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The ring was overlooked but in 2018 it was given a thorough laboratory cleaning and scholarly examination. At the center of the ring is an engraved krater, or amphora similar in style to the monumental urn (handleless amphorae or acroteria) of Herodium [24] which is encircled by "partly deformed" Greek letters spelling
Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 Helena finding the True Cross (Italian manuscript, c. 825) The Madaba Map depiction of sixth-century Jerusalem Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Jerusalem is generally considered the cradle of Christianity. [41] 324–325: Emperor Constantine wins the Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy and reunites ...
The Synoptic Gospels mention Jesus stopping in Bethphage before his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. There is an annual Catholic Palm Sunday procession into Jerusalem, as there is a Greek Orthodox one (the respective feasts seldom fall on the same day), both beginning in Bethphage. [3] [4] Franciscan Church of Bethphage
Before 1070. The Saint Mary of the Latins Abbey founds the Hospital of Saint John for male pilgrims in Jerusalem and staffs it with men living a monastic life. [14] 1071. August 21. Battle of Manzikert: the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan overcomes the Byzantines, eventually opening Asia Minor to further Turkic invasions. [11] [12] Battle of Manzikert ...
In Bethlehem, a decree from the West Bank’s governing Palestinian Authority mandates that the city’s mayor, deputy mayor and a majority of the municipal council must be Christians.
They departed Jerusalem, shortly before Jesus' final Passover, arriving in Bethany six days before the Passover (John 12:1). The New King James Version and World English Bible call Ephraim a "city", whereas the New International Version and the New Living Translation call it a "village".
The ruins of Beitin, the site of ancient Bethel, during the 19th century. Bethel (Hebrew: בֵּית אֵל, romanized: Bēṯ ʾĒl, "House of El" or "House of God", [1] also transliterated Beth El, Beth-El, Beit El; Greek: Βαιθήλ; Latin: Bethel) was an ancient Israelite city and sacred space that is frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
Muslim pilgrims to Shiloh mention a mosque called es-Sekineh where the memory of Jacob's and Joseph's deeds was revered. The earliest source is el-Harawi, who visited the country in 1173 when it was occupied by the Crusaders and wrote: "Seilun is the village of the mosque es-Sekineh where the stone of the Table is found". Yaqut (1225) and el ...