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Table of Contents = Civilizations -- Cultures -- Areas -- Regions -- Prehistory / Excerpts / Other Archaeological Sites The Neolithic of the Levant (503 Pages Type Written) or DIGITISED THESIS : PDF ( 1 ) ( 2 ) HTML ( Volume 1 ) ( Volume 2 ) The History of the Ancient Near East Electronic Compendium ANCIENT ISRAEL IRAQ EGYPT TURKEY IRAN SYRIA LEBANON JORDAN ARABIA CYPRUS AND BAHRAIN The Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive Article "Grisly Assyrian Record of Torture and Death" by Erika Bleibtreu (1991) Impaled on stakes. Two Assyrian soldiers erect a stake with an impaled naked man beside two others. The heads of these captured men of Lachish sag forward, suggesting that they are already dead. This detail comes from a series of reliefs found at Nineveh in which Sennacherib (704–681 B.C.) recorded the exploits of his invasion of Judah in 701 B.C. Lachish was among the 46 cities he conquered. (March 2nd 2020) Todays Research Interest: Return to the Ancient Tyre (Sour) Page ... The Bible cyclopædia : Illustrations of the civil and natural history of the sacred writings ... Edited by William Goodhugh and William Cooke Taylor (1843) Todays 2020 Newspapers.com Article Articles on the building of the Suez Canal start as early as 1843 ... Ancient documents mention construction of the Eastern Frontier Canal by Pharaohs Sesostris I or III (12th Dynasty) and Necho II (610�595 BC) as well as the Persian King Darius (522�486 BC) and Ptolemy II (282�246 BC) (Hoffmeier 1997: 165 169). Sat Dec 16 1843 – 2 · The Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh Scotland) · Newspapers.com Wed Jul 29 1863 – 2 · Daily News (London England) · Newspapers.com Sun Aug 2 1863 – 6 · The Observer (London England) · Newspapers.com Tue Sep 5 1865 – 3 · The Morning Post (London England) · Newspapers.com Thu Apr 30 1868 – 2 · Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express (New York) · Tue Jun 10 1873 – 10 · The Pall Mall Gazette (London England) · Newspapers.com Fri Jan 6 1882 – Page 2 · The New York Times (New York) · Newspapers.com Todays Travel Guide Article Egypt : handbook for travellers --- Karl Baedeker (Publisher) 1885 Search The History of the Ancient Near East Search The Oriental Institute of Chicago Search WORLD WIDE WEB Map of the Ancient Near East Before The Coining Of The Phrase From The National Geographic Magazine (1916) --- 1542 x 1062 Table of Contents Civilizations -- Cultures -- Areas -- Regions -- Prehistory Culture : Egypt, Canaan and Israel in Ancient Times The Coming of the Sea Peoples (Donald Redford) Understanding the Sea Scrolls (Hershel Shanks) Chapter 6: Essene Origins -- Palestine