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In 3 BCE, Herod's son, Philip (also known as Philip the Tetrarch) founded a city which became his administrative capital, known from Josephus [20] and the Gospels of Matthew and Mark as Caesarea or Caesarea Philippi, to distinguish it from Caesarea Maritima and other cities named Caesarea (Matthew 16, Matthew 16:13, Mark 8, Mark 8:27).
The gates of hell are various places on the surface of the world that have acquired a legendary reputation for being entrances to the underworld. Often they are found in regions of unusual geological activity, particularly volcanic areas, or sometimes at lakes, caves, or mountains.
Caesarea (/ ˌ s ɛ z ə ˈ r iː ə, ˌ s ɛ s-, ˌ s iː z-/) [a] also Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palaestinae or Caesarea Stratonis, [1] [2] [b] was an ancient and medieval port city on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean, and later a small fishing village.
Caesarea Maritima: Caesarea Palestinae [49] Birds Mosaic, Pilate stone: Capernaum: Kfar Nahum [50] Cave of Horror: Cave 8 [51] Cave of Letters [52] Cave of the Minor Sanhedrin [53] Cave of Nicanor [54] Château Pèlerin: Atlit fortress, Castle Pilgrim [55] Located within a closed military area of the Atlit naval base. [56] Chorazin: Korazim [57]
Jonathan Reed states that chief contribution of archaeology to the study of the historical Jesus is the reconstruction of his social world. [71] An example archaeological item that Reed mentions is the 1961 discovery of the Pilate stone, which mentions the Roman prefect Pontius Pilate, by whose order Jesus was crucified. [71] [72] [73]
The Battle of Panium / p ə ˈ n aɪ. ə m / (also known as Paneion, Ancient Greek: Πάνειον, or Paneas, Πανειάς) was fought in 200 BC near Paneas (Caesarea Philippi) between Seleucid and Ptolemaic forces as part of the Fifth Syrian War. The Seleucids were led by Antiochus III the Great, while the Ptolemaic army was led by Scopas ...
Archaeologists Found the Ruins of the Famous ‘Backdoor to Hell' Tim Newcomb. July 10, 2023 at 1:05 PM.
Tzaferis excavated at various sites in Jerusalem, as well as at Ashkelon, Beth She'an, Caesarea Philippi, Capernaum, Kursi, and Tel Dan. He made his best known discovery in 1968 at Givat HaMivtar : the remains of a crucified man named Yehohanan bar Hagkol , the only certain physical evidence of Roman crucifixion known until the discovery of the ...