Into Jordan– Part Four

Into Jordan– Part Four November 4, 2022

This is a Roman milestone found in the Nabatean kingdom, showing the Romans had already surveyed the region by the late second century.   Roman miles were shorter than modern American miles. The Roman mile was a thousand paces, or 4860 feet compared to our 5,280 feet.

Gadara was an important city, indeed it was a cultural center which once had a great temple….

It was the home of the great poet Meleagrus

The earliest representation of human figures was in something like plaster, and whether in ancient sites in Turkey or Jordan or elsewhere, these figures look like aliens… for example

Compare this to the much later cult stand with images of Astarte…

 

Here is a replica of a Nabatean inscription from the first century. This is the script Paul would have seen.

This is clearly a Semitic looking script much like proto-Hebrew, or compare Qumran scripts.

 

 

While these next few shots are from the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, it illustrates how these vessels are made.

The technique being used today is basically the same as described above for the ancient practice.


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