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- The Duke of Nablus
- The Excavations beneath Jerusalem's Redeemer Lutheran Church
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Category Archives: Roman Period
VIDEO | Recent Discoveries, Enhancements at the Herodium
A recent report from the Franciscans, via their Christian Media Center, highlights recent developments at the Herodium, the mountaintop palace-fortress of Herod the Great that dominates the landscape of the Judean Desert east of Bethlehem. New aspects of the site … Continue reading
UP-“DATED” | Finding “Methuselah” a Wife
Scientists await flowering of two 2,000-year-old female date palms. Object: Matrimony This story first arose several years ago, in 2005, with the sprouting of a 2,000-year-old date seed recovered archaeologically from Masada, the ancient fortress site near the Dead Sea. … Continue reading
Posted in For FUN (mostly), Israel-Palestine Scene, Plants & Animals, Roman Period
Tagged date palm, Methuselah
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Following the Road to Emmaus (before it’s too late)
It was the first Easter, two thousand years ago. Two confused, disheartened disciples are on their way out of Jerusalem, encounter a stranger on the road, and quickly find themselves as students in the infant Church’s first Sunday School class! — … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Easter, Jerusalem Antiquities, Josephus, New Testament, Roman Period, VIDEOS
Tagged David Bivin, Easter, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Perspective, Luke 24, Motza, Nakba, Qalunya, Road to Emmaus, Roman roads
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Through the American Colony Lens: THE COLOSSAL STONES OF BAALBEK
Here’s a photo that sort of jumped out at me a while back, it was so striking: a great quarry stone at the ancient site of Baalbek in Lebanon. Look at the people, look at the scale! This stone, which was … Continue reading
The Bridge That Never Was
The inspiration for this post is an image I was pointed to — several months ago now — by Rachel Lev of MuseumWorks, the lady who has been overseeing development of an on-site archive at Jerusalem’s American Colony Hotel. The materials involved … Continue reading
Posted in American Colony, Antiquities, Archaeology, Haram/ Temple Mount, Herod the Great, Jerusalem Antiquities, Jerusalem People, Jerusalem Places, Josephus, Roman Period
Tagged American Colony, Archaeology, Charles Warrren, Ernest F. Beaumont, Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem, Robinson's Arch, Temple Mount, Wilson's Arch
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Do Owls Bring Bad Luck? An ancient legend comes home to roost in modern Israel-Palestine
Thou ominous and fearful owl of death… –Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1 This post had an unusually long gestation period. It all started with a Haaretz article way back in August, … Continue reading
Posted in Eusebius, Israel-Palestine Scene, Josephus, New Testament, Plants & Animals, Roman Period
Tagged Acts, Caesarea, Eusebius, Herod Agrippa I, Josephus, omens, owls, Pliny the Elder, superstition
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UPDATED The Aqueducts of Bethlehem: An interactive map
The purpose of this brief post is to point folks — any who may resonate to such minutiae — to a custom map which I have assembled. It focuses on remnants of the ancient Upper and Lower Aqueducts of Jerusalem, … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Bethlehem area, Herod the Great, Israel-Palestine Scene, JERUSALEM, Photography, PHOTOS, Roman Period
Tagged aqueducts, Bethlehem, Lower Aqueduct, maps, Roman Period, Upper Aqueduct
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Tom Powers -- VIEW FROM JERUSALEM 