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Phoenicians – Who Were They?

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Below is from BAR here. The Bible records that the Phoenicians had a close relationship with the Israelites: Their royalty married each other; they traded with each other; and, significantly, they never went to war with each other. Who were the Phoenicians? Where did they come from? With whom did they trade? In this BAS […]

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Ancient Neighbors

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From BAS – This collection of articles paints a fascinating picture of Israel’s ancient neighbors, layering on fresh understanding of each ancient kingdom with archaeological evidence of what life was like for the biblical Iron Age societies of Ammon, Edom, and Moab. Read all these eye-opening articles and more from the pages of Biblical Archaeology Review and Bible […]

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Edom

Evidence of Elusive Edom – Researchers may have found signs of biblical Edom—the kingdom of the descendants of Esau—in the Arava desert by John Drummond. Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Ezra Ben-Yosef of the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Easter Cultures, and Tom Levy of the University of California, San Diego have […]

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