Romans vs Celts in Aquileia, Italy

Aquileia was founded in 181 BC as a Roman colony to prevent Celtic incursions in the Italian interior. Soon the Celtic tribes of N/Eastern Alpine Italy, Pannonia and other neighbouring regions, reacted by force to this colonisation and I suppose that the image depicts a modern reenactment of the battle

Archaeological evidence verifies long-doubted medieval accounts of First Crusade

Republication from eurekalert.org

This earpiece, perhaps of Egyptian manufacture, is apparent loot from the First Crusade sack of Jerusalem in July, 1099 (Credit: Virginia Withers)

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte-led archaeological dig on Jerusalem’s Mount Zion has been going on for over a decade, looking at an area where there were no known ruins of major temples, churches or palaces, but nonetheless sacred land where three millennia of struggle and culture has long lain buried, evidence in layer upon layer of significant historical events.

Virtually every dig season, a significant discovery has been made at the site, adding real detail to the records of this globally-renowned city, giving new insights to what has often been imperfectly preserved in ancient histories. This year’s findings are no different, confirming previously unverified details from nearly thousand-year-old historical accounts of the First Crusade – history that had never been confirmed regarding the five-week siege, conquest, sack and massacre of the Fatamid (Muslim)-controlled city in July of 1099.

Χαμουραμπί (Hammurabi) ο σκληροτράχηλος νομοθέτης

Αναδημοσίευση από το ιστολόγιο Χείλων

Άγαλμα του Χαμμουραμπί στο San Francisco _California

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Γράφει ο Χείλων

«O Anu και ο Bel (θεοί της Βαβυλωνιακής μυθολογίας) με αποκαλούν Χαμουραμπί, επιφανή πρίγκηπα, ο οποίος φοβάται τον Θεό, έφερε κανόνες δικαιοσύνης στη γη για να καταστρέψει το κακό και τους κακούς, ώστε οι ισχυροί να μην βλάπτουν τους αδύναμους, ορίσθηκα δε να κυβερνώ ανθρώπους όπως ο Shamash (Βαβυλώνιος θεός της δικαιοσύνης) και να φωτίζω την χώρα, για την ευημερία της ανθρωπότητας.»

Happy New Year 2020

Evidence of the Babylonian capture of Jerusalem found in Mount Zion excavation

Republication from phys.org

 

One of the Scythian type arrowheads found in the destruction layer from 587/586 BCE. Credit: Mt Zion Archaeological Expedition/Virginia Withers

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Researchers digging at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s ongoing archaeological excavation on Mount Zion in Jerusalem have announced a second significant discovery from the 2019 season—clear evidence of the Babylonian conquest of the city from 587/586 BCE.

The discovery is of a deposit including layers of ash, arrowheads dating from the period, as well as Iron Age potsherds, lamps and a significant piece of period jewelry—a gold and silver tassel or earring. There are also signs of a significant Iron Age structure in the associated area, but the building, beneath layers from later periods, has yet to be excavated.

Merry Christmas /Καλά Χριστούγεννα