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Assyria

Roman province (116–118 AD)

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Jan 26, 2026
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what does the bible say about the history of the levant

The frames the as the stage for sacred origins, national formation, conquest, kingdom-building, — a narrative that moves from in the patriarchal tales through the ite and ite monarchies to foreign dom...

Jan 25, 2026
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How did the eight‑pointed star come to represent Ishtar and where does it appear archaeologically?

began as a general celestial emblem in and, by the Old Babylonian and Early Dynastic periods, became specifically identified with the goddess , increasingly representing the planet Venus in her astral...

Jan 13, 2026
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What are the Egyptian and Assyrian inscriptions referring to Peleset/Palastu and how do scholars correlate them with the Greek term?

Ancient Egyptian inscriptions record a people or group written as P-r-s-t (commonly vocalized Peleset) in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, and Assyrian cuneiform records later use forms like Pa...

Dec 8, 2025

How does The Harbinger connect to 9/11 events?

Jonathan Cahn’s The Harbinger links the September 11, 2001 attacks to an alleged pattern of nine “harbingers” drawn from an Old Testament episode, arguing 9/11 was a warning to America; Cahn explicitl...

Feb 4, 2026

How did Herodotus refer to the peoples and place names of the Levant?

uses the Greek term (Παλαιστίνη) to designate a district of —the coastal and adjacent parts of the between and —applying it more broadly than the biblical coastal Philistia . He distinguishes subgroup...