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  2. Ancient Greek boxing - Wikipedia

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    The currently accepted rules of ancient Greek boxing are based on historical references and images. Although there is some evidence of kicks in ancient Greek boxing, [8] [9] [10] this is the subject of debate among scholars. [11] [12] Because of the few intact sources and references to the sport, the rules can only be inferred. [13] No holds or ...

  3. Cestus - Wikipedia

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    Cestus (Ancient Greek: Κεστός, romanized: Kestos), plural: cesti, in a general sense meant, for ancient Greeks and Romans, any band or tie. [1] However, it was more frequently used to refer to: The Girdle of Aphrodite [1] Boxing gloves used by ancient Greeks and Romans, also written Caestus [1] A girdle or belt worn by women in ancient Greece

  4. Cestus (boxing) - Wikipedia

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    A cestus or caestus (Classical Latin: [ˈkae̯stʊs], Ancient Greek: Kεστός) is a battle glove that was sometimes used in Roman gladiatorial events. It was based on a Greek original, which employed straps called himantes and sphirae, hard leather strips that enclosed and protected the fist and lower arm. Some cesti were fitted with studs ...

  5. Temple Warning inscription - Wikipedia

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    The Temple Warning inscription, also known as the Temple Balustrade inscription or the Soreg inscription, [2] is an inscription that hung along the balustrade outside the Sanctuary of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Two of these tablets have been found. [3] The inscription was a warning to pagan visitors to the

  6. Kleomedes of Astypalia - Wikipedia

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    Kleomedes mourned his loss greatly for putting a stain on his record, and while returning to his hometown of Astypalaia, he stumbled upon the gymnasium from which he first learned boxing and, in a fit of Mania, took his grief out on the school, which was inhabited by about 60 children, by pulling out a pillar supporting the school's roof and ...

  7. Boxing glove - Wikipedia

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    A pair of velcro sparring gloves. Boxing gloves are cushioned gloves that fighters wear on their hands during boxing matches and practices. Unlike "fist-load weapons" (such as the ancient cestus) which were designed as a lethal weapon, modern boxing gloves are non-lethal, designed to protect both the opponent's head and the fighter's hand during a bout.

  8. New Jerusalem Dead Sea Scroll - Wikipedia

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    The measurements used in the Temple Scroll are not the same, they do not use rods as a measurement. Lastly, in the Temple scroll it describes cities that are around the 'New Jerusalem'. The description is from the inside out. [4] Three different descriptions are given about New Jerusalem, from Ezekiel, Revelation and writings found at Qumran.

  9. List of inscriptions in biblical archaeology - Wikipedia

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    Found at Tell es-Safi, the traditional identification of Gath. Ophel pithos is a 3,000-year-old inscribed fragment of a ceramic jar found near Jerusalem's Temple Mount by archeologist Eilat Mazar. It is the earliest alphabetical inscription found in Jerusalem written in what was probably Proto-Canaanite script. [43]