https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/dead-sea-scrolls-of-qumran monthly 0.5 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/6a898830-5f84-4d53-b51a-62be21ec0c7d/IMG_5330.jpeg Blog - Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran - Make it stand out The famous “key hole” cave above the Qumran settlement, 1 mile from the Dead Sea and 6 miles from Jericho. The Essene scribes of Qumran placed parchments scrolls of sacred texts and scripture into tall clay jars and hid them in the caves above Qumran. This and the arid climate helped to preserve some of the scrolls for all of these centuries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774660495494-VLOZ7SMR0RJSABYSVR3A/IMG_5323.jpeg Blog - Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran - Caves in the hills above Qumran near the Dead Sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774660495311-68LXFOT77GOE8PSBV7K3/IMG_2774.jpeg Blog - Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran - Excavations at Qumran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774660517746-WSEQR7R2B2S6R2TAMZR1/IMG_5327.jpeg Blog - Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran - pottery storeroom excavated at Qumran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774660499516-3WX19B7YW1ELZZ3P6NVN/IMG_2771.jpeg Blog - Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774660524106-03LKS045R2USYPHW64C5/IMG_5325.jpeg Blog - Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran - One of the mikveh excavated at Qumran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774660522684-XGI69IGUR4F45ANVEWA3/IMG_3984+2.jpeg Blog - Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran - Dead Sea Scroll fragment on loan from the Israel Museum to the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774660526819-8C2DQHSDR4H9WWEWZ626/IMG_3986+2.jpeg Blog - Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran - Dead Sea Scroll fragment on display at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC, on loan from the Israel Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774660541660-ZGDYBNU96RPSLQLPDHIB/IMG_3971.jpeg Blog - Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774660539762-4BUBU2C79RB5KOU1YLZP/IMG_3970.jpeg Blog - Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774660551765-NK8FG9B29ZM6ZJHQ517U/IMG_3808.jpeg Blog - Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran - A scroll jar from one of the caves in which the Dead Sea scrolls were hidden and preserved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774660555960-MC4S5QFL961N2FO39EK5/IMG_3967.jpeg Blog - Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran - a jar from Qumran containing a hoard of coins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774660567244-5SW6X8S2WRJ3AR1QUWOW/IMG_3969.jpeg Blog - Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran - pottery from Qumran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774660571795-QXXF6XCLP80YQ1ZXFWYN/IMG_3961.jpeg Blog - Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran - Remains of a pair of leather sandals from Qumran https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/roman-opus-construction-styles monthly 0.5 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/97481652-4fde-44ad-b796-30b532befb44/IMG_0633.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - Make it stand out Opus Reticulatum and Opus Latericium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112241443-8F39S46J4J8BSUPU5VAY/IMG_5338.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - Opus Quadratum. 6th - 1st c BC. Rectangular stones in rows without mortar. Often city walls or the base of ancient temples. This is a wall in Ostia Antica, Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112393847-C53U3XKOS7PRWIO6N58F/IMG_8772.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - Opus Quadratum of the Apollo temple in Siracusa. This is Greek construction from the 6th century BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112265505-H87H7ROKPN52L8BX6ZQN/IMG_9279.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - Opus Quadratum in the base of the temple of Antoninus and Faustine in the forum of Rome. 141 AD. the "holes" were likely attachment points for marble veneer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112272508-E0KUOCD0IW243ITRUH79/IMG_1559.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - Opus Insertum. 2nd c - 1st c BC. Small irregular stone set in concrete. This is a monument on the Via Appia in Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112282763-QFSHSKRFWCKZIQTPRKD7/IMG_7484.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - Opus Insertum of a wall in the forum of Caesar, Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112295418-SPEZH02FLMCRO9XJXKV1/IMG_7500.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112302875-81W2LXATYH9MQRI8KW7K/IMG_0633.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - Opus Reticulatum. 1st c BC - 2nd c AD. Diamond shaped tufa stones inset into concrete wall. Example from the ancient city of Minturnae Italy on the Via Appia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112314251-MARQ4FL8MXCPZLPNG16W/IMG_0624.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - Concrete coming away from the diamond shaped reticulatum in the wall of what was a roman latrine at Minturnae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112434486-RQRPITVYZZN5KO9MZQZC/IMG_1350.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - Here you see the shape of the tufa stone. The narrow end of the cone is pushed into wet concrete leaving the diamond face as decoration of the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112447437-WCLU1XH4K43XEUJH9W7G/IMG_9933.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - A piece of reticulatum missing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112470080-MXCPW31UZSE0W150O8NG/IMG_9948.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - Opus Reticulatum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112469075-X2OEOJUDI0NU28HL5LX2/IMG_1057.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - Opus Latercium. 1st c BC - 4th c AD. Brick facing over a concrete ore making up the structure of the Flavian amphitheater at Puteoli, Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112482446-HJ8TV0F6RXQPY09CX7O6/IMG_5076.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774113075406-9UJOARWYU62M2PRYZBAV/IMG_9309.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - Opus Sectile. 1st c - 4th c AD. Using cut marble or stone to form geometric designs on the floor. Precursor of medieval cosmatesque floors. 4th c renovation of Curia floor, Roman forum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112477532-HLYOFKI4LCSZ6FP3025F/IMG_5198.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774113069982-OT5JJ0QPRPXGAAK1WMVB/IMG_9313.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112516891-4HK4VHK1ZFURGIZKZX0N/IMG_0627.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - Opus Mixum. 1st c - 4th c AD. Combination of brick and reticulatum set into concrete core. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1774112522990-8PGMJ6K8QKM9EEGI05TM/IMG_5008.JPG Blog - Roman “Opus” Construction Styles - Opus mixum in the necropolis at Ostia Antica, Italy. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/the-mosaic-church-of-megiddo-prison-israel monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/8bbbbdf7-fa5f-4986-82e2-2456a121662a/IMG_3497+2.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel - Make it stand out The mosaic floor of the prayer hall found on the grounds of the Megiddo prison in Israel. On display at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436657005-XIA955I62PXZ5X7ALVY0/IMG_3546.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436685205-DI3VR6KN1UV5IC9P1TOJ/IMG_3548+2.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436665751-KX8LYYG7OPY087Z819ZG/IMG_3543+8.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel - The fish was used as the earliest symbol of Christianity and was included in the mosaic floor of this prayer hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436676578-52CL9GOKAXESYYYA6PKP/IMG_3481+2.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436707690-3QP4FEJTUHUFX2BLBT6F/IMG_3478+3.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel - Mosaic inscription in the floor with the phrase "to God Jesus Christ". A very early extra Biblical attestation of belief in the divinity of Jesus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436700756-AU4MCIXCIVL9Z5SPOPEE/IMG_3478+7.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436707467-VHX8BC28PYGVT6YV7LFY/IMG_3535.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436717013-B726X896EOYZ3K272KO8/IMG_3543+6.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel - Mosaic inscription naming the centurion who donated the mosaic floor and the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436713356-665OG5PAYRF8BZ3NITRW/IMG_3537.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436730010-V2ZWCLX30YC4HQ22HRJ1/IMG_3487+2.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436717428-HW9754BM580570HPCHT4/IMG_3592+2.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436737940-MYRVLDN1UACW6Y6XBFIW/IMG_3496+2.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel - Dedication to 4 women https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436759650-F44CI3GBVEOSNES0W7NS/IMG_3495+2.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436745649-WSVKFQHH65D1XYAXJ1HD/IMG_3483+2.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436760205-9NN4L2KRHD1V1NYZ3KHL/IMG_3484+2.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel - Replica of a central stone that may have been used as a Eucharist table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1773436767285-CCEVJA9SFGLLATME93E0/IMG_3594.jpeg Blog - The Mosaic Church of Megiddo Prison, Israel - Of course Craig just had to touch it https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/magdala-and-the-magdala-stone monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/b2ef7108-2aa9-4124-8021-9d38c7988909/IMG_3856.jpeg Blog - Magdala and the Magdala Stone - Make it stand out The Magdala stone from a 1st c synagogue at Magdala on the Sea of Galilee. The stone was used as a Torah table or base or the base of a Torah shrine and is decorated to reflect the temple in Jerusalem. The stone is on loan from the Israel Museum to the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1772815501032-WRRNEOBMIGNHJRLTLA3U/IMG_3688.jpeg Blog - Magdala and the Magdala Stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1772814009353-35W9IHMSZBNN634RSBLM/IMG_7043.jpeg Blog - Magdala and the Magdala Stone - Part of the mosaic floor preserved in the 1st century synagogue at Magdala on the Sea of Galilee. Archeologists have determined that the synagogue was actively used between 50 BC and 67 - 100 AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1772815510610-11DPLGYRDW34R2RAOEOC/IMG_3701.jpeg Blog - Magdala and the Magdala Stone - The synagogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1772814003805-KA0R9UVBT7NS69J5TN5T/IMG_7045.jpeg Blog - Magdala and the Magdala Stone - Mosaic flooring in the synagogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1772814033552-BTRDVCV5C9KX9C47YN57/IMG_7046.jpeg Blog - Magdala and the Magdala Stone - Some of the wall color was still evident and restored at the Magdala synagogue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1772814045011-0MFP5MNKNMXL4NB4CJ7H/IMG_7047.jpeg Blog - Magdala and the Magdala Stone - Some of the structural remains of the town of Magdala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1772814068017-DHJFWEHA477Y5191LQIH/IMG_6246.jpeg Blog - Magdala and the Magdala Stone - a replica of the Magdala stone that was found in the synagogue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1772814065042-1CGWLWVFH7M9UUP436Z7/IMG_7048.jpeg Blog - Magdala and the Magdala Stone - Magdala was positioned on the Sea of Galilee near Mount Arbel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1772814081100-8ZI3N8HCJYZ8VSX0FGC9/IMG_3854.jpeg Blog - Magdala and the Magdala Stone - The actual Magdala stone on display at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC. Decorative elements reflect the second Temple in Jerusalem, including the Menorah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1772814093591-9ML7AZ6NZ2CUVYRDGU42/IMG_3855.jpeg Blog - Magdala and the Magdala Stone - The museum display has a picture of Magdala as the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1772814102012-SPF9TCPGE9MLWMC4MCV4/IMG_3856.jpeg Blog - Magdala and the Magdala Stone - Columns and details on the stone combined with the 1st century date of the stone have led archeologists to think it highly likely that the artist had seen the temple in Jerusalem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1772814117979-5M3FGP5PYMR4NDV2WN37/IMG_3857.jpeg Blog - Magdala and the Magdala Stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1772814124749-ETBXHH4NSEZAN2UNEEG7/IMG_3858.jpeg Blog - Magdala and the Magdala Stone https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/transitions-at-bethany-beyond-the-jordan-and-the-judean-wilderness monthly 0.5 2026-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/b5530858-d0ce-4e22-88d2-a17aaa2c7bb9/IMG_5439.jpeg Blog - Transitions at Bethany Beyond the Jordan and the Judean Wilderness - Make it stand out The Wilderness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771693984001-K708PZOYP4CA55PVO7XE/IMG_2165.jpg Blog - Transitions at Bethany Beyond the Jordan and the Judean Wilderness - The Jordan River at Bethany beyond the Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771693993657-5UMB8WX2NQG2AQA8CHF0/IMG_2164.jpg Blog - Transitions at Bethany Beyond the Jordan and the Judean Wilderness - The Church of Saint John the Baptist on the Jordanian side of the River at Bethany beyond the Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771693987563-7C8GNN6BOD67JXNR5IIB/IMG_4260.jpeg Blog - Transitions at Bethany Beyond the Jordan and the Judean Wilderness - Judean wilderness near Jericho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771694001940-P9A9XXEB9AO5K5WGJ41B/IMG_6102.jpeg Blog - Transitions at Bethany Beyond the Jordan and the Judean Wilderness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771694014768-TYJFYWC8OHAE9HMUOD1Y/IMG_6103.jpeg Blog - Transitions at Bethany Beyond the Jordan and the Judean Wilderness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771694019728-2F37DOUZV6J1FJUACGZL/IMG_5185.jpeg Blog - Transitions at Bethany Beyond the Jordan and the Judean Wilderness - Judean wilderness surrounding Masada. The square is the remains of a roman military encampment from the siege of Masada 72 - 74 AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771694023966-23GRF3AHT1O8B6T9P9LB/IMG_5222.jpeg Blog - Transitions at Bethany Beyond the Jordan and the Judean Wilderness - Judean wilderness at Masada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771694047880-UZ8RLAZJT5OB4ZOYV5TA/IMG_5448.jpeg Blog - Transitions at Bethany Beyond the Jordan and the Judean Wilderness - Judean wilderness at En Gedi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771694047449-KIT2UFTC8ABV4YDZFC8T/IMG_5329.jpeg Blog - Transitions at Bethany Beyond the Jordan and the Judean Wilderness - The Judean wilderness at Qumran - second temple era Essene settlement. The key hole cave where some of the Dead Sea scrolls were found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771694294207-2JXU9DIA81M9OICUVY0V/IMG_6215+2.jpeg Blog - Transitions at Bethany Beyond the Jordan and the Judean Wilderness https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/tomb-of-lazarus monthly 0.5 2026-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/3e0ccae6-adc4-404f-89bd-5314c4946909/IMG_4231.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus - Make it stand out The Church of Lazarus at Bethany in Israel (modern day al - Eizariya) designed in the 1950’s by Antonio Barluzzi and situated over the site of the 4th and 6th - 7th c AD churches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771107369980-Y1QPCW8A71RWEFZ1CB8U/IMG_2134.jpg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771107366370-MD879GWWC61J9DOF8KCH/IMG_4219.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus - Pedestrian road up to the tomb - orange sign on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771107370569-GXRRVGFJNTNBOMFDV3N9/IMG_4226.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus - Entrance to the tomb of Lazarus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771107377413-LJVLWB28OFQVYK2756XJ/IMG_2136.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus - A tight space in a confirmed 1st c AD Jewish tomb, cut from the limestone bedrock. Narrow steps lead down to the tomb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771107394493-51UQDN98V52TTKSRK6IO/IMG_4222.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus - The tomb is unadorned. There are niches and benches typical of a tomb from this era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771107395666-HKV4MB4UAXSQXBCUEB42/IMG_2137+2.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus - Entering the tomb of Lazarus on the lowest level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771107413292-CH3CK61BR63A9Q2JLQ8K/IMG_4237+2.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus - Steps down from the street to the courtyard of the modern church adjacent to the tomb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771107398706-42RF8J3CG8MUD57Y2T2B/Screenshot+2025-07-05+at+2.09.39%E2%80%AFPM+1.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus - Sign with a diagram showing the layers of churches at this site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771107412758-48QFQN96EIFTHLQLGW4Y/IMG_2140.jpg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus - Meeting Jesus as he approaches Bethany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771107426217-7XWARX54C1NH2T81RCMR/IMG_2143.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus - Dome of the church - the only source of light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771107419272-BRZJM2H2LMCYPBDQBC9B/IMG_2142.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus - Jesus calling Lazarus from the tomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771107430466-VP6O809KZCUYOE0J0UFA/IMG_2141.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus - Jesus with Mary and Martha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771107434187-YGEB7PHADN6ID6B4QPJD/IMG_2144.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus - Mary anointing Jesus at Bethany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1771107435188-HI0WMJOGV0DACGY1EYDC/IMG_4237.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus - I think I was distracted by the cat when I should have been looking at the ancient mosaic floor from one of the original churches at the left!! https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/four-horned-altars monthly 0.5 2026-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/ce87c334-3874-40ae-af14-437e589a8cd5/IMG_3258.jpeg Blog - Four Horned Altars - Make it stand out Tel Dan Israel. Iron Age city where the 9th century King Jeroboam of the northern kingdom of divided Israel corrupted worship of Yahweh with installation of a golden calf. Archeologists have found remains of a huge four horned altar including a piece with one of the horns. The metal frame illustrates the massive size of the altar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1770586892361-3AR59CWLQFXQG2C62Q6I/IMG_3174.jpeg Blog - Four Horned Altars - Timna National Park, Israel. Replica of the tabernacle as it may have looked during the wandering in the wilderness, with four horned altar at the entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1770586903853-I46R788YLIBQGUR67QDL/IMG_2846.jpeg Blog - Four Horned Altars - Beer-Sheva National Park. Replica of a four horned altar found at the site. The original is on display at the Israel Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1770586911317-RIM9F1TL1CZNABC6QW7J/IMG_2857.JPG Blog - Four Horned Altars - 10th c BC Israelite four horned altar from Megiddo, Israel. Displayed in the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) Museum at the University of Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1770586917190-8SSFIEDUVZX6L9ZRUYZK/IMG_0151.JPG Blog - Four Horned Altars - Aegean Bronze Age cultures also used horned altars. Usually two horns, together with bull images. These Minoan "horns of consecration" are in the Heraklion Crete Archeological Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1770586931043-P68U23ZU98PR8RJA2U86/IMG_7994.JPG Blog - Four Horned Altars - Horns of consecration at the Minoan Palace of Knossos, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1770586940965-DH36XNSJZSYMYWG2PPXR/IMG_4707.JPG Blog - Four Horned Altars - 10th c BC altar from Khirbetqeiyafa Israel. Displayed at the Armstrong Institute, Edmond Oklahoma. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/the-apartments-of-st-paul-in-rome monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/a65c8ffe-dea2-4a11-a9c1-6529ef28f2fe/IMG_0685.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - Make it stand out Under the church of Santa Maria in Via Lata on the Via Corso in Rome are excavations of a 1st century insula (apartment) with courtyard and 4th c church that could possibly have been the apartments of St Paul in Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769904976797-2JXQCFH22FLBQOB5FPLP/IMG_0629.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - Street level entrance to the church of Santa Maria In Via Lata which rests over a 4th c church and a 1st c apartment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769904967862-6NZ90XT1W42VOE61F1XT/IMG_0632.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - Steps leading down to the excavations of a 1st c insula (apartment) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769904963736-VHARILSF9GWL2W0E7KU0/IMG_9716.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - Steps leading below street level of Rome to excavations of 1st century insula and courtyard and 4th century church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769904974118-CEVRA47M5TOENZ33G3BH/IMG_9724.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - view of the rooms and courtyard excavated below Santa Maria In Via Lata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769904990601-FQGTH14XLO1Y3I346RHD/IMG_0644.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769904990767-B7ZQGLLDRP69IFZZKKVS/IMG_0685.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - Pillar in the courtyard with later inscriptions of a cross and verse from 2 Timothy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905002223-8TC6WQ5XVIASSQ4GMT44/IMG_0681.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905000812-XYKK550SFU4BU93BKZT3/IMG_9735.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - The courtyard has a well that still holds water today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905011522-ZTGQI93H2JNAYT7KG40T/IMG_1336.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905022577-KX3D6W6C352O0NWJO09D/IMG_9765.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - display case of the some of the items, including chains, that were found at the bottom of the well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905024027-OVSSZU58TW20YTK1REQ8/IMG_0679.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - The walls were covered in early Christian fresco, many have been removed for restoration and placement in museums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905047936-DVMEMAN0WWXS491HNFPU/IMG_0658.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905083564-GR3AWZ2W7F1C3YBAENET/IMG_9767.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - Features of the 4th c church are still identifiable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905036416-JRR3PD13SJA9B6CT03D2/IMG_9739.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - Posters with copies of removed frescos have placed on some of the walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905071139-VRHFL9BEQ73SN9MCGCR0/IMG_0673.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - Altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905061909-CPP1EA0PLKOJ4RDFJP81/IMG_0718.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - Apse and altar of the ancient church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905061568-3ZO31OT6V3IQUSH96S65/IMG_0664.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - relief over the alter is of Peter, Paul and Luke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905105834-N0ARBLPYQVFXM2ZD5P4W/IMG_9751.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - Mosaic floor tiles still intact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905078824-9Q0KDARIVA0KRAL6ANV2/IMG_9745.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - Further rooms excavated may have been used as commodities store rooms in later centuries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905095496-FUT3JA4TZDGOMF514PWI/IMG_1471+2.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - Nave of Santa Maria In Via Lata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905107821-TPMM2E1NHTOCD02ZV3EJ/IMG_1359.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905116285-H499RGCMKCSWWUYTRINY/IMG_1361.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? - Organ ranks of Santa Maria In Via Lata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769905117816-LFIR2EMVHZMCJ2LVS1XY/IMG_1365.JPG Blog - The Apartments of St Paul in Rome?? https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/hellenistic-and-roman-asclepions monthly 0.5 2026-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/33a50f44-57b4-4c3a-b9bc-c2bb2f346980/IMG_3343.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - Make it stand out Pergamon Turkiye. Pergamon asclepion healing center. The cryptoporticus (underground walkway) between the sacred springs and the sleeping area. Light and curves used to create a soothing atmosphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209090389-DGBOL8RFMFTN15088D4T/IMG_0236.JPG Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - Statue of the pagan god Asclepius at the Vatican Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209098259-5KB64ZDF7E0K0K5EHWIJ/IMG_2415.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209109640-XYV2G3N85EOQCBGZCIWN/IMG_4732.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - Emperor Hadrian tried to overwrite this sacred site with a pagan equivalent and installed an Asclepion here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209119766-PBJ4LR001VH7GUFBHY07/IMG_4736.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - Another part of the Pool of Bethesda that Hadrian later redesigned as an Asclepion healing center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209117736-QDZPI0QC3G7X4X9AAH0M/IMG_3315+2.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - The Via Tecta (sacred way) between the Pergamon acropolis and the Asclepion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209141099-487XMFXSD2FY5QPREK5K/IMG_2229.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - The Asclepion (center for healing and medicine) at Pergamon. Established in the 4th century BC with a temple to the healing god Asclepius, it continued into the early 3rd century AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209140913-4CE03DW56X5WC1MBDQUL/IMG_3354.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - Circular structure with sleeping rooms around the perimeter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209148957-A20GRB10N8VTBEE9Y0OC/IMG_3358.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - Looking down into the abaton (sleeping area). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209144825-9UL2IVF0GA25CLJ7VXEP/IMG_3343.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209163286-NL5TJB2MIWUY3ZAJ49V5/IMG_2235.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - flowing water enhanced the calm and spa like atmosphere of an Asclepion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209163566-PVFM55ZZN8QD2IDE4NLU/IMG_2228.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - Temple area of the Asclepion at Pergamon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209180172-924SFAN6FI46QO1IX2AO/IMG_3365.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - Steps down into a sacred spring at the Pergamon Asclepion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209180272-8BIUQAWLF1UGBR41NHQU/IMG_3340.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209211850-1LZT30ORK0PXGW9PKAI5/IMG_3338.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209194347-WXGZ1M7PYX89VGCX8XT3/IMG_3363.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - Large theater at the Asclepion complex in Pergamon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209193037-H2QOQIN2J7GHRJAC3BKB/IMG_3325.jpg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - Pillar in the Asclepion with two snakes drinking from a bowl of milk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209217422-7BBV4EXBMNJRRKKXX9KR/IMG_0862.JPG Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - Standing on the Athens acropolis and looking down at the excavations of the Asclepion on the south slope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209226310-OUM7BHA0CQPSZ6PH5RNV/IMG_2238.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - inscribed stone in Ephesus where there was a hospital, with the grander Asclepion in Pergamon 115 miles away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209224110-E48HQ45Y0AX0QQG2C6D3/IMG_2407.JPG Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - The museum at Corinth, Greece has a display of clay body parts that were given as offerings to Asclepius at the asclepion of Corinth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209237298-AS3577370WEIEMANNVRO/IMG_2408.JPG Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209239182-BESS9XO747K957UKBC3C/IMG_7294.JPG Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - Paphos, Cyprus. This area next to the theater is thought to have been an Asclepion due to the temple area, clusters of smaller rooms, basins and medical tools found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1769209243570-NJ6KT062IDA5NDTQT57U/IMG_7437.JPG Blog - Hellenistic and Roman Asclepions - Found at Paphos, Greece: thin hollow clay vessels shaped to treat various body parts as a hot water bottle. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/gortyn-crete-law-code-acropolis-titus monthly 0.5 2026-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/41c6ba10-9781-4d53-a7fe-ef60e26b0cb3/IMG_8212.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus - Make it stand out Gortyn, Crete. Looking toward the Odeon, theater and acropolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066696740-O12IT0SRSAZUJU7Y59Z6/IMG_8180.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus - Ruins of the Church of Titus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066782386-OG9J9GCYXUHEL5JH53F1/IMG_8187.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus - Barrel vault of the apse still intact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066711122-M5NBDB9GWL1ZS8POMA74/IMG_8189.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus - Rooms adjacent to the apse (Pastophoria) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066738430-FDQSEXIB2RQ46S63R6R3/IMG_8191.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus - 3 aisled layout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066754719-JA7796U8CFUP21DXWMKC/IMG_8225.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus - Christian symbols in relief on stones of the church of Titus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066775733-0GHNQZW9NUX2HPLU4BE9/IMG_8203.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus - Odeion. The brick structure at the back protects the restoration of the Gortyn law code. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066790724-6U6UORQCZT5E6M4S2AGG/IMG_0068.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066894889-44EHO39BMOV5WKAHO2IF/IMG_0073.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus - Ancient Dorian Greek dialect inscription of the civil law code. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066919395-B8XB22FDH6TPKNFA3XNL/IMG_8208.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus - Gortyn law code inscribed in boustrophedon style writing: left to right alternating right to left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066843705-IWDPYFF3TO4NDIUAJ6EG/IMG_8215.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus - Buildings and home around the area of the Odeon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066956417-JM8BIUQ7Z3T2RQJ994CN/IMG_8215.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066872274-IC1QMP2T25R1OL9RZ1EJ/IMG_8201.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066890297-49B0CJTUC9XLMY8P4MCV/IMG_8230.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus - Looking at the western slope of the acropolis. The main site is on the other side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066984691-LNQ6I8R7RJ9UXAJPOFJU/IMG_8201.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066896723-6QKJMQH61OHOETQHWUJ2/Screenshot+2026-01-10+at+9.38.48%E2%80%AFAM+1.jpeg Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus - Ruins on the acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066993150-CF468YCW3LA548D6NQDP/IMG_8230.JPG Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066913757-AF52CA96E9TI3APMS97M/Screenshot+2026-01-10+at+9.39.07%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus - Acropolis: roman wall and aqueduct https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066998365-X86540AZ3AKQ2C9CVLXQ/Screenshot+2026-01-10+at+9.38.48%E2%80%AFAM+1.jpeg Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768066926385-G4761C1RMFH3AF42RQQQ/Screenshot+2026-01-10+at+9.40.09%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus - Below the eastern slope of the acropolis: lower left are the remains of a theater, center is the Odeion and law code, at the right are the ruins of the Church of Titus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768067002633-WLYXG42OWAACSZWLOXSN/Screenshot+2026-01-10+at+9.38.48%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768067005782-NEHXBQYLW7FUBWMC4OY8/Screenshot+2026-01-10+at+9.39.07%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1768067011488-GF20I0PKC4UYADTBZQC2/Screenshot+2026-01-10+at+9.40.09%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Blog - Gortyn Crete - Law Code, Acropolis, Titus https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/gortyn-crete monthly 0.5 2026-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/e717e3db-1b56-413b-80e5-97efa260f3de/Screenshot+2025-10-18+at+8.45.41%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Gortyn, Crete - Make it stand out Gortyn, Crete. Overhead view of the entire area south of the tourist / visitor site and main road. On the left are the Odeion and the Temple of Apollo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482068791-NAT7AIV0TMMK7C12HO63/IMG_0204.PNG Blog - Gortyn, Crete - Diagram that matches the overhead photo (we've not been able to find an attribution for the diagram). Upper left is Odeion and Temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482098243-F84AY3XDCIQ0TW5SDWKV/IMG_8233.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete - Odeion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482100598-KDRGFR6U7DEN8WI2CAUT/IMG_8238.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete - Looking through the fence at the Temple of Apollo. The stepped structure on the right was an altar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482120144-FM28U75K4DEFF6BEXXAO/DJI_20251018043759_0017_D+2.jpg Blog - Gortyn, Crete - Low drone view of the Temple Complex. Altar in the center of the photo, temple enclosure behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482115018-RNWBF2XDTOZUEKRHAKPD/DJI_20251018043900_0020_D.jpg Blog - Gortyn, Crete - Aerial view of the Temple. Its final use was as a church in the Byzantine era. This area is full of ruins of byzantine churches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482154448-VEGJFM2QYO46C7CZDTPR/IMG_8243.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete - There is a gravel track (not suitable for a small SUV in some places) running alongside the south fence (on the right). On the left is wide open and many ruins to explore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482152865-P68VMXRU9VOCZCG9GKW9/IMG_8244.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete - Looking north down a north - south street behind the fence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482171077-4ITP0LFE3QR4GVXH1WIH/IMG_8287.