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Jamestown Colonists Choosing Brides
Colonists choosing wives, illustration from page 147 of Stories of the three Americas. Their discovery and settlement by Eunice C. Corbett and Anna Content, Chicago, A. Flanagan, 1890 CE.
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Edmond Halley by Murray
A c. 1690 portrait by Thomas Murray of the English scientist and cartographer Edmond Halley (1656-1742).
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The Four-Room House
The four-room house, also referred to as “Israelite house” and “pillared courtyard house,” emerged in the central highlands of Canaan during the late 13th -early 12th centuries BCE in response to environmental and...
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The Temple in Jerusalem
According to Jewish tradition, the original Jerusalem Temple was ordained by Yahweh/God, as described in 2 Samuel 7:12 where Yahweh commands Nathan to tell David: When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your ancestors...
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The Ancient Synagogue in Israel & the Diaspora
A unique and fundamental aspect of ancient Judean society in both Israel and the Diaspora, the ancient synagogue represents an inclusive, localized form of worship that did not crystallize until the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE. In...
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Mythological Re-Enactments in Ancient Roman Spectacle
To this day the ancient Romans remain infamous for their dramatic use of spectacle and other forms of entertainment. A lesser known variation of Roman spectacle is the mythological re-enactments that took place during the ludi meridiani (midday...
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Ethnicity & Identity Within the Four-Room House
The process of determining ethnicity is a problematic venture, even more so when interpreted through the archaeological record. Despite this issue, evidence, such as the four-room house, has been preserved that can be interpreted to represent...
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Eratosthenes' Map of the World
A reconstructed map of the known world according to Eratosthenes (276-195 BCE), the Greek Alexandrian scholar from Cyrene. (Bunbury, E.H., 1811-1895, 'A History of Ancient Geography among the Greeks and Romans from the Earliest Ages till...
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The Doctor
The Doctor, oil on canvas painting by Sir Luke Fildes (1843-1927), English Neo-Venetian artist, 1891. The painting shows a Victorian doctor watching over a sick child in a fisherman’s cottage while dawn breaks through the window. On one...
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William Dampier
Portrait of William Dampier (1651-1715 CE), English explorer, naturalist, and privateer. Painted c. 1697-1698 CE by Thomas Murray (1663-1734 CE).