The Templar Tunnel. Israel

The Templar Tunnel is an underground passageway located in the city of Acre, in what is now Israel. This tunnel was built by the Knights Templar when the city was under the rule of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and served as a strategic passageway connecting the Templar palace to the port. After Acre fell to…

November 1, 20230Comments

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Dozens of 2,500-year-old skeletons unearthed at ancient crossroads in Negev desert

An ancient burial site holding at least 50 skeletons was unearthed in Israel's Negev desert. Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a burial site holding dozens of skeletons from 2,500 years ago — possibly the remains of trafficked women — in the heart of the Negev desert in southern Israel. The two elaborate tombs,…

July 12, 20230Comments

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Внутри израильского музея, Иерусалим. Video

Документальный сериал о крупнейших музеях мировых столиц: Museum secrets (2012 - 2013) Режиссер: Дэвид Лангер (David Langer), Кентон Vaughan (Kenton Vaughan), Роберт Шварц (Robert Swartz), Роберт Ланг (Robert Lang), Давид Нев (David New), Rebecca Snow (Ребекка Snow) Производство: SHAW media & Kensington (США) https://youtu.be/6sXgIUkuZrw

June 24, 20190Comments

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Stages of restoration Jesus Christ’s Tomb from National Geographic

Over the centuries, Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre has suffered violent attacks, fires, and earthquakes. It was totally destroyed in 1009 and subsequently rebuilt, leading modern scholars to question whether it could possibly be the site identified as the burial place of Christ by a delegation sent from Rome some 17 centuries ago. …

August 5, 20180Comments

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Israel prohibited the Muslim call to prayer +(VIDEO)

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israel prohibited the Muslim call to prayer 298 times in the first half of this year at a historical mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, reported muslimnews . “Occupying Israeli forces prohibited the Azan, including calls to Friday prayer, at the Ibrahimi Mosque 298 times…

July 21, 20180Comments

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5 rare Jewish coins discovered by Temple Mount project

Jerusalem. photo: Dmytro Strykhar/Religious Tourism Coins, minted by autonomous Jewish province of the First Persian Empire in late 4th century BC, attested to existence of commercial, administrative life in and around Second Temple and Temple Mount; 'These were the first coins ever minted by Jews,' says project's co-director, adding pilgrims would convert their tithes…

May 25, 20180Comments

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Pope condemns in Gaza killings

Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the killing of Palestinians near the Gaza-Israel border, saying the deaths would only lead to more violence, and appealed for dialogue to bring justice and peace to the Middle East, reported Reuters . Photo ochaopt.org “I express my great pain for the dead and wounded and I am…

May 16, 20180Comments

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Scrolls of the Dead Sea continue to speak

Archaeologist Ahiad Ovadia digs carefully in cave 12 near Qumran. (Casey L. Olson and Oren Gutfeld, Hebrew University). Photo timesofisrael.com Technology originally developed for NASA has revealed letters invisible to the naked eye on fragments of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls, officials announced Tuesday, reported NBC news . The scrolls were discovered in…

May 7, 20180Comments

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