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Migdal Eder (Hebrew: מגדל־עדר Miḡdal ‘Êḏer [miɣ.dal ʕɛð.er], "Tower of Eder") is a tower mentioned in the biblical book of Genesis 35:21, in the context of the death of Jacob 's wife, Rachel. The biblical record locates it near the present-day city of Bethlehem.
The Shepherds' Field Chapel (Arabic: كنيسة حقل الرعاة; Hebrew: כנסיית שדה הרועים) [citation needed], or the Sanctuary of Gloria in excelsis Deo, [ 1 ] is a Roman Catholic religious building in Beit Sahour, southeast of Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine. [ 2 ][ 3 ] The chapel commemorates the annunciation of Jesus ...
Actinium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ac and atomic number 89. It was first isolated by Friedrich Oskar Giesel in 1902, who gave it the name emanium; the element got its name by being wrongly identified with a substance André-Louis Debierne found in 1899 and called actinium.
Belém Tower (Portuguese: Torre de Belém, pronounced [ˈtoʁɨ ðɨ βɨˈlɐ̃j]; literally: Bethlehem Tower), officially the Tower of Saint Vincent (Portuguese: Torre de São Vicente) is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon.
The City of David (Hebrew: עיר דוד, romanized: ʿĪr Davīd), known locally mostly as Wadi Hilweh (Arabic: وادي حلوة), [1] is the name given to an archaeological site considered by most scholars to be the original settlement core of Jerusalem during the Bronze and Iron Ages.
The Tower of David and the city walls. The Tower of David (Hebrew: מגדל דוד, romanized:Migdál Davíd), also known as the Citadel (Arabic: القلعة, romanized:al-Qala'a), is an ancient citadel and contemporary museum, located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. The citadel that stands today dates to the Mamluk ...
keverrachel.com. Venerated as the third holiest site in Judaism. Rachel's Tomb (Biblical Hebrew: קְבֻרַת רָחֵלQǝbūrat Rāḥēl; Modern Hebrew: קבר רחלQever Raḥel; Arabic: قبر راحيلQabr Rāḥīl) is a site revered as the burial place of the Biblical matriarch Rachel. The site is also referred to as the Bilal bin ...
There are 34 known isotopes, from 203 Ac to 236 Ac, and 7 isomers. Three isotopes are found in nature, 225 Ac, 227 Ac and 228 Ac, as intermediate decay products of, respectively, 237 Np, 235 U, and 232 Th. 228 Ac and 225 Ac are extremely rare, so almost all natural actinium is 227 Ac. The most stable isotopes are 227 Ac with a half-life of 21. ...