Ancient Near East Ancient Near East Among the Dead Sea scrolls, 7Q5 is the designation for a papyrus fragment discovered in Cave 7 of the Qumran community. The significance of this fragment is derived from an argument made by José O’Callaghan in his work ¿Papiros neotestamentarios en la cueva 7 de Qumrân? in 1972, later reasserted and expanded by German scholar Carsten Peter Thiede in his work The Earliest Gospel Manuscript? in 1982. The assertion is that the previously unidentified 7Q5 is actually a fragment of the Gospel of Mark, chapter 6 verse 52-53. The illustration below gives a clear picture of how much text is conserved on the fragment 7Q5. ...more on Wikipedia about "7Q5"
Alalakh is the name of an ancient city and its associated city-state of the Amuq River valley, located in the Hatay region of southern Turkey near the city of Antakya (ancient Antioch), and now represented by an extensive city-mound known as Tell Atchana. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alalakh"
Alashiya or Alasiya was an important state during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages and was situated somewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean. It was a major source of goods, especially copper, for Ancient Egypt and other states in the Ancient Near East. It is referred to in a number of the surviving texts and is now thought to be the ancient name of Cyprus, or an area of Cyprus. This was confirmed by the scientific analysis of the clay tablets which were sent from Alashiya to other rulers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alashiya"
The Ancient History of Cyprus covers the period between 721 BC and the Middle Ages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ancient history of Cyprus"
The term Ancient Near East or Ancient Orient encompasses the early civilizations predating Classical Antiquity in the region roughly corresponding to that described by the modern term Middle East ( Egypt, the Fertile Crescent, Anatolia), during the time roughly spanning the Bronze Age from the rise of Sumer and Gerzeh in the 4th millennium BC to the expansion of the Persian Empire in the 6th century BC. As such, it is a term widely employed in the fields of Near Eastern archaeology, Ancient History and Egyptology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ancient Near East"
Assyriology is the historical and archaeological study of ancient Mesopotamia. The field covers not just Assyria but also that nation's eventual conqueror, Babylonia and the predecessor of both civilisations, Sumer. The large number of cuneiform clay tablets preserved by these cultures provide an enormous resource for the study of the period and the region's (and the world's) first cities such as Ur are archaeologically invaluable as for studying the growth of urbanisation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Assyriology"
Bad-tibira was an ancient Sumerian city. The name means metal worker in Sumerian. It was also called Panti-Biblos in Greek. The founder of the city was the king-god Dumuzid. The city has been located as modern Tell al-Madain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bad-tibira"
The worship of the Sacred Bull throughout the ancient world is most familiar in the episode of the idol of the Golden Calf made by Aaron and worshipped by the Hebrews in the wilderness of Sinai ( Exodus). But far to the east, Shiva's holy steed (called vahana in Sanskrit) is Nandi, the Bull. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bull (mythology)"
One of the Dead Sea Scrolls found at Khirbet Qumran, the Copper Scroll differs significantly from the others. While the others are written on leather or papyrus, this scroll is written on metal, specifically very pure copper mixed with only about 1% tin. Also, unlike the others, it is not a literary work in any way, but contains a listing of locations at which various items of gold and silver are buried or hidden. It is currently on display at the Archaeological Museum in Amman, Jordan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Copper Scroll"
Orlinsky, in W.H. Allen's World History of the Jewish People, comments: ...more on Wikipedia about "Cultural and historical background of Jesus"
The Dead Sea Scrolls comprise roughly 850 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, discovered between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves in and around the Wadi Qumran (near the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran, on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea). The texts are of great religious and historical significance, as they are practically the only remaining Biblical documents dating from before AD 100. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dead Sea scrolls"
The Fertile Crescent is a historical region in the Middle East incorporating Ancient Egypt, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. The term "Fertile Crescent" was coined by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fertile Crescent"
Gordium was the capital of ancient Phrygia, modern Yassihüyük. It is located about 70-80 km southwest of modern Ankara (capital of Turkey) near town Polatli. The ancient city is also called Gordiyon in Turkey. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gordium"
