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Ketef Hinnom The area of Ketef Hinnom (just east of St Andrew's church) shown in a 1940s Survey of Palestine map Ketef Hinnom ( Hebrew : כתף הינום , romanized : ketef hinom , lit. 'Shoulder of Hinnom ') [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is an archaeological site discovered in the 1970s southwest of the Old City of Jerusalem .
Jewish magical papyri supplement the evidences for angelology found in early rabbinic material, for example in identifying the existence of a national angel named Israel. [7] The character of Jewish magical papyri is often syncretic. [8] Some "Jewish magical papyri" may not themselves be Jewish but syncretic invocations of the Tetragrammaton by ...
However, the surrounding area's pottery style isn't seen at the site, implying uneasy relations with the closest neighbours. [70] In other words, it seemed visitors were from far, not near, and brought wealth. The main room in building A contained benches, like the space where the Deir Alla inscription was found, among other parallels between ...
Archaeologists uncovered a nearly 1,800-year-old amulet that offers new insight into the early spread of Christianity across the Roman Empire.
The map of Ireland is included on the "first European map" sections (Ancient Greek: Εὐρώπης πίναξ αʹ, romanized: Eurōpēs pínax alpha or Latin: Prima Europe tabula) of Ptolemy's Geography (also known as the Geographia and the Cosmographia). The "first European map" is described in the second and third chapters of the work's ...
Archaeologists digging in the Jordan Valley recently discovered a collection of ancient coins during this year's Hanukkah holiday.
A New Testament amulet (also called a talisman) is an ancient hand-written portion of the New Testament, commonly worn as a charm. The Lord's Prayer is the most common text found on amulets . Also commonly found are the opening verses of each of the four New Testament gospels .
The inscription was found at a burial site on Heilmannstraße (yellow circle). Map of Limes Germanicus, the system of fortifications representing the boundary of Roman control in Upper Germania. The Frankfurt silver inscription is an 18-line Latin engraving on a piece of silver foil, housed in a protective amulet dating to the mid-3rd century AD.