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Megiddo church is an archaeological site near Tel Megiddo, Israel that preserves the foundations of one of the oldest Christian church buildings ever discovered by archaeologists. [1] The ruins contain one of the oldest inscriptions referring to the divinity of Jesus. [2] [3] [4]
During the Greco-Roman period, the temple of Resheph was elaborately rebuilt, and the city, though smaller than its neighbours such as Tyrus and Zidonia, was a centre for the cult of Adonis. [citation needed] King Herod of Judaea, known for his extensive building projects, including beyond his own kingdom, constructed a city wall for Byblos. [45]
Seal of פלטה (Paltah) – one known of at least seven women's names on inscribed Hebrew seals with a pedigree. Provenanced seals constitute 7% of what's on record. [55] Khirbet Beit Lei graffiti contains oldest known Hebrew writing of the word "Jerusalem", dated to 7th century BC: "I am YHWH thy Lord. I will accept the cities of Judah and I ...
The city gods of Eridu were Enki and his consort Damkina. Enki, later known as Ea, was considered to have founded the city. His temple was called E-Abzu, as Enki was believed to live in Abzu, an aquifer from which all life was thought to stem. According to Sumerian temple hymns, another name for the temple of Ea/Enki was called Esira (Esirra).
The city continued to prosper during the Roman imperial period and became a bishopric as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesto around 400 AD. By the time of Virgil the city was "known for roses that bloomed twice a year", as he mentions in Book IV of his Georgics (c. 29 BC). [28]
The city is mentioned as being one of the places that was rebuilt by Hebrew slaves in the Greek Septuagint translation of the Bible (Exodus 1:11). [14] The store-city Pithom in the same passage is, according to one theory, Heliopolis. [15] Today, it is generally believed that Pithom is the archaeological site of either Tell el-Retabeh or Tell ...
The ruins of the city lie 290 km (180 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 110 km (68 mi) southwest of Mosul. It is considered the richest archaeological site from the Parthian Empire known to date. [1] Hatra was a strongly fortified caravan city and capital of the small Arab Kingdom of Hatra, located between the Roman and Parthian/Sasanian Empires.
The oldest known zoological collection was revealed during excavations at Nekhen in 2009 of a menagerie that dates to c. 3500 BC. The animals, [ 25 ] [ 26 ] numbering in totality fourteen during May 2015, include a leopard, two crocodiles, [ 27 ] hippopotami , hartebeest , [ 25 ] two [ 27 ] elephants , [ 25 ] baboons , and African wildcats . [ 25 ]