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete - Looking south down the same street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482172262-YVUSIE9QRF3HAMJKAQ4R/IMG_8256.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete - Excavation and restoration going on in a bath complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482204753-GORTDBOY42ZUZWE1Q6TJ/IMG_8260.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482513618-MLH8U06KF7MIRG6HHZ1T/IMG_8249.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482254511-5QEFKV4ZBI7757JENSLR/IMG_8263.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482225337-1VBK2URAN6WWRIO1ZX5U/IMG_8254.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482248068-0LAGCNJFLIQBB6OVI8H5/IMG_8275.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete - Wide view of a portion of the site looking from the east to the west and the acropolis of Gortyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482526447-O4SWD9HJD9QQSVXA9ZRD/IMG_8254.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482285503-UO7JNTXA6VVGL7UK7ZFM/IMG_8276.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete - We think the paving on the right was the Temple of Antonino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482550199-DPTXNGRAE5JRCFINMOBW/IMG_8263.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482279521-BPXJX31HHC90K0TOIY85/IMG_8279.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete - So many columns!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482297679-LN6QWTDWWU55OEVYTOFH/IMG_8285.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete - A statue found in the rubble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482547316-D79N8RF1F8DXBUP6RMB9/IMG_8275.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482304085-ICK53YCW4UPGSTM8ZVDO/IMG_8282.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete - Column capitals being preserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482341519-8ERIQS466ONK02K1FR4I/IMG_8291.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete - Just a little bit of pottery sherds on the ground - everywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482579188-81PX3E4OQEDI10Y40BAU/IMG_8276.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482337234-921ZTMF25YIA9T0XIFGS/IMG_8290+2.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482571342-0UX9TO6GA3SL5FBWFYCU/IMG_8279.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482590468-FP7HHWF7VHQR9SWOJR02/IMG_8285.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482599310-0ZMYWJVSDLIFXA63W8W1/IMG_8282.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482633285-EZOGH57XCH4N1HFIIYZC/IMG_8291.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1767482629390-2U61AO58EBLEN56LOJPD/IMG_8290+2.JPG Blog - Gortyn, Crete https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/mamertine-prison-and-the-church-of-joseph-of-the-carpenters-rome monthly 0.5 2025-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/c66edd26-9dff-4886-9752-0c6ffaa83412/IMG_3272+2.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Make it stand out Mamertine Prison on Capitaline Hill in Rome. The Church of Joseph of the Carpenters built over the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766852730008-JHJNV7P0VMZBV8SWLON5/IMG_9151.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Walking the roman road from the Forum of Caesar to the prison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766852905990-IZYQ5QIPTOJHOCXLZJA5/IMG_3276+2.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Carved relief of Peter holding the Keys of the Church and Paul holding the Sword of the Spirit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766852803904-SNUBJNH5OH6OT969R6M5/IMG_9154.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Peter and Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853020342-9RPIPW8TDKPB6IBFB3ZU/IMG_7187.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Model of the levels of the prison: doorless/windowless lowest level - upper prison chambers - chapel - church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766852959773-M65N99ZW0P53DE08CNWK/IMG_7214.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853331517-B1DB8ASG4DHRTM4QJP00/IMG_7250.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Altar dedicated to Peter and Paul that has been placed in the upper chamber of the prison. The hole in the floor is where prisoners were put through to the lowest level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853418672-GSF7T7IEYG2P8OCM34GW/IMG_8840.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Remains of frescos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853419499-TTL86UI301P5I6GKZLL3/IMG_9169.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853426876-OVJ7PFID3LNHEESGHYGF/IMG_8838.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - In the lower chamber looking up through the hole in the ceiling which was the only entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853434921-B4ZVFS2EQ8G2GLGN8EYL/IMG_8836.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Lowest grim level of the prison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853586520-A1FFJC86O5C7282NWXJ1/IMG_8844.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Altar area with statue of Joseph and Jesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853451783-O8VAO1CQ9DTTA5OGZ9GF/IMG_8830.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Relief of Peter and Paul baptizing fellow prisoners using water from the natural spring in the prison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853587468-WBE9GS4KMBL6QVAN9DA0/IMG_8847.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Looking back toward the entrance and the organ ranks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853450889-5XMJ65X1QIRU96UXMJI6/IMG_9188.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Chapel over the prison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853601693-JVPK1NBZT0381XRP62O0/IMG_8848.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - The perimeter has paintings of the lineage of Joseph. This is Zerubbabel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853469882-FI54S3MQ0F0ZZM38JPHP/IMG_8843.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Church of St Joseph of the Carpenters, built over the prison. Looking down the nave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853604149-0MHIES2HUUV23BR7F5VR/IMG_9202.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Wooden coffered ceiling. Restoration after the 2018 ceiling collapse has been completed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853619468-LGXWCYXTSOQNVUALFQTU/IMG_9194.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome - Panel depicting the Holy Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766853620232-X0JRBICXYYHE7K0D5JHN/IMG_9217.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison and the Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, Rome https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/kourion-cyprus-1 monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/a8dbd28d-dd07-4330-9a2a-55cf6e956ab0/Screenshot+2025-12-20+at+9.07.07%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Blog - Kourion Cyprus - Make it stand out Kourion Grand Basilica with the smaller adjacent Baptistery Basilica on the right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766249451470-4UQHSLE5O3Y17D641N07/IMG_7573.JPG Blog - Kourion Cyprus - Looking side on at the apse of the Grand Basilica at Kourion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766249469776-NO9H7MO31NP200BZIPRE/IMG_7547.JPG Blog - 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Kourion Cyprus - Inscription: The sisters Reverence, Temperance and Obedience tend this exedra and fragrant hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766249542143-6J4LJ7KGN8NM91QMLNVJ/IMG_7503.JPG Blog - Kourion Cyprus - Inscription: Instead of large stones, solid iron, bright bronze or even diamonds, these halls have girted themselves with the much venerated symbols of Christ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766249553409-OA14BO0VQ5THA56QXQ4I/IMG_7491.JPG Blog - Kourion Cyprus - Baths in the house of Eustolios at Kourion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766249555620-G9PD7U2W91L5D69Q7PM8/IMG_7602.JPG Blog - Kourion Cyprus - Basilica by the sea at Kourion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766265387969-54MZUZC827KX8GOF77PA/DJI_20251015044949_0015_D.jpg Blog - Kourion Cyprus - Aerial view of the basilica by the sea at Kourion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766249566943-246RYEA61WC10Z2YYGXR/IMG_7607.JPG Blog - Kourion Cyprus - Basilica near the stadium and sanctuary of Apollo at Kourion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766265362847-K04Y2NTGKIRQ99XTAF83/DJI_20251015050500_0018_D.jpg Blog - Kourion Cyprus - Aerial view of the Stadium Basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766265375850-538SF1PQSVAH9BWLLZZ8/DJI_20251015051100_0022_D.jpg Blog - Kourion Cyprus - Stadium at Kourion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766249579482-MQLE2IA657ZDG1D6TGP4/IMG_7627.JPG Blog - Kourion Cyprus - Temple and sanctuary of Apollo Hyalites. 8th century BC thru 1st century AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766249600345-L3LXDVGTBLL6Y6G7GZD8/IMG_7611.JPG Blog - Kourion Cyprus - Sanctuary of Apollo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766249614062-HX21I2WY6U6WGKWUSCAK/IMG_7618.JPG Blog - Kourion Cyprus - Kourion Gate at the Sanctuary of Apollo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1766249636662-5TZLS8I65KRQ5GUXWECS/IMG_7640.JPG Blog - 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Portable Hard Drives, Laptops, Bibles and Organization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765760494573-ZKAF9OE22NSC5K3Y848G/highergrounddrone-4.jpg Blog - Portable Hard Drives, Laptops, Bibles and Organization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765760513584-ZCODBCMFT5A5V217TA6B/highergrounddrone-6.jpg Blog - Portable Hard Drives, Laptops, Bibles and Organization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765760519350-P6UMFGHF4VEPH4NSAHSE/IMG_0323.jpeg Blog - Portable Hard Drives, Laptops, Bibles and Organization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765760526858-01QY0MYXYN9TVCHT1PR6/IMG_1362.jpeg Blog - Portable Hard Drives, Laptops, Bibles and Organization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765760529266-FLC340K7EG4P5N5HNM3R/IMG_2246.JPG Blog - Portable Hard Drives, Laptops, Bibles and Organization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765760539004-KFUS094YNM0INUEXDQ56/IMG_2243.JPG Blog - Portable Hard Drives, Laptops, Bibles and Organization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765760540703-41B2NBG526OSNLCL8RR0/IMG_2234.JPG Blog - Portable Hard Drives, Laptops, Bibles and Organization. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/more-paphos-and-sergius-paulus monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/49ee218b-bca7-48da-8982-e00e0db7a8b6/IMG_7312.JPG Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus - Make it stand out Paphos Cyprus. Agia Kyriaki Chrystopolitissa, 4th c byzantine church. The original church was destroyed in 365 by earthquake, one of the oldest Christian churches int he world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765655757248-PW8U3LCPRT82CYFE3L35/IMG_7319.JPG Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus - One of the apses that can still be seen in the ruins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765655689968-5H4DDNT06DEP8C60Y82I/IMG_7320.JPG Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus - Long columned isles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765655732814-TQN95Q4T6M3P8DRM3TR6/IMG_7323.JPG Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus - Mosaic floors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765655772007-N81SB4X638GUEKEDHTJ4/IMG_7324.JPG Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus - The mosaic floors had inscriptions. From John's gospel "I am the true vine" and an inscription from Psalm 41. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765655797640-Y5PXXW0NPZ0TMRGF38ZL/IMG_6469.jpeg Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus - The "pillar of the scourging of Saint Paul" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765655791912-HTCL672ZKRXE0GTFHEA8/IMG_7326.JPG Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765655832607-8WI8EW4ZQIF1R7GTR2WV/IMG_7316.JPG Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus - Near the byzantine church are the ruins of a medieval era Ottoman bath house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765655825421-MV9J7CD857AABJE0FRDG/IMG_7318.JPG Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus - Domed roof of the Ottoman bath house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765655854018-866MKA6OD71DVOR3D2GQ/IMG_7358.JPG Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus - Tomb of the Kings, necropolis in Paphos with rock cut tombs having a distinctly Egyptian flare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765655843432-YR2J2RRFKSZBQJ8937YB/IMG_7376.JPG Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus - Tomb of the Kings, Paphos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765655880375-MAEFAFG6ZY391YXQN64U/IMG_7378.JPG Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus - Tomb of the Kings, Paphos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765655872061-19D55SSSPTPAPFE0TJTZ/IMG_7370.JPG Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus - Tomb of the Kings, Paphos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765655903238-Z8KIM30W4P8MB1BH1OW6/IMG_7387.JPG Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus - Tomb of the Kings, Paphos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765655894777-WB21HBFCILIN0M7E4JLP/IMG_7750.JPG Blog - More Paphos and Sergius Paulus - Inscription of the name L. Sergii Paulii found at Pisidian Antioch. On display in the Yalvac Museum, Turkiye. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/nea-paphos-cyprus monthly 0.5 2025-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/d17bbc21-cbe1-45e9-b06d-4133692d643c/Screenshot+2025-11-07+at+7.32.04%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - Make it stand out Paphos harbor with the ancient rock mole or breakwater still visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039062413-CY60Q8SVDXI0797AHMEZ/IMG_7233.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - Entrance to the Nea Paphos Archeological Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039085994-Y9DAW56SG9GOVYRQRQAT/IMG_7246.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - Audience hall in the massive residence of the Roman Proconsul of Cyprus. This was the Proconsul residence for centuries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039108186-38U3ZKFE7M2I5Z0I35EJ/IMG_7260.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - Another huge room in the House of Theseus. This villa is the most likely place for Paul and Barnabus's meeting with Sergius Paulus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039106917-514OGRYM4GAWGRCRVEU4/IMG_7249.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - The proconsul's residence even had its own baths. you see the hypocaust (tile stacks) under the floor of the bath, keeping the pool warm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039150864-5KMY8N3JK0P9N402MPRL/IMG_7250.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - Baths in the House of Theseus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039132489-VGLP1MKKFURWLVMR0SOE/IMG_7263.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - More rooms in the residence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039155253-V0KDIWMG9T613J0X6D5O/IMG_6360.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039164910-SN5YE4Z7WAOGPDVR78AE/IMG_7254.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - View of the sea from Nea Paphos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039171055-20HUKTYFGRKBNC5C4K5B/IMG_6382.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039194071-GBHAG9WTSFHMM7EDM1FG/IMG_6397.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039186875-3MDXNH68QFVP14HMPC8N/IMG_6331.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - This mosaic floor excavation is how the House of Theseus got its name. It depicts Theseus battling the minotaur. 3rd century. Underneath are mosaic floors from earlier roman eras and hellestic times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039101007-Y9GNK7NBIHM1NTEQB92D/IMG_7292.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - Another villa excavations, 3rd c, is believed to the home a christian. There is a bible verse in the mosaic floor. Psalm 116:4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039199565-HHRI50ZJ34NI2MEWBPZ2/IMG_7302.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - Standing in the roman theater looking out at the forum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039205696-SM2YOVSML3988N7QNL3X/IMG_7437.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - Unique find at Paphos. Thin hollow clay vessels (water bottles) shaped like human body parts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039221141-L7UJU7TMFZ44Y32IGOWK/IMG_6374.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - Example of other gorgeous mosaic floors in the archeological park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039225689-UD5MVFAR5NJ2230RFZZX/IMG_7241.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039262625-5P6CJ3GPXOV8WPR7XHV1/IMG_7285.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039264740-DG8ZF30QJQGL9XGOWS4I/IMG_7258.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039275781-42G7UWIQ51VUPN0M9JOH/IMG_6679+2.JPG Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - Paphos harbor is still busy with small fishing vessels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1765039267731-7VH58DYXFPSVSEDROIC6/Screenshot+2025-11-07+at+7.33.15%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Nea Paphos, Cyprus - View of the Archeological site from the sea https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/siracusa-sicily-archeological-park-amp-temple-of-apollo monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/91e7483d-11af-4e8b-9408-4252ba3c63ec/IMG_8676.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Archeology Park & Temple of Apollo - Make it stand out Roman amphitheater at the Archeological Park of Siracusa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763777216868-AYTK9PNB0H2GHUKIL9Q4/IMG_8686.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Archeology Park & Temple of Apollo - Amphitheater dates to the 1st century AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763777209335-0C587UIR3QCMKRDQURUM/IMG_8678.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Archeology Park & Temple of Apollo - underground passages of the amphitheater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763777267498-L2D0XH7QVZ0MKUXSX82P/IMG_8690.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Archeology Park & Temple of Apollo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763777302228-2HH66WK911J5CP0PYTHV/IMG_8701.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Archeology Park & Temple of Apollo - Massive Ancient Greek stone altar, dates to 3rd century BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763777268138-RLDMX4UVX2WF37RKMNKG/IMG_8736.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Archeology Park & Temple of Apollo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763777291643-8I6PY0T1O5XQ5GY4XAW1/IMG_8580.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Archeology Park & Temple of Apollo - Paradise Quarry. You can see how the ancient quarry has now filled in and become a beautiful garden. Stone was quarried here from 6th to 3rd c BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763777241903-VI3VD1AAT83ABNVKDK9C/IMG_8640.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Archeology Park & Temple of Apollo - A pillar of rock remaining in the quarry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763777242871-8LSTL8BSO65ZO9QEYIBL/IMG_8616.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Archeology Park & Temple of Apollo - Caves were created by the quarrying activity. This one is called the "ear of dionysos" and echoes eerily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763777287926-DFD087BCT3ABC5XI22J9/IMG_8624.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Archeology Park & Temple of Apollo - inside the ear of dionysos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763777319238-FWOEAF4IEGKB208EM0CY/IMG_8648.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Archeology Park & Temple of Apollo - Modern art work has been installed around the ancient quarry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763777357851-XCXPRBQ5FU0Z5JNUEFOO/IMG_8603.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Archeology Park & Temple of Apollo - The 5th c BC Greek Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763777360728-GL60X7BSOV2CEVA3WUX6/IMG_8575.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Archeology Park & Temple of Apollo - The stage and first few level of seats still accommodate theater and concert performances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763777346085-V5BTRM53L0AE7L1SEHV7/IMG_8592.JPG Blog - 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Make it stand out Port of Syracuse, Sicily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169680651-PW2BE0MWBKL7ZOPQHSVU/IMG_8727.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths - Cathedral of Siracusa - columns in the walls are from the 5th c BC temple of Athena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169681259-RMMA09SI79U3XP177KZP/IMG_8874.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths - The facade of the Duomo is under renovation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169695232-I91XYTIZM4HETT0F8UQP/IMG_8880.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths - Grand doors into the nave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169698520-F7CE0TZVJW46O4W7AY9Y/IMG_8883.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169714408-O36UVBILEMZ8XT34BAEX/IMG_8897.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths - Nave of the cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169715348-QJTG3LCR6RX03IPZEUX2/IMG_8751.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169736086-W1EA2ORL6JN9Y1FMFP8E/IMG_8930.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths - 5th c BC columns subsumed into the walls of the cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169736540-PFR4J94NPFT9H84LLV9W/IMG_8756.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169754368-GVI1TPBGSUVJNZIAPR6I/IMG_8762.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169755075-FUF8BTYUB9VJY4F5HF36/IMG_8737.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths - 5th c BC Greek krater used as a baptismal font https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169773412-HKA60CQPZYE6UKXHXP14/IMG_8753.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths - Excavations under the cathedral have found evidence of cult worship all the way back to the 8th century BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169770391-TMQ0TICWGP9IB3ITTDG0/IMG_8718.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths - Most amazing and refreshing concoction ever - Sicilian Pistachio Granita https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169797260-GJJZHH85Q2QINNU9AUCG/IMG_8823.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths - Street with the hidden gem - a 6th c AD Jewish mikveh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169827556-P4J5ZYCWVQJXBZVDVR87/IMG_8838.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths - Hebrew inscription found at the site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169843003-1WYOMDICE2TD0V7U0UUG/IMG_8840.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths - Jewish pottery found in the mikveh pools. Hidden there by the Jews when they fled during the Inquisition in the 1400s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169842544-0VRV9OFMEAVFU1WRIAKS/IMG_1857.jpg Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths - Image of the mikveh from a poster board outside of the site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169806257-WWN7K2N1KL7CMD4YNVM8/IMG_8832.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths - Book written by the woman who rediscovered this mikveh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1763169838463-X8UT2IJF46HWUXDHNNE3/IMG_8836.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Athena, Jewish Baths - Well in the building that is over the mikveh https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/minoan-tholos-tomb monthly 0.5 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/e4debf21-149d-4177-9af9-1f482cfb07ec/Screenshot+2025-10-30+at+7.40.28%E2%80%AFPM+2.jpeg Blog - Minoan Tholos Tomb - Make it stand out Minoan Tholos (circular) Tomb, Kamilari Crete 2000 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1762605083747-CNFF76WPEH3YMCMVJRCF/Screenshot+2025-10-18+at+8.36.49%E2%80%AFPM+2.jpeg Blog - Minoan Tholos Tomb - Small rooms were added next to the tomb over the centuries from 1900 - 1300 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1762605121446-285T66XRRZ8HOEL64ROA/IMG_8161.JPG Blog - Minoan Tholos Tomb - massive lintel stone over the low doorway into the tomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1762605094023-LBEV011Y8PT3THQGPB8K/IMG_8165.JPG Blog - Minoan Tholos Tomb - Stone slab likely covered the entrance to the tomb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1762605114669-Q1Q3NO56JG1S1LMV73HS/IMG_8158.JPG Blog - Minoan Tholos Tomb - Inside the tomb looking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1762605133974-ALPSO91PU1GMQRIXRGXW/IMG_8154.JPG Blog - Minoan Tholos Tomb - Additional rooms added next to the tomb from 1900 - 1300 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1762605154885-0GMV84OM023L0E226KCA/IMG_8152.JPG Blog - Minoan Tholos Tomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1762605154307-UNYTK98XVAFTGD54LNK7/IMG_7664.JPG Blog - Minoan Tholos Tomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1762605185952-YGZHEQ36LY8477HQI4NG/IMG_8153.JPG Blog - Minoan Tholos Tomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1762605165065-KZ39B2WG77XRLL7YI50X/IMG_8541.JPG Blog - Minoan Tholos Tomb - Religious object found in the tholos tomb - men dancing in a circular area with the Minoan "horns of consecration" next to them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1762605177808-V80SRC5XWO5TMFNTG0AD/IMG_8542.JPG Blog - Minoan Tholos Tomb - Another religious figure left at the tomb, dates from 1400 - 1350 BC. Figures inside the circular tomb with one figure outside the tomb looking in through the door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1762605186583-0EU8Q2H8154T298YDN66/IMG_8548.JPG Blog - Minoan Tholos Tomb - Vessel from every area for centuries after the 2000 BC creation of the tomb where found at the site. Minoans came here to honor their ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1762605192838-D7W8FYA4J9EPZ28OEIKY/IMG_8552.JPG Blog - Minoan Tholos Tomb - The vessels date from 1900 - 1300 BC. They were brought to the site filled with water / wine / oil and tipped out into the ground for the ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1762605193762-XNENRVMN10E8VODPOITQ/Screenshot+2025-10-18+at+8.37.06%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Minoan Tholos Tomb https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/lasaia-crete monthly 0.5 2025-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/49b43445-154d-4972-a89e-ab0d48cc0272/IMG_7598.JPG Blog - Lasaia, Crete - Make it stand out Roman remains at the port of Lasaia, Crete near Fair Havens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761996419129-5YBZMXQZX1OYF8RH9TIB/IMG_8079+2.JPG Blog - Lasaia, Crete - Walking down to the beach at Lasaia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761996393707-3G4DSPTJD5YG26Z7RWG8/IMG_0118.jpeg Blog - Lasaia, Crete - Lasaia and the little island of Trafos are just a mile or two from Fair Havens (Kaloi Limens) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761996427537-1AMD0UMUT6305NL1PAWL/IMG_7620+2.JPG Blog - 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There’s No Place Like Home! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/ostia-antica-1 monthly 0.5 2025-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/ef19f046-ddfb-4d4e-9d55-4e5c85c29f53/IMG_1300.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - Make it stand out Remains of the synagogue at Ostia Antica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783330888-UDNDNZR43AJZ1G4BXMUG/IMG_0887.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - The Via Ostiensis - roman road from the port of Ostia into the city of Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783336935-CAB37Z7GIBKK4BFKJNTX/IMG_0892.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - necropolis along the Via Ostiensis before it enters Ostia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783350522-HH6SBHYL89EOJFDA87LT/IMG_0922.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - The ancient ruins are full of gorgeous black and white mosaic floors still intact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783355782-PB3DYLX3A7SQHETXE7GU/IMG_0991.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - A tiny early byzantine church outside the theater at Ostia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783361266-UAUVL3Y1ISMPGKFB0PA6/IMG_0995.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - The theater of Ostia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783378564-OR4X6OBFAL7G668F3PX2/IMG_1009.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - mosaic floor in the square of the guilds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783395935-Q36OSYK0F1YK4OAOPEC9/IMG_1075.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - private latrine in a wealthy home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783410867-WEVMRZ4E67F7HQ11TVKF/IMG_1082.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783429386-HPXJHING1T5SXVXWO1VQ/IMG_1173.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - Flour mill and bakery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783428987-1VSY88Z8K9EOY8EAC6AN/IMG_1197.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - 1st c AD restaurant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783455710-BNOIXQHWKMB5V7IYYJST/IMG_1204.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783456249-2DSCX77G3PC97ZN17E9A/IMG_1215.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - The main temple in the forum at Ostia - temple to Juno, Jupiter and Minerva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783469559-ECGS811S2IS5LSQSNN3C/IMG_1246.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - Apsidal hall with a christogram engraved on the lintel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783473628-UOL24BF5P4EUHYTV5AZY/IMG_1250.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - 2nd c BC marble fountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783494112-PBMIAERVUI9Q83K04NOT/IMG_1255.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - A wealthy home with floors that are the precursor of opus sectile flooring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783486063-QCFWNXPGMVESHFWYUVIT/IMG_1270.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - 2nd c BC funerary monument https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783509719-KOLW9S4LG3DLZQ061TKI/IMG_1295.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - Mosaic floors in the Porta Marina Baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783511208-PZS2BV7KTF4FGMZTPBXZ/IMG_1300.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - Synagogue at Ostia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783527983-CLJ0AZEH5DXVXEIJOGKO/IMG_1303.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - the synagogue kitchen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783526719-FX9RV7JELE2JJX7BCU0D/IMG_1321.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - replica of the menorah reiief decorating the Torah shrine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783542385-Q8NUVJXVPFEL6IFSFGYU/IMG_1436.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - The original in the Ostia Antica museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783544138-F9CCDWTSWA3EJGD7Q9ZN/IMG_1336.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - possibly a mikveh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761783556772-L6MJGVGMBBDGJK4ULS13/IMG_1537.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - quaint street of the medieval Ostia https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/last-day-in-rome monthly 0.5 2025-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/4d278d42-f4e2-4739-a367-51c657ff9065/IMG_9609.jpg Blog - Last Day in Rome - Make it stand out Basilica of Santa Pudenzianna, daughter of Pudens (2 Tim 4:21) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781527197-HFP1DORWQ80MDCR9U6QF/IMG_0167.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - Basilical of S Pietro in Vincoli - proposed to be the chains that bound St Peter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781538608-B6TTXQCUY420L2QY0FLE/IMG_0169.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - Michaelangelo sculture in S Pietro in Vincoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781544692-AT6Z75UU5NRS7OBK6SVB/IMG_0251.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - Santa Prassede - proposed to be a piece of the pillar of the flagellation of Christ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781565825-5OIGSHSW2LGSPJ9DFFAW/IMG_0264.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - Nave of S Prassede https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781566457-PXG175IM2XRMSG2TG17F/IMG_0290.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - Holy Door of Santa Maria Maggiori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781580291-DSVS86D5Y1869EW1JISR/IMG_0297.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - Nave of S. Maria Maggiori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781578256-OQEXQLZGR045BVOB5AF5/IMG_0301.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - Tomb of pope Francis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781595883-7ZIU12XD0NOD7TYIKTYV/IMG_0307.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781596396-2FAAYAE3NR1YCMXHYNB4/IMG_0313.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781613401-01TEND1WHIR5QRIC3U7E/IMG_0317.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - Mosaic in the loggia of S. Maria Maggiori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781683235-SV7UEQKTEX1TSKWU0ZO8/IMG_9609.jpg Blog - Last Day in Rome - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781612665-E5TYGTB4BYNZW20HX59R/IMG_0415.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - Nave of the Santa Pudenziana - church dedicated to one of the daughter of Pudens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781632039-Y1V8UJ8O5VBWEGC6GD0I/IMG_0423.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - capped well in the church where the daughters of Pudens are said to have preserved and hid the bones of Christians martyrs in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781641833-BIYFCVJNNRJ9UATXQ0U9/IMG_0481.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - Closer to the apse mosaic from 420. May be the oldest apse mosaic in Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781698439-10OLVF9BL0A89ZEF5O6E/IMG_9640.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - The oratorio of Santa Pudenziana - frescos still intact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781696468-WHHXK1BYZNYXB9GVPGFW/IMG_9643.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781668491-G49ZSASDG9YDV145BEFO/IMG_0846.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - Nave of the Basilica of S Cosma E Damiano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781643733-W5GJR5W8CCOHC0DL4402/IMG_0836.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - permanent nativity scene at the Basilica of S Cosma E Damiano - and this is just a very small section of it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781657398-L8IBTJS0465593NF02HO/IMG_9528.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - 2nd c AD pillared hall used for Christian worship underneath the Basilica of SS Martino E Monti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781667324-A14761A9V5N02WPK5C25/IMG_9534.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781679911-3C9GC04YNOB01SCHD744/IMG_9536.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781708868-39PSIHSPWJ5BUMTO4RUX/IMG_9716.