Showing posts with label Middle East History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Middle East History. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 1, 2013

2,750-Year-Old Temple Found Near Jerusalem

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An employee of the Israeli Antiquities Authority displays figurines at Tel Motza archaeological site on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Baz R...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

The Crusaders' Last Stand

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Buried treasure: The coins - worth a fortune even in 1265 when they were thought to have been buried - were deliberately hidden inside a bro...
Saturday, April 14, 2012

Israel's Other Temple

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Graphic: The land of the Samaritans and the Jews. Israel's Other Temple: Research Reveals Ancient Struggle Over Holy Land Supremacy -- S...
Saturday, February 5, 2011

Oldest Cemetery Discovered In The Middle East

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Graves from the Middle Epipalaeolithic cemetery of ‘Uyun al-Hammam. (Credit: Lisa A. Maher, Jay T. Stock, Sarah Finney, James J. N. Heywood,...
Monday, February 22, 2010

Ancient Wall Possibly Built by King Solomon

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Dr. Eilat Mazar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeologist, points to the tenth century B.C.E. excavations that were uncovered under her ...
Sunday, January 31, 2010

Archaeology In Jerusalem: Digging Up Trouble

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Contested ground Workers at a site in East Jerusalem have uncovered bones and other evidence of early habitation. Yoray Liberman — Getty for...
Saturday, January 16, 2010

Bible Possibly Written Centuries Earlier, Text Suggests

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The ancient text shown in this drawing was discovered on a shard of pottery in Israel, and turned out to be the earliest known example of He...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

'Jesus-Era' Burial Shroud Found

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From The BBC: A team of archaeologists and scientists says it has, for the first time, found pieces of a burial shroud from the time of Jesu...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Ancient Tablets Decoded; Shed Light On Assyrian Empire

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Ancient clay tablets (such as the one pictured) inscribed with cuneiform script, a type of ancient writing once common in the Middle East, h...
Thursday, September 3, 2009

Ancient Wall Found In Jerusalem

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From The BBC: A 3,700-year-old wall has been discovered in east Jerusalem, Israeli archaeologists say. The structure was built to protect th...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Finding King Herod's Tomb

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Herod built an elaborate palace fortress on the 300-foot mountain, Herodium, to commemorate his victory in a crucial battle. Duby Tal / Alba...