Archaeology
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Jericho's Walls fell down
Recent excavations at Tell es-Sultan, the Jericho conquered by the Israelite forces under Joshua. These excavations confirm the destruction of the Early Bronze Age city walls, perhaps by an earthquake
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Hezekiah's Tunnel
Hezekiah bought them off with silver and gold but in anticipation that Sennacherib would return he had a tunnel cut to bring the water from the Spring Gihon to a pool inside the city.
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New Survey of Hezekiah's tunnel
Hezekiah's tunne; ends at the Pool of Siloam. In ancient times, this was inside the walls of Jerusalem.
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Siloam Inscription
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King Hezekiah of Jerusalem had his workmen dig a tunnel from the spring Gihon outside the city to chanel the water inside the city. The tunnel, constructed about 700 BC, runs for 500 metres and is a masterpiece of engineering.
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Paradise in Petra
Rami G. Khouri
Two months of surveying and excavating in a large, open area along ' the south side of Petra's main colonnaded street (the so-called "Lower Market").....
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Petra: One of the Seven Wonders
Loay Olayyan
Recently Petra was nominated as one of the Seven Wonders of the present world. Petra is a remarkable place and certainly merits the recognition it has been given.there was a “Great Rift Valley” extending from south eastern turkey through the Jordan Valle
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Ancient Petra comes to life
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Ever since John Burckhardt discovered Petra in 1812, it has been seen as a dry desolate wilderness.
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Computers to the rescue of Cuneiform
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Computer expert Tom Malzbender turning to the digital world to turn illegible to legible
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The Great People of Archaeology: Sir Henry Rawlinson
David Coltheart
The Behistun Rock - Decoding cuneiform
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The Sumerian Flood Story
Arthur Clark lives in Saudi Arabia and has written an article about Sumer which was published in the March 2000 edition of the magazine Aramco (published by the Middle East oil company).
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The Death Pits of Ur
David Down explores past discoveries from the ancient Mesopotamians and reveals how new light has been shed on their mysterious practices.
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From Cyrus to Alexander
Reviewing Pierre Briant’s new book on the history of Persia (part 1)
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Cyrus of Medo-Persia
David Down reveals how a man of humble beginnings became the powerful king who brought Babylon to its knees
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Cyrus got the gods on side
The Cyrus Cylinder records Cyrus' conquest of Babylon, and his decree to allow the people exiled by the Assyrians and Babylonians to return to their homeland. Now a scholar has analysed Cyrus' motive for this decree, claiming it was not just a political.
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Animals of Ancient Egypt
Suzette Hartwell
For ancient Egyptians, animals were a significant part of their lives, either as pets, food supply or worshipped as gods.
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2014 Tour report: Iran, Jordan, Greece and Turkey
I led a group through Iran, Jordan, Greece and Turkey in August and September 2014. Our biggest surprise was Iran.
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Sydney Siege & Charlie Hebdo
Why do we generalise about people groups, especially in the negative?
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ISIS and the Cyrus Cylinder
History clearly reveals that intolerance is always the outcome of combining religion with political power.
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Diggings Magazine Goes Digital
Archeological Diggings magazine is currently being re-developed after becoming an official Adventist Media Network ministry. Archaeology has long been part of the Adventist public evangelism in the South Pacific Region and the magazine will work