Antiquities Archaeology category: 284 books

Cover of The Search for King Solomon’S Mines
by Dr. Diana Prince
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015

For centuries, adventurers have sought the legendary mines of King Solomon. But this is not a fable. This is not a myth. This is the true story of King Solomons Mines. It also explores the characters in the real dramaKing Solomon and the Queen of Shebatheir alliance and their love story. Astounding...
Cover of The Mountain of the Lord
by Roy B. Blizzard
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013

In this book, Dr. Roy B. Blizzard presents a historical view of the Mountain of God (the Temple Mount), the individuals associated with it, the structures that occupied the site, as well as the present condition and future implications. Perhaps no other spot on earth is considered so sacred or is...
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by Frederick Augustus Vanderburgh
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015

The gods honored in the hymns treated in the following Thesis are Bêl, Sin (Nannar), Adad (Ramman) and Tammuz, all deities of the old Babylonian pantheon, representing different phases of personality and force, conceived of as incorporated in nature and as affecting the destinies of men. These gods...
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Scenting Salvation

Ancient Christianity and the Olfactory Imagination

by Susan Ashbrook Harvey
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2006

This book explores the role of bodily, sensory experience in early Christianity (first – seventh centuries AD) by focusing on the importance of smell in ancient Mediterranean culture. Following its legalization in the fourth century Roman Empire, Christianity cultivated a dramatically flourishing...
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Hermaphrodites, Gynomorphs and Jesus

She-Male Gods and the Roots of Christianity

by David C. A. Hillman
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014

The first western god was both male and female. All of western religion springs from the veneration of a bi-gender entity, known to the ancient world as the Gynomorph. The worship of hermaphroditic gods like the Gynomorph surfaces in ancient pagan cults as well as early Christianity. The celebration...
Cover of Bible Prophecy Digest (Issue #1/October 29, 2017)
by Richie Cooley
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2017

In this issue of Bible Prophecy Digest: Recent scientific discoveries and archaeological finds converge to push the world slightly more towards lukewarm Judeo-Christianity.
Cover of The Ancient Genesis
by Becca Blackwelder
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012

Usually $7.99, this book has been discounted at request of the author to $2.99. Becca Blackwelder would like anyone interested in the Creation -Evolution debate to be able to afford the reading. With Bill Nye the Science Guy and Ken Ham (Creationist) debating at the Kentucky Creation Museum...
Cover of An Illustrated Guide to the Holy Land for Tour Groups, Students, and Pilgrims
by Lamontte M. Luker
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013

As the geographic heart and soul of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, the Holy Land has immense significance for the millions of visitors each year. But since the fifth century BC, enthusiastic and curious people have needed a guide as they travel to see the sites for themselves. This book is different...
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Kings of the Grail

Tracing the Historic Journey of the Cup of Christ from Jerusalem to Modern-Day Spain

by Margarita Torres Sevilla, José Miguel Ortega Del Río
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015

“Stand down, Indiana Jones: these two historians say the holy grail has been discovered . . . A ride rich in historical detail” (Publishers Weekly). Recently discovered parchments in the Egyptian University of Al-Azhar have finally made it possible to identify where the Holy Grail has been...
Cover of Jewish Backgrounds of the New Testament
by J. Julius Jr. Scott
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2000

This survey of intertestamental Judaism illuminates the customs and controversies that provide essential background for understanding the New Testament. Scott opens a door into the Jewish world and literature leading up to the development of Christianity. He also offers an accessible overview of the...
Cover of Gesù il Vigilante volume 1
by Lucio Tarzariol
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 18, 2017

Gesù “Il Vigilante” è una lunga ricerca durata circa 10 anni e divisa in due volumi, che espone il fondamentale concetto di esistenza degli “Elohim”, coloro che diedero “l’Ego Sum”, la scintilla della mente all’uomo. Molti studiosi sostengono che questi Elohim non si occupassero...
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From Olympus to Camelot

The World of European Mythology

by David Leeming
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2003

From the stories suggested by the great cave paintings of the Paleolithic period to the thought experiments of modern scientists, From Olympus to Camelot provides a sweeping history of the development of the rich and varied European mythological tradition. David Leeming, an authority on world mythology,...
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Die «Laenge Christi» in der Malerei

Codifizierung von Authentizitaet im intermedialen Diskurs

by Anna Boroffka
Language: German
Release Date: March 2, 2017

Ab dem ausgehenden Mittelalter verbreiten sich in Europa großformatige Gemälde der sogenannten Länge Christi. Diese in der kunsthistorischen Forschung bisher kaum beachteten Malereien wurden als Kultbilder verehrt und zeigen Christus in seiner angeblich wahren irdischen Gestalt. Die Arbeit präsentiert...
Cover of Shenoute of Atripe and the Uses of Poverty

Shenoute of Atripe and the Uses of Poverty

Rural Patronage, Religious Conflict, and Monasticism in Late Antique Egypt

by Ariel G. Lopez
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013

Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the most important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt. The issues...
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