Heraclea Pontica (modern Karadeniz Eregli), an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor, at the mouth of the Kilijsu. It was founded by a Megarian colony, which soon subjugated the native Mariandynians and extended its power over a considerable territory. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heraclea Pontica"
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This article deals with the general history of the Levant, which is a geographical term that refers to a large area in Southwest Asia, south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the west, the Arabian Desert in the north, and Mesopotamia to the east. Occasionally, the term is employed to refer to modern events or states in the region immediately bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea: Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. ...more on Wikipedia about "History of the Levant"
The Judean date palm is a cultivar of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera). The cultivar was thought to have become extinct sometime around 1 CE, but in 2005, a preserved 2,000-year-old seed was used to grow the palm again. It is the oldest known human-assisted germination of a seed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Judean date palm"
Kaman-Kalehoyuk is a Bronze Age archaeological site in Turkey, around 100km south east of Ankara. Since 1986 it has been investigated by archaeologists from the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kaman-Kalehoyuk"
The King’s Highway was a trade route of vital importance to the ancient Middle East. It began in Egypt, and stretched across the Sinai Peninsula to Aqaba. From there it turned northward, leading to Damascus and the Euphrates River. ...more on Wikipedia about "King's Highway (ancient)"
Kültepe ( ) is the name of the modern village near the ancient city of Kanes in central eastern Anatolia, also called Kârum Kanesh "merchant-colony city of Kanes" in Assyrian (rendered Karum Kaniş in Turkish). The nearest modern city is Kayseri, about 20km southwest. The city's name is often transliterated as "Kanesh" because of the way Hittite was recorded in cuneiform, but Kanes is more accurate. The name Kârum Kanesh refers to a portion of the city set aside by local officials for the early Assyrian merchants to use without paying taxes, as long as the goods remained inside the kârum. The term kârum means "port" in Akkadian, the lingua franca of the time. The city to which the kârum was attached was the first capital of the later Hittite Empire, called Nesa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kültepe"
LMLK seals were stamped on the handles of large storage jars in and around Jerusalem during the reign of King Hezekiah (circa 700 BC) based on several complete jars found in situ buried under a destruction layer caused by Sennacherib at Lachish. None of the original seals have been found, but about 2,000 impressions (also referred to as stamps) made by at least 21 seal types have been published. Photos of more than 600 stamps on broken handles are viewable on the LMLK Research website . ...more on Wikipedia about "LMLK seal"
The Marzeah Papyrus is an inscribed strip of papyrus that is claimed to be the oldest known Hebrew manuscript in the world, allegedly from the 7th century BCE. The document appeared in the antiquities market in 1990. It is included in the Ink and Blood" ** exhibition of Biblical texts that is touring the United States. At least one scholar claims it is probably a modern forgery. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marzeah Papyrus" Pure shortopedia. Pure Information Power.
The Mesha Stele (popularized in the 19th century as the "Moabite Stone") is a black basalt stone, bearing an inscription by the 9th century BC Moabite King Mesha, discovered in 1868. The inscription of 34 lines, the most extensive inscription ever recovered from ancient Palestine, was written in Hebrew-Phoenician characters. It was set up by Mesha, about 850 BC, as a record and memorial of his victories in his revolt against Israel, which he undertook after the death of his overlord, Ahab. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mesha Stele"
MMST (Hebrew Mem, Mem, Shin, Tau) appears exclusively on LMLK seal inscriptions, seen in archaeological findings in Israel, and its meaning has been the subject of continual controversy. ...more on Wikipedia about "MMST"
The Near East is a term commonly used by archaeologists and historians, less commonly by journalists and commentators, to refer to the region encompassing the Levant (modern Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon), Asia Minor (modern Turkey), Mesopotamia ( Iraq and eastern Syria), and the Iranian Plateau ( Iran, Afghanistan and western Pakistan). An alternative non-Eurocentric designation in recent years has been ' Southwest Asia', although this term has yet to achieve widespread use. ...more on Wikipedia about "Near East"
Near Eastern Archaeology (sometimes known as Middle Eastern archaeology) is a regional branch of the wider, global discipline of Archaeology. It refers generally to the excavation and study of artefacts and material culture of the Near East in the ancient and pre-modern periods (up to approximately AD 612). ...more on Wikipedia about "Near Eastern archaeology" You've Got Questions. We've Got www.shortopedia.com.
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