. Two priests, writing within a generation of each other around 280 BCE, set down their nations' entire past in Greek: Berossus of Babylon — Oannes the fish-sage, ten kings reigning 432,000 years, the flood of Xisouthros with its birds and its ark on the mountains of Armenia — and Manetho of Egypt, inventor of the thirty dynasties and teller of the Hyksos and Osarseph stories that Josephus spent a book fighting. Both works are lost; every surviving fragment, quoted by Josephus, Eusebius, and Syncellus, is translated fresh here with its source named. A new plain-English translation made directly from the original language by Scriptorium Press, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Free to read, listen to and download at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html Scriptorium Press (AI Voice) Scriptorium Pressaskhistory.ai@gmail.com false serial no Berossus — Book 1: Oannes and the Creation (FHG F1, from Syncellus / Alexander Polyhistor) 1 full openscriptorium-berman-000 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Berossus — Book 1: Oannes and the Creation (FHG F1, from Syncellus / Alexander Polyhistor), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=0 0:00:16 false Berossus — Book 2: The Ten Antediluvian Kings (FHG F2–F6a: Athenaeus, Agathias, Syncellus, Apollodorus) 2 full openscriptorium-berman-001 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Berossus — Book 2: The Ten Antediluvian Kings (FHG F2–F6a: Athenaeus, Agathias, Syncellus, Apollodorus), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=1 0:05:51 false Berossus — Book 3: The Flood of Xisouthros and the Tower (FHG F7, F10, F11a, from Syncellus) 3 full openscriptorium-berman-002 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Berossus — Book 3: The Flood of Xisouthros and the Tower (FHG F7, F10, F11a, from Syncellus), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=2 0:07:49 false Berossus — Book 4: Eusebius Chronicle (Armenian) material — postdiluvian kings, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar (FHG F5, F9, F11, F12) 4 full openscriptorium-berman-003 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Berossus — Book 4: Eusebius Chronicle (Armenian) material — postdiluvian kings, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar (FHG F5, F9, F11, F12), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=3 0:11:29 false Berossus — Book 5: Minor Greek citations (FHG F8, F13, F14a, F15, F16, F16a) 5 full openscriptorium-berman-004 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Berossus — Book 5: Minor Greek citations (FHG F8, F13, F14a, F15, F16, F16a), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=4 0:09:20 false Berossus — Book 6: Nebuchadnezzar and the Neo-Babylonian kings down to Cyrus (Josephus, Contra Apionem 1.128–153) 6 full openscriptorium-berman-005 Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Berossus — Book 6: Nebuchadnezzar and the Neo-Babylonian kings down to Cyrus (Josephus, Contra Apionem 1.128–153), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=5 0:07:14 false Berossus — Book 8: Astronomical and astrological fragments (FHG F17–F25; Latin marked) 7 full openscriptorium-berman-006 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Berossus — Book 8: Astronomical and astrological fragments (FHG F17–F25; Latin marked), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=6 0:04:44 false Manetho — Book 1: Testimonia and structure of the Aegyptiaca (FHG F1–F5) 8 full openscriptorium-berman-007 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Manetho — Book 1: Testimonia and structure of the Aegyptiaca (FHG F1–F5), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. 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Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=8 0:00:09 false Manetho — Book 2: The Epitome, Dynasties I–XI, Africanus and Eusebius versions (FHG F6–F33) 10 full openscriptorium-berman-009 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Manetho — Book 2: The Epitome, Dynasties I–XI, Africanus and Eusebius versions (FHG F6–F33), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=9 0:19:37 false Manetho — Book 3: The Epitome, Dynasties XII–XVII incl. the Hyksos lists (FHG F34–F49) 11 full openscriptorium-berman-010 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Manetho — Book 3: The Epitome, Dynasties XII–XVII incl. the Hyksos lists (FHG F34–F49), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=10 0:06:45 false Manetho — Book 4: The Epitome, Dynasties XVIII–XXII (FHG F51–F61) 12 full openscriptorium-berman-011 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Manetho — Book 4: The Epitome, Dynasties XVIII–XXII (FHG F51–F61), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=11 0:09:41 false Manetho — Book 5: The Epitome, Dynasties XXIII–XXXI (FHG F62–F73) 13 full openscriptorium-berman-012 Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Manetho — Book 5: The Epitome, Dynasties XXIII–XXXI (FHG F62–F73), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=12 0:07:12 false Manetho — Book 6: The Hyksos (Josephus, Contra Apionem 1.73–105) 14 full openscriptorium-berman-013 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Manetho — Book 6: The Hyksos (Josephus, Contra Apionem 1.73–105), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=13 0:08:29 false Manetho — Book 7: Amenophis, the lepers, and Osarseph (Josephus, Contra Apionem 1.227–287) 15 full openscriptorium-berman-014 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Manetho — Book 7: Amenophis, the lepers, and Osarseph (Josephus, Contra Apionem 1.227–287), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=14 0:16:32 false Manetho — Book 8: The minor works (FHG F74–F85) 16 full openscriptorium-berman-015 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Manetho — Book 8: The minor works (FHG F74–F85), Berossus & Manetho: Berossus & Manetho, read in full. Narrated by Scriptorium Press (AI Voice). Read along, download the EPUB, or hear the rest free at https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html https://openscriptorium.com/books/berman.html?ch=15 0:08:39 false