Samaria and Samaritans
As I was planning my next trip to the Holy land in May of 2014, and while I was preparing for the trip, I revisited certain portions from...
Read MoreNabataean King Aretas IV
After yet another trip to Israel, my numismatic collection was supplied with several valuable objects. One of such objects is a Nabataean...
Read MorePharaoh Tutankhamun’s mummy continues to surprise
The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, the last pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom, became the greatest archeological discovery...
Read MoreBeersheba, Israel
On the outskirts of Beersheba city, which is the capital of the Negev desert, on a large hill, there is a historic monument of the...
Read MorePilate’s Lepton
In the winter of last year, as I traveled in Israel, I bought one very precious artifact for my collection – it is a bronze coin known as...
Read MoreHis All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Ecumenical Patriarchy is the primary church center of the Orthodox Church in the world, tracing its history from the Day of Pentecost and...
Read MoreCity of Avdat (Israel)
At the crossroads of an old trading road which is called the Incense Route, between the city of Petra and the Mediterranean port of Gaza in...
Read MoreMount Karkom (Israel)
In the southwest Negev desert, in Israel, there is the Mount of Karkom – Har Karkom, also called Jabal Ideid in Arabic. It was one of the...
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