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Life in Ancient Egypt: Civilization in the Middle of the Desert

By: Brenda Ralph Lewis

Mesopotamia - The Rise of Sargon the Great: History’s First Conqueror Would Change Sumerian Civilization Forever

By: Shri Desai

Mesopotamia – Warring City-States: Sumerian City-States Frequently Warred Until They Were United

By: Shri Desai

The Coptic Church: The Ancient Egyptian Church founded by the Apostle Mark

By: Sarah Blakemore

Mesopotamia – The Birth of Written Law: The Concept of Uniform Law Began in Sumer

By: Shri Desai

Cyrus Cylinder – First Charter of Human Rights? Dispute Over Writings of King Cyrus Threatens Future Co-operation

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Mesopotamia - The Birth of Writing: Ancient Sumerians Invented Cuneiform, the First Langauge

By: Shri Desai

Mesopotamia – Life and Contributions: How Did the Sumerians Live and What Did They Contribute?

By: Shri Desai

Mesopotamia – The Birth of Modern Civilization: The Modern World Began Near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

By: Shri Desai

The Biblical Prophet Amos: Did Amos Live in the Holy Land 3000 Years Ago?

By: Christina Pritchard

Bosra's Ancient Roman Amphitheatre: Bosra Theatre, Trajan's Legacy From the Roman Province of Arabia

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

The Search for the Biblical Mount Sinai: Did Moses Speak to God on the Site of St Catherine's Monastery?

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Ancient Bosra a UNESCO World Heritage Site: City of Roman Province of Arabia, and Site of Trajan's Amphitheatre

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

The Temple of Bel, Palmyra Syria: Ancient Tadmor's Unique Hellenic and Roman Culture

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Palmyra Syria a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Ancient Tadmor, Site of the Temples of Bel and Hadrian's Gate

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Mount Nebo, Jordan where Moses Saw Promised Land: Egeria and Peter the Iberian Offer Historical Context to Moses Story

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

The Mesha Stele From Ancient Moab: Inscriptions on the Moabite Stone Add to Historical Understanding

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Nehemiah, Cup-Bearer to Emperor Artaxerxes: Governor of Judah and Builder of Jerusalem's Walls and Gates

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Hammurapi's Code: Babylonian Law

By: Jessica Sprunt

Nabatean Contol of the Incense and Spice Route: Caravans From Arabia with Goods for the Roman and Hellenistic World

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Megiddo the Biblical Armageddon: Site of the Invasion of Egyptian Pharoah Thutmose III, in 1479 BCE

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Gadara a Greco-Roman City of the Decapolis: Umm Qays Jordan, Ancient Home to the Gadarenes

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Olive Plant Well Documented in Bible: The Significance of This Tree in the Promised Land

By: Cheryl Kraynak

A "Star" to Follow: The Christmas Star Was More Likely A Conjunction of Planets

By: Dennis Jamison

The Wise Men's Risky Journey: Following The Star of Bethlehem May Have Been Risk For The Magi

By: Dennis Jamison

The Decapolis a Greco-Roman Confederation: Ten Cities of the Roman Empire in Palestine in the First Century BCE

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

West Bank Bethlehem Part of Palestine History: From Early Canaanite Settlement to the Arrival of Saladin in 1187

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Star of Bethlehem, New Twist to an Old Mystery: Dr. Michael Molnar's Coin of Antioch - Magi's Star - Ram of Judea

By: Feature Writer Jeannie Delahunt

A Brief History of the Nabateans: Their Capital City Petra and the Ancient Spice Routes From Arabia

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

The Ancient Fortress of Machaerus Jordan: Rebuilt by Herod the Great - Place of Execution of John the Baptist

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

Gaza Strip - its Early History: Gaza City - One of the Five Great Cities of the Philistines

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

The Gandhara Art: A Confluence of Eastern Religion and Western Art

By: Jerome Jayanth

The Code of Hammurabi: One of the world's earliest codifications of law

By: Jerome Jayanth

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