Topic: Middle East
Pamukkale, or "Cotton Castle," is a natural phenomenon of wonder-like beauty. Above Pamukkale lies the ruins of the Roman city Hierapolis, evidently built with the natural hot springs in mind, as remains of marble sluices wind all throughout the city. The Egyptian ...
Excavations have been held in the kingdom of Jordan, known as the Khirbet Iskander Expedition, to study the sedentary adaptive strategies in EB (Early Bronze) IV (2350-2000 BCE) which is known as the ?nomadic interlude? between the urban eras of the EB ...
During excavations between 1961 and 1967, the famous archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon discovered tier after tier of architectural terracing buried beneath an avalanche of stone and debris on the east slope of Jerusalem. Kenyon believed she had found the much-disputed millo from the ...
JEDDAH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has discovered its first hieroglyphic inscriptions mentioning an Egyptian pharaoh dating back more than 3,000 years on a rock near the northern city of Tabuk, state media reported.The inscriptions, which bore the name of Pharoah Ramses III, ...
The City of David, which is today an archaeological dig in Jerusalem embroiled in political controversy, is the ancient seat of Israelite government under King David. It was the capital of David's kingdom 3,000 years ago, and the traditional location of King ...
Archaeologists claim that a great feast, including the consumption of 71 tortoises (inset), accompanied the burial of a woman at Israel's Hilazon Tachtit cave.. Archaeologists working at a prehistoric site in Israel now claim to have found the earliest signs of a ...
On the map the 'Golan Heights' looks like a bulge in the northeastern corner of Israel. More than twenty Jewish villages dating from the period of the Mishnah and Talmud have been identified in central Golan. Representative examples of decorated architectural fragments ...
(For Christian pilgrims, the Israel Museum is a must in their tour of The Holy City of Jerusalem. The tour of the Christian past at the Israel Museum continues with a visit to the Samuel Bronfman Biblical and Archaeological Wing. Concerned Christian ...
The exhibition focused on musical developments in Ancient Sumeria, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Egypt, ancient Greece and the Roman Empire ; the display also had a section examining music from the second Temple period, both sacred and profane. According to scholars, this was part ...
For all of you amateur archaeologists and/or those of you who are interested in learning more about ancient cultures there are several places where you can go for your vacation. As luck would have it, the best region where a person can ...
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The Middle East - Blood (HQ Video)
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The Middle East - Blood
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The Middle East - The Darkest Side
Hope you like this song as much as i am :)2009-10-24
