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The Tennessee Division of Archaeology maintains a database of all archaeological sites recorded within the state of Tennessee. As of January 1, 2009 this catalog contains more than 22,000 sites, including both prehistoric and historic resources.
There is only passing mention of the Ziz in the Bible, found in Psalms 50:11 "I know all the birds of the mountains and Zīz śāday [וְזִיז שָׂדַי] is mine" and Psalms 80:13 "The boar from the forest ravages it, and zīz śāday feeds on it", and these are often lost in translation from the Hebrew, [1] being referred to in most ...
State Subdivision Place Biblical Place First Biblical Mention (according to KJV order of books) AL Limestone County: Athens: Athens: Acts 17:15 AL Houston County: Dothan [1] Dothan: Genesis 37:17 AL Cullman County & Marshall County: Joppa: Jaffa: Joshua 19:46 AL Etowah County & Marshall County: Sardis City: Sardis: Revelation 3:1 AK Unorganized ...
Sellars Farm site , also known as the Sellars Farm state archaeological area and Sellars Indian mound, is a Mississippian culture archaeological site located in Wilson County, Tennessee, near Lebanon. The platform mound was the site of a settlement from about 1000 to 1300 CE. Today, the site is a satellite unit of Long Hunter State Park. The ...
Sassanid bowl with sitting griffin, gilted silver, from Iran.. The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (Ancient Greek: γρύψ, romanized: grýps; Classical Latin: gryps or grypus; [1] Late and Medieval Latin: [2] gryphes, grypho etc.; Old French: griffon) is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle with its talons on the front legs.
Meluhha – Pre-Arab state in the Arabian Peninsula Memphis Mesopotamia – Includes the kingdoms of Sumer , Akkad , Assyria , Babylonia , Chaldea , and the neo Assyrian states of Adiabene , Osroene and Hatra .
By JOHN FLESHER TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- A debris field at the bottom of Lake Michigan may be the remains of the long-lost Griffin, a vessel commanded by a 17th-century French explorer, said a ...
The Old Stone Fort is a prehistoric Native American structure located in Coffee County, Tennessee, in the Southeastern United States.Most likely built between 80 and 550 AD during the Middle Woodland period, the structure is considered the most complex hilltop enclosure found in the South and was likely used for ceremonial purposes rather than defense.