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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM183A_the-city-gate_Caesarea-IL.html
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Megiddo became an Israelite city sometime between the 10th and 9th centuries B.C., and functioned as an administrative center for he fertile Jezreel Valley. Some time later, a massive wall (1) and a monume…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM181O_the-city-gate_Caesarea-IL.html
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The Late Bronze period (1550-1150 B.C.) is marked by Egyptian rule of Canaan. At that time, Megiddo was one of the country's major city-states and its king a loyal vassal of the Egyptian pharaoh. The city-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM181E_tel-megiddo-national-park_Caesarea-IL.html
The biblical tels of Megiddo, Hazor and Beer Sheba were inscribed in 2005 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as World Heritage Sites with outstanding universal value. They are fitting representatives o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM180Q_from-megiddo-to-armageddon_Caesarea-IL.html
The city of Megiddo played a prominent role in the history of the ancient Near East. Strategically located at the mouth of the Nahal Iron Pass, Megiddo controlled access to the road that linked Egypt with Mesopotamia and Anatolia - the most import…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17UG_the-chariot-races_Caesarea-IL.html
The chariot races thrilled the crowds. The counterclockwise seven-lap race commenced at the starting gates (carceres) (1) and ended at a finishing line situated in front of the dignitaries' tribune (2). At each end of the axial rib (spina) were th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17UE_i-appeal-unto-caesar_Caesarea-IL.html
"For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar. Then Festus, when he had conferred wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17UC_the-roman-well_Caesarea-IL.html
Some sixty lead scroll fragments dating to the 4th. c. A.D., probably execrations tablets and binding spells, were recovered from this well, where they had been intentionally thrown as a magical practice. In his address on the dedication of the Ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17TY_the-promontory-palace_Caesarea-IL.html
The edifice consists of two main units: the Lower Palace comprising the private wing, and the Upper Palace, housing the public wing. The latter, built around a large peristyle courtyard, was associated with the ruler's judicial and administrative …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17TJ_sarcophagi_Caesarea-IL.html
Sarcophagi (coffins in Greek) made of stone (granite, marble, limestone) lead or wood were widely used among different people including Jews, throughout he Greco-Roman world. Sarcophagus means "flesh eater".
Stone coffins were made out of two h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17TH_column-capitals_Caesarea-IL.html
In the Classical World, Planning and Aesthetics principles were clear and unambiguous. The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders were elaborated by the Greeks and later, adopted by the Romans, with some variations. Each order bears its own rules and…