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Pergamon: One Of The Best-preserved Ancient World Cities One of the best-preserved cities of the ancient world, Pergamon sits near modern-day Turkey's west coast next to the city known as Bergama. Pergamon was a prosperous, cosmopolitan city that flourished in antiquity starting with King Lysimachus who ruled from 301 – 281 BC. It became the capital of the kingdom of Pergamon after the fall of the Lysimachian Empire. Then, the Attalid dynasty ruled Pergamon from 281 – 133 BC. It remained a Hellenistic territory until 133, when the city was bequeathed to Rome because Attalus III died wit...

The First Byzantine Church in Taibe The blessing originally stood above the entrance of the church but it was discovered in the more modern church walls, so it had been reused as construction material at some time in the past when the building collapsed and was rebuilt. Taibe was a Christian village in the Byzantine period between the 5th to 7th centuries and later became the site of a Crusader fortress. IAA archaeologist Dr. Walid Atrash points out that while archaeologists have explored the  Jezreel Valley  for many years, most of their findings relate to ancient Christians, but this dis...

Inscription to Jesus, Dedicated by the ‘Miserable Thomas', Found in Northern Israel A piece of the door-frame of an early church was reused in the wall of a luxury house in the late Byzantine or early Islamic period and has now been found during road work Follow Open gallery view Greek inscription from a church reused in a family home mentions 'Christ born of Mary'Credit: Tzachi Lang / Israel Antiquities Authority Follow Jan. 21, 2021 Around 1,500 years ago, a beautiful family home was going up in the village of et-Taiyiba in the Jezreel Valley. As befitted a beautiful family home in the l...

A piece of the door-frame of an early church was reused in the wall of a luxury house in the late Byzantine or early Islamic period and has now been found during road work

JERUSALEM, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 1,500-year-old Greek inscription, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said on Wednesd