by hadassah | Jan 28, 2009 | Roman Period I
Roman Period I, 63 BCE-73 CE Highlights- Coin of Herod the Great, 35/34 BCE Ossuary of Simon the Temple Builder, 1st century BCE – 1st century CE Qumran Phylactery, 1st century CE The Place of the Trumpeting, 4 CE Ossuary of the High Priest Caiaphas, 18-36 CE...
by hadassah | Jan 26, 2009 | Bible and Beyond, Roman Period I
The Alexandria Library The Alexandria Library, built by the Greek-Egyptian king Ptolemy I around 300 B.C., was the greatest center of scholarship in the ancient world. The library was not only a repository of hundreds of thousands of papyrus scrolls (ancient books),...
by hadassah | Jan 26, 2009 | Roman Period I
Galilee Boat The boat was discovered in 1986 on the shore of the Sea of Galilee by two brothers, fishermen from Kibbutz Ginosar. Its discovery caused a stir because it dates to the time of Jesus. See also- Shelley Wachsmann. “The Galilee Boat—2,000-Year-Old Hull...
by hadassah | Jan 25, 2009 | First Revolt to Bar Kokhba, Roman Period I
September 67 CE- Vespasian besieges Gamla. Early October 67 CE- Vespasian breaks into Gamla but suffers defeat. October 20, 67 CE- Gamla falls. Josephus describes the Battle of Gamla in detail in The Jewish War Vol. III, Book IV- …On that day Titus, who had now...
by hadassah | Jan 19, 2009 | Roman Period I
The fluted amphora with brim and two handles at the right of the coin is encircled by the Hebrew inscription, shnat shtayim, meaning “year two” (67/68 A.D.) of the Jewish revolt against Rome. Two of these coins were found at Aroer, along with a mass of stone rubble,...
by hadassah | Jan 14, 2009 | Roman Period I
Incense Shovel Bethsaida 8-inch-long bronze incense shovel, discovered in 1996. The shovel lay in a first-century C.E. refuse pit. Just a few meters away is the corner of a building. In part because of the shovel, we have tentatively identified the building as a Roman...
