The Gospel Trail: Walking in the footsteps of Jesus
JEREMY SHARON reported for the Jerusalem Post (11/30/2011 04:22): “Ministry of Tourism inaugurates pilgrimage route designed to increase Christian tourism. Minister of Tourism Stas Misezhnikov inaugurated on Tuesday the new Gospel Trail pilgrimage route which has been created by the Ministry of Tourism along with the Jewish National Fund. The trail, which cost NIS 3 million to develop over three …
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New Section of Herodian Period Tunnels Opened
Tom Powers wrote several articles that help to show the new tunnels that visitors can access from the City of David excavations of 2011. The access to the tunnels is now part of the tour from City of David, through “Area G” and Warren’s shaft, Hezekiah’s tunnel, the Siloam pool… and now the tunnel that brings you back to Robinson’s …
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Jerusalem, the Movie…
A friend just sent this link to us, and it looks like some great footage! Jerusalem | Filmed in Imax 3D from JerusalemTheMovie on Vimeo.
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Aramaic: the “little black dress” of ancient languages?
“Once you understand Aramaic,” says Karen Stern, “you can read anything. You can read Hebrew, you can read Phoenician. I always call it the little black dress of Semitic languages.” For this interesting article from NPR – LINK.
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Startling Roman finds beneath trash pile
Pozzuoli, 20 April (AKI) – Italian police near Naples discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman-era mausoleum buried under tons of illegally-dumped garbage. The mausoleum, which dates back to the second century AD, was found by police hidden beneath 58 tonnes of garbage in the coastal town Pozzuoli while they were impounding the site they say was used to illegally dispose of waste. …
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Egypt has gone to the dogs (science)
“The excavation of a labyrinth of tunnels beneath the Egyptian desert has revealed the remains of millions of animals, mostly dogs and jackals. Many appear to have been only hours or days old when they were killed and mummified. The Dog Catacombs, as they are known, date to 747-730 B.C., and are dedicated to the Anubis, the Egyptians’ jackal-headed god …
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Archaeologists Battle in Elah Valley
Todd Bolen wrote an interesting article: “A feud between archaeologists in Israel today resembles the ancient struggle between David and Goliath. As with the battle of old, one combatant is from Jerusalem (Yosef Garfinkel of Hebrew University) and the other from the Philistine plain (Oded Lipschitz of Tel Aviv University). The skirmish is only the latest in an on-going conflict …
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Thessalonica
The port city of Thessalonica (now called Salonica or Thessaloniki) was founded by the Macedonian General Kassander in celebration of the successful campaigns against the Persians (315 BCE). With the triumphs and expansion of their influence, new wealth poured into Macedonia and allowed new settlements to be established. This port was constructed on the Thermaic Gulf and knitted together twenty-six …
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Rhodes (Rhodos)
The largest island of the Dodecanese (48 miles long, 23 miles wide) houses nearly 100,000 inhabitants today (and scores of tourists). Rhodes (or Rodos) has become the regional capital of the Dodecanese islands. The highest point of the island is Mt. Ataviros (at 125 m ASL) in the center of the island. The island is fertile with a great variety …
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Philippi
Paul’s trip into Macedonia brought him from the harbor at Neapolis, 9 miles (15 km.) northwest over the ridge to Philippi. This strategic Roman garrison city became the place of the first established church congregation, with early converts to Christianity. Philippi was located 115 miles northeast of Salonika (Thessaloniki), now close to the Bulgarian border. The city occupies the edge …
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