The Phoenicians: The Purple Empire of the Ancient WorldMorrow, 1975 - 288 pages Examines the history, people, culture, civilization, and achievements of the Phoenicians, whose supremacy in shipbuilding and navigation enabled them to be masters of the ancient world for three hundred years. |
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... temple of Jerusalem in the Bible we know today approximately how a large Phoenician building looked . None of the ... temple , the outer courtyard had a purely decorative function . It led to a single central door , that opened on to the ...
... temple of Jerusalem in the Bible we know today approximately how a large Phoenician building looked . None of the ... temple , the outer courtyard had a purely decorative function . It led to a single central door , that opened on to the ...
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... temple . Neither had any connection with any part of the Jewish liturgy , but similar designs were found in Canaanitish temples . Herodotus tells us , for instance , that the temple of Melqart at Tyre also had two pillars of the same ...
... temple . Neither had any connection with any part of the Jewish liturgy , but similar designs were found in Canaanitish temples . Herodotus tells us , for instance , that the temple of Melqart at Tyre also had two pillars of the same ...
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... temple of Baal- Eshmun in Sidon and gave rise to similar legends there . Lebanese farmers ' wives still agree with Lucian , however . They attribute healing powers to the water of the Nahr Ibrahim and offer holy candles to Adonis from ...
... temple of Baal- Eshmun in Sidon and gave rise to similar legends there . Lebanese farmers ' wives still agree with Lucian , however . They attribute healing powers to the water of the Nahr Ibrahim and offer holy candles to Adonis from ...
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The Bedouins of the Sea II | 11 |
The City in the Cedar Grove | 27 |
The Coming of the Aryans | 39 |
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