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Pharos Beaker Front Pharos Beaker Reverse Colorless glass vase, of Alexandrian manufacture, found in Afghanistan, illustrates the famous lighthouse but the three stories are not shown in accurate detail. The Pharos is attached to a fortification wall and above its tower is a colossal male statue, probably representing Zeus Soter, with an oar or rudder […]
Second Punic War in Italy 218–203 BCE Hannibal and his men crossing the Alps 1 Hannibal and his men crossing the Alps 2 Hannibal was a Carthaginian military commander and tactician, later also working in other professions, who is popularly credited as one of the finest commanders in history. He lived during a period […]
Gold Earring As he descended the path from the top of Herodium, tourist Dan Rodriguez accidentally discovered this gold earring embedded in an earthen wall. Attributed to the Hellenistic period (332–37 BCE) by the Israel Antiquities Authority, the 1.5-inch earring consists of a wire attached to a bulbous ornament. Granulated gold forming loops and bands […]
Clay Tablet A fragment of a Babylonian astronomical diary with a mention of the defeat of Darius III by Alexander of Macedon at Gaugamela on 1 October 331 BCE, and of Alexander’s later entry into Babylon. Our only non-Greek narrative of the battle is a couple of lines long, but it is of great interest. […]
Terracotta Statuette of Aphrodite Aphrodite in situ A terracotta statuette of the goddess Aphrodite from the Hellenistic period found in a cave on Israel’s Carmel Range and used in pagan worship which Antiochus IV sought to impose on the Jews. Pearlman, Moshe, The Macabees. London- Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1973. See also- Aphrodite, 2nd century CE
Silver Tetradrachm of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Front) Silver Tetradrachm of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Back) Silver tetradrachm of Seleucid emperor Antiochus IV Epiphanes. When Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175–164 BCE) ascended the Seleucid throne, he sold the office of high priest to the highest bidder. This had traditionally been a hereditary position of great religious importance and […]
Alexander the Great was the son of Philip II, king of Macedonia in the 4th century BCE. In only 11 years of campaigning, Alexander the Great amassed the most extensive empire the world had ever seen. It sprawled over three continents, from Alexander’s native Macedonia in Greece, Europe, into northern Africa and across western Asia […]
Bust of Alexander the Great This bust of Alexander the Great was sculpted in his lifetime. Alexander the Great was the son of Philip II, king of Macedonia in the 4th century BCE. In only 11 years of campaigning, Alexander the Great amassed the most extensive empire the world had ever seen. It sprawled over […]
Werner Keller. The Bible as History. Bantam Books. New York. 1982. p.342.
Oldest Marriage Contract Aramaic Ostracon Amos Kloner and Esther Eshel Found In Maresha in 1993 The marriage contract recorded on the ostracon was drawn up by the Edomite community of Maresha in June 176 BCE, as attested by the date according to the Seleucid era at the beginning of the contract. This marriage contract is […]