or Babylonia Area or Region: PreHistoric Near East / Mesopotamia Levant (Mashriq) / Anatolia / Lisan Lake Mesopotamia: Jazirah - Jazireh - Yazirah / Sumer - Shinar Akkad - Accad - Agade / Old Babylonia Empire / Assyria - Subartu Neo-Babylonian Empire or Chaldea / Hurrian - Mitanni Levant: Canaan or Palestine / Esdraelon / Dead Sea / Wadi Arabah Hebrews / Samaria / Israelites / Philistines - Philistia / Phoenicia Arameans / Bit-Adini / Nabateans / Ammonites / Edomites / Moabites Zagros Mountains and Iran: Guti / Lullubi / Kassites Parthia / Persia / Elam - Susiana / Media - Medes Africa: Egyptian History / Egyptian Art and Civilization / Hyksos / Nubia Anatolia (Turkey) [Asia Minor]: Hittites / Lycia / Phrygia / Lydia Arabian Peninsula: Arabia / Amorites TransCaucasus: Urartu - Ararat / Armenia / Kurdistan CisCaucasus: Cimmerians / Scythians Mediterranean Island: Cyprus Persian Gulf Island: Bahrain Archipelago Prehistoric and Cultural Type-Sites PALEOLITHIC SITES TABUN CAVE (ISRAEL) / JEBEL QAFZEH CAVE (ISRAEL) / MUGHARET SKHUL CAVE (ISRAEL) / AMUD CAVE (ISRAEL) / SHANIDAR CAVE (IRAQ) / MUGHARET WAD CAVE (ISRAEL) / YABROUD (YABRUD) CAVE [SYRIA] MESOLITHIC OR EPIPALEOLITHIC SITES On the Difference Between These Two Terms Read THE MESOLITHIC OF THE LEVANT WADI NATUF (ISRAEL) / AIN MALLAHA (ISRAEL) / ZAWI CHEMI SHANIDAR (IRAQ) / KARIM SHAHIR (IRAQ) / KEBARA CAVE (ISRAEL) / JERICHO (ISRAEL) / TELL ABU HUREYRA (SYRIA) / ZARZI CAVE (IRAQ) NEOLITHIC AND CHALCOLITHIC TYPE-SITES 1. PPNB TAHUNIAN PERIOD (PALESTINE) [7TH MILLENNIUM BC] 2. JARMO (NORTHEASTERN IRAQ) [7TH MILLENNIUM BC] 3. CATAL HOYUK (ANATOLIA) [6700 - 5650 BC] 4. DABAGHIYAH CULTURE (NORTHERN IRAQ PLAIN) 5. HASSUNAN CULTURE (NORTHERN IRAQ) [5750 - 5050 BC] 6. YARMUKIAN CULTURE (ISRAEL/JORDAN) [5600 - 5000 BC] 7. HALAF CULTURE (NORTHERN IRAQ) [5500 - 4700 BC] 8. SAMARRAN CULTURE (NORTHERN IRAQ) [5500 - 4800 BC] 9. BADARIAN CULTURE (EGYPT) [5000 - 4000 BC] 10. ERIDU PERIOD (SUMER) [FIRST PHASE PROTO UBAID] 11. HAJJI MUHAMMED PERIOD (SECOND PHASE PROTO UBAID) 12. PRE-LITERATE UBAID CULTURE (MESOPOTAMIA) 13. TELEILAT GHASSUL CULTURE (URBANISM) [JORDAN] 14. AMRATIAN CULTURE (NAQADA I) [EGYPT] (4000 - 3500 BC) 15. TEPE GAWRA PERIOD (NORTH MESOPOTAMIA) [CONTEMPORARY URUK] 16. URUK (ARABIC WARKA) [BIBLICAL ERECH] (PROTO URBAN PERIOD) 17. GERZEAN CULTURE (NAQADAH II) [EGYPT] (3500 - 3100 BC) 18. JEMDET NASR PERIOD (SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA) [3100 - 2900 BC] Major Historic Sites 1. JERUSALEM (JEBUSITE) [CANAANITE] (ISRAEL) 2. NINEVEH (ASSYRIA) [KUYUNJIK PALACE] 3. BABYLON (BABIL) [TOPONYM] (IRAQ) 4. PERSEPOLIS (TOPONYM PERSIA) [IRAN] 5. ALEPPO (TRADE CROSSROADS) [SYRIA] 6. LACHISH (SENNACHERIB) [ISRAEL] 7. THEBES (MODERN LUXOR) [AMON-RE] (EGYPT) 8. PETRA (NABATEAN CAPITAL) [JORDAN] 9. EBLA (TELL MARDIKH) [SYRIA] 10. MARI (TELL HARIRI) [MIDDLE EUPHRARTES] (SYRIA) 11. PALMYRA (TADMOR) [SYRIA] 12. ASHUR (QALAT SHARQAT) [TOPONYM ASSYRIA] (IRAQ) 13. SUSA (BIBLICAL SHUSHAN) [ELAMITE CAPITAL] (SW IRAN) 14. ALEXANDRIA (EGYPT) [PTOLEMIES] (BIBLIOTECA) 15. HATTUSAS (MODERN BOGAZKOY) [ANATOLIA] (TURKEY) . . Der Tempel von Edfu um 1865 -- Photographer: Zangaki (Universität Hamburg) Other Archaeological Sites ISRAELI SITES SITE 8/17 / AKKO (ACCO) [ACRE] / AELIA CAPITOLINA / AFEK [APHEK] (ANTIPATRIS) / AI (ET TELL) / AHWAT / TELL AJJUL / ANAFA / ARAD / ATLIT YAM / AVDAT / BANIAS (CAESAREA PHILIPPI) / BEERSHEBA / BEISAMUN / BETHEL / BETHSAIDA / BETH SHAN / BETH SHEMESH / CAESAREA MARITIMA / CAPERNAUM (KEFAR NAHUM) / MOUNT CARMEL / DAN (QADI) / DOR / DOTHAN / FARAH NORTH / GEDI / GEV / GEZER / GILGAL / ABU GOSH / GRAR / HALIF (KIBBUTZ LAHAV) / HALUTZA / HAR HARIF / HARASIM (NAHAL BARKAI) / HASEVA (HATZEVA) / EGLON (HASI) [HESI] / HAYONIM / HAZOR (QEDAH) / HEBRON / NAHAL HEMAR CAVE / IFSHAR (HEFER) / IRAQ BARUD / JAFFA (YAFO) [AVIV] / KFAR GILADI QUARRY / KHIAM / MAGDALA (MIGDAL) [MAJDAL] / MARESHA (GUVRIN) [ELEUTHEROPOLIS] / MASADA / MEGIDDO / MUNHATTA / MUQATIR / NABLUS (FLAVIA NEAPOLIS) / NASBEH / NATIV HAGDUD / NAZARETH / NAHAL OREN / NAHAL POLEG / WADI QUMRAN / WADI RABAH / RAKAFET / REHOV / ABU SALEM / SHAAR HAGOLAN / SHECHEM / SHIKHIN (ASOCHIS) / SHIQMIM / SILWAN (SHILOAH) [SILOAM] / TANAACH / TANTURA LAGOON / TELULIOT BATASHI / TIBERIAS / NAHAL TILLAH / TIMNA / YAQUSH / YAVNEH YAM / ZAYIT (ZEITAH) / ZIPPORI (SEPPHORIS) PHILISTINE PENTAPOLIS ASHDOD (AZOTUS) / ASHQELON (ASHKELON) / EKRON (MIQNE) / GATH (SAFI) / GAZA IRAQI SITES ADAB (BISMAYAH) / AGRAB / RAS AMIYA / ARPACHIYAH / ARRAPHA (KIRKUK) / BORSIPPA (BIRS NIMRUD) / CALAH (NIMRUD) / DIYALA VALLEY / ERBIL (IRBIL) / ESHNUNNA (ASMAR) / HAFRIYAT / HATRA / Hīt / ISIN (BAHRIYAT) / KHABUR VALLEY / KHORSABAD (DUR SHARRUKIN) / KISH (UKHAIMIR) / DUR KURIGALZU (AQARQUF) / LAGASH (TELLOH) [GIRSU] (HIBA) / LARSA (SENKEREH) / MATARRAH / MOSUL (MAWSIL) / NIPPUR (NIFFER) [NUFFAR] / NUZI (YORGHAN TEPE) / SAWWAN / SHADUPPUM (HARMEL) / SHURUPPAK (FARA) / SIPPAR / TAYA / TUTUB (KHAFAJE) / UMMA (JOKHA) / UQAIR / UR (MAQAYYAR) EGYPTIAN SITES ABOUKIR (HERAKLEION) / ABUSIR / ABYDOS (ABDJOU) [THIS] / ADAIMA / AMARNA / ARMINNA / AVARIS (RAAMSES) [DABA] / ASWAN (SVENE) / ASYUT / BEHNASA (OXYRHYNCHUS) / CAIRO (QAHIRA) / DASHUR NORTH / EDFU (BEHDET) / FAIYUM DEPRESSION / ABU GHURAB / GIZA (JIZAH) / HAWARA / HELWAN (HULWAN) / HERR / HIERAKONPOLIS (NEKHEN) / IBRAHIM AWAD / MOUNT HAR KARKOM / KARNAK / KELLIS (ISMANT KHARAB) /...