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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17IZ_the-synagogue_Jerusalem-IL.html
"Long since, my brave men, we determined neither to serve the Romans nor any other save God ..."
Josephus Flavius
The rebels' way of life on Masada required a building suitable for community meetings and Torah readings. This building, which …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17IU_the-casemate-of-the-scrolls_Jerusalem-IL.html
A large and rare concentration of finds from the time of the revolt was found in a corner of the room of the wall in which we stand: inscribed sheets of papyrus, fragments of scrolls, silver shekel coins, textiles, sandals, and glass vessels and b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17IS_the-breaching-point_Jerusalem-IL.html
Here the siege of Masada ended. The ramp that the Romans had built up to the summit of the mountain reached to below this point. At the top of the ramp rose the siege tower, and in it was the battering ram with which the Romans assaulted the casem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17IR_columbarium-tower-dovecot_Jerusalem-IL.html
Why did the king raise doves on the mountain?
There were three columbarium towers on Masada. The one in front of us was used as a dovecot in its ground floor, and as a watchtower in its upper story. In the walls of the dovecot are several hundr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17FI_the-burnt-room-and-the-house-of-the-bullae_Jerusalem-IL.html
"He burned the House of the Lord, the king's palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down the house of every notable person." (II Kings 25: 9)
This residential quarter went up in flames with the rest of the city during the Babylonian…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17E9_ketef-hinnom_Jerusalem-IL.html
The Burial Caves date from the First Temple Period. Throughout many generations, they served affluent Jerusalem families as a location to bury their dead. The deceased was placed on a stone slab with a special indentation for the head. At the end …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTSE_the-church-of-st-joseph_Nazareth-IL.html
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This church was built in 1914 on the site of an earlier 12th century church.
-The caves, granaries and wells in the lower level were used by the early dwellers of Nazareth. Later, Christians turned the sit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTR0_basilica-of-the-annunciation_Nazareth-IL.html
"And the Word became flesh"
Historians tell that the Grotto and its surroundings, being the site of the Annunciation were turned into a worship place in the 1st and 2nd Century.
-Early sources referred to the place as being "The House of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTP5_yardenit_IL.html
According to the Gospel of John, scripture indicates that Jesus was baptized very close to this part of the "Jordan River". Of the four Gospel writers, John was the only one present when Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist.
In the King James…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTM7_capharnaum_IL.html
Capharnaum the town of JesusHe left Nazareth and went to live in Capharnaum by the sea (Gospel of Matthew 4:13). He entered a boat, made a crossing, and came into his own town (Gospel of Matthew 9:1).
The House of Simon PeterOn leaving the syna…