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - Steps down to the apartments of St Paul, underneath the Basilica of Santa Maria In Via Lata, on the Via Corsica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781710868-7SRO1GROVL3UZO4IK3UJ/IMG_9724.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - Rooms in the apartments with evidence of very early Christian worship. This was a peristyle home and was at street level in the 1st c AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781723243-PPJBNIBQ9TKT2FE5RGTD/IMG_9732.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781722418-8G6YGSJ3F43SKC3WMP6E/IMG_9735.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome - A well in the apartments that still has clear water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781729837-0YXJ6G1AM87BQTQVBD1C/IMG_9768.JPG Blog - Last Day in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761781518241-9EHV05CY2DXKA33UR3KT/915118474307834298.jpg Blog - Last Day in Rome - A small neighborhood parking garage in Rome https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/rome-day-3 monthly 0.5 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/b184ca2d-f6f5-4604-9269-08e40be23bef/IMG_3904.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Make it stand out View of the Forum from Palatine Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780180616-4AZLHGWIKWBO7Q26B4Q2/IMG_9220.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - The colosseum floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780382541-QWP2FSRQEMN25F57YJV8/IMG_3705.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - "triumphal" arch of Titus - celebrating his conquest of Jerusalem. A relief inside the arch depicts roman soldiers carrying away the treasures of the Jewish Temple - used to fund the colosseum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780324580-8CYKPXR5IHAQ8TEO7J5S/IMG_9223.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Soldiers carrying away the Jerusalem Temple treasures in 70 AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780202847-FWVG9AD7AULF2WTWVCHY/IMG_9239.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Basilica of Maxentius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780194248-E0VCK6KXQ81CY8FHR0JL/IMG_9313.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - The inside of the Curia - Roman senate building. The beautiful floor is from a 280's AD renovation of the building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780218534-GILJ8KTX71DDAJAV3DP5/IMG_9345.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - The little church of Santa Maria Antiqua in the forum. 5th c AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780213129-JE5ECULO6Y87CSKTRUQ6/IMG_9351.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Mosaics in the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780223206-696TT43S0KSCW6JY1RNW/IMG_9364.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Nave of the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780231562-9HGIFKG5G2EKH6XIE9ME/IMG_9391.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Private study of Augusta on Palatine Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780242560-5BNY9XIA6HLPHQ4V1T6J/IMG_9395.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - We got the forum very early, by the time we left at 1 pm look at the line!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780248060-LULO88LZ05SG3R0KD6CC/IMG_9402.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Basilical of San Clemente https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780256431-ZLOEP9QKU16YB0H5Y1EK/IMG_9408.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Nave of San Clemente https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780281268-4UO72M3GIHSOU9PD4E0Y/IMG_9923.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - 4th c Church beneath San Clemente https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780282300-A9U91FIT82J1O1EBYIP1/IMG_9963.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780307677-FY4UFT7E5U8407KA6S8U/IMG_9978.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - frescos in the lower church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780297440-LH8TL3DQQ71XOPR6VLSW/IMG_9964.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - 1st C Roman streets beneath the 4th c Church - this is a cultic worship site of the god Mithras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780138790-FIL7EFMC0PMQBWCWIVFG/IMG_0082.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Basilica of St John's Lateran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780114080-4VXTJPMZ4C5ES409EP4V/IMG_0025.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Porta Sancta - holy door - St John's Lateran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780121382-86BT56R8D6KVA91DIK0S/IMG_0030.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Nave of St John's Lateran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780126043-LS6TRJ7M94A79XEHT5HZ/IMG_0038.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780131846-EYMFZ04L86LNVWNCR2R0/IMG_0077+2.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Shelly walking up to one of the massive doors of the basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780267957-OZHFJQZ80B9SUES9E5M4/IMG_9440.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780321444-M5O6T5ZSXTVRUC8ETEH3/IMG_9990.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Lateran obelisk, largest standing in the world. Dates to 1400 BC Karnak Egypt. Brought to Rome for the circus Maximus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780155369-6G9X9PRIJ7V5BI63QEGP/IMG_0140+2.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - most intact and oldest temple in Rome - 2nd century BC Temple of Hercules Victory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780153959-BDPDKGPJ59T1BWFFOHIK/IMG_0150.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Porta Octavia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761780263250-YGML00HLIRXTG2OP5AT6/IMG_9422.JPG Blog - Rome Day 3 - Two gargoyles decorating our apartment building https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/rome-day-2 monthly 0.5 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/e9503c24-2aff-4b1a-b31b-3a0a52012416/IMG_9180.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Make it stand out Tiber River from the Bridge of Angels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779360954-H64FOCNKN1N8R8BFFPVW/IMG_9456.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Vatican Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779363995-UI26LS0KEQ4A0P63BWGJ/IMG_9578.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Pinecone courtyard at the Vatican Museums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779372408-JTZCQ029YPSLHWGGML1U/IMG_9600.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Inscribed cylinder of Nebuchadnezzar II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779377017-XABJP5DL3WQ5OASNXEYR/IMG_9675.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Famous circular staircase at the Vatican Museums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779393006-N657DJ2Q6Z5070KZP02E/IMG_9689.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Entering St Peter's square https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779402318-GY5FTQ5FAB16SD8C9EFN/IMG_9700.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Nave of St Peter's https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779410298-LE1S4PTBUDI6TLH2H65L/IMG_9714.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Baldacchino (canopy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779416118-Q5CG02GXNO5GDCJZWTNR/IMG_9723.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779445052-5L1X5SVA873798UCQ3QC/IMG_9784.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Walking the catwalk around the dome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779429732-C6KR3F5340M5G7SGXYFF/IMG_9769.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Up to the level of the statues that line the top of the portico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779417487-UO8U4FLTH6U5ZZ4UHMI4/IMG_9757.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Crypt below the basilica - tomb of St Peter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779459437-ERTMH2Y4YIRAA88E1VVE/IMG_9809.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - View from the top - after hundreds of steps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779307174-ITYS6UDKFLON1ZL975ZO/IMG_2961.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Castle San'Angelo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779317607-IFMXV98BAELLY54LDO03/IMG_9153.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Fireplace in the castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779327203-JXX4AY9ZNFQ0RF6OODYR/IMG_9156.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - The sarcophagus intended for Hadrian. Castle San' Angelo was to have been his mausoleum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779335110-29L6IMRBJ0TDF45JWDI4/IMG_9159.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - View of St Peter's from the Castle roof https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779340040-210FFXYMW7MUXOM434QK/IMG_9161.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Archangel Michael at the top of the castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779470291-T14RI8K4IRSIGF1R8U2E/IMG_9830.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 - Bridge of Angels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761779477995-9HKKBL1VNGPCCV41AIEV/IMG_9859.JPG Blog - Rome Day 2 https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/rome-day-1 monthly 0.5 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/fca15f20-f2b5-41ac-b73e-65587429588c/IMG_3272.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Make it stand out The Church of Joseph of the Carpenters, built over a chapel that venerated the prison as a place that Paul and Peter were held, built over the Mamertine Prison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778568386-DR9X5ANCNULJ3XX7O1A8/IMG_9122.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - We arrived in Rome and walked the Via Imperiale, seeing the colosseum and the Imperial Fori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778573388-PO6J35UTUCGD8GC4VL6U/IMG_9137.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Imperial for of Nerva and Augusta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778585567-O76RSK8T109U9FIETVU9/IMG_9143.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Trajan's Forum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778520908-785SR443QMKCKRK2UZR5/IMG_3272.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Church of St Joseph of the Carpenters over the Mamertine Prison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778523740-0ABI29C7NM5PCC6QF00E/IMG_3276.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Peter and Paul and the Mamertine Prison in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778620516-JW60K6THAA9XSVE5ZF6S/IMG_9172.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Altar in the first level of the prison, long a site of veneration for Christians https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778613411-2Q3WHHTGQO2PAF8Q42RY/IMG_9167.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Fresco that are still visible in the first level of the prison from a later time when it was used a place of Christian worship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778620670-0Z9UCWSBAE5OJON1L8GG/IMG_9182.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Lower level of the prison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778632254-ZD8XXE1BNJRUSGWOJE8E/IMG_9183.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778633461-J4LKQ0AZ33CL0QZAKH78/IMG_9188.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Chapel above the prison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778657377-C781BB8IJNU59INHH9QQ/IMG_9193.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Nave of the church above the chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778652847-ME7RE2GOBYOJU9S8R5HC/IMG_9194.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Ceiling panel of the holy family that was miraculously intact after the cave in of the Church's roof in 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778598930-G5KCB0WUBG4KWI6UQIJ6/IMG_9149.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Trajan's market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778548903-2PXSBB07NGAMGQJ2ORUS/IMG_8877.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Interior of Trajan's market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778547409-JAKCOOQFBAZ7CKT579ZJ/IMG_8883.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - upper levels of Trajan's market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778560242-NH4DJ2KA3EMPKQ3QYHH8/IMG_8890.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778676286-2QXQDHEJWTVJN58LLHD3/IMG_9365.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Area Largo Argentina - four 2nd c BC temples and the site of the assassination of Julius Caesar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778666924-8I1KVBUH54FXDWGEF2ZK/IMG_9383.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Pantheon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778676766-SOARC5EL8KPMXBA9B6IT/IMG_9415.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Trevi Fountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778691358-DKFKCA1RPOOEHYVC3X28/IMG_9433.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Spanish Steps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761778700696-QKGWM9TTPVGX7Q4TLTHH/IMG_9443.JPG Blog - Rome Day 1 - Colosseum at night https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/siracusa-sicily monthly 0.5 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/f912b6ee-60a2-408d-a445-a657734c3c84/Screenshot+2025-10-20+at+8.37.17%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Make it stand out The ports of Siracusa where Paul’s ship put in for 3 days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774569732-RRF8B4KCZOLKSHFWVCYU/4817124658795256943.jpg Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - The streets of Siracusa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774574132-XWRNRLIDT4AEREM73Y9H/IMG_8564.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774579854-9ANJGNUS61VIJSDXOBOR/IMG_8569.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774590051-MJ36DGTVMIINAPYX5CAN/IMG_8584.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - 2nd c BC Greek theater in the archaeological park at Siracusa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774596656-63QRBJFX8W09X3M2LVIJ/IMG_8613.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774622780-F5SRTN41PTUNQD5WBREL/IMG_8618.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Tombs in the area above the Greek theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774606946-3G8T2IGEWFQY7F0KONQL/IMG_8632.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Looking out at the port from the Greek theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774620240-I9E2OM3JR910WFA8ZF3Y/IMG_8637.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774628753-E6OKYMZI008PJNOT3FKU/IMG_8665.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - In an ancient quarry, the "ear of Dionysus" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774657683-SV9Q6IKHRPGR95P2AX3F/IMG_8683.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - cave left by quarrying https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774643516-SC9LOS1F7DPYO2804P38/IMG_8702.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - largest altar in the ancient world - room for the sacrifice of 100 bulls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774667802-7CTHG5YK59RQHTVUOK19/IMG_8777+2.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Temple of Apollo in downtown Sircusa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774672320-RHFZE63B4TC47J3EZY4M/IMG_8788.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Roman Amphitheater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774683086-EHUOZBKR7SPNDZPKL6XW/IMG_8804.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - By the sea in Siracusa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774696163-B87LDTG6DLQ364A3ONBA/IMG_8819.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774693216-33PI8XYO7KMNN5L6PPTV/IMG_8832.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Jewish mikveh in Siracusa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774716177-FMIVUV1Y0F4V4JUHRP7P/IMG_8834.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - well at the entrance above the mikveh - no pictures were allowed down in the mikveh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774715627-P74X2JL1CJARHISWGIXH/IMG_8839.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Hebrew inscription https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774730452-3VTWBP9Y8O6ASKIAPEVN/IMG_8840.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Objects found in the Mikveh from the time the Jews had to hide their sacred objects, fill in the mikveh with dirt and flee Siracusa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774730944-S6NHKHM82LRO4DY2XRF6/IMG_8865.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Cathedral in Siracusa built into a temple to Athena that dates to the 5th century BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774743814-EYMAEVSJ61TVHY30X10J/IMG_8899.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Nave of the cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774749922-899YA6ONKTLVZYC0F42P/IMG_8903.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - 5th c BC Greek Krater (vessel) used now as a baptismal font https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774756969-JLFHLAT8KI82YHYB9G4E/IMG_8948.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - The columns of the temple are visible in the walls of the cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774763935-CO21E79II2EKPT3ZY4AK/IMG_8972.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774768964-1X5DXVN13YOIRBXQVSTH/IMG_9097.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Hotel Como - a somewhat less than 5 star comedy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774776598-HYJWCYDMOGX6SX5DXBKN/IMG_9102.JPG Blog - Siracusa, Sicily - Hotel Como https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/heraklion-archeological-museum-and-travel-to-sicily monthly 0.5 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/b75140b5-04a2-42b7-b56d-4e69334f9b6c/IMG_8531.JPG Blog - Heraklion Archeological Museum and travel to Sicily - Make it stand out Painted Minoan sarcophagus found at Agi Triada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773951801-9R6541DR8YO5N5GJFHPP/IMG_8117.JPG Blog - Heraklion Archeological Museum and travel to Sicily - portal cooking stove from Phastos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773954212-IVICBXSKQP4VE1ILSK3Z/IMG_8313.JPG Blog - Heraklion Archeological Museum and travel to Sicily - double headed axes from phastos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773962400-92YSOYEBW97H6Y34MTLX/IMG_8339.JPG Blog - Heraklion Archeological Museum and travel to Sicily - Guilded bull vessel from Phastos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773963938-6T649TSJETOZR2LS06HO/IMG_8344.JPG Blog - Heraklion Archeological Museum and travel to Sicily - Woman with snakes figurine from Phastos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773979810-XDCCLHPS5LYKX6AXPC9D/IMG_8489.JPG Blog - Heraklion Archeological Museum and travel to Sicily - decorated jars from Agi Triada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773975984-5DBQ9PKID93YFX13IK4M/IMG_8493.JPG Blog - Heraklion Archeological Museum and travel to Sicily - Weapons from Agi Triada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773997306-IRK6FJX04LHALC2GRZYH/IMG_8531.JPG Blog - Heraklion Archeological Museum and travel to Sicily - Painted sarcophagus from Agi Triada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773989529-8E8P3QRWYWYRNC14VRQ6/IMG_8541.JPG Blog - Heraklion Archeological Museum and travel to Sicily - cultic scene of dancing men in a tholos with the "horns of consecration", found at the tholos tomb of Kamilari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773997843-N3PWUJ2TG9G6EUDVF1ID/IMG_8542.JPG Blog - Heraklion Archeological Museum and travel to Sicily - Cultic scene with a worshiper looking in through the door of a tholos tomb, found at the tomb of Kamilari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774006416-P7MVI4U9G7YTMD3Z0ZG2/IMG_8545.JPG Blog - Heraklion Archeological Museum and travel to Sicily - Minoan worship scene, found at the tholos tomb at Kamilari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774007037-2H6MEL17U7BKTALQOARY/IMG_8548.JPG Blog - Heraklion Archeological Museum and travel to Sicily - vessels that held fluid brought to the tholos tomb for the ancestors, found at Kamilari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774009869-73LUNLOGECL3YFK8TITJ/IMG_8553.jpg Blog - Heraklion Archeological Museum and travel to Sicily - Moasics from Phastos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761774249155-TBSNVVD7VXJV955BOOZQ/IMG_8555.jpg Blog - Heraklion Archeological Museum and travel to Sicily - mosaic from Phastos https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/crete-day-2-minoan-tholos-tomb-ancient-city-of-gortyn-and-minoan-knossos monthly 0.5 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/2f9764a6-47f2-4eb4-b910-f3c283d777ca/Screenshot+2025-10-18+at+8.37.06%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos - Make it stand out Minoan Tholos Tomb, 2000 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773205557-E1CIYJJXN7IALYYJB3D1/IMG_7662.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos - Minoan Tholos tomb at Kamilari, 2000 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773300695-QN5H094S4CCSGPTM9QGL/IMG_8153.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos - small rooms outside of the circular tomb space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773312880-FB3OKVQNMUS93T4XTKX2/IMG_8156.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos - Massive stone as a lintel over the entrance of the tomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773356495-FB0DHZ6H7KNE6AU2ZN2A/Screenshot+2025-10-18+at+8.37.06%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773240009-S6V3TDIDKTHS09VPGJ3C/IMG_7727.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos - The Odeion (council house) at Gortyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773325070-8AMP4G6V1MILPWYBUXRY/IMG_8180.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos - remains of a basilica dedicated to Titus at Gortyn, Crete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773328943-W6O95GWHMQLXYYJYJ06K/IMG_8187.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773341000-1FZHBTT53NWF1JKU237A/IMG_8208.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos - Ancient Greek law code written on the Odeion walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773359569-L7I0SQF4O0Y457K0GMEN/Screenshot+2025-10-18+at+8.44.21%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos - Huge site of a temple to Apollo being excavated at Gortyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773188608-OLZHVV6JZUNJJ3Q3DTVU/3733955542016901133.jpg Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos - statue found nearly complete in the temple of Apollo complex at Gortyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773241392-AR2VCQ7AS0M0IX3C6MIY/IMG_7863.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos - Minoan palace of Knossos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773255706-U1YJQLEGV12C7WWPMJMB/IMG_7906.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773265916-VYOHX413M30VETDK7DR1/IMG_7935.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos - Oldest road in Europe is this 1500 BC Minoan road between Phastos and Gortyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773268751-9H6Q6WD7ZPRD5MLP52VO/IMG_7957.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773286035-PWHEM3EL70UU26Z78BV1/IMG_7993.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773355966-KNQXYOCQOH8ICFK3HFIC/IMG_8408.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos - Nave of the Titus cathedral in Heraklion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773341965-EJZGTTLLDBFE74H1V7FN/IMG_8404.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761773351211-ZWX746K59T0E18V0NQI7/IMG_8421.JPG Blog - Crete Day 2: Minoan Tholos Tomb, Ancient city of Gortyn and Minoan Knossos - Out to dinner in Heraklion https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/crete-day-1-agia-triada-pastos-fair-havens-and-lasea monthly 0.5 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/f28e9b69-de02-4f0e-9f98-1af31330f04e/IMG_7450.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - Make it stand out The harbor at Fair Haven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772611225-70XIP2HOH1N4XKEUZP3F/IMG_7230.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - Agi Triada - Minoan city near Phastos with a smaller palace, more "common man" housing and work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772601970-W5TA48QXFGVB4GLEIH9C/IMG_7237.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772634749-FVYFTM8SJSM3BTW383OV/IMG_7243.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - grand stairs at Agi Triada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772630779-POTLAN3N4XOIZTI4UNUP/IMG_7254.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - Pithoi storage jars at Agi Triada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772648332-2K4ZR0AN40IUI0OT4JY8/IMG_7275.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - rooms that still have some marble wall cladding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772663428-XOOBLVCVQV8RLJQU37QQ/IMG_7281.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - tiny abandon early byzantine church at Agi Triada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772671396-QONFJG43YLP7D6B5VYQH/IMG_7318.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - frescos in the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772688281-BRGZYIOTV7MBJ9FJSD6W/IMG_7323.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772684402-12JHXAEJ83CKT6MUUGDJ/IMG_7327.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772709255-WAL90YCE4CNH7CBHBAO9/IMG_7450.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - The bay at Fair Haven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772727924-E4UJPEV7NY3TIKUZBJCQ/IMG_7528.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - Church above the bay dedicated to St Paul's time here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772710109-3MJ5P3Z4EBRS4AVCZYNJ/IMG_7469.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772733951-6VJ633QTF8WRWZL30P0V/IMG_7513.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - cave near the church where local tradition holds Paul slept https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772748032-8BQW039CYY9TQ7CD47T0/IMG_7594.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - Roman ruins of Lasea near Fair Haven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772753122-VO7W60G9LAWL9EDPR0T3/IMG_7602.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772771659-FUHB6R6WNK6RRA044QDQ/IMG_7612.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772785271-AH99KKYMIJGSKOZGOSOZ/IMG_7619.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - remains of the ancient mole at Lasea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772794844-QZX60HX3RBPLT71XA65U/IMG_7622.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - Lasea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772801288-ZASNB8LRY6VUSFQO97MB/IMG_7965+2.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - Minoan palace at Phastos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772825691-LRZ1Q50V4O1OLK1BCNAH/IMG_7979.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - Grand staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772825034-1WVTD0PR8CJT8IJQ0ZZY/IMG_7988+2.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - massive storage jars in situ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772853398-SDPNQDEGGNOE1GAPKDXL/IMG_8006+2.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1761772852218-A3KA397DXDBP1D30SHAN/IMG_8009.JPG Blog - Crete Day 1: Agia Triada, Pastos, Fair Havens and Lasea - The queens megaton at Phastos https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/malta monthly 0.5 2025-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/2f3cad7d-a602-4227-b16e-d3fd611871a8/Screenshot+2025-10-18+at+8.57.43%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Malta - Make it stand out St Paul’s island in St Paul’s Bay, Malta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885688967-XZROOYN3GDXS2MZ4YLH1/IMG_6873.JPG Blog - Malta - San Pawl Milqi on Malta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885693588-5M72K963QAZZ6E6N6NR9/IMG_6879.JPG Blog - Malta - Agricultural remains at the Roman villa of San Pawl Milqi - the property associated with the son of Publius and on which there has been a church for many centuries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885708389-8V3095SBCTVNHQWLZAR0/IMG_6885.JPG Blog - Malta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885696721-BJMAR9E8VEYR19BSFJLJ/Resized_20251016_092120.JPEG Blog - Malta - Shelly found a seat and cup holder in the basement of the church! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885723714-6R7M0JD9JF2SX0YCO1JP/IMG_6915.JPG Blog - Malta - Example of one of the mysterious Malta cart ruts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885739219-YVP4C7ENZXHDF7KHQPEY/IMG_6949.JPG Blog - Malta - Steps down to the ruins of a roman bath on Malta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885742449-H3EI0B7O06R129JBXVZ4/IMG_7713.JPG Blog - Malta - interior of the ruins of a roman bath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885749434-TN43IH7N4XY0VUF7B5SU/IMG_6994.JPG Blog - Malta - Entrance to St Paul's catacombs in Rabat. Site of some early christian graves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885753925-U6M186G0GUYDSG26RW9P/IMG_7008.JPG Blog - Malta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885760946-Q7EA7OQPQ1UQXUN7PHDH/IMG_7025.JPG Blog - Malta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885776717-7Z8WD5T4EOOSA7WMQNU2/IMG_7115.JPG Blog - Malta - St Pauls grotto, under the cathedral in Rabat. Tradition holds that Paul stayed and taught here during his time on Malta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885766679-60VESYAX01CKVW1K50J3/IMG_7056.JPG Blog - Malta - An entrance to the walled city of Mdina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885787567-VMJ8DLUHWMTX0KHLJDS5/IMG_7136.JPG Blog - Malta - Hagar Qim - one of the megalithic temples of Malta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885799494-74AZKRI6R2W6S3V41DJJ/IMG_7214.JPG Blog - Malta - St John's co - Cathedral, Valletta Malta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760885802999-JKNQ9LOR0YK67NQ5C22G/IMG_7224.JPG Blog - Malta - Shipwreck church of St. Paul at St. Paul's Bay in Malta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760886116775-D1HBB7DD4HNJ98DPHD2X/IMG_7843.JPG Blog - Malta - Medalians on the exterior walls of the church depict the story of Paul's ship wreck https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/kourion-cyprus monthly 0.5 2025-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/11cdc41c-82bb-4baa-88aa-1f60b2a309b5/IMG_7506.JPG Blog - Kourion, Cyprus - Make it stand out The ancient city of Kourion, Cyprus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760761802820-JT1PIC1VGMQ1BE7DRBQB/IMG_7482.JPG Blog - Kourion, Cyprus - Aphrodite's rock (second from right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760761777062-944WVPCK7MBOQR62AU27/IMG_7485.JPG Blog - Kourion, Cyprus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760797695533-E0DYZFDE76VCTKOLC32X/IMG_7501.JPG Blog - Kourion, Cyprus - Kourion: the house of Eustolios https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760797712236-9F7TZ97VDV7332JKKNO6/IMG_6830.JPG Blog - Kourion, Cyprus - private bath in the house of Eustolios https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760797903045-WWA281UIIEWYHOKL7FKS/IMG_7506.JPG Blog - Kourion, Cyprus - dining room in the House of Eustolios, mosaic floor with early Christian symbols and a Christian inscription https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760797914353-UVV3NM9KLGY1T45SNTPS/IMG_6722.JPG Blog - Kourion, Cyprus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760797926349-SEYV4CPBBPL3I1H8HF2J/IMG_7510.jpg Blog - Kourion, Cyprus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760797939845-J0XF89HDIR71MI153V6B/IMG_7573+copy.JPG Blog - Kourion, Cyprus - remains of an early 5th century basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760797948501-6MHSR902SZ3KZ6LWH5TV/IMG_7526.JPG Blog - Kourion, Cyprus - 2nd c BC theater restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760797959850-87VP9NN2HS43VL9JM9JO/IMG_7550.JPG Blog - Kourion, Cyprus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760797979627-BBLRLI1RUTWEBPEIJQMR/IMG_6792.JPG Blog - Kourion, Cyprus - floor mosaic from the house of the gladiators at Kourion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760797984384-06QSZQCSD9AZUMGVUHUS/IMG_7581.jpg Blog - Kourion, Cyprus - public bath complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760797991008-YL67LOB3RG1BRYBY6YXM/IMG_6840.JPG Blog - Kourion, Cyprus - Temple of Apollo Hylates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760797999720-RFQ41M7YRSB3GJS0E5TZ/IMG_7638.JPG Blog - Kourion, Cyprus - Temple complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760798002169-DJF7BVGUCU4L1WDFCIW5/IMG_7654.JPG Blog - Kourion, Cyprus - Boarding for a late flight to Malta - we are getting good at this! https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/paul-and-sergius-paulus-in-paphos monthly 0.5 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/4bfdf926-cca6-4be9-a275-c5751e3bd8d4/Screenshot+2025-10-14+at+9.25.55%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Paul and Sergius Paulus in Paphos - Make it stand out Ancient harbor of Paphos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760500762394-P3PJ6EDK2FYIGKAGK6CB/IMG_7228.JPG Blog - Paul and Sergius Paulus in Paphos - Ancient harbor breakwater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760500756050-JFCJH7L360F5RXF7XX1N/IMG_7473.jpg Blog - Paul and Sergius Paulus in Paphos - Mosaic in the "house of Theseus" which was the domas of the Roman proconsul in the Roman era. Reception hall area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760500788116-8D5USN6HA0NRGW6FZRKV/IMG_7260.JPG Blog - Paul and Sergius Paulus in Paphos - Reception area in the home of the proconsul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760500809665-C8D3QITMTXCS1JC8COKF/IMG_7309.JPG Blog - Paul and Sergius Paulus in Paphos - Odeion at Paphos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760500804170-IFR3KCWF1W5QBG9N0ZBG/IMG_7265.JPG Blog - Paul and Sergius Paulus in Paphos - Archeological park at Paphos, Cyprus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760500846625-SI3CGRX8LGJSP3N5ZMA6/IMG_7358.JPG Blog - Paul and Sergius Paulus in Paphos - Tomb of the Kings - rock cut tomb complexes 3rd c BC to 4th c AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760500872826-SLCQ6W49WBY265RVJOEH/IMG_7360.JPG Blog - Paul and Sergius Paulus in Paphos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760500880726-CWM7399PF5JN00SV21XQ/IMG_7369.JPG Blog - Paul and Sergius Paulus in Paphos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760500881910-WRU5FZ4RBQGWNX8USFT4/IMG_7468.jpg Blog - Paul and Sergius Paulus in Paphos - Paphos harbor at night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760500859248-IK7CTAA1YR9HN6XL2GXO/IMG_7285.JPG Blog - Paul and Sergius Paulus in Paphos https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/we-made-it-to-paphos monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/0cd7dce4-45f9-4c73-a94d-e07465151a70/IMG_7216.jpg Blog - We made it to Paphos! - Make it stand out Landed in Paphos, Cyprus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760413361980-XSSMONGCRCYEAUTN2FME/IMG_6209.JPEG Blog - We made it to Paphos! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760413380336-SIH9612584TVNKLZP1EY/IMG_7210.JPG Blog - We made it to Paphos! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760413390566-GAUKYR0VUZFIY7O8LJMP/IMG_6212.JPG Blog - We made it to Paphos! - getting a head start on Italian pastries at the Rome airport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760413400673-IDXVKI7T0GU8VRJC5QCO/IMG_6211.JPG Blog - We made it to Paphos! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760413415157-94I2THP63YB03IP4R62K/IMG_7215.JPG Blog - We made it to Paphos! - on the tarmac in Paphos, Cyprus https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/bags-are-packed-and-we-are-off monthly 0.5 2025-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/7ea1defc-62de-48e2-a38b-b1d8177e3a32/Screenshot+2025-10-10+at+4.53.47%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Bags are packed and we are off!! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/157d70ea-5d7b-46b0-8e6b-3005fd9d8069/Screenshot+2025-10-10+at+4.53.47%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Bags are packed and we are off!! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/sennacheribs-prism monthly 0.5 2025-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/6af5d4d9-df8f-43cf-a485-b0488de5aa0c/IMG_2721.JPG Blog - Sennacherib’s Prism - Make it stand out Sic sided clay prism with the royal inscription of Sennacherib, in Akkadian cuneiform script. Describes the conquest of Judah and the siege of Jerusalem, saying that Hezekiah was “trapped like a bird in a cage”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760054806467-YQEX6GO8SKB2QRO90UK5/IMG_2647.JPG Blog - Sennacherib’s Prism - Massive winged bull statue, lamassu, found in Assyrian palaces. this one is from Khalhu (Nimrud, near modern Mosul Iraq). On display at the ISAC Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760054802255-NTT7YDUN7735ZAE8BNQ5/IMG_2655.JPG Blog - Sennacherib’s Prism - Example of an Assyrian wall panel. This one from the palace of Sargon at Dur Sharrukin (Khorsabad, Iraq), on display in the ISAC Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760054814976-MTR98JRQJDNVZRV6Y3EI/IMG_0299.JPG Blog - Sennacherib’s Prism - This wall panel depicts Assyrian soldiers marching in the Levant. From the palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, on display in the Vatican Museums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760054826456-KKIESWME0NWRN7PJH6C9/IMG_0294.JPG Blog - Sennacherib’s Prism - More example of Assyrian palace wall reliefs, on display in the Vatican Museums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760054821807-ANI7QHRZ57F0I8FTKSD4/B47CC6B0-3CF7-41B3-86C3-0F10E9A76DE8.JPG Blog - Sennacherib’s Prism - Hezekiah's tunnel, Jerusalem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1760054828852-R48A2JXIBH0B2QMHG1J9/IMG_2270.jpeg Blog - Sennacherib’s Prism https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/demeas-inscription-ephesus-turkiye monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/4ea892e4-8042-471e-bbfa-d210a72e15f5/IMG_6903+2.JPG Blog - Demeas Inscription, Ephesus Turkiye - Make it stand out The word “Christ” in the Demeas inscription at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759590164289-35979N07E9W0G44J7H24/IMG_2233.jpeg Blog - Demeas Inscription, Ephesus Turkiye - Ephesus. Looking down Curetes Street toward the famous Library of Celsus at the end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759590181424-NU5NIKRQM6HVLR2E2C91/IMG_2271.jpeg Blog - Demeas Inscription, Ephesus Turkiye - To the left of the Library are columns that are part of Hadrian's Gate. We are unclear as to whether the Demeas inscription at this gate or at the Hadrian Temple across the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759590157876-3JFS5C46O3LN9MPMZZXN/IMG_2270.jpeg Blog - Demeas Inscription, Ephesus Turkiye - Temple of Hadrian, Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759590171905-RK02T9HPI6AQYOF1DRT5/IMG_6903.JPG Blog - Demeas Inscription, Ephesus Turkiye - The Demeas Inscription. The upper part that formed the cross has long ago broken off and is lost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759590171222-W1XYRB0BQAP083YOR11W/IMG_6903+2.JPG Blog - Demeas Inscription, Ephesus Turkiye - The word "Christ" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759590178425-YCEISUDU0ARX81NJP3ZW/IMG_6687.JPG Blog - Demeas Inscription, Ephesus Turkiye - Nine foot tall statue of Artemis in the Ephesus Archeological Museum. Demeas likely used a similar statue to create his inscription and cross. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/ostia-antica monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/539b9fd0-4239-44a6-90b7-c47ef8482868/Screen+Shot+2022-01-21+at+6.25.25+PM.jpg Blog - Ostia Antica - Make it stand out Ostia Antica, the ancient port of Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009212983-T0TNIN7CRJ4I3O6M26JE/IMG_5254.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - Ostia Antica. Excavations have been going on for over a century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009212919-A6FGGPASS56OCS1PO6O8/IMG_5010.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - The Via Ostiensis (roman road) entering Ostia through the Porta Romana, its western gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009228751-GVB0C9662HV9K4Z706S9/IMG_9166.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009230016-3W0GVQQECYYCH36UIM5M/IMG_5053.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - Entrance to the baths of Neptune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009250886-C14AIWY8S9JEARDEX6LP/IMG_5057.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - Looking down on the mosaic floors of the rooms of the baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009253588-LTCLA73JO8WF5BB68YIJ/IMG_5068.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - A palestra in the middle of the bath complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009571639-KHOODEOZMUJIQF45T2HA/IMG_5164.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009278054-9Q06OSPY5GBMNB008NPB/IMG_0082.jpeg Blog - Ostia Antica - Remains of an early byzantine era church near the theater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009564324-DJTANPIFAH5EE4OXQ5MB/IMG_5174.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009280739-8UF1VN0WM96ROSX2R54K/IMG_0083.jpeg Blog - Ostia Antica - Christian sarcophagus with an early use of the Good Shepherd motif https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009574368-XYVXEIAAP8EUOVXH050K/IMG_5176.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009302339-GJ7QY3LVKYS05IBPCOZD/IMG_5133.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - Ostia Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009596899-CMJL42N8GXQCLQ3G6AYG/IMG_5221.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - Mithraeum - worship place dedicated to the god Mithras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009298534-5RZSCS5UF8IBCBHPA2AI/IMG_5137.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - The Square of the Guilds outside the theater. Meeting places with mosaic floors that describe the function of the guild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009605156-WLLEGMJRVNWM28NXW1IX/IMG_5378.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - Thermopleum - building used as a wine bar and restaurant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009615346-KJ62GNE2PPQEOODD6VH4/IMG_5319.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - bakery - ovens and grain mills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009618010-FPUKNKQDSLVZDVHF2T9K/IMG_5388.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - The Capitoleum - temple to Juno, Jupiter and Minerva. Excavations under the temple have revealed that there had been a temple here since the 7th century BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759010537747-D5CCRHFQ6RC4LKH7G38E/DJI_20241110053149_0012_D.jpg Blog - Ostia Antica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009638665-VQYUW4IH8A4BMHTRK9Q5/IMG_1707.jpeg Blog - Ostia Antica - Basilica Christiana. This is a small part of the complex, which has an apsidal room. Possibly a domestic building with space for Christian worship and training. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759010086684-SAVTUR9DG2OZ0HR963A1/IMG_1707.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - The lintel above the columns has an inscribe Christogram. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1759009637154-KIUF3X5BSASCXH6XP9KH/IMG_5582.JPG Blog - Ostia Antica - Ancient synagogue of Ostia https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/tres-fontaine-rome-italy monthly 0.5 2025-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/914a51e9-93da-499d-a815-ca5ba6f88bca/IMG_1456.JPG Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - Make it stand out Entering onto the grounds of Tres Fontaine Abbey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757778981009-UFKDHR1D24UMVSFBYFPK/IMG_1459.JPG Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - St Benedict encouraging silence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757778469104-H5PFMNCJUWNDW95TB95I/IMG_1463.JPG Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - Entering the Abbey through the arch of Charlemagne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757778482768-WILRTJ22WKD2UDIWOUAG/IMG_1469.JPG Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757778490163-EWJJD0PMTRN73QQH9RW2/IMG_1470.JPG Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - Path to the church of the martyrdom of St Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757778513327-FH0H1SD0SGBU0K94TO1X/IMG_1545.jpeg Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - Roman paving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757778521656-IJDV2ND56PA8CYFQ9ARK/IMG_1473+2.JPG Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - Church of the Martyrdom of St. Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757778540442-4P2DMQSQ60H94SYKES4L/IMG_1478.JPG Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - Edicule over a spring in the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757778533451-ZUD59XA18FLLE1LPSC20/IMG_1560.jpeg Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - All 3 edicules over the springs in the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757778527007-A2KHDKC416ZF619FCYON/IMG_1561.jpeg Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - Looking toward the apse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757778545749-4DFYEHOX0OKSEPCUPD6E/IMG_1555.jpeg Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - Painting in the apse depicting the beheading of St. Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757779035987-KAZ0S0ZMGU1ZEUY76PJH/IMG_1569.jpeg Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - The great Abbey Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757779034560-AMNCYPVUZQ1R4CJL2CRV/IMG_1570.jpeg Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - Stained glass in the abbey church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757779045303-P8OG1Q0BCM81J9VFHWZM/IMG_1574.jpeg Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757779046161-4H9AA9Z7RR4RSRI464CX/IMG_1573.jpeg Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757779072222-5H9VU508J56A06W7FP1U/IMG_6718.jpeg Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - The altar at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, 4 miles from Tres Fontaine Abbey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757779063406-S1FX4BZCCK3BJCJUU6LG/IMG_1428.JPG Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - Going below the level of the floor and the altar, which was built over the tomb of St. Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757779080114-OROZX4YMDUHA9I5SIISS/IMG_1423.JPG Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757779110796-X05QN2MNZBOI7NY6RVB3/IMG_1425.JPG Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy - There is an area of glass where you can look down into the underground area of St Paul's sarcophagus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757779124720-P3JSJOU31U96YXWFISIU/IMG_1426.JPG Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757779135249-OKFRR2LWEFTBH1JQHKL0/IMG_1427.JPG Blog - Tres Fontaine, Rome Italy https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/roman-road-between-alexandria-troas-and-assos-turkiye monthly 0.5 2025-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/47974433-354a-4e08-8743-138aa833f611/IMG_0102.JPG Blog - Roman Road between Alexandria Troas and Assos, Turkiye - Make it stand out A Stretch of republican era roman road between Assos and Alexandria Troas, walked by the Apostle Paul. The acropolis of Assos can be seen in the background on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757210432498-KJ36OE8NJIBOIL9Y8OKA/IMG_5696.JPG Blog - Roman Road between Alexandria Troas and Assos, Turkiye - Paving dates to at least 2nd c BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757210429551-EWS8Y97CWAFHNX3MXNQS/IMG_5697.JPG Blog - Roman Road between Alexandria Troas and Assos, Turkiye - Area of road degraded and stones harvested for other purposes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757210466145-QITW5OZF86BVTPGH9YOU/IMG_5700.JPG Blog - Roman Road between Alexandria Troas and Assos, Turkiye - A fork in the road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757210462608-P8BORTRF0IUB3M0CI7NB/IMG_5706.JPG Blog - Roman Road between Alexandria Troas and Assos, Turkiye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757210555271-BRK49IIG1VWJL6MIT826/IMG_5708.JPG Blog - Roman Road between Alexandria Troas and Assos, Turkiye - One branch led to the western gate of Assos and one branch to the harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757210469297-KIAS8PU40QB9K5DDISQV/IMG_5710.JPG Blog - Roman Road between Alexandria Troas and Assos, Turkiye - Anatolian shepherd dogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757210474128-Y72TG2GML379MLTBA7VL/IMG_5712.JPG Blog - Roman Road between Alexandria Troas and Assos, Turkiye - They convinced us to leave the road and run up the hill!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757210575999-XTDKUDZD13SGFNCTU7E9/IMG_5716.JPG Blog - Roman Road between Alexandria Troas and Assos, Turkiye - Our group standing on the ancient pavement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1757210585219-97ROO3JFB5YZKV2B9PG1/IMG_3471.jpeg Blog - Roman Road between Alexandria Troas and Assos, Turkiye https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/the-church-of-mary-at-ephesus monthly 0.5 2025-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/b631e972-9fdd-4e04-8929-def01103a419/IMG_5143.JPG Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - Make it stand out The Church of Mary at Ephesus, possible site of the 3rd ecumenical council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573292818-BIYZUD5AXHBB6HVK0B4D/IMG_5118.JPG Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - Nearby harbor baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573293504-GIVCMI22YKIW0OAY8YFQ/IMG_5121.JPG Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - Side view of the length of the Church of Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573328319-6MBSK2ZBNDYKMSFZBY3P/IMG_5125.JPG Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - Approaching the church from the back, behind the apse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573327359-71WA1PTJLPOUA0742U8O/IMG_2393.jpeg Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - Apse of the church with nearly intact synthronon (stepped seating area for the bishops) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573360399-116YKEGZRKBOLH7AHQ51/IMG_1865.jpeg Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - Modern metal cross on the ancient apse wall in commemoration of a visit by a modern day pope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573359016-TZAUCVI9G0IPFFVEEV82/IMG_5144.JPG Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - Standing in the nave looking toward the apse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573512102-HRZ1GLK02IBERBDRP0A9/IMG_2405.jpeg Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573393733-B7417FYWSJYTGNDK3Y2W/IMG_5133.JPG Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - Large fountain basin repurposed from the sacred agora of Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573483037-VTN1FTONN7TK6X5J2BCD/4459d1a3-48e6-4b37-83e1-9ef8de4799d1.JPG Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - Octagonal baptistery room in the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573388301-EZQCHR3Z07LXFK81O43W/IMG_2403.jpeg Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573562060-PLZE7QUF0IL5QJQAJBDR/IMG_5148.JPG Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - immersion pool in the center of the baptistery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573418685-QRCXX2FNAJ1AZYQP9EOD/IMG_5134.JPG Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573611853-XUTGMJ2BPKXQGTIT5T04/IMG_5140+2.JPG Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - steps are reminiscent of a mikveh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573444325-7K1FMBHLX7YBPLYZHW8K/IMG_5135.JPG Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - Pillars are from the 5th century AD renovation of the church into a cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573619165-XAG95RGDZKA4K78AV14F/IMG_2412.jpeg Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573453540-NEXRIVH6UDLS3ZLLTP7C/IMG_2408.jpeg Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573643208-45U1IK25TWHPSNB45XBW/IMG_2404.jpeg Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573653704-XFSNW5E45NBWZ7ZNUN5W/IMG_2398.jpeg Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - niches off of a side isle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573665152-KFHYYFBKEX4B45G1DKBA/IMG_5130.JPG Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - Standing in the nave, looking toward the harbor baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1756573665150-AJGQGL2QK56ZFEOAUAZN/IMG_5156.JPG Blog - The Church of Mary at Ephesus - nearby gymnasium -looks like new excavations happening https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/theater-at-corinth monthly 0.5 2025-08-23 https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/patmos-greece monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/d1b3aa0c-0f35-4085-9498-bd4e0bdd4e98/HigherGroundDrone-2.jpg Blog - Patmos, Greece - Make it stand out Patmos, Greece. Monastery of St. John the Theologian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755356582838-97XE45RTA5ZPZSYCG9BF/IMG_5213.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - This year we took a ferry from Kusadasi Turkiye to Samos and then a hydrofoil to Patmos. This is the Harbor at Samos, where in Acts 20 we read that Paul "touched at Samos". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755356585667-T224NQUGBOHLLXZZU9RY/IMG_5208.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - Harbor at Samos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755356588806-WMQMKIBYE8CII2RJ6HPY/IMG_5206.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - Monument to Pythagoras who was from Samos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755356601801-YMC7OYUPWPVT4465FO6J/IMG_0515.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - Patmos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755356604963-VTI69VQA62G3WVDL4HRJ/IMG_0488.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - Patmos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755356611956-1UQOAM25GEOGOZBOZE02/IMG_0521.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - Looking up at the Monastery of St John the Theologian from the road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755357118868-MZORFPOM6LVFCEXCQW43/IMG_0437.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755356632734-DGGXBITBW2PLNHPMPQRN/IMG_4031.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - One of the monks paused for a picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755357113851-YCKYCYBXF9TMMR3P6MNC/IMG_0476.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - Bell tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755356633720-K7IGNMVG9BM0YVEVYWIU/IMG_0422.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - Walking up to the monastery entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755357131671-SMFXLX79M3P606QAZAUR/IMG_0447.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - Beautiful mosaics and frescos outside the monastery chapel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755356646025-8PTHVC8M2SDP4IBW41V9/IMG_0428.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - Entrance to the monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755357131587-2F8MO1LEN9Y76WTRJEIB/IMG_0471.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - The original kitchen of the monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755356643956-PYN3Q2T1N74P80QGX37W/IMG_0483.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - Courtyard in the monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755357141529-P3BP1XPHMHG32PSSSQWQ/IMG_0467.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - wooden trough where bread dough was kneaded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755357153247-V1GV3TX6AMHD96CNLROZ/IMG_0492.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - Path to the cave of the apocolypse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755357580681-PHIRW209I49MBMT7JCM0/IMG_4009.jpg Blog - Patmos, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755357155117-TGG4VNHE68S4N0P8A4Y1/IMG_0501.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece - Mosaic above the entrance to the building that protects the cave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755357596107-PFE4JVC6HCFPZEZZ7F39/IMG_3201.jpeg Blog - Patmos, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755357182515-9AAORLMBWD3SR4GWW074/IMG_3204.jpeg Blog - Patmos, Greece - On the left if the human built portion of the chapel of Mary and on the right is the natural cave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755357595520-ZOE5KO6R91WRZROIL4BH/IMG_0526.JPG Blog - Patmos, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755357157593-NC11R66MNWM9SYA02NZX/c296d021-122d-492c-a6b0-fd25a2344868.jpg Blog - Patmos, Greece - One of the monks tending to the chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1755357179119-YBO53T4WATUQD32PP0GC/IMG_3198.jpeg Blog - Patmos, Greece - Interior of the cave https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/mouth-of-the-lion-harbor-miletus-turkiye monthly 0.5 2025-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/bbee5d5c-16c9-4b8c-99a0-12d412971ea6/IMG_5015.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Make it stand out The Roman style theater, built 250 - 225 BC, at Miletus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754767635933-2D2RDK652RGBKQAO1F7M/IMG_4937.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Cavea of the theater at Miletus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754767630407-YHO19NG5VD4IA020EFRM/IMG_4931.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Inscribed theater seat: "Place of the Jews who are also called God-fearing" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754767642921-TABEA0O7FUELMBCBX8N2/IMG_6962.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Harbor monument https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754767663154-CGO6HHSN21MID5YMNJ75/IMG_4952.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Looking down on the open flat area that was the mouth of the Lion Harbor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754767959948-Y9HFNVJXQ5LTNMP3J6WU/IMG_4991.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Bouleuterion (council house) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754767685102-TKQKK6UIJU7ZZYAW6A69/IMG_4956.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Remains of the lion statue at the mouth of the harbor on the west. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754767950505-PVFMJMWWITLXWTK3GBDP/IMG_4988.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Ancient paving that was likely the site of an imperial cult altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754767698368-VE0H7114BD9SP9FBE3Z3/IMG_4955.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - There was another lion statue on the east and a chain could be drawn between them to protect the harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754767978228-8QGPBXCB4GFBCO5HO2Z5/IMG_4986.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Foundation remains of the great Miletus market gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754767712882-FGRZ1LIEMOUW6O9GANEI/IMG_4962.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Ionic stoa on the processional way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754767963938-Y1A6RX2W5HVKLWTE42NQ/IMG_4996.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Relief of Helios in the temple of Serapis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754767983440-EC2ORGFNE6D7WDWU9TAK/IMG_5003.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Entering the baths of Faustina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754768015681-N7OH9LJCK5RXS6O7NMZ4/IMG_5009.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Lion statue in the Baths of Faustina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754768015637-2QJHASH0YBXJAADUQDBR/IMG_5012.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Statue of the River god Meander in the baths of Faustina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754768035140-BFUKOLP3GYA2WR36F0M3/IMG_5014.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye - Apodyterium - dressing rooms - of the baths of Faustina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754768027431-1XAJGBWVJZIDQ531ML06/IMG_4924.JPG Blog - Mouth of the Lion Harbor, Miletus Turkiye https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/pergamum-turkiye monthly 0.5 2025-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/a381e76f-aaad-4555-9e41-9db5a786ae80/IMG_6380.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - Make it stand out Theater at Pergamum. The steepest in antiquity, with a capacity of 10,000 people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754170814411-JW72J289MLS5X1WWSQZM/IMG_6370.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - The foundation of the 2nd c BC altar to Zeus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754170817431-7YN0FBFP4ZSGGC0ZNOEN/IMG_6366+2.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - The rest of the altar is on display at the Berlin Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754170828991-HSWFTJ9H04POH1AY5FDB/IMG_6378.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - Looking down from the theater at the Temple of Dionysus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754170849093-41UBY18LIJ11NBC7VFBY/IMG_6382.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - Standing at the bottom of the theater in the stage area looking up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754170846261-487UZN4CJZRUTV6AMD3X/18281ecd-e0ca-48ea-9fd0-e384d519a6b1.jpg Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - Sub structure of supporting arches at the acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754170861215-APSKM0QN1BR6VBLTL7ZO/IMG_3213.jpeg Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - Temple of Trajan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754170877048-D0IZAR4Q52FNZF953JQQ/IMG_5409.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - The original road descending from the acropolis to the lower terraces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754170889671-KGN4HRXF6WDQ9SSCV35V/IMG_5415.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754170891854-HQ7JKEAZVAU95XZKD7T7/IMG_5419.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - Looking up at the theater from the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754171454925-BQF4KWN38AUW9ZOBPHH3/IMG_5425.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - Remains of supporting arches of a bath structure on a lower terrace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754171475999-OZRIC6YCAYZCZHQAS6EX/IMG_5426.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - Water channels and cisterns are scattered throughout the lower terraces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754171473769-LOLRJ5C04DV6RO5FEQ85/IMG_5428.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - Cultic theater and worship space in a less prosperous part of the city on a lower terrace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754171491164-XXBTH35RN2XWXNYSVL6G/IMG_5430.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754171505682-NUZ4MBAWGRGVC90HG08Z/IMG_5441.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - Remains of a Temple to Demeter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754171517803-W228X89QHJCWGUT5Z0FF/IMG_5443.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - Looking on a massive gymnasium (and some temple remains) that spanned 3 terraces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754171520568-AZ50QP8J80EHPB6B6IY8/IMG_5445.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1754171534655-I5HJKMUVJIODBG4ZH8V1/IMG_5452.JPG Blog - Pergamum, Turkiye - Look up the original road, walking back to the acropolis https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/the-fountain-of-peirene-corinth monthly 0.5 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/c6a66e83-aa04-4137-abce-00f3cbd7dd8a/IMG_4194.JPG Blog - The Fountain of Peirene, Corinth - Make it stand out Fountain of Peirene, Corinth https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/perges-north-west-city-gate monthly 0.5 2025-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/d47160a7-e45e-43e2-87b8-ab7692deae11/IMG_4499.jpg Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - Make it stand out Perge north west city gate. Exit out to the necropolis and the Via Sebaste which Paul and Barnabus would have followed through the Taurus Mountains and on to Pisidian Antioch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752936920294-5610CMSLMPMRUW40OFQB/IMG_4448.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - Perge. Looking toward the stadium and theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752937131006-58DZ7BFHJRV8JIGA7VQV/IMG_4461.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - Roman era triumphal arch southern gate, 121 AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752936943044-IT2M960NYOP55OI8NENK/IMG_4466.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - 3rd c BC hellenistic gates and walls that Paul and Barnabus would have walked through after arriving from Cyprus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752937000405-3RZ0FO7ZQ2PF29AT48XT/IMG_4480.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - Water channel running the length of the north - south road through Perge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752937110525-2NY59VNNC7FL9FRHBWZC/IMG_4491.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - Hadrian's nymphaeum at the north end of the city. Reclining river god cestrus. Sending water throughout the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752937801515-GGYANXZM39LYTKF9GO3F/IMG_4494.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - Looking south from the fountain. We've heard there are plans to get water running through the fountain again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752937806363-VQUIL30ZS3NJNT9KFY5V/IMG_4499.jpg Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - The north-west city gate at the west end of the main east west road. Exiting to the Via Sebaste and north toward Pisidian Antioch. You can see the 4 large bases for the triple gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752937795321-CL2BAPC36N2T2NNS7IPW/IMG_4502.jpg Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - NW gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752937803221-ORW8XPU4S4GDJ44V6BRX/IMG_4507.jpg Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - Looking through the gate toward what was the necropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752938120686-MWLG0FIGGX8UNBI7VOBQ/IMG_4504.jpg Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - Standing in the gate looking into the city. The Nymphaeum of Caracalla is directly ahead. This is a later structure (200's AD) and we do not know what is underneath it from Paul's era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752938122762-QVAQWSHNIWFHQ7KJ2JY6/IMG_4510.jpg Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - Also very close the north gate are the north baths which have not been excavated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752938138918-A9F055UQLGTY91PPN1KV/IMG_4513.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - Caracalla nymphaeum and the baths behind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752938469760-FHJF0N49U5Y4SPCBP7EF/IMG_4516.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - steps entering the north baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752938879071-GAM7IWYPSNDXAB08L4YL/IMG_4526.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752938696266-3KYWTAM7PT6ESOYGUUV1/IMG_4526.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - Looking down on the peristyle courtyard of the baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752938775727-R4DDG50T8R6FE4QSKZSH/IMG_4526.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752938742285-3G898OWNAOWTMYPRM22R/IMG_4519.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - Ruins of the north baths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752938728598-EW5JLKDXEMWA5N8GZO1B/IMG_4525.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752938757795-XX5LO7GC3Y6HYDA0G254/IMG_4529.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - Looking east down the main east west street. On the left are the remains of the front wall of a palaestra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752938888033-QDGHTMFITZK4FS501VJ4/IMG_4540.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - mosaic tile floors of the shops along the east - west street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752938777310-EBKFK4LFDQLT6WZFVJBD/IMG_4534.JPG Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752938880688-PYOX7YVC9N2UC6I5R2SL/IMG_4540+2.jpg Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate - mosaic tile floors in the shops along the east - west street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752938769915-TPL71I4U9T1OK8AI5JUI/IMG_4535.jpg Blog - Perge’s North West City Gate https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/kelsey-museum-of-archeology monthly 0.5 2025-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/c1eda9c2-2ada-4060-b1dd-2de19c5ed07d/IMG_7654.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - Make it stand out Psidian Antioch is the site of an early expedition of Francis W. Kelsey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752326912697-8DA0DAXMCBSV508SBVT6/IMG_6715.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of of Michigan, Ann Arbor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752326906648-QSB9G1473YMKQ5FCUU0B/IMG_6596.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - Royal seal of Darius the Great of Persia (Ezra 6, Daniel 6) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752326914537-0H4ME2V2818C3VZ2NXR4/IMG_6704.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - Gran mill from Pompeii Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752326919633-UJ9QMSZ3ZCQO64BQEAYE/IMG_6637.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - First c BC wine casks from Puteoli, Italy (Acts 28) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752326927668-F0Q87N1DSVXHRF3HC4RK/IMG_6700.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - Puteoli funerary urn "for the deserving who lived for 13 years and 3 months and 1 night". Metal straps that clamp the lid on are still in place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752326921519-4NW6VD8N4CNE1GZQ9K2P/IMG_6700+2.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - The childish appearance of the winged head is a reminder that this is the funeral urn of a young person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752327357816-WNWLPA822X8D0PTC1GIF/IMG_7495.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - Ruins of the triple gate at the city of P. Antioch, visit in 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752326937920-2DCJS8MZKDGNGD9WE5S8/IMG_6665.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - Fragments of a votive Steele from Psidian Antioch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752327354417-1B9WE7MQFD9HL5OMPR36/IMG_6673.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - Mosaic tiles from an early byzantine basilica in the city of P. Antioch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752326937306-SW9JVORJ1Y58XAPJPVNU/IMG_6680.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - A fragment of the inscribed Res Gestate (life and accomplishments) of Caesar Augustus at the temple of Augustus in Psidian Antioch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752327360972-YFL25DTP0T9MKHIMC05B/IMG_6681.