ca 2000 BC) date to the late 20th and 19th centuries B.C. Two sets of texts exist, with the Later Execration Texts dating to the late 19th century B.C. In the earlier texts only a few cities are mentioned in this region of Canaan. Jerusalem, Ashkelon and...
Jerusalem is an ancient city of the Middle East that since 1967 has been wholly under the rule of the State of Israel. Long an object of veneration and conflict, Jerusalem has been governed by an extended series of dynasties and states over centuries.
(Faras) until they wereamalgamatedlater in the 6th century with Maqurrah (Makurra) into the single kingdom of Dunqulah. South of Dunqulah was the kingdom of ʿAlwah, or Alodia (Aloa), which became Christian in 580. In 652 a Muslim army from Egypt captured Dunqulah and compelled ...
The map, which lays out a bird’s eye view of the late seventeenth century city, is generally considered the most beautiful plan of Oxford. Superbly engraved in great detail, it shows the colleges, churches, important buildings, green places and streets of the city; many of which are ...
Jewish travelers documented life in the land of Israel throughout the centuries of exile.The daily Jewish prayers have always asked God to return the Jews to their homeland. At the Passover Seder, Jews say: “Next year in Jerusalem!”. The breaking-of-the-glass at a Jewish wedding ...
Hsu, Kuang-tai [徐光台] (2018): “A sixteenth-century Jesuit map of China: Sinarum regni aliorumque regnorum et insularum illi adiacentium description”. In: History of Mathematical sciences: Visual and textual representations in exchanges between Europe and East Asia: 16th-18th centuries. Ed....
We also took the “VIP Caesar’s Palace tour with the Colosseum & Roman Forum” tour, which covered the Roman Forum and the Colosseum, as well as the 1st century BC home of Emperor Augustus, previously off limits to the public. Finally, we took a tour of the Borghese Gallery on the ...
The garage door mimics a historic wooden carriage door, and the creamy Jerusalem limestone used above the base gleams resembles the Tacohoe marble that was often found on 19th century Tribeca facades. Historic details mix with modern ones. Forged metal Juliette balconies on Reade Street look to ...
Names of God GOD, NAMES OF. Distinctive of the Hebrew-Christian system is the use of the names for deity as... Golgotha GOLGOTHA gŏl’ gə thə (Γολγοθα, skull). The Aram. name of the place near Jerusalem where Christ... Gospel ...
New Jerusalem NEW JERUSALEM, ̔Ιερουσαλὴ̀μ καινή. It is the ultimate center where the glorified redeemed of... Nurse, Nursing NURSE, NURSING (מֵינֶ֫קֶת, H4787, wet nurse; אֹמ...