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - Marvel decoration from the sanctuary of Men at P. Antioch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752326945574-7ONW6TMMBN4OWVP18HLG/IMG_6683.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - Model of the Augustus temple in Psidian Antioch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752327365827-YPQGF47G00EJB0HW8BPJ/IMG_6670.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - Fragment of bowl, early 1st century, P. Antioch. The image of a man rowing / fish in the water. Scholars say this could refer to dionysos god of wine or Christian disciples as fishers of men. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752326952200-3PMOCEF9VPZ3TNYNKN6I/IMG_7654.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - Photo of the Augustus temple in Psidian Antioch from visit in 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752327372836-HOMT0BX72B197B3SV3F5/IMG_2715.jpeg Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - polished copper mirror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1752326958702-1QP9KMN407BNC0SXLS4J/IMG_6667.JPG Blog - Kelsey Museum of Archeology - Early 20th century artist's rendering of the triple gate at the city of Psidian Antioch. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/assos-asia-minor-turkiye monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/3f3b3b1b-f074-4201-ac27-7bbf8eda256c/Screenshot+2025-07-04+at+9.03.44%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - Make it stand out View of the Assos acropolis, slopes, city walls and port https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751648222134-2LP72H07YACA3BMLPKKE/IMG_5486.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - The Assos harbor at night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751648221888-COPXD0CJGQDPKB2J7H9U/IMG_5570.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751648278083-83KBB3F5PP7OR7ZHH3AH/IMG_5557.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - Temple to Athena, 530 BC. 6 of 38 doric columns standing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751648276954-YU2U2S2LSLRRGZK5HY3W/IMG_5567.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751648330741-HATO64F5XM2BR759ULNJ/IMG_5568.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - Quite a bit of the 4th c BC hellenistic walls remain, including some towers and gates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751648333065-JHY95KSP0PZOZZELEZL8/IMG_5575.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - Looking down into remains of a tower and wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751649433144-N27QA8FOD3STR0Q7AXOR/IMG_5632.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - South stoa: the basement floor was a cistern, 2nd and 3rd floors were warehouses and shops, the 4th floor opened directly out to the agora. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751648397188-50DVXUROJKXNUS1YQRKK/IMG_5600.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - Looking up toward the acropolis from the north agora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751649432313-G68KQVYEA7YUO74UY7AK/IMG_5635.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - A glimpse of the bath structure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751648371048-NRMVK8Y7HM72UKRAI17H/IMG_5615.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - Stoa of the north agora. Multi-story structure. What we see here is the 2nd c BC stoa. Under the floor remains of the 4th c BC have been found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751649456336-G29MW27EITF45B8C7BG6/IMG_5638.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - Looking down onto the theater from the south terrace / south agora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751648386425-MU0WV8U2Q3VR7PTOX9PY/IMG_5618.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - Closer look at the columns supporting the stoa. Holes in the walls are where supporting structure for the 2nd story were inserted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751649468483-OHO5RO9ZG06SY892667W/IMG_5644.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - remains on the south terrace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751648398818-1IKP134VC3IAPJYDU898/IMG_5589.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - A temple in the north agora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751649491750-1CS6UO8LXWUDA4A0S9RD/IMG_5649.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - original paving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751650383607-7RI9I8XIH16E44LPEOJQ/IMG_5690.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - Just outside the gate to the archeological site, a few sheep being herded by car! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751649484915-2IGY52SIX59J9RI9N3FX/IMG_5651.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - Entrance to the gymnasium. In the early byzantine era, a church was created within this structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751650389621-0BUKZ68VWCBVAFQILBDQ/Screenshot+2025-07-04+at+9.06.28%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - acropolis of Assos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751649526451-SDJK9VVYKO6U0EENHT58/IMG_5658.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - A guest house just inside the west gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751649527196-W59L137O1J7M3IN3GXRE/IMG_5659.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - The west gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751649541209-Y1KZPL6WP07YEB0VUVYQ/IMG_5670.JPG Blog - Assos, Asia Minor (Turkiye) - The west necropolis. Assos was famous for andesite stone sarcophagi known to decompose bodies quickly. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/basilica-of-santa-pudenziana-rome-italy monthly 0.5 2025-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/b8b646f2-3b57-459e-91b2-8ef83fb35772/IMG_6388.jpg Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy - Make it stand out Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751134889265-C7R8770I2G7HKTC9PHQQ/IMG_9928.JPG Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy - The uppermost triangular pediment is a fading fresco of Christ glorified and surrounded by worshipping angels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751134888963-XCD31M0N9FLKRXZEZ1TF/IMG_6350.jpg Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751134891482-B7AZEWMMP5JHURBILTAU/IMG_9937.JPG Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy - The frieze above the doorway is from the 11th century and has 5 medallions, left to right: St Pastor, St Pudenziana (daughter of Pudens), Lamb of God, St Praxedes (daughter of Pudens), and Pudens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751134890743-L7LSS43J1AMKEL0PGSMV/IMG_9937+2.JPG Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy - The inscription around Pudens: I ask you holy Pudens, you who inspires, purge our offenses. This kind and modest one teaches the way to the heavenly stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751134892326-O6YRRAH4N4UCLWU52PCX/IMG_6376.jpg Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751134897840-P08TUEI51CB7FTOZM8HK/IMG_9951.JPG Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy - Two set of steps, left and right of center, wind down to the level of the church and courtyard from a gate above at street level https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751134897804-IKCUXO3FMBES5RJLBG9Q/IMG_9961.JPG Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy - The central nave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751135731874-FCZ1HQN9JNXUUQ6VTU4M/IMG_9964.JPG Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy - The apse with it's 390 AD apse mosaic, the oldest apse mosaic in Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751135731696-9GE6NM4S2S0BOBTIR9M9/IMG_9974.JPG Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy - Chist and apostles. The apostles have been restored over the centuries. Jerusalem in the background. Christ's artistic depiction is so old that is most closely aligns with early catacomb paintings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751135736411-YTJ9VGJFI08NQTVO3Z91/IMG_0005.JPG Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy - Remnants of the 2nd c bath complex can be seen in the walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751135736509-O7X1H82MXXGTLE7I817X/IMG_9990.JPG Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy - The Chapel of St Peter. Statues of Christ handing Peter the keys to the church. The altar encloses a portion of the altar table said to have been used by Peter when staying in Pudens home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751135739618-LE6WHZNR1RDGAWE6CNIU/IMG_9992.JPG Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751135740743-V6RLYKSIH2B4S5FYN02G/IMG_9980.JPG Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy - Capped well that the daughters of Pudens used to preserve and conceal the bones and bodies of Christian marytrs in Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751135743656-5BHFTXSLRP3XKYJTPXOE/IMG_9984.JPG Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy - the funerary chapel of the Caetani family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1751135744654-9VSJFM94JKQWXI992W3P/IMG_9984+2.JPG Blog - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome Italy - Marble relief of the adoration of the magi. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/laodicea monthly 0.5 2025-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/e1577a34-cb8a-4f51-a676-6566db3d7987/Screenshot+2025-06-19+at+8.12.25%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Blog - Laodicea - Make it stand out Laodicea, Turkiye. Syria Street running East / West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472516150-1UMLGGGUBBVX7LQC8QH1/IMG_4853.JPG Blog - Laodicea - The grand propylon, one of 3 entrances to the north agora. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472520537-RMH05YH0EN4VIIWU38SJ/IMG_4855.JPG Blog - Laodicea - Stadium Street, running north / south https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472534827-ZHBTD8CLEI5LO10Y5XU1/IMG_4860.JPG Blog - Laodicea - Mosaic floor in a building along stadium street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472533649-59IQVCOR8TA1BEYG9JKQ/IMG_4865.JPG Blog - Laodicea - Trajan nymphaeum at the south end of the western portico of Stadium Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472557418-7B2LZJZ9J6KN0IB2NONZ/IMG_4878.JPG Blog - Laodicea - The Nymphaeum had a semicircular pool below the statuary and a paved courtyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472803683-AU4GV372H8523AP5FWZB/Screenshot+2025-06-19+at+8.10.38%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Blog - Laodicea - The Grand West Theater at Laodicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472556086-A8RR7YQGVEH50LQAZQTU/IMG_4870.JPG Blog - Laodicea - Trajan is 10 ft tall, crouching below is a Dacian captive. An inscribed Water Law was found here - interesting in view of the water imagery in the letter to the church at Laodicea in Revelation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472804636-RMAFBRYGYZBHXAA6J7C9/IMG_7139.JPG Blog - Laodicea - The greek style north theater at Laodicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472565354-6EEIN4U7A2RRYBW0PSL4/IMG_4907.JPG Blog - Laodicea - Christian graffiti at Laodicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472824093-UOHMX6JRF0TJDFCXX7H6/IMG_7143.JPG Blog - Laodicea - Peristyle home with house church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472581410-GQARNGNRPZD3HXVRU75F/IMG_4908.JPG Blog - Laodicea - graffiti at Laodicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472820564-V2QY53RAWKN5VSGSLA9W/IMG_7127.JPG Blog - Laodicea - Apsidal assembly hall in the house church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472585726-LCKPO3FCLBVMERJWWPSV/IMG_4904.jpeg Blog - Laodicea - not sure what this is...not quite a menorah?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472830111-VO69I1JD9EXUCWVH0BL9/IMG_7106.JPG Blog - Laodicea - Early 4th century church at Laodicea. Looking down the nave toward the main apse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472836539-R21ME9KI3SFGBFXUX2BN/IMG_7115.JPG Blog - Laodicea - main apse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472840076-9J0P95Z5MQPVN2396TUV/IMG_7118.JPG Blog - Laodicea - cruciform baptistery at Laodicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1750472838778-QDVGFJ783U5I112PBMOE/Screenshot+2025-06-19+at+8.11.35%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Blog - Laodicea - Overhead view of the peristyle home with house church https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/the-city-of-nicea-and-the-1700th-anniversary-of-the-nicene-creed monthly 0.5 2025-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/59a56838-4087-418d-9f12-ed3e9e8f92aa/Screenshot+2025-05-16+at+10.15.37%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - Make it stand out The roman north city gate of Nicea (modern day Iznik Türkiye) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749906818469-JCCVY6CTPR5LPZJ74LU8/IMG_2934.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - The north gate is actually a triple gate and the middle gate is a triple arch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749906833893-D6ML4GEHO7AK3VNIQUWL/IMG_0855.jpeg Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - Excavations of the gates have gone down to the level of the roman road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749906850340-RQ0UZO0HA0ZDH40YLTCP/IMG_2951.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - Two theater mask column decorations from the Roman theater in Iznik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749906861096-4UZB124NUPO6JX3HDYHO/IMG_3003.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - Walking between sections of the double walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749906863363-BIERPQ4NHN0JJMQ1TATR/IMG_3014.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - This business is at the old walls - this gentleman shaves and dries wood used for cotton candy sticks and ships all over the world!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749906832978-O7I0XRKENKXDISH8Q9DH/Screen+Shot+2025-06-03+at+8.43.00+AM.jpeg Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - The Aya Sophia of Iznik. The church has been rebuilt many times and is now a mosque. The 1st council of Nicea was held here in 787AD. The building now sits below the level of the modern road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749906896421-VGNJRZHS5P1Y0HCZATJE/IMG_3315.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - The apse and synthronon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749906890320-UEMNKL013GSOIG0GPB6Q/IMG_3338.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - Faded Christian frescos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907130345-4M9T1XXTDZJDJACIU8EL/IMG_3127.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - The east city gate, the Lefke gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749906913327-H5RCV5XLM4WA37FAFRCJ/IMG_1310.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - More faded frescos - this is likely a deisis scene - Christ flanked by Mary and John the Baptist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749906916628-BPX417YOLTJPM8WO8NIY/IMG_3023.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - Exterior to the building are remains of older iterations - including some mosaic flooring still partially intact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907129987-OYB9TDDDU0VY6IBU8E43/IMG_3123.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - remains of a raised aqueduct outside the east gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907146149-7FMVLZ9K3QKBPY1AJAQ0/IMG_3147.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - Lefke gate and roman road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907144348-O6KU9KBVJ08HLI2MVH9T/IMG_2968.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907172370-KZHZVMZ5LI6OYC81TYIH/IMG_3102.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - remains of one of over 25 early byzantine churches in Nicea - the Koimeses Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907174384-7AIK50VT9HWJYLDL38S3/IMG_3112.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - Walking down to an area that was the baptistery of the Koimeses Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907179053-QJYU9ITRLKQM353AXI21/IMG_3115.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - Baptistery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907188984-GAH577C316A56IGCO12R/IMG_3277.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - Iznik Museum: an ambon (lectern of a choir loft) from the Koimeses church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749910549006-EKLKM39HDTCAYYOQQ7UQ/DJI_20250516072217_0028_D.jpg Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - View of the foundations of the early 4th century AD basilica now in the waters of Lake Iznik. A likely place for the 1st council of Nicea in AD 325. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907186111-OEAU74QQNDQSQNDOPDSL/IMG_3239.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - Iznik Museum: pilgrim's stamp or token found in the underwater excavations at the basilica. 5th or 6th c AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749910550051-HGOPX3L76YHTKXTOGHTS/DJI_20250516072142_0027_D.jpg Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - The underwater basilica at Nicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907379425-5LNHUJW7OM3XBB4MB1QL/IMG_3262.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - Iznik Museum: re creation of a hypogeum style Christian tomb outside of Iznik. Late 4th early 5th c AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907360576-YO5Z3WK7J0VV8DDL00DG/IMG_3429.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - We went looking for the hypogeum tomb in the countryside around Iznik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907376859-5TOM8AY5AN2U9U8FQ58D/IMG_3432.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - The tomb is covered by a shed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907403879-76XNDA2DWFHXWS1KYM32/IMG_3434.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - We got into the shed, but the tomb now has a locked steel door with now window or view point. You can see some fresco painting on the remains of an original pillar outside the tomb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907403497-5GDVPOXMX1S8AGTCSHKW/IMG_3435.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - hypogeum tomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907590156-8GORTN8MODO65EG0BNYD/IMG_2998.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - One more photo of the oldest parts of the Nicea walls - some of these massive block have greek inscriptions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907414828-OY3YLPRN2L8QMH0SWNON/IMG_3442.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - We also went exploring the olive grove roads looking for this obelisk that was once a marker on an important road between Nicea and Nicomedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907581947-U9Q4WMX5DNJAYP6XLBW8/IMG_3041.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - The vaults of the theater at Nicea were used as ceramic tile kilns in the early byzantine period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907420344-5U00JDRH0IM8D631PUVQ/IMG_3455.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - Decorative elements of the C Cassius Philiscus obelisk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907593387-XPP9E7OZT6T5OB48T44M/IMG_3082.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - The roman theater at Nicea (Iznik Türkiye) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907452273-EI1R8UWBEWR7W4UEEK25/DJI_0056.jpeg Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - our group around the obelisk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1749907429951-FIK2KDS63RNNE9N4K4L0/IMG_3495.JPG Blog - The City of Nicea and the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed - Fun day exploring Nicea and surrounding area!! https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-30 monthly 0.5 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/df4fb072-a0dc-4c7b-9ac4-8fc07962b3e1/4ddf3c2f-c527-4454-8e15-ea74b01e00a6.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 30, 2025 - Home Coming!! - Make it stand out Our group standing on the Via Tauri - in the footsteps of Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748718613988-48MPB0BHTR5RS5JAI9CL/IMG_6332.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 30, 2025 - Home Coming!! - Waiting for our airport shuttle to start the journey home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748718600433-HL19TDANVC40STKDMS4Q/42DE944E-8D53-4E05-BFCF-ECBA93AC43EA.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 30, 2025 - Home Coming!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748718602988-JMCJ1DMA0RAZ1SAUUKTM/Screenshot+2025-05-10+at+6.09.53%E2%80%AFPM.JPEG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 30, 2025 - Home Coming!! - So many Biblical sites visited! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748718611014-7L15Q063S13UFZYFPH0C/Screenshot+2025-05-16+at+10.15.37%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 30, 2025 - Home Coming!! - Nicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748718615767-CMXJQUB72KX9PCN7GAXL/IMG_4236.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 30, 2025 - Home Coming!! - Turns out donkey soap is problematic for airport security - but in the end they let through with it! https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-29 monthly 0.5 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/22fd85da-77c2-4a7a-bd9e-271b3929273f/IMG_3965.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Make it stand out Corinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715520959-T1HB7H7G01GVHGBJBGBF/IMG_3916.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Corinth canal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715518283-Z1Q7BGZMVNXU163Q4RI8/IMG_3921.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Diolkos - we know from ancient written sources that this track has existed at least since the mid 400's BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715545968-BYC6MFDOHD8FDSZB2ADE/IMG_3923.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Diolkos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715543858-37IQV9HVP98GJSBYKAUD/IMG_3965.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Corinth Temple of Apollo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715563210-FNCRI33R1JJ79LRYV7VH/IMG_3404.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Erastus inscription in the pavement outside the theater (2Timothy 4:20) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715698236-B5C11TST4THQOWTUZ3R9/IMG_6235.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Bema with the acrocorinth in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715565311-7J13XSJK0CT8M3E2JX7I/IMG_3956.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Theater at Corinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715710073-3JYSCQUL3LAS46RAR68P/IMG_6260.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Lecheion Road that extends out to the Lecheion harbor, one of two harbors for Corinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715581561-DMEX0HG5A7RV0RPSVDMO/IMG_3999.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Lintel stone saying "synagogue of the Hebrews". This has been on loan to other museums at the time of our other visits. So happy to finally see it!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715709071-G126WF9P7N5DUJ4C5S4N/IMG_6257.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Pierene Fountain in Corinth. The upper spring for this fountain is on the acrocorinth. There is an amazing water management system under the city of Corinth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715587644-NDQOTBCMXE38GRVC702Z/IMG_6291.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Synagogue lintel stone and carved relief of menorahs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715687159-DFN3G4GE0WBW9H4D1FZ7/IMG_6283.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Looking down on the agar, Lecheion Road and temples / shops of Corinth from near the Apollo temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715733943-KKR8BT29B2P8DWVSYLWN/IMG_6300.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Line of north shops at Corinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715890830-NNJWN1IRE96HQ4IXRJRG/IMG_6324.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - One of two harbors serving ancient Corinth, there are remains of columns / temples / basilicas / fish tanks in the water of Cenchrea today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715729265-HRCOUJV3Q2U3N93H9IBS/IMG_4078.JPG Blog - 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Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - saying good bye to special new friends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715919569-2VRWVEC0SYTLVZ46Q2K9/IMG_4145.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - final dinner in Athens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748715923229-ZQFWUTER0DE0JIHZ7383/IMG_4141.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 29, 2025 - Corinth - Final dinner in Athens https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-28 monthly 0.5 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/b9c6894f-b757-4a20-b783-ef4bfbc2000c/599bfca4-efd4-4c53-ae35-93c3aeff1f8a.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - Make it stand out Athens Acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709699120-ZI2ZECQ2N0J7KB2HOSAN/6881c5e6-e9c2-4c52-8a05-76087cc685b8.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - Athens Acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709699686-7CAHNHXOGE73CZL3PQ5C/599bfca4-efd4-4c53-ae35-93c3aeff1f8a.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - Athens Acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709721184-PK4VJ3E28XI2750CQUYY/IMG_5923+2.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - Odeon of Herodes Atticus - view from the acropolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709710971-OYBKF1JPDCO8WSEZH9HK/IMG_5926+2.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - Odeon of Herodes Atticus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709827754-QEBCYD04BWPX5RQVWA4F/IMG_3687.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - Erechtheum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709725775-7DJVD9YO1NRN4JYK26ET/IMG_5997.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - Looking down on the Theater of Dionysus on the south slope from the top of the acropolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709828134-A298DHIYM7AJF7V0GZ10/IMG_5967+2.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - Porch of the Maidens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709838804-OWNJHLY6N0XMMK4WWXEP/IMG_5974.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709739985-0NYF62O8VQ2ODQU064RN/IMG_3657.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - Propylaea - grand gate to the acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709840794-8K00AA71TTXCMWLTK8BK/IMG_3807.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - Some of the original caryatids are in the acropolis museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709742243-P6A8BUSOFLW83XN9WW41/IMG_6005.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - Propylaea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709945076-67P9TPPEQ9UX03RP9XTM/IMG_5998.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - Another view of the Parthenon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709854746-V3QFRQ1LFHWTM2VOIOZ9/IMG_5987.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - The parthenon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709944389-TRVI5HOZ74EQUBK6N626/IMG_3766.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - A bronze decoration of a gorgon from the first temple of Athena Polias (the Erechtheon) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709849142-3E1VWLR0481DLPOZOBAZ/IMG_6004.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - East pediment of the Parthenon: Tethrippa of Helios, ascending to the sky at the start of the day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748709951702-ZSQH23TZBPSY9KYWR4DG/IMG_3761.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 28, 2025 - Athens Acropolis - Herakles and the triton - sculpture from the Parthenon in the Acropolis Museum https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-26-1 monthly 0.5 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/b2affcbf-2d9f-4c3d-8647-4551a29e027b/IMG_3589.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens - Make it stand out Mar’s Hill in Athens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700355254-NPN23S4Q3ULJY7EE5RS0/IMG_3567.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens - Near Taksim square in Istanbul - walked by our Guide's travel office - MNO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700347560-Z21XZTZM22NXRFJQZ612/97d76d0e-6aca-47d5-8123-ed23a691def3.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens - Belgin and Ohnurhan - best guides and just outstanding people https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700355686-IVOQV9MXNTJS4TSLMJL2/IMG_3570.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens - last pide in Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700374435-272RA1H2OWV47CA575AL/IMG_3634.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens - We reunited with Beni! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700575182-4MSPTPCNDOQDYIMBJDXZ/IMG_5909+2.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens - Our group studying on Mar's Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700382047-UIOYPWZV67WFQ4WD7839/IMG_5888.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens - Our group climbing to the top of Mars Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700582896-CYCIANRMMFPVRCSYAR2M/IMG_5883+2.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens - Mosaic on the slopes of the acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700400496-EVOSZ7RP1EFOP5VF2HGN/IMG_3589.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens - Mars Hill in Athens - site of trials and meetings of the Areopagus, and ancient Athenian legal council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700611099-XYC1459XEUQ944JGV4KQ/IMG_5882.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens - Cistern on the slopes of the Acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700400644-A9ULWPTETB5HC97WSNL9/IMG_3599.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens - View of the Greek Agora from Mars Hill with Temple of Hephaestus in the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700604157-Z6WADXQUCK288WXXL8CG/IMG_6161.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens - Beni and Belgin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700655251-WBIXJUW2PGATX9XHG2YO/IMG_5912.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens - Carol giving haircuts in the lobby of the hotel - that's a sign of a long trip!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700622723-K1XZKNCWYMGB4LM5J5Q8/IMG_6160.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700623693-V4TJQEPBU0OIFMSFBJ0Z/IMG_6165.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748700629476-AZISC2ZSNEXDE7Y0W0S9/IMG_5911+2.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 27, 2025 - Mars Hill, Athens https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-26 monthly 0.5 2025-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/d1c9190c-7b83-4bd2-95b0-3738e4196c28/IMG_5553.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - Make it stand out Temple to Athena on the Assos Acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748614590290-U4UZ4UUABF5EOKRMJ083/IMG_5641.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - View of the theater and harbor at Assos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748614633174-RLV9Q0LU9OQUVAIM2VRD/IMG_5546.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - There are still many remains of the 4th century BC Assos city walls and towers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748614700914-KDQTX2QJPVE83HISW88D/IMG_5553.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - 530 BC Temple to Athena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748614743268-6DY5X1YQ3W2YA7MM0DZI/IMG_5567.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - Doric columns of the temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748615199299-9H4NMPMDQP7SL8B5PRUM/IMG_5540.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - View from around the back side of the acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748615244119-CPOXU86SMI3SRO8W6HYQ/IMG_5587.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - There are two agoras that had multistory stoas on terraces of the acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748615454292-VO6JK4XUV1DC6N2ZG8GA/e2d7cf59-1e30-460e-b998-ba31b626c2f4.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - A temple in the north terrace agora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748615211028-VI2PQCC2VN3V7JW0DZW7/19909b97-b43f-4c4a-abe0-0a3ee6fc2b88.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748615518420-1BQWZ3OGJJVHGA00NB6W/IMG_5651.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - Steps leading up to the gymnasium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748615632617-DGX5O5ABX1QW64OBHTFW/4c404c87-052b-4b25-8170-2b51e40265c3.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - Our group standing on the Via Tauri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748615495931-V5PQMKM08FV14518L8OP/IMG_3394.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - View of the Assos acropolis from the Via Tauri - roman road walked by Paul between Alexandria Troas and Assos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748615588974-9SAYM1ZLKTHMO7ZIO61E/IMG_5708.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - A place on the Via Tauri near Assos where the roman road splits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748615637482-PBSPIJ9N0V5F6T5NUFKV/IMG_5710.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - Turkish sheep dogs (Kangal Shepherds) were NOT happy when I went near them for the previous picture. Had to dash straight up the hill. Never go near them when they are with the sheep!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748616052773-BFC0IPGPHXIXNY7N1IZ0/c38c6627-b098-4c95-978a-2bbb121b26a5.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - Our group on the beach at Alexandria Troas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748615633296-7L5R0LIEKH9JFOHRL59E/IMG_5690.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - the road winding around Assos (no sheep dogs this time!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748616053971-ED8NTL85CSUAC2TR8K06/f31bb6c3-629a-4556-8e64-b7fc554630b0.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - Plentiful evidence of the Greek and Roman inner and outer harbor at Alexandria Troas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748616103054-89QWUNIM5BOOARG8WSD1/IMG_5821.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - columns / pylons / piers / worked marble in the water at A.T. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748616174469-K3E0NU3Y80UEEIJ31J2W/c85d8dcb-6912-484a-8489-15ffe2ed1ad5.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - Remains of a roman road at the harbor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748617058621-5E1C64GGYZP7S65J8QWR/IMG_5759.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - The ancient city of Alexandria Troas is up the hill from the harbor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748617011054-38GP747BT7GH56HZFROQ/IMG_5780.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - The agora and temples at the city of Alexandria Troas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748617075192-G894HXSF8E2B5CUA881E/IMG_5773.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 26, 2025 - Assos and Alexandria Troas - Lots of examples of opus reticulatum wall decoration at Alexandria Troas https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-25 monthly 0.5 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/f7c118ab-aed9-428c-bdcb-755b36dd7ca3/IMG_5419.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon - Make it stand out The acropolis of Pergamon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748228805870-GMFSBVY9O6R33KTXXWH1/IMG_5406.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon - The foundation of the altar to Zeus, the rest of the altar is in the Berlin Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748228732480-ZONOWA9W0VR1ZQTIOBV2/0ebb53f8-e61a-4b59-b67a-73e259c154cf.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon - The EXTREMELY steep theater at Pergamon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748229044734-3UKIFZLNECEKEPRHHHPU/18281ecd-e0ca-48ea-9fd0-e384d519a6b1.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon - Arched substructure supporting the acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748228919890-UVJCYF0Z62VYUG77YEHV/IMG_5423.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon - Original roman road descends from the acropolis to the lower terrace levels of the mesa on Pergamon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748228821870-V1QIXI7S64RUXDNMUXLV/IMG_5425.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748229156861-3EMR631WAZKP50G2XODB/IMG_5441.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon - Temple of Demeter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748229822756-4WRDNHSQJZA34HU4O6BT/IMG_5426.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon - Channel bringing water down from the acropolis. At times it seems to flow into large areas that must be cisterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748229298097-GI5E9T0O24GL4QX3JQV5/IMG_5452.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon - The road leads up from he asclepeion - a healing center 2 miles from the acropolis - all the way to the top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748229436696-0LQC4MFWB82OQK3F56GQ/IMG_5444.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon - Gymnasium and further temples on the lower terrace level at Pergamon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748229498193-7G5TGYLVKJRP4Z2PIZXK/IMG_5429.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon - An auditorium and cult hall that were part of a bath complex not yet excavated on a lower level of the mesa at Pergamon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748229532857-NM4JG8BR2HM5T9UOYTC2/IMG_5431.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon - A cult hall that was part of a bath complex on a lower level of the mesa at Pergamon. Likely supported by a series of cisterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748229583909-3ERXTWG54HJE763QPMR7/IMG_5457.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748229543019-QQ94B5MOVYBRKOIVFGJP/fd479167-741c-476b-adfe-e5766deb25e0.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748229606982-EYFUSPO7U5HE5C7ZQSO8/IMG_5495.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon - The port at Assos with fishing boats tied up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748229616442-ECFU7OEPVM0PAL1CTMGP/IMG_5484.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon - Our hotel in Assos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748229698756-W1IZTAXFP42UOJPBMHMA/IMG_5469.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon - Our group enjoying the hotel at Assos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748229689727-4K7DUYU901HOUQ1D7LBF/IMG_5480.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 25, 2025 - Pergamon https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-24 monthly 0.5 2025-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/7857b90e-ac23-4d5c-9d75-7c29f4b07f6c/IMG_3082.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - Make it stand out The island of Patmos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161009364-3C68EO1A9113SBDZDLKB/5760ea34-a0a6-4483-9a3e-b995fb48561d.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - Pulling away from the harbor of Kusadasi (near Ephesus). on our way to Patmos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161010075-7W8IMAN5E7I7PPPXM8LN/92e446f5-424e-4c1d-9bad-6e7ff72f73a3.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - Sunrise on the boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161048306-XWQQSMJ50G2LOMJV4YTR/IMG_3082.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - View of the island of Patmos from near the monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161048655-2EQX134HTBB5K3QC1SVI/IMG_5328.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - The Holy Monastery of St John the Theologian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161322700-BSN61U6UQP51B5EEI3OR/IMG_3136.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - Frescos in the entrance to the chapel of the monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161080990-CM35THK7E2AS5GZR7EW6/IMG_3091.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - Monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161326015-BM3VOKLISYQDBA8FMZUO/IMG_5291.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161093441-WF1X85IC0I3A7NJ34NT0/IMG_5261.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - Monastery courtyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161348183-IWOOY2QD2VM7HO755MND/IMG_5293.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161125194-C0ILB8ZFJ5V0D7SXRB3T/IMG_3154.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - Monastery courtyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161382541-TCQW5DTQ1MNG56MQNAF5/IMG_3139.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161512747-3WJX3UN8MS8FF4N2BSOD/IMG_3198.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - Cave of the Apacolypse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161382807-OTFC8KHIL9OHH9OIMA0O/IMG_3176.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161538546-2Z6N620G68NEVS4687IU/IMG_3201.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - Cave of the Apacolypse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161422481-YOZX7B04N75HOXCHYHNG/IMG_5316.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - One of the many small churches on the island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161545240-X4OA1IWCA3ITFDSKFVH4/IMG_3071.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - Harbor on Samos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161427084-W56D1RSID793KJ27K936/IMG_3188.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - Monk standing in the entrance to the Cave of the Apacolypse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748161542346-4NU49X7Q9AXVE2U9LC85/b01cdc25-6583-400c-97f8-44e7028db7d5.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 24 - Monument to Pythagorus on the island of Samos https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-23 monthly 0.5 2025-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/3cd05604-9875-48dd-94c2-4dd8d7b689cf/IMG_5082.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 23, 2025 - Ephesus - Make it stand out Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748155258799-QE3JZ0YW8TWCPV462GZ6/IMG_1604.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 23, 2025 - Ephesus - Gate of Persecution - entrance to the Basilica of St John at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748155255003-9O5IR6BDBWJPRU9W9FWZ/IMG_1620.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 23, 2025 - Ephesus - Baptistery in the Basilica of St. John at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748155288960-FLHMYT0M8TVJ7LA6MG1K/IMG_1615.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 23, 2025 - Ephesus - Tomb of St John in the Basilica of St. John at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748155308106-KSF1VGBYV75WSUIM6QJL/IMG_5082.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 23, 2025 - Ephesus - Looking down Kuretes Street toward the Celcus library at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748155488054-75I2Q3TF06D9IXZDONNQ/IMG_2907.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 23, 2025 - Ephesus - Mosaic tiles at the Basilica of St John at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748155351158-HM9HSHXYU1DHVIAUVL9K/IMG_5126.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 23, 2025 - Ephesus - Apse in the Church of Mary at Ephesus - synthronon partially intact (semi circular seating area for the Bishops) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748155507486-NL22DGZ9NS0SVPTS5QOV/IMG_5126.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 23, 2025 - Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748155387204-67I6SL86R3O5NB6YEDTX/IMG_5134.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 23, 2025 - Ephesus - Looking back toward the apse of the Church of Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748155392254-DHBO6SM90IABUWC4FW2I/IMG_3025.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 23, 2025 - Ephesus - Baptistery in the Church of Mary at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748155532851-JM49JP25ECYWGGK0J79H/IMG_5134.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 23, 2025 - Ephesus - Looking back down the length of the Church of Mary in Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748155618603-7H0X9HVTYPK2AMTZ5XLG/IMG_1817.jpeg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 23, 2025 - Ephesus - Gate of Mazeus and Mithridates at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748155442202-TARXHAZC0QROPMUZL0LL/IMG_5095.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 23, 2025 - Ephesus - Graffiti inside the Gate of Mazeus and Mithridates - depiction of the pagan goddess Hecate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748155444976-6J6MZBYZWC52IY4XIGY6/IMG_2980.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 23, 2025 - Ephesus - Graffiti inside the gate of Mazeus and Mithridates - possibly a menorah https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-22 monthly 0.5 2025-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/bb0a087f-e711-454e-8d19-489b22114c83/IMG_2690.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Make it stand out The Lycus valley - location of Biblical Colossae, Laodicea and Hieropolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150178310-NTB3G01Z48Y0R6AIVKEN/IMG_2661.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Early morning balloon ride at Pamukkale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150204228-UA7PSUAPRRQPECK4W4JV/IMG_4819.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Hieropolis: bath complex has been turned into a museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150210356-P3S9QDTOYI6ZZ7EL7GN7/IMG_4699.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Hieropolis: north necropolis tombs. This sarcophagus has a menorah, attesting to a Jewish presence in the ancient city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150306109-63R9YMA39CTIWQCYDM6M/5c7e0d0a-f46b-47e3-91b7-8032565443a8.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Tomb of St Philip at Hieropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150235323-XCUH0Z5N1AJPY6GE1C76/IMG_4683.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Hieropolis: north necropolis tombs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150306516-0NUNMEUC0MZB68QDI7BR/82318a84-4f5e-4e70-be71-1fbdecde75f2.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Tomb and church of St. Philip at Hieropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150253578-EZ7TN415AGCOULW4XTVF/IMG_4700.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Hieropolis: north necropolis tombs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150345960-04Z0PC3D4J7NVFR3HEWL/IMG_4840.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Laodicea: Syria street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150269424-4YL249841M997V5U9DOB/IMG_4708.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Hieropolis: important citizens had their sarcophagi elevated on platforms along the main road into the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150328012-JOI7KKHOBMQ84Y3F58WD/IMG_4865.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Laodicea: restoration of the Trajan Nymphaeum (fountain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150349408-J45G2TO91EZSDFXO8NVQ/IMG_4907.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Christian graffiti on marble steps in an agora at Laodicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150439600-LIQQ67J7FXFUSHK6XYYV/IMG_4854.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150363120-BA468E4BL6620S4AIA2H/IMG_4896.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - beautiful tile work restoration at Laodicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150378227-A4RW7RB0F92EOAFP48NS/IMG_4860.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Ibex mosaic at Laodicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150639987-FZCMZEKQPVPNKP1PFEW2/IMG_7118.jpeg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Baptistery in the great church at Laodicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150429138-J02TPW7F4AX4GWIPIIPY/IMG_4925.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Theater at Miletus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150552343-CBXW327INNQO8LPEQ2CZ/IMG_4941.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - View of the theater from the upper seats in Miletua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150540820-P8N4A7YMAZC56X4QY0SH/IMG_4943.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Passageways through the theater at Miletus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150496226-Y3HC47IB2ZMVROKRIMXU/IMG_2808.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Remains of a grand nymphaeum at Miletua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150471399-QHMM9HHO2US7MWINE879/IMG_2812.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Stoa on the harbor at Miletus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150515306-69JG73PSXV29F68XT6DA/IMG_5012.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Reclining river god Meander in the baths at Miletus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1748150538314-S2ZR3EF8IZUF54D7IEGI/IMG_4989.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 22, 2025 - Buleterion (theater like council house) Miletus https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-21 monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/cb5a6985-4050-4d87-912c-3e8e96f561a2/IMG_2417.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 21, 2025 - Perge and Colossae - Make it stand out Harbor at Antalya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747978143834-XR6LG745RRKTGJJVBJSH/IMG_4448.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 21, 2025 - Perge and Colossae - Exterior of the 2nd c AD theater at Perge. Restoration work currently has the theater closed to visitors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747978166791-PK6K1BTU6JC9UVS1GQHX/IMG_2448.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 21, 2025 - Perge and Colossae - Perge stadium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747978180644-FWIAEZ6931D0SEOFL0UI/IMG_4466.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 21, 2025 - Perge and Colossae - Perge 3rd c BC gates hellenistic gates. Paul and Barnabus would have entered the city thru these gates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747978200827-U33RUI9K7539745DBSHC/IMG_4473.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 21, 2025 - Perge and Colossae - Looking into the courtyard of the Hellenistic gate complex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747978221821-ZVEPP7GSTI4AX5KIW7PR/IMG_4469.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 21, 2025 - Perge and Colossae - Interior of one of the gate towers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747978499527-EYK62RM0D5ABBIFPQEX4/IMG_4487.JPEG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 21, 2025 - Perge and Colossae - The north nymphaeum (fountain). Reclining river god. Water poured through the fountain into a central channel that ran through the middle of the Main Street in Perge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747978520321-PBQIHRWNC1KYC7WNK4YY/IMG_4502.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 21, 2025 - Perge and Colossae - The NW gate at Perge. Paul and Barnabus likely left the city thru this gate on their way to Antioch near Psidia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747978696079-0TFVMWTZFAKS5D8ILOKU/IMG_4519.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 21, 2025 - Perge and Colossae - North bath complex at Perge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747978695934-OJFQYHYOM9A24RZJA904/IMG_4574.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 21, 2025 - Perge and Colossae - Colossae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747978561754-93B3J4G0EJGJTQP3YVKC/IMG_2595.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 21, 2025 - Perge and Colossae - Colossae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747978725092-1D6CAQ2YGRFGCV8AA2Q9/IMG_2615.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 21, 2025 - Perge and Colossae - White mineral deposits at. Pamukkale. At the top of this ridge is the ancient city of Hieropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747978763342-W77JOND3HPBCSYAJMHAO/IMG_2604.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 21, 2025 - Perge and Colossae - Mineral spring waters of Pamukkala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747978771433-JY0BOOYQZ60VKGXV6WMV/IMG_2629.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 21, 2025 - Perge and Colossae - We are being sure to get plenty of desserts with dinner! https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-20 monthly 0.5 2025-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/b03042ec-9d33-438b-8116-bdf00c67d287/IMG_4365.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 20, 2025 - Lystra - Make it stand out The Lystra Huyu (tell / mound - acropolis of the ancient city) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747768077317-EOYKY57UH38MRBG4BLT6/635cc6ac-9e4b-4789-b3a1-d2eaa508002a.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 20, 2025 - Lystra - Lystra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747768077094-XUSQEQ520EVXF8AKZRP5/3d3db785-ee41-4be5-8368-f1a63ee7f623.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 20, 2025 - Lystra - Excavations have begun at Lystra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747768081564-8RTQ5YZWDDSI19MTT9HU/IMG_4400.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 20, 2025 - Lystra - scenery in the Lystra area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747768091213-GNA54RDHTMCMT1L8WHO4/IMG_4386.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 20, 2025 - Lystra - Passing through mountain villages on the way down from Lystra to Antalya on sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747768092923-LD4GPZXXZK0DJIZCW30X/IMG_4396.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 20, 2025 - Lystra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747768106985-B988UQYQ2G0YFCK85VES/IMG_4435.jpeg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 20, 2025 - Lystra - The bay at Antalya on the Mediterranean Sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747768112370-VXESV9W3K7XU1CZ141F5/IMG_2373.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 20, 2025 - Lystra https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-19 monthly 0.5 2025-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/7d244110-75b3-4601-b4c4-45939735e583/IMG_4300.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 19, 2025 - Cappadocia - Make it stand out Cappadocia: Monastery complex at Goreme. In use 2nd - 11th c AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747742524500-4UOTGERUJR4G95IBAXSB/IMG_4166.jpeg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 19, 2025 - Cappadocia - Landed in Cappadocia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747742302343-ZQK0KWWKXUBE1Z8ZT19B/IMG_4189.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 19, 2025 - Cappadocia - Room in a cave city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747742357801-OZDW497VX9RCJJAAQ2OR/IMG_4198.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 19, 2025 - Cappadocia - Chapel in the Cappadocian underground city of Kaymakala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747743002654-0F61NVIRM9ZGAUMTHXO0/IMG_2141.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 19, 2025 - Cappadocia - Storage area in cave city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747743264854-KWEE5P4MJF79EH5IX7YT/IMG_4207.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 19, 2025 - Cappadocia - Narrow corridors (and I promise you this photo does not do it justice!) helped keep armored intruders out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747743080142-KXG942JN314CEV06GYBN/IMG_2168.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 19, 2025 - Cappadocia - Corridores could be closed off with rolling stone doors and locks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747743103143-8LNAKOKYPY7VRC4AYIPV/IMG_4279.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 19, 2025 - Cappadocia - Cappaadocia - inactive volcano Mount Ercies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747743567253-0AR2TYD41VCV38WEPSUW/IMG_4255.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 19, 2025 - Cappadocia - Cappadocian cave castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747743342247-TOWV4XODKF7H6OMZJJ94/IMG_4274.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 19, 2025 - Cappadocia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747743479846-EIXUE3D82KYSXEVJEHQR/IMG_4314.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 19, 2025 - Cappadocia - One of the cave churches of Goreme - the exterior wall has collapsed exposing the interior of the church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747743639233-S68GOWLJKPCGVKZ91GGT/IMG_2249+2.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 19, 2025 - Cappadocia - Interiors of the cave churches are full of frescos from various eras 2nd - 11th c AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747743670001-22GC15WE9YK80QUJTSRY/IMG_4350.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 19, 2025 - Cappadocia - Cappadocian geological formations called fairy chimneys. Tuff shaped by wind and topped by harder basalt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747743707058-2W47GFV667VZQWP5GG2R/IMG_4333.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 19, 2025 - Cappadocia - Cappadocian fairy chimneys https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-18 monthly 0.5 2025-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/2c4035d5-2bab-44b7-9555-27f57b2a6acc/IMG_1837.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 18, 2025 - Istanbul - Make it stand out Istanbul Hippodrome: Walled Obelisk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747721165408-SCIEE8ECZMS7S83ZLTAP/IMG_1843.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 18, 2025 - Istanbul - Istanbul Hippodrome: Egyptian Obelisk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747721201332-4282AUID9QXWNVVFO4QO/IMG_3911.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 18, 2025 - Istanbul - Istanbul Hippodrome: base of the Egyptian obelisk depicts the raising of the obelisk into place in the hippodrome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747721595512-G7F3FUQCRYHH4LPO9F4Q/IMG_1840.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 18, 2025 - Istanbul - Istanbul Hippodrome: Serpentine column (400's BC) brought from Delphi by Constantine to decorate the hippodrome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747721350499-BER4QXS6KQGT689PWL3S/IMG_2059.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 18, 2025 - Istanbul - One of the missing snake heads from the serpentine column is in the Istanbul Archeological Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747721326015-JM6BQF7VM2SGDM7EPB52/IMG_3940.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 18, 2025 - Istanbul - Hagia Irene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747721406808-CMT59HPFNGRUKDPC98P6/IMG_4076.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 18, 2025 - Istanbul - Apse of the Hagia Irene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747721234276-MB30BH1KQS4NHQ0V14JI/IMG_3919.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 18, 2025 - Istanbul - View of Hagia Sophia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747721419233-KBTJBEY36YGZBAKNMFXM/IMG_4154.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 18, 2025 - Istanbul - Boat ride on the Bosphorus - view of Galata Tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747721447015-F3BWT9O8ZDNF0KHZQEX3/IMG_4115.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 18, 2025 - Istanbul - Bosphorus https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-17 monthly 0.5 2025-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/843d0dc2-7464-49ea-bf9d-7c319971b5aa/IMG_1492.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Make it stand out Chora Church: frescos from the 1300’s still intact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747727113635-TWONQTPVVKU55NPII1G4/IMG_1798.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Grand Bazaar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747726342589-DB293EMVGRPQN02UQKVJ/IMG_3536.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Chora Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747726427481-NXON36680Q5RCYC9JSBY/IMG_3575.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Chora Church: the Last Judgement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747726460432-PCEMX5BUFBI42X9VP2ZX/IMG_1485.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Chora Church: Moses and the burning bush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747726498739-HXFUKC4LJT9FPEPE4FYR/IMG_1500.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Chora Church: more detail from the last judgement fresco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747726535528-L664RO6EDOH65U9O35HZ/IMG_1550.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Chora Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747726959245-6UMP07G3W9CJRYBNOBIP/IMG_3614.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Chora Church: St Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747726950136-LNOVCRL6EBJW887HJTBL/IMG_3617.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Chora Church: a series of frescos that depict Christ's healing miracles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747727044006-6IUX55H453AWGLXIHPOT/IMG_3645.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Chora Church: A dome with Mary in the center surrounded by her Biblical ancestors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747726599155-GT2NZK0SNFJZFTTCJ6VE/IMG_1638.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Hagia Sophia: View of the nave from the balcony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747727158398-91LMTBA6AQYNZT3HR87V/IMG_1656.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Hagia Sophia: balcony, marble doors behind which the bishops would meet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747727116956-YQ4CACPB3ZVD84MBSU0C/IMG_1675.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Hagia Sophia: some frescos still survive in the balcony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747727022222-CZM1RSKPPAAJA4Y0H50P/IMG_3828.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Basilica Cisterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747727901955-KR5OT96953XDJ86S6KTK/IMG_3862.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Basilica Cisterns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747727942585-EX86OPXIK2K0G4WGVF6P/IMG_1765.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 17 - Basilica Cisterns: Medusa column capital repurposed from a pagan temple https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/turkeygreece-trip-may-16 monthly 0.5 2025-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/63a20f92-845c-466d-b9b1-45fd15932422/Screenshot+2025-05-16+at+10.15.37%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 16, 2025 - Nicea (Iznik, Turkiye) - Make it stand out The north gate (Istanbul Gate) of the ancient walled city of Nicea (Iznik, Türkiye) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747508150572-UQC2PBPMC81VDANAEMFS/Screenshot+2025-05-16+at+10.15.37%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 16, 2025 - Nicea (Iznik, Turkiye) - Hagia Sophia of Nicea, site of the 7th council of Nicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747507620027-TBD93DAAPG2P1IDPJSRO/Screenshot+2025-05-16+at+10.16.19%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 16, 2025 - Nicea (Iznik, Turkiye) - Hagia Sophia of Nicea - site of the 7th council of Nicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747536325438-WFA993UGG0T605O3Q0HR/IMG_3315.jpg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 16, 2025 - Nicea (Iznik, Turkiye) - Apse of the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747507741044-2061C2SWILE8Y4QMJQAS/IMG_1282.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 16, 2025 - Nicea (Iznik, Turkiye) - Some frescos from the 8th century still visible on the walls of the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747507766245-BY34M5YPH9PETVTZTNFB/Screenshot+2025-05-16+at+10.15.21%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 16, 2025 - Nicea (Iznik, Turkiye) - Underwater silica in Lake Iznik at Nicea. Possibly the site of the 1st Council of Nicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747536348718-OAU700YJO60W6VOOANMN/IMG_3376.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 16, 2025 - Nicea (Iznik, Turkiye) - Craig shamelessly photobombing Ohnurhan and Belgin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747536402535-FZPJ1D32DI35QKRQKM7G/IMG_3403.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 16, 2025 - Nicea (Iznik, Turkiye) - Using the playground structure to get a better view of the basilica sunken in the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747536430031-5L0R81RQ1XKO7X0BY0QX/IMG_1391.JPG Blog - Turkey/Greece Trip - May 16, 2025 - Nicea (Iznik, Turkiye) - Obelisk of Philiscus - a tomb and marker on the ancient roman road from Nicea to Nicomedia (Iznik to Izmit today). https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/travel-day-thursday-may-15-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/dfca34b6-e94d-44ee-a88b-c95745b9e91d/IMG_9381.jpg Blog - Travel day Thursday May 15, 2025 - Make it stand out Driving to the hotel in Istanbul. Hoping for some sleep and then an early start to Nicea (Iznik) in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747362333943-ZU38IKU31VQUQAT2I5E6/IMG_2868.JPG Blog - Travel day Thursday May 15, 2025 - Five of us ready and waiting to leave for Türkiye from the Bertram driveway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747362362977-QQBQMWYLOQB1OYC5M1FX/IMG_0814.JPEG Blog - Travel day Thursday May 15, 2025 - We arranged for a 5 person SUV transport to the airport and this is what showed up!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1747362402454-NWIIHT2K3PQBKV72JHPZ/IMG_2870.JPG Blog - Travel day Thursday May 15, 2025 - Feeling a little silly - are we going to prom or are we going on a Biblical studies adventure?!? https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/biblical-travels monthly 0.5 2025-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/96f07b87-8d65-4026-b9fa-870f98ba23e5/Screenshot+2025-05-10+at+6.09.53%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Biblical Travels - Make it stand out Some of Biblical sites we will be visiting in the next few weeks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1746924928960-22YHN7UTDL5ZLUZNRTYJ/IMG_2856.jpeg Blog - Biblical Travels - Getting our gear organized! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1746925104224-OU26WR6XQML5KY991QCO/IMG_2281.jpeg Blog - Biblical Travels - Tracing the footsteps of some of our first Christian missionaries https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/hellenistic-tower-gates-at-perga-turkey monthly 0.5 2025-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/3efc840c-9c10-4182-8c3a-30a05faa2653/IMG_1284.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic Tower Gates at Perga, Turkey - Make it stand out Perga. Looking through the 3rd - 4th c AD southern Roman gate at the 6th c BC Hellenistic round tower southern gate. Paul and Barnabus would have entered the city through the Hellenistic gates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1746282595870-XYZ28KYO0ZQ4FO8RHMK5/IMG_1002.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic Tower Gates at Perga, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1746282590242-PXA7US40Y75XGDU4N0ES/IMG_1289.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic Tower Gates at Perga, Turkey - 2021 photo of the ancient 6th c BC gates at Perga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1746282607332-Y70PCSU5GVYCJEVOGDDY/IMG_1290.jpeg Blog - Hellenistic Tower Gates at Perga, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1746282969714-AYZUPRZNNE372THSZSF0/highergrounddrone-2.jpg Blog - Hellenistic Tower Gates at Perga, Turkey - High walls around the courtyard of the gate complex with niches for statues of pagan gods and mythic city founders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1746282620274-QD12JYOR0F0L3LMH9NE6/IMG_7915.JPG Blog - Hellenistic Tower Gates at Perga, Turkey - Interior of the tower gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1746282620222-75FI8UBYHXDHKNT3G8XA/IMG_7887.JPG Blog - Hellenistic Tower Gates at Perga, Turkey - 3rd story windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1746282629986-KBRZCPDANGQF3Z2V206I/IMG_7913.JPG Blog - Hellenistic Tower Gates at Perga, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1746282625053-Z0IH90AJMKLH05081W6I/IMG_2386.JPG Blog - Hellenistic Tower Gates at Perga, Turkey - 2023 restoration work on the tower gates at Perga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1746282649609-ZR61S1BPK31SWJIK5D9H/IMG_7925.JPG Blog - Hellenistic Tower Gates at Perga, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1746282648935-H5ZXO7UHEO47USB7UCWL/IMG_7892.JPG Blog - Hellenistic Tower Gates at Perga, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1746282652745-6EH5S51DNQHMLFP8N658/IMG_7224.JPG Blog - Hellenistic Tower Gates at Perga, Turkey - 6th c BC Hellenistic gates center of photo. Horseshoe shaped gate complex courtyard. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/milvan-bridge-rome-italy monthly 0.5 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/dd4eb458-e268-4bf6-bd14-20e76dd9261d/highergrounddrone-1.jpg Blog - Milvan Bridge, Rome Italy - Make it stand out Ponte Milvio. Site of the Battle of Milvan Bridge between Constantine and Maxentius. Occasion of Constantine’s vision of the cross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745679105075-1UK9ORJ8BH40JS2YIJ8Y/IMG_8376.JPG Blog - Milvan Bridge, Rome Italy - Milvan Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745679104592-DSDAHVW8DF3VL43LWCHC/IMG_8419.JPG Blog - Milvan Bridge, Rome Italy - Arched passage at the NW end of the bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745679116932-GRQ1SMZN3WDOK31ZZASM/IMG_8417.JPG Blog - Milvan Bridge, Rome Italy - Statue of John the Baptist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745679117565-HJF6RVGCDSX3MRHTSYML/IMG_8413.JPG Blog - Milvan Bridge, Rome Italy - Statue of Jesus at his baptism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745679133287-6CN0EY89TGIRP7JS1HH4/IMG_8386.JPG Blog - Milvan Bridge, Rome Italy - View of the bridge from the SE end https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745679129243-Z65CI4FQLWBRTA1H1FFS/IMG_8372.JPG Blog - Milvan Bridge, Rome Italy - Statues at the SE end of the bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745679148585-KJGT9RHY6GFS6XTL5MIC/IMG_8380.JPG Blog - Milvan Bridge, Rome Italy - Statue of St John Nepomuk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745679155117-EM8KNZWHXF2IXDU5HOGK/IMG_8384.JPG Blog - Milvan Bridge, Rome Italy - Statue of the Virgin Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745679191653-74QM0D7AZVJZ8F3IJHPW/IMG_6019.JPG Blog - Milvan Bridge, Rome Italy - Fresco of from the Baptistery at St. John's Lateran. Constantine's vision of the cross - see the bridge in the background. Giacinto Gimignan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745679197168-B72PWNNW5X9KJER3B8O8/highergrounddrone.jpg Blog - Milvan Bridge, Rome Italy - View of the Bridge from the SE looking to the NW https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/church-of-the-holy-sepulcher-jerusalem-1 monthly 0.5 2025-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/53aad077-12f2-4d1c-bfa6-2278f9dcd855/Craig-remove+reflection.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - Make it stand out Edicule inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher that is over an empty tomb which is a proposed site of Jesus tomb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745075151974-UBANAUE8MMTG0NN6LAWB/IMG_2786.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - church of the Holy Sepulcher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745075148704-RH7OFJS89QTPC4RZYAAJ/IMG_0046.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745075162994-O1JUUNOMDGTJ5DKQWLMX/IMG_2098.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - The annointing stone inside the doors of the Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745075190089-C9UKK2M5HIUS3LASPLT6/IMG_7815.JPG Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745075277292-5104A8V7B4FI86OWDW1P/IMG_2104.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745075269717-4TIITXHA5E254CRLHU47/IMG_7821.JPG Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - Service taking place at the back side of the edicule https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745075194709-C2JNAXRCUCX94WGQTOKW/IMG_4150.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745075281405-8F3FGFH8SNWX607R66CO/IMG_2822.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745075195394-Z75C8S8P78AZGYTFUKUF/IMG_0193.JPG Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745075295795-NWX4LF3FY6UT4Y1LAX93/IMG_4180.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - Front of the edicule over the tomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745075296696-3BFRZE7HNAN67I2PB0D3/IMG_2120.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - Edicule https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745075305792-RRY97DES1Y4E5ESHXOM3/IMG_2118.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - Interior of the edicule https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745075326335-61ZELR0SFI9GBRXIFXEJ/Craig-remove+reflection.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - Dome above the edicule https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1745075322919-Y19Y0FJCAIOZGLVMBMU3/IMG_5354.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - Ethiopian chapel https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/san-vito-tombs-and-villaelvira-puteoli-italy-part-2 monthly 0.5 2025-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/c39144b7-83f6-488b-8fe5-83b328b1287c/IMG_7923+copy.jpg Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 - Make it stand out San Vito tombs along the ancient Via Campana Consolaris two miles outside of Pozzuoli (Puteoli) Italy. Paul likely passed some of these tombs on his journey to Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744423661335-NYWL5W7HM73LNKJVBVIM/IMG_1177.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 - Roman paving of the Via Campana Consolaris, walking NW out of Pozzuoli. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744423645099-FZO7FJALGYJNS364RILV/IMG_7898.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 - One of the tombs along a stretch of the road about 1.5 miles out of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744423661559-ZHDB54VJE3TESBGUXMC5/IMG_1344.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 - Some of the San Vito tombs are quite ornate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744423674635-3LCVSJH6FEHAJXJWOALW/IMG_1346.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744423674429-CCS64UEP0NCN2U750KP4/IMG_1338.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744423688070-LPHOYZK9QK7R9N71JCE1/IMG_1342.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744424230519-W7XPV33UWN1GR9HPU4YF/IMG_1352.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 - This was a small roman road, lined with an opus reticulatum retaining wall. It is now a wine cellar in the basement of the restaurant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744423686909-2LS6S4YUNFV1QQ0GCA73/IMG_7914.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 - San Vito church at the necropolis and across the street from the San Vito tombs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744424236910-V8HY1AXBOPYA1120BTIJ/IMG_7950.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 - Roman opus reticulatum stone work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744423704556-EJ2TDCDJKOCKXPFCHJ8A/IMG_7915.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 - VillaElvira restaurant. In 2006 they discovered that their restaurant sits on top of an early Christian necropolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744424242086-7HYVZKHPV7X3AHX49974/IMG_1362.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 - burial niches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744423712446-IESLZ18WCQTI0WA4T6DP/IMG_1399.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744424249996-CVZV8M79BO3230DOEWRG/IMG_7958.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 - burial niches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744423716729-SJP54SE81X32DFX5YV1I/IMG_1401.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744424249997-8IU65HZ8S2S3JZH3T5ZA/IMG_7960.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 - A fish decorating a tomb, suggestive of a Christian burial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744423720032-OYJG7ONQYH0C1LR96W4K/IMG_1386.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 - The restaurants floor is glass allowing a view of the burial niches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744424277121-RA4CPBRV7IBNHANPAUOZ/IMG_7962.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744424276780-W1K7AT1LHIG6CIU2HS50/IMG_7964.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 - Peacocks decorating a tomb, also an early Christian symbol symbolizing the resurrection and immortality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744424288834-1ICAR2RTCHVPEJILBY20/IMG_1375.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 - This tomb has been named "of the Good Shepherd". The photos don't do it justice and we didn't have special camera equipment. The Good Shepherd and the sheep are easily visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1744424288949-K7NASKNZW9H2R3BYVA0E/IMG_1379.JPG Blog - San Vito tombs and VillaElvira, Puteoli Italy Part 2 https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/via-cella-pozzuoli-italy monthly 0.5 2025-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/7d37911c-8016-418e-840f-3f6d940cef2f/IMG_1175.JPG Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy - Make it stand out Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy. The road likely walked by Paul and company toward Capua and the Via Appia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743861575255-6Q009ASY74741A6RT5ER/IMG_1251.JPG Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy - Pozzuoli Italy - Biblical Puteoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743859671523-AKJGGI52A1EC727TJRVJ/IMG_7683.JPG Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy - Traffic circle at the North of Pozzuoli - this was the NW gate of Puteoli, the Porta Campana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743859667945-SN0JA1DWU6ENXQ7ZGAID/IMG_7687.JPG Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy - Foundation stones from the ancient city gate, Porta Campana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743859722694-YXPWKU3YV9GT7ZH1SFYI/IMG_7693.JPG Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy - Passing under the railway bridge following the route of the ancient Via Cella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743859680274-AIOZHJNZCEPO41C940FD/IMG_7695.JPG Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy - One remaining tomb on the left side of the road visible through the tunnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743859727787-0YVUL319PGGEEV6IBQR6/IMG_7703.JPG Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy - One tomb on the left of the Via Cella, a long of tombs are on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743859773418-7M97PQUFWUZMLBDLDP9P/IMG_7715.JPG Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy - Long line of Via Cella tombs - these were just outside the city proper, the northern Puteoli necropolis when Paul walked here. Tombs date from the mid 1st century BC to the 2nd century AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743859776423-WQ6PGAD1TFTPIUL9ZF40/IMG_1130.jpeg Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy - Elaborate tombs of the rich and famous along the Via Cella. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743859819341-00KAKZ5VT9ZN293GEFJ3/IMG_7723.JPG Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy - Via Cella tombs, Pozzuoli (Puteoli) Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743859807788-50MF1ZX7NT4P44FONI2B/IMG_7750.JPG Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743859833670-HAF1HO67YKI7IGNI3LJD/IMG_7746.JPG Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743860630148-RWCNY3XPM2B89IZZOPZ0/IMG_1175.JPG Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy - Via Campana Consolaris leading toward Capua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743860613497-3ZARC5RKOP97QVDP5FI5/IMG_7740.JPG Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy - Roman paving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743860639320-YTSY78LNZU17MVRF6JQC/IMG_1171.JPG Blog - Via Campana Consolaris, Pozzuoli Italy https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/circus-maximus-rome-italy monthly 0.5 2025-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/36df4f67-d0d3-4352-8176-68b588451e5f/IMG_9301.JPG Blog - Circus Maximus, Rome Italy - Make it stand out Circus Maximus viewed from the SE end. Palatine Hill on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743207361876-3DILMQ3NM5Q5JKI27FAO/IMG_9284.JPG Blog - Circus Maximus, Rome Italy - Standing on the spina (center) of the circus looking toward the northwest end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743207349586-1E8E8EXLLWVEH6M6DR19/IMG_9269.JPG Blog - Circus Maximus, Rome Italy - View of the circus from the NW end https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743207382248-P55X1TO1CJRYZK8UXU07/IMG_9294.JPG Blog - Circus Maximus, Rome Italy - Remains at the curved SE end of the Circus Maximus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743207383848-XMFFKTTHMVQXJJCOES6C/IMG_9292.JPG Blog - Circus Maximus, Rome Italy - Looking up at Palatine Hill along the east side of the circus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743207419047-BZ6EZM5IE6KUT7U56GFQ/IMG_9297.JPG Blog - Circus Maximus, Rome Italy - Some of the ancient structure still intact at the SE end of the circus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743207404388-BTHFABST9J1KTWAUBC5I/IMG_9307.JPG Blog - Circus Maximus, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743207423315-1192ZPSM39O08U2IE9ZJ/IMG_9306.JPG Blog - Circus Maximus, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743207431397-GD2QI1J9F7EXN3DDB7B9/IMG_9299+2.JPG Blog - Circus Maximus, Rome Italy - The tower dates from much later medieval period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743207439099-8D9Q4YB6954Q81D7L1QC/IMG_8451.JPG Blog - Circus Maximus, Rome Italy - Flaminio obelisk - one stood on the spina of the Circus Maximus - now stands at Piazza del Popolo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1743207444525-8TNI4O419H5PF0W5WBNW/IMG_6001.JPG Blog - Circus Maximus, Rome Italy - Lateran obelisk - once stood in the center of the spina of the circus Maximus, now stands outside the Baptistery of St. John's Lateran. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/goreme-open-air-museum-churches-cappadocia-asia-minor-turkey monthly 0.5 2025-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/dada73ca-cfe6-4d1a-aea7-442d77765f6f/IMG_9054.JPG Blog - Goreme Open Air Museum Churches, Cappadocia Asia Minor (Turkey) - Make it stand out Goreme Open Air Museum, Cappadocia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1741449011196-23PBWQ7KTLMOVLT9UIY4/IMG_9140.JPG Blog - Goreme Open Air Museum Churches, Cappadocia Asia Minor (Turkey) - Cappadocian Fairy Chimneys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1741448979246-8IIR36X2KH8F44ER3SSH/IMG_9865.jpeg Blog - Goreme Open Air Museum Churches, Cappadocia Asia Minor (Turkey) - Erciyes Dagi, extinct volcano in Cappadocia that contributed to the unique landscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1741449021267-9DBTUNAUMLU7I93SUKG7/IMG_9733.jpeg Blog - Goreme Open Air Museum Churches, Cappadocia Asia Minor (Turkey) - Monastery of Nuns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1741449034028-D9HXEZ4EH5H9SGYDJXNA/IMG_9761.jpeg Blog - Goreme Open Air Museum Churches, Cappadocia Asia Minor (Turkey) - Yilanli Church. Depiction of St. George 11th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1741449057590-N0Q50XYVT9LZ24UQ6XBW/IMG_3064.JPG Blog - Goreme Open Air Museum Churches, Cappadocia Asia Minor (Turkey) - Yilanli Church. Depiction of St. Onuphius, St. Thomas, St. Basil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1741449076930-5ML5YQMEBBYPVRKAHK16/IMG_9045.JPG Blog - Goreme Open Air Museum Churches, Cappadocia Asia Minor (Turkey) - Pantocrator Chapel, 11th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1741449123693-GX06Z8SEMD1U4XD4QLXQ/IMG_9807+2.jpeg Blog - Goreme Open Air Museum Churches, Cappadocia Asia Minor (Turkey) - refectory - dining table https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1741449589797-H17L7VS5NGWMAZHDAMMS/IMG_9803.jpeg Blog - Goreme Open Air Museum Churches, Cappadocia Asia Minor (Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1741449613567-Y1FGQVB4XKVRP1GLM47T/IMG_9043.JPG Blog - Goreme Open Air Museum Churches, Cappadocia Asia Minor (Turkey) - tombs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1741449631852-CCSPRBBJ7TLQLJ5O2ENU/IMG_9779.jpeg Blog - Goreme Open Air Museum Churches, Cappadocia Asia Minor (Turkey) - Chapel 25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1741449646619-MWYRYXF0TZO9XVKLJ1PG/IMG_3057.JPG Blog - Goreme Open Air Museum Churches, Cappadocia Asia Minor (Turkey) - Chapel 25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1741449656370-RUKNTX0W9Y84H9VBL5E2/IMG_9810.jpeg Blog - Goreme Open Air Museum Churches, Cappadocia Asia Minor (Turkey) https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/harbor-at-pozzuoli-italy monthly 0.5 2025-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/2e4cf55a-dfb2-4954-9079-4ee937e2f9b4/DJI_20241119053937_0003_D.JPG Blog - Harbor at Pozzuoli, Italy - Make it stand out Than ancient market at the harbor of Puteoli, Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740843495738-SFS3AU01F1PPIOR2NKGW/IMG_7399.JPG Blog - Harbor at Pozzuoli, Italy - Sea side of the harbor mole at Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740843515058-LFUUHJUKIUUDLRX8VG8S/IMG_0829.JPG Blog - Harbor at Pozzuoli, Italy - Harbor side of the mole - the original mole from Paul's day is encased in the concrete the current mole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740843513332-8WNCQLEEOCTCEM0GXTWM/IMG_7380.JPG Blog - Harbor at Pozzuoli, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740843539211-UMKV91L9MMAI3LZG987C/IMG_7401.JPG Blog - Harbor at Pozzuoli, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740843559306-LI9EYVZ86WOTW28PJ0HZ/IMG_7338.JPG Blog - Harbor at Pozzuoli, Italy - Looking down at the Tholos in the ancient market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740843588346-EKQLYI4R740VYU7VGNNN/IMG_7325.JPG Blog - Harbor at Pozzuoli, Italy - marble floors of the two storey shops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740843577349-06S5YC7WWT0CQW4T2DSQ/IMG_0767.JPG Blog - Harbor at Pozzuoli, Italy - walls of the shops in the ancient market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740843599255-DDROODNSCBQUKZMHYCAS/IMG_0748.JPG Blog - Harbor at Pozzuoli, Italy https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/qumran-israel monthly 0.5 2025-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/f2c0b517-0a89-4bdd-aa03-bcfe613e49f5/IMG_5330.jpeg Blog - Qumran, Israel - Make it stand out The Key hole cave, cave 4, above the settlement of Qumran. Location of many of the Dead Sea scroll finds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740237498046-54HTI6JHGZ6BE6LCDIXC/IMG_2773.jpeg Blog - Qumran, Israel - Area of caves above the NW corner of the Dead Sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740237496966-NFN802LL9R3T5ZD0DQ1W/IMG_5323.jpeg Blog - Qumran, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740237515189-SM8JN0LXA0MFB0MQ9THC/IMG_2775.jpeg Blog - Qumran, Israel - Cave 4, the keyhole cave, held the greatest volume of scroll fragments and other archeological finds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740237511452-AWRV19OVDL48KB44GPDN/IMG_5330.jpeg Blog - Qumran, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740237518897-LOZ2OO1QDHJWBRP8SO9P/IMG_2774.jpg Blog - Qumran, Israel - Excavations at the settlement of Qumran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740237538587-06U2GVWY5CEBRNQHVLS8/IMG_5327.jpeg Blog - Qumran, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740237523377-Q6L4MABEQ25HRNVH5OI6/IMG_2771.jpeg Blog - Qumran, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740237549993-3RPXHR8LYVRXZOTZL0KZ/IMG_5325.jpeg Blog - Qumran, Israel - Mikveh at Qumran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1740237559602-8383GQ5LJAM05LDVXU7X/IMG_5329.jpeg Blog - Qumran, Israel - Archeologists also found material goods predating the Dead Sea scrolls - arrowheads, pottery, flint blades from the Chalcolithic and Neolithic eras. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/defending-the-faith monthly 0.5 2025-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/a24f8789-fae9-4b50-a629-23a27e2e8018/Image.jpg Blog - Defending the Faith - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/852b6287-da57-4d63-bba1-a36e14be40f6/Screenshot+2025-02-21+at+8.21.54%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Defending the Faith - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/the-herodium monthly 0.5 2025-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/332537d6-5d7a-4d04-a528-ed39cab419eb/IMG_4391.jpeg Blog - The Herodium - Make it stand out The lower palace at the Herodium - pools, baths and courtyards - looking down from the upper palace toward Bethlehem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1739656107475-V4RF3C0DCLGS40EZVJZ8/IMG_4398.jpeg Blog - The Herodium - Looking over the side of the fortress at an area that was not open to the public in 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1739656103338-QRH6CA72N1I1L65X6JYN/IMG_2228.jpeg Blog - The Herodium - Looking down into the hill top fortress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1739656107373-BSUXJHUW9SGW9GN07VVL/IMG_4399.jpeg Blog - The Herodium - A great dining room was turned into a synagogue by Jewish rebels (under the canopy) after Herod's death https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1739656131934-QX8C14DDOTBUZ8GX7MOX/IMG_2232.jpeg Blog - The Herodium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1739656330793-4F35S0IL4OMDK660JW4M/IMG_2229.jpeg Blog - The Herodium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1739656131706-2TYDE8CMI99GV8MSWYRE/IMG_2231.jpeg Blog - The Herodium - One of the fortress towers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1739656333120-4ZLA2IDL72YRCAESM8XB/IMG_2235.jpeg Blog - The Herodium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1739656141156-4JKEP4X3I20T0SV6I0SC/IMG_2230.jpeg Blog - The Herodium - a model of the upper palace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1739656345955-SKZZSLKOC1AY9QFTVKE9/IMG_2238.jpeg Blog - The Herodium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1739656346207-OSR7AP7VYHRZS9P878GV/IMG_2234.jpeg Blog - The Herodium - Tunnels and cisterns under the palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1739656364205-SLAX17KHBHS7A424WEAO/IMG_4408.jpeg Blog - The Herodium - cistern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1739656360837-OG7LP2Q5DFNBQCCG5ESE/IMG_4407.jpeg Blog - The Herodium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1739656377543-FN86MEQTX0CY7YOTC1PN/IMG_4410.jpeg Blog - The Herodium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1739656378368-EUYO3XMT2I6SJ17GIH30/IMG_4665.jpeg Blog - The Herodium - sarcophagus of Herod the Great https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/lateran-obelisk-rome-italy monthly 0.5 2025-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/8e0f7e9d-35ab-4c83-bc07-2f839ca6098a/IMG_6001.JPG Blog - Lateran Obelisk, Rome Italy - Make it stand out The Obelisk at St John’s Lateran Basilica in Rome. Quarried at Answan and erected in Thebes, Egypt at the temple of Amun-Ra in the 15th century BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738979075570-JVFQDGH4L8I0VPNUZR0B/IMG_6001+2.JPG Blog - Lateran Obelisk, Rome Italy - The hieroglyphic inscriptions on all 4 sides of the obelisk praise Pharaohs Thutmose III and Thutmose IV , commissioners of the obelisk, as sons of gods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738979094029-XWPUKT2D4E324XQGAA95/IMG_5828.JPG Blog - Lateran Obelisk, Rome Italy - The base of the obelisk was remade in the 1500's AD when it was found lying in the dirt at the site of the Circus Maximus and moved to St. John's Lateran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738979103690-IBS5V7M5XOZHW2BX3UXG/IMG_5830.JPG Blog - Lateran Obelisk, Rome Italy - The latin inscriptions on the base tell the history of the obelisk and its journey to this spot outside the Baptistery of St. John's Lateran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738979111384-DJGZE497ZLYD2JOWQE7Z/IMG_1900.JPG Blog - Lateran Obelisk, Rome Italy - The obelisk was moved from Thebes to Alexandria by Constantine who wanted it for his "New Rome" of Constantinople. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738979106814-BTYTQIJUP9OSCI2WCIQT/IMG_5826.JPG Blog - Lateran Obelisk, Rome Italy - Constantine's son had the obelisk moved to Rome and placed on the spina of the Circus Maximus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738979112107-UTNO0J6MSE3EFRHWJ032/IMG_1899.JPG Blog - Lateran Obelisk, Rome Italy - A cross adorns the top of the largest and tallest obelisk in Rome. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/aphrodisius-turkey monthly 0.5 2025-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/09aefa40-f177-4d3c-af59-1964a9877d96/IMG_1936.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey - Make it stand out The Tetrapylon - monumental gateway to the Temple of Aphrodite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738425370148-NPZUAV57MPL37GCKFRFH/IMG_1916.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey - The archeological park entrance at Aphrodisius has a courtyard with many beautifully sculpted sarcophagi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738425369902-LC35OOMAFT1R6DKUE14W/IMG_1715.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738425412726-6OQOVKKAAJQY1SRXQOB5/IMG_1927.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey - The gateway to the temple of Aphrodite eventually became the entrance to the Christian Basilica in the 5th C AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738425426114-PB25N15885FX9AK4OJXC/IMG_1703.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey - Length of the basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738425455636-73SIXMOMBGMWP4EYNHRR/IMG_1762.JPG Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey - Remains of the app of the basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738425460387-IS931LDSXR4U7PIA4DZ7/Aphrohippo.JPG Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey - 1st c AD stadium of Aphrodisias. Unusual for having both ends curved and enclosed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738425498777-KGTPNZ53CLC3V5N88IVS/IMG_1696.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738425506224-KUFBKYZ1CS98Y88OYMHI/IMG_1960.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey - Still able to enter some of the substructure of the stadium and see where supplies / animals / people were staged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738425548943-DTJZFKDR4NPAZRM7IYL4/IMG_1986.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey - Bouleuterion - city council house or Odeon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738437754107-SQ2JDA8GLZYH1N7FKB6Q/IMG_1991.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey - sculpted seat in the bouleuterion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738426418098-6XNZDVRFPION7FGPPZC8/IMG_1975.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey - Christian graffiti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738437846307-IAHY31KKSE6P01A5VUZS/IMG_1977.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey - christian sculpture from a much later era https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738437845727-TGPQLC2QR6NQXD8YXZYN/IMG_1923.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738437855233-0SNTAY94FU5WAPRDAM0H/IMG_2014.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey - head of Aphrodite 1 - 2nd c AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738437856306-JQDPO9M7HU9DSKL9MUVW/IMG_2029.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey - Agrippa (mother of Nero) crowning her son.. 54 - 59 AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1738437862371-0HNXK5MM6RN7BL4DB8XC/IMG_2012.jpeg Blog - Aphrodisius, Turkey - Winged Nike https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/western-wall-tunnels-jerusalem monthly 0.5 2025-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/01cf2b5e-ee13-4da0-9776-5ef60b5fdca6/IMG_2302.jpeg Blog - Western Wall Tunnels, Jerusalem - Make it stand out Shaarei Tshuva Synagogue, near the Western Wall Tunnels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1737820934874-56VBZSG67YWY0MMQ4P3E/IMG_2301.jpeg Blog - Western Wall Tunnels, Jerusalem - Shaarei Tshuva Synagogue at the Western Wall Tunnels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1737820935094-F52HDT5WSVQBF0IASCE1/IMG_2297.jpeg Blog - Western Wall Tunnels, Jerusalem - Warren's Gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1737820949014-XY2WKTF54YJFT4KNUWNK/IMG_2433.jpeg Blog - Western Wall Tunnels, Jerusalem - Western Wall under the Muslim quarter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1737821211248-ATK8MONH59KQB5Y8ARSJ/IMG_4494.jpeg Blog - Western Wall Tunnels, Jerusalem - entrance to the tunnels - originally structures that were above ground in the second temple era https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1737821272206-5WNOS2EZW9GFOMPPN80F/IMG_2296.jpeg Blog - Western Wall Tunnels, Jerusalem - High arches and massive stones of the Western Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1737821284735-S64P1OYLZ8Y8RUHRX7GX/IMG_4496.jpeg Blog - Western Wall Tunnels, Jerusalem - herodian stones weighing several hundreds of tons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1737821300629-DOHFKR77Z0DMVHYQ36TZ/IMG_4503+2.jpeg Blog - Western Wall Tunnels, Jerusalem https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/fountain-on-the-via-appia monthly 0.5 2025-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/4acc5eb8-6668-443b-9426-2123d0114d8c/IMG_0665.JPG Blog - San Remigio Fountain on the Via Appia - Make it stand out The San Remigio Fountain, on the Via Appia at Formiae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1737215160908-B73A7F0Y0ICJX2H31HW6/IMG_0662.JPG Blog - San Remigio Fountain on the Via Appia - The fountain is up against a retaining wall... the paving of the Via Appia is a bit overgrown here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1737215171658-4HKA6B7GK4QUTFF967YD/IMG_7155.jpeg Blog - San Remigio Fountain on the Via Appia - One of two spouts still visible. Theater like masks of sun and moon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1737215181670-5X2WMMAL9XR58HIOHCA1/IMG_0659.JPG Blog - San Remigio Fountain on the Via Appia - The fountain dates to at least 2nd century BC. Water pour from theater mask like sun and moon disks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1737224706374-JWVC8V929ZGQYZL6OCZT/IMG_7165.jpg Blog - San Remigio Fountain on the Via Appia - Spouts are flush with the retaining wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1737215238556-1D2D9FBSYYZZ69RY4KMO/IMG_0674.JPG Blog - San Remigio Fountain on the Via Appia - Stones of the Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1737215249844-66FSLL2NDVZ2XTY1AM5L/IMG_7241.jpeg Blog - San Remigio Fountain on the Via Appia - parts of a fountain near the Porta San Sebastián near the 1st miles of the Via Appia https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/mount-gerizim-and-the-samaritan-temple monthly 0.5 2025-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/37d6c6f7-5905-4826-894b-dc600d2a75e1/IMG_4952.jpeg Blog - Mount Gerizim and the Samaritan Temple - Make it stand out Ruins on Mount Gerizim, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1736726473326-X7RYG0HNWE21CT2XBX73/IMG_4942.jpeg Blog - Mount Gerizim and the Samaritan Temple - Standing atop Mnt Gerizim, looking down on the modern city of Nablus. Archeological site of Shechem and the church over Jacob's well are circled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1736726466336-D6FGP80PVXROGXS0NGRT/IMG_4937.jpeg Blog - Mount Gerizim and the Samaritan Temple - Sheep and goats grazing on the mountainside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1736726475388-ZY5Y46SDAS9P8K84VGFG/IMG_4951.jpeg Blog - Mount Gerizim and the Samaritan Temple - Fencing surrounds the ruins on the mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1736726487465-0JICI3SF7EMG0ADJDYD2/IMG_4945.jpeg Blog - Mount Gerizim and the Samaritan Temple - Remains of a Byzantine church build over the site of the Samaritan Temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1736726491588-3KA7ZD6USF77E6YHB8TT/IMG_4956.jpeg Blog - Mount Gerizim and the Samaritan Temple - Some of the ruins through the fence https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/forum-of-caesar-augustus-rome-italy monthly 0.5 2025-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/a2f3d265-c5ca-4b4a-b74c-940dc246aadf/IMG_3209.JPG Blog - Forum of Caesar Augustus, Rome Italy - Make it stand out Forum of Caesar and the steps up to the Temple of Mars Ultor (Roman god of war). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735958883716-3UQ6YRFOAWZ76RGB4RUB/IMG_7095.JPG Blog - Forum of Caesar Augustus, Rome Italy - Caesar Augustus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735958884619-8ZY41UEZAJ4PVMXE7VLR/IMG_7085.JPG Blog - Forum of Caesar Augustus, Rome Italy - Standing on the Via Dei Fori Imperiale looking down into the Forum of Augustus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735958893247-M3VKO1CZY90CM0P3UVJ9/IMG_7087+2.JPG Blog - Forum of Caesar Augustus, Rome Italy - forum of Augustus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735958904901-NVUETXQATF37T85QWXTM/IMG_7097.JPG Blog - Forum of Caesar Augustus, Rome Italy - forum of Augustus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735958907282-76E0IUCOYV0Y5VXARNLK/IMG_7111.JPG Blog - Forum of Caesar Augustus, Rome Italy - Looking across the forum of Augustus toward the Forum of Trajan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735958940959-UFBCOWJMIUVDTMEH89VH/IMG_7079.JPG Blog - Forum of Caesar Augustus, Rome Italy - Forum of Nerva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735958929424-UDQ14IM8J4VV6HFKQYN1/IMG_7115.JPG Blog - Forum of Caesar Augustus, Rome Italy - Trajan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735958951086-6TIHVAGZQZKZVHGVW4HD/IMG_7145.JPG Blog - Forum of Caesar Augustus, Rome Italy - Forum of Trajan https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/pozzuolis-rione-terra-temple-to-augustus monthly 0.5 2024-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/b16decfc-a38d-40e6-a999-438c23ff5101/IMG_7855.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus - Make it stand out Basilica of Pozzuoli, built within the structure of the ancient Roman Republican era temple. Original fluted columns of the temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735350952387-5IN30SUH1GJF6LQTEMRY/IMG_1251.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus - Standing in the Rione Terra area looking down on the harbor of Pozzuoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735350946380-7TRXOPQACJD7V2C9MT7A/IMG_7886.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus - Dome over a side chapel of the basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735350961629-WYNCF4TX2SGVDK09S0LQ/IMG_1325.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus - Unassuming entrance to the basilica of Pozzuoli - we got thoroughly lost trying to find it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735350965405-KLZ940QGJCRH4XAXD98E/IMG_1306.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus - Entrance to the basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735350984417-BPJJ5JUA5RVLQTV23YI1/IMG_7844.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus - Looking through the narthex down toward the nave and altar area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735351158309-85JWS5G4QKVJUYH7W3QR/IMG_1289.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus - structural elements from the original pagan temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735350978779-AID2YGYMBHYTABZDKQXN/IMG_1273.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735351158708-0S3HTKEC0Y5SCMBEWEPM/IMG_7871.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus - Standing in front of the altar area looking back toward the entrance - glass panels were installed between the remaining original pillars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735350985964-AOPXRW9KEM9E3CNAKDMF/IMG_1265.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus - baptismal font https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735351172841-JI6KT90PX55OG3XW6A0Y/IMG_7855.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735351010294-DDDY4AG48BZ1E4DHZW0B/IMG_1277.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus - restored ceilings in the apse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735351172841-VMTJUSGWKLUIKRBLD4J6/IMG_7876.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735350997335-IT2OIJK70LXQXBQ68OEE/IMG_1269.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus - incorporation of the original pillars visible in the walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735351185737-AO3M42Q0L08AJUB83BIA/IMG_7851.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735351016046-KHUGY1F7C7AXANMVHAKI/IMG_1279.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735351185632-BWXDYHBK9CLEP8DECW60/IMG_1293.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735351203448-EVY6T8MGIR11QWVMWD2U/IMG_7882.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus - exiting the basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735351203522-XOTHZ512TJATF457YKO6/IMG_7878.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus - Remains of past versions of the basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735351220018-GEKXDTT8F9LGSTXGTXFK/IMG_1316.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus - remains of the original temple structure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1735351225611-81HCLXCFBZ9Z9TS1PQ89/IMG_7552.JPG Blog - Pozzuoli’s Rione Terra Temple to Augustus https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/the-synagogue-at-ostia-antica-italy monthly 0.5 2024-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/03f1c5bc-e966-4e9d-8f5f-daedb8a8a9e4/DJI_20241110051941_0002_D.jpg Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy - Make it stand out Remains of the synagogue at Ostia Antica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734822187150-F6DMJG4HKELY2K88XTCG/IMG_5572.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy - Approaching the ancient synagogue at the southernmost part of the Ostia Antica excavations on the Via Severiana street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734822185008-UWYJX42GISBA8FTRS2V8/IMG_5582.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy - Entering the Synagogue through what was the vestibule https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734822187473-J9QOXSPDEJUXOH8MH9KR/Screenshot+2024-12-21+at+8.19.14%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy - A 4 columned propylaeum is the entrance to the main prayer hall which was paved in opus sextile. At the left you see the curved back of an aedicule which was probably a Torah shrine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734822205945-C8TR2L0AA80SH0GYQ3W7/IMG_5639.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy - Standing at the front of the main hall looking back toward the entrance. The room was lined with benches and had a raised area for reading from the Torah scroll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734822202167-5MJS0B1WZHOBIZ9HEJC4/IMG_5584.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy - The aedicule that likely held the Torah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734823287506-92YY5SJRRGTNMWMILCQN/IMG_5590.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy - View of the kitchen, with oven at the back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734822222329-FOD50IIOSE98EGQWV1X5/IMG_5606.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy - A copy of the original carvings of a Menorah, shofar, lulab and ethrog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734823287508-G7NWAYMNO0PGO3NDWPMS/IMG_5592.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy - Kitchen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734822209741-RQIN6FXFI73TJ4SXMXWY/IMG_2086+2.jpeg Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy - The carved menorah as it was found in 1961. Image from Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 , The Synagogue, Jewish Life in Ostia by Mary-Jane Cuyler, 07 Feb 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734823326661-K11RFES28AANUH21U3NY/IMG_5695.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734822255525-Q77CFXM4ONC46AKGKGKS/IMG_5683+2.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy - The entrance hall or vestibule was paved with mosaics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734823326412-JKFF106MLHFSYOKRR0BZ/IMG_5692.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734822249712-A0UUYO5G3S8I43VYX4K9/IMG_5627.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734823344483-YK0ZZ1OEPG0FF9RPTHUG/IMG_5681.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734823347756-IA7UHOQ3WHFNZWFX7EIH/IMG_5690.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy - Reused roman grave stone in the floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734823365792-909IUOIERMY3S4Q9EYXY/IMG_5645.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734823365792-0XNB0UCYRXV3R2OSNP65/IMG_5629.JPG Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734823383823-RBNVZ7Y1KVXMBTDAXAEN/DJI_20241110053417_0021_D.jpg Blog - The Synagogue at Ostia Antica, Italy https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/minturnae-rome monthly 0.5 2024-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/5cc46b19-cf57-439a-aa2a-c5c218842895/IMG_0589.JPG Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia - Make it stand out Minturnae forum with the Via Appia running through the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734188504743-6PPYIMC11PSN3XGYELIH/IMG_0550.JPG Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia - Minturnae, approaching the back of the theater in the archeological park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734188515421-3JPEA3XADQBAY80LY9ZE/IMG_0557.JPG Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734188539086-0KMXS0GWP57YRRMQ58F7/IMG_0567.JPG Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia - View from the top of the theater remains looking out onto the forum and Capitolium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734188573060-2DRVUIPBUFE8MO41BA0P/IMG_0583.JPG Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia - Standing in the forum looking toward the theater at Minturnae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734188571029-XIBCNKKKDI4JVI8AFMC6/IMG_0571.JPG Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734188554539-6ZL8AOLBFPUII69OSLA5/IMG_0561.JPG Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734188581290-CCCKHNKPM8SOHLLCRUL7/IMG_0548.JPG Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia - Site plan with the Via Appia running through the center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734188634392-UGOKKW2VAX63BM9X8EZI/IMG_0581.JPG Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia - Via Appia original stone complete with cart ruts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734188671017-2VIDEF9JW224WCK6GQ59/IMG_7109.JPG Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia - Via Appia at Minturnae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734188710271-X6SE08D6IKC8OH1JXEUO/IMG_0593.JPG Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734188759796-OASNQ9MRDDAQL9A8R7F8/IMG_0603.JPG Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia - Hypocaust stacks in the remains of one of the baths at Minturnae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734188808115-IS7OV12LBEUB3SF253Y3/IMG_7125.JPG Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia - Remains of a latrine at Minturnae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734188688336-SRWOICDYRXSOG8M0N97L/IMG_0579.JPG Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia - Portico to the market in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1734188841115-Z5S73N5WUULLTZFLV9O5/IMG_7143.jpeg Blog - Minturnae, Italy and the Via Appia - Aqueduct outside of Minturnae https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/italy-trip-2024-mnt-vesuvius-and-pompeii monthly 0.5 2024-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/b02ec466-a278-4d6e-8849-1ac74c3a2d55/IMG_1600.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Mnt Vesuvius and Pompeii - Make it stand out Standing on a street in Pompeii looking up at Mnt Vesuvius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733359927045-F3HI10SXN01IXJPQG19A/IMG_1411.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Mnt Vesuvius and Pompeii - Bay of Naples from Mnt Vesuvius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733359931897-4JWK0GP98FKGWCTI73X9/IMG_1431.JPG Blog - 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Italy Trip 2024 - Mnt Vesuvius and Pompeii - Theater at Pompeii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733360057987-5U4C5EAC53N6OMTJVSZZ/IMG_1625.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Mnt Vesuvius and Pompeii - "restaurant" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733359942550-6OV5PHSA08K05TF35DZ2/IMG_5088.png Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Mnt Vesuvius and Pompeii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733360061922-UIPOUFM97EM536KJ2665/IMG_1806.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Mnt Vesuvius and Pompeii - Domus of a wealthy family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733359948126-FAGPTX4K1VTJA3LCAC9X/IMG_1502.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Mnt Vesuvius and Pompeii - Vivid colors and paintings still intact on walls at Pompeii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733360063792-L5GY963C7HO7CT6JC9FJ/IMG_1700.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Mnt Vesuvius and Pompeii - gorgeous intact black and white mosaic floors still intact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733359951131-ANGOTPQIOWAA96574E7D/IMG_1500.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Mnt Vesuvius and Pompeii - Stepping stones at intersections allowed people to cross road out of the muck / water / waste, but still room for cart and chariot wheels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733360067642-0SHDVVLCSDLRQ3TET5XQ/IMG_1714.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Mnt Vesuvius and Pompeii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733360073746-F8PD2RL7LH2Q186PA0JI/IMG_1845.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Mnt Vesuvius and Pompeii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733360073690-XDGMDM6CJ4V3V4B51K3K/IMG_1826.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Mnt Vesuvius and Pompeii - wall trim painting of gladiators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733360078390-G0KOHB1Y5H91QMDB7ICT/IMG_1835.JPG Blog - 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Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136412992-6T61BVB64BRHGKSUT40P/IMG_7529.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - Fruit market on the harbor at Pozzuoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136418575-L1ZO8GTEPGVC6CGPJN69/IMG_7535.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - Special tomatoes that grow in clusters and used mainly to cook with fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136433126-9I7K6FHUHE66IEJXFLNU/IMG_7552.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - Pozzuoli streets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136434551-S8FB5LWQK0W3KPTJNE87/IMG_7558.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136474322-XSRSLKLYKJACG56UHG75/IMG_7654.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136492028-Z7VCGVILNTHX6YTWVHWU/IMG_7839.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - Unassuming (and VERY difficult to find) entrance to the Cathedral of Pozzuoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136505602-M7DL4JT8P91RIER6KJII/IMG_7846.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - Cathedral is built out of the remains of a 1st c BC temple which became the temple to Augustus. Paul would have seen it looming up on the hill above the harbor in Puteoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136512736-FB1UMW2IKOMYQXMIWWXB/IMG_7855.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - Columns of the ancient temple incorporated into the cathedral with glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733358108121-BFUDS7Y8RFJF98UOR6A0/IMG_1263.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136448119-74ZC6UOCJA9CICBXJO3J/IMG_7612.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - Baths of Neptune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136471804-YI5RM8KVUOU4BP6HXQ57/IMG_7642.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - Flavian amphitheater in Pozzuoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136455704-BKHMBKKMVNQRKHEUZO0F/IMG_7620.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - underground amphitheater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136457631-VTDCKYR4D6KV7B09QWBC/IMG_7636.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136465140-03X6HUVR5SM9FLO2S5CT/IMG_7638.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136407342-5UUSLTT8YTPV937I24YG/IMG_1169.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - Walking the Via Consularis Capuam Puteolis out of Pozzuoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136502847-GBOM8KHSS7Z29PIW0XEI/IMG_7715.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - Via cella tombs 1st c BC - 2nd C AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136526480-BJ4UAHMFSB2W744W6BF6/IMG_7923.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733358145592-JRQRSFAYZIN9Z24ER9GJ/IMG_1386.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - 2 miles out of Pozzuoli on the ancient road is a restaurant the Villa Elvira - built on ancient tombs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136406420-ZLKBJOK8QJQ8MS075TI4/IMG_1352.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - The wine cellar is an ancient road - the road walls with their opus reticulatum still evident https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136408519-P91EVZQBST6G7LKFRW4I/IMG_1374+5.jpg Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - grave painting of the good shepherd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136536813-2KM3L2W8MSH5JGMSIASU/IMG_7954.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136538203-50KH6AVN4W9SXJF0HLF7/IMG_7958.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732136549387-ZXIM0E2MQTFTNRV4DZ72/IMG_7964.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - grave painting of a peacock can be seen here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1733358185345-A2PXLS9J5IUVRWYUXFSH/IMG_1251.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Walking out of Pozzuoli in the Footsteps of Paul - Pozzuoli https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/111924-rome-trip monthly 0.5 2024-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/f1a44bdf-663c-4d47-ac18-bd9c1c6ef765/IMG_1028.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli - Make it stand out The city of Pozzuoli - the port city where Paul landed in Italy on his way to imprisonment in Rome. “..And after one day a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli. There we found brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days”. Acts 28:13-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732041731576-K6IRZYFM5GGFC843GKDS/IMG_7338.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli - The Marcellum, or ancient market on the harbor at Pozzuoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732041840274-SX8T8F5YNLO1VT4EE7ZO/DJI_20241119053937_0003_D.jpg Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732041732180-HHC435D8TU9GS2PTK9RC/IMG_7347.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli - Excellent pastries at a little shop on the harbor - best of the entire trip! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732041764431-FTGES59Y2H5ZBBECUMYL/IMG_7373.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli - Memorial to Paul's landing outside of a church at Pozzuoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732041749723-PGO9PNXGJOAKYMKHSOVU/IMG_7367.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732041757974-HPEARSV38134DUJVGDTK/IMG_7371.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732041765958-TCDCZMSM7ZPHPYBJPRLJ/IMG_7383.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732041775465-RG59HETFK5NS74E8K8AG/IMG_7397.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732041780951-401EZY72RNYFTKM2G9G6/IMG_7403.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732041795258-S7QZ1QKFVIXVB7JIY311/IMG_7410.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732041819556-4E73WI3QWH79X4MGU7IQ/IMG_7472.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli - Remains of the stadium of Antoninus Pius at Pozzuoli. Dates to 2nd c AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732041821366-3GYYANR7S8PMNKOQLDLY/IMG_7495.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli - a busy traffic circle that was also a nexus of roads in Paul's day. It was here that he likely took the Via Consularis Apuam Puteolis toward Capua, and then onto the Via Appia to Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732041812018-951RY41GBIAMQGDFLL8U/IMG_7491.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli - At this traffic circle, there is a small piece of the ancient NW city gate foundation from the 1c BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732041789572-B4CX69BVVV1TTZ532LS6/IMG_7467+2.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Pozzuoli - Beautiful sunset in Pozzuoli tonight! https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/111824-rome-trip monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/37e87a63-9c4c-42e6-af0b-2b25c6b26f85/IMG_1606.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Via Appia - Make it stand out Via Appia just outside of Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731959426327-AZGDGIXJKAMBBNO1VTEU/IMG_7190.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Via Appia - Visited the American Embassy today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731959435608-HGPWLTNTPL0H4AOC8C6J/IMG_7191.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Via Appia - Our passport was replaced in one day and the embassy staff were very kind to our son Jacob. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731959461765-LVK8KZ6FNYKDL2G7LAMK/IMG_7192.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731959474886-L0ZPEE39VJH2ZJQUVE8O/IMG_7216.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Via Appia - Arch of Drusus at approximately the 1 mile point of the Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731959474886-J942DVG63JSVRJE4JHCO/IMG_7222.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731959504765-DOO2LA37CPTNZMMM8R1I/IMG_7224.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731959504556-RMRWMFU60R55T4FDXJEF/IMG_7228.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Via Appia - Porta San Sebastiano in the Aurelian Walls over the Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731959528838-3J9EY6MWZ3ZP0YLVZL3V/IMG_7250.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Via Appia - Replica of the ancient 1 mile marker on the Via Appia - but now in the wrong spot and being subsumed into a wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731959547009-YRCA0QAE3Z0XELXVONQR/IMG_7254.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Via Appia - Via Appia as it enters the city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731959564874-YP6PGONPTBL90FA17RHL/IMG_7277.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Via Appia - Church of Domino Quo Vadis at approximately the 1 mile mark on the Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731959563263-IOVA41UBWZ7JU1W2E17L/IMG_7281.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Via Appia - The church has. a set of footprints in marble they claim were made by Christ after his resurrection, appearing to Peter to encourage him to continue to Rome and his ministry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731959412853-ZIKTC3SM2XL3CW5P10W3/IMG_5472.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Via Appia - Last dinner in Rome - tomorrow on to Pozzuoli https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/111724-rome-trip monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/c42926ce-8a18-4501-a820-c54133c6ec0c/IMG_0505.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia - Make it stand out Basement of the Capua colosseum - second largest after the colosseum in Rome. Built in 31 BC and restored several times in the following centuries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876723407-A0OUYSHDP91D9IVO32FV/IMG_6970.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia - Capua Colosseum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876738737-0L342N61UCK1DKNJ2IBE/IMG_6979.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876733984-NCUUOI26YIF7NYDWQL5Z/IMG_6981.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876748415-3OAZXJNHY0AJE5Y6N2T7/IMG_7020.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876765779-OGT4BDJ88SVHV1P6GM91/IMG_7036.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876772936-TUDZQRDRG3J7U4MVW2CP/IMG_7043.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia - Hadrian's arch leading out of Capua - or what is left of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876788751-4U94LD2B3TQLPYCJU7VJ/IMG_7063.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia - bridge over the Volturnus River going out of Capua - Important today as it was in St Paul's time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876787233-N2LQ3KPYAYH29U7M7YG7/IMG_7093.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia - Standing at the top of the theater looking out over the forum of Minturnae, an important ancient city on the Appian Way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876811440-E2FF0OSSFABJLHVNRC33/IMG_7113.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia - The Via Appia went right through the forum at Minturnae - Saint Paul likely walked these stones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876813555-VOD2IKDO5L4R29H3OZXB/IMG_7127.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia - Opus reticulated. Shaped volcanic tuff with a tapered cone that was pushed into wet concrete to give a decorative diamond pattern to a wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876827193-FEN2GUY1XL1WT3E0S0G2/IMG_7131.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia - opus reticulatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876831858-QVM49TK61UUWNX79BQKU/IMG_7141.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia - Remains of an aqueduct at Minturnae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876833095-MX6JN5JFEH6KD740E2B7/IMG_7153.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia - Water channel at the top of the aqueduct https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876872257-6C52CHYXDF3XWS1ZCOUC/IMG_7166.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia - Formae, another ancient city on the Appian way, has the remains of a fountain that watered animals and people traveling on Via Appia to Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876850593-NJOHXUHP95OYYWKRAWF9/IMG_7155.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia - The water spouts were a sun and a moon, only the sun survives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731876875041-TFMV83PQ300MPA9OLYFM/IMG_7163.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Capua and the lower Via Appia - Via Appia fountain at Formae https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/111624-rome-trip monthly 0.5 2024-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/a329d862-0c58-4844-af59-54911f817b61/IMG_9937.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - Make it stand out Frieze over the entrance of the Basilica of Santa Pudenziana - probably the oldest purpose built place of Christian worship in Rome, originating in the home of Pudens who is mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:21. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790174288-OAKYEQ8RW6WMY4FK6MU0/IMG_6350.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - Basilica of Santa Pudenziana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790174128-62CZ8X76A2WQ5EI8QSVY/IMG_6352.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - The church is built over a 1st century home and even other bath complex. The medieval iteration of the church still sits well below the modern street level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790193791-DJC3DM2HZOIGG3Z4UVDU/IMG_6380.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790194781-QY2HEO1HWZOLU2LXC3L6/IMG_6361.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790219640-AVM779IXAAMPN7PRQ975/IMG_6410.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - mosaic in the apse of S. Pudenziana has been partially restored, still shows some building from New Testament era Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790254816-YK091JMM1IY71WOZRKYH/IMG_6470.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - Famous Bernini statue of The Ecstasy of St Terese in the church of Santa Maria Della Vitoria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790271882-R2T2I0QOVOPB0D2IIETH/IMG_6516.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - Moses Fountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790268902-61JJVONEXUW33CWFX6VG/IMG_6507.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790236900-BNOEMJPXHGVULKGN6I6S/IMG_6447.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - ancient walls of Castra Praetoria - site of barracks of the Roman guard in New Testament times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790245639-GW181U08ME1FUCEEFZ1E/IMG_6463.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - Casta Praetoria walls - Paul may well have stayed in the Praetorian guard barracks the first days of his time in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790288305-V023U3NCNEVIO905Q77D/IMG_6522.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - Basilica of Santa Maria Degli Angeli - built into the remains of the Diocletian Baths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790284180-63KJ74BCYDP8VUO64Y2L/IMG_6527.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - Nave and apse of the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790316697-SVXHESPPT2UKBXJDKZHV/IMG_6586.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - Michelangelo designed a meridian line and sun dial in the floor of the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790315921-8RGA2TAPQ6RS6LWJK37Q/IMG_6584.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - sun dial in the floor of the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790331487-8ABY32ACO53NKJTAP985/IMG_6592.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - aperture to let sun light in for the sun dial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790341579-42FTL8D9Z9F8VUM08U66/IMG_6638.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - St Paul Outside the Walls - one of the 4 papal basilicas in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790340137-J2IF1A409E8NI3VEZFE0/IMG_6643.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - The Holy door at St Paul Outside the walls - only opened during a jubilee year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790156733-UTIO1H381RUCHW20SL18/IMG_0230.jpg Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - The baldacchino at St. Paul Outside the Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790366288-1AFOBHSKVIXWRI0JOKJ9/IMG_6674.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - Apse mosaic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790155958-SGMLUCT7WWDNKMQEKKVR/IMG_0322.jpg Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - Cloister at St. Paul Outside the Walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790371422-W8B20J2KJTKDTAMOJ8HP/IMG_6913.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - Catacombs of Thecla - shelf like burial spots carved from the volcanic tuff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731790371556-WDTME6R59QC42LUGUDQ4/IMG_6930.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilical of Santa Pudenziana - Grave painting of Moses miraculously getting water from a rock, catacombs of Thecla https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/111524-rome-trip monthly 0.5 2024-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/20627b7b-c427-4912-8267-6d0c5d358035/IMG_9154.jpg Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - Make it stand out Pyramid tomb of Gaius Cestius (18 - 12 BC construction) and the Porta Ostiensis (gateway to the ancient Roman route to Ostia Antica). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732973423609-J5JKFT87FIA2X3CT6OQD/IMG_9198.jpg Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - Basilica di Santa Sabina all'Aventino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700378989-P7RWEE4NZP2K9UPIL4QI/IMG_5612.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - Massive 400's AD Cyprus wood door at S. Sabina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732973550424-9X1X5M9ZRMXKDAWK91XO/IMG_5600.JPEG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - One of the panels of the door has a carving of Jesus on the cross and the two thieves - likely the first artistic depiction of Jesus and the thieves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700381515-0R0VD6MMF7S1ODENZQ19/IMG_5615.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - Interior of S. Sabina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700388260-TQCK9DGMR460L95TKNG3/IMG_5670.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - Circus Maximus - Roman chariot racing stadium and entertainment venue below Palatine Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700400554-5G2WEKEGKE3G6NA825SK/IMG_5728.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - The mouth of truth (remember the movie Roman Holiday?) in the porch of Santa Maria in Comedian. It is an ancient Roman man hole cover of sorts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700400561-KQF9I0YZU51RLPN1GLAQ/IMG_5737.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - Interior of Sant Maria in Cosmedin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700415872-0KH9WQJQQ2O51JXPTKIC/IMG_5800.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - Oldest intact temple in Rome - Temple of Hercules Victor, 2nd c BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700417857-3FBOAS7X3QO2PZ8IUVSE/IMG_5809.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - Temple of Fortunus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700436402-S7NWFRO87RI84M2ZAXGX/IMG_5818.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - Arch of Janus - only fully surviving quadifons triumphal arch in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700433372-OG4LNAE1SGMUS3B0M5TQ/IMG_5860.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - Theater of Marcellus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700453236-S21PBV0IZC1QMV8RBZOF/IMG_5875.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - 124 steps leading up to the Sant Maria in Aracoeli Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700449331-S5OGX4RVQXF0VEY4HNXH/IMG_5909.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - apse of the Sant Maria in Aracoeli Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700486889-KT2XI1NAQKFA10UMM4FM/IMG_9551.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - Tome of St Helena in the Sant Maria in Aracoeli Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700471932-EP60LWS0350CPCJ5J7ZU/IMG_5992.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - Area de Largo Argentina - site of the assassination of Julius Caesar. 4 temples and a curia excavated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700476321-TYQLLR4G6E4Z7W0JKOXS/IMG_6090.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - Oculus of the Pantheon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731700479165-I5PRIE3EVQ72HDZHS1ZW/IMG_6311.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Santa Sabina Basilica and so many temples - Michelangelo - marble tomb front included Moses. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/111424-rome-trip monthly 0.5 2024-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/aa54b955-278b-4208-9825-582ed8f3450f/DJI_20241114020435_0022_D+copy.jpg Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Make it stand out Milvan Bridge - site of Constantine’s vision of the cross and victory over Maxentius in 312 AD - precursor to the legalization of Christianity in 313 AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732938335011-4DXHG5CKLQ2ENWWR7W15/IMG_8374.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Milvan Bridge in Rome, built originally in 109 BC. Two arches on the Rome side are original https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732938347299-WYNWJ73CKS1WVHKC3FZA/IMG_8382.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Statues at the SE end of the bridge, St. John of Nepomuk and the Virgin Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732938937121-28YBQCDQY9GJF13CX4CB/IMG_8384.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Statue of the Virgin Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732938348935-1FUMSN1K4VMYEFENLD5Y/IMG_8404.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Gateway arch to the Bridge at the NW end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732938359166-NQETMKLQ0O5ANF7NQYXJ/IMG_8433.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Porta San Paulo of the Aurelian Walls of Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732938370420-JCZDJBMU81QCOMVZAFML/IMG_8439.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - St. Paul's statue within the Porta San Paulo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732938372605-FY6BSH2ATK32W30XICB6/IMG_8500.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Augustus's Altar of Peace - built in 13 BC and positioned on the outskirts of Rome, it was moved to this location and preserved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732938388201-9RLT2QG04O8JROLYOD87/IMG_8610.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Bernini angel in the Santa Andrea delle Fratte Basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732938385853-YH3E8IDM6U1HN81XZ9XT/IMG_8749.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Capuchin Crypt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732938995422-A40DXVPIY1P5CESC9WD2/IMG_8802.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Baptistery at Sant Maria Maggiore Basilica - one of the 4 papal basilicas in Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732938997203-DW9N7PY52FJ8QHMSD2S6/IMG_8781.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - The Holy Door at Sant Maria Maggiore that is opened by the pope at the start of a Jubilee year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732939008815-BAEJVWE0A0GH6FZIU240/IMG_8835+2.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Apse mosaic at S Maria Maggiore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732939021583-TCCK48Q67WGC0BOR0TXU/IMG_8833.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Baldacchino at S Maria Maggiore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732939024940-ZVT53DBOJRIH8PL9FFOZ/IMG_8900.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Mosaics and fresco in the Loggia (the original facade of the church) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732939031575-XNQIPXKYYZAUFGZP4E9M/IMG_8914.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Colossal angel statues in the loggia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732939038871-9COUC8SZM1XSUMC2C9LI/IMG_8937.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - The bell tower of S Maria Maggiore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732939051781-VEWQWRALRO2LLN8IC9PP/IMG_8963.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Famous Bernini staircase at S Maria Maggiore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732939067005-O34AQ2BDHVGWO9KWX5LO/IMG_8982.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Ceiling mosaic at Santa Prassede Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732939057885-NM3Y2VNXGZOSK6MGDAXA/IMG_9037.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - The Catholic Church holds this piece of pillar to be a part of the column of Jesus scourging - S Prassede https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732939068968-2C5ZKCGSVTCWXC4C2PFT/IMG_9032.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732939077408-0NRGLSV55EWJULFYLTS0/IMG_9048.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - Altar area and apse of S Martino ai Monti - looking down into the crypt below the altar area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732939081681-ADK62XPA9T1V3AIWCX2D/IMG_9057.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Milvan Bridge - underground layer of S Martino ai Monti - the ancient church built into a Roman bath structure. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/111324-rome-trip monthly 0.5 2024-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/5e173c96-bffd-48d6-a70a-3bf4e02ca466/IMG_7111.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - Make it stand out Trajan’s Forum along the Via Dei Fori Imperiale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894678034-F3XDS0W8PBCB5ZNDW7XJ/IMG_7103.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - Trajan's Forum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894689004-B2QY0IEZ275WBY5WBUBE/IMG_7145.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - Trajan's Forum and Column https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894702768-X68IEJG1ZTWPHHIR6B6I/IMG_7156.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - NW end of the forum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894710541-H2MXBJR0PZ692RYMCA18/IMG_7183.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - Mammertine Prison - historians believe both Peter and Paul likely spent time here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894728757-ETLJ51I9GZBRX2SXLO7I/IMG_7248.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - Lowest level of the prison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894837766-ICLZGTR3XB45IK15IQBA/IMG_7830.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - Apse of Santa Maria Antiqua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894725878-OL0MUKLZT3Q4I6BJL2RR/IMG_7731.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - Dominus Tiberiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894840050-IZ9BSSR97YXGHB3ZIUFU/IMG_8045.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - The private study of Augustus - colors still vivid - Palatine Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894739725-Z4JLUWJ0VE7UTV7I3US0/IMG_7811.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - Santa Maria Antiqua - oldest Christian monument in the Forum - 6th century AD frescos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894874118-S0MV9QG3LQNPNPE7P9W1/IMG_8075.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - House of Livia, Palatine Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894741907-AJ5A6ZM716W2S4RYE38D/IMG_7872.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - Frescos in Sant Maria Antiqua https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894874452-NQDQM5ZZG5R9O5DRP23S/IMG_8149.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - Temple of Venus and Roma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894901704-6VC104YLMWUNDZEEDFSS/IMG_8224.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - View of the colosseum from the attic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894901709-XC677B28X7PHC5SBBE34/IMG_8241.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - San Stephano Rotundo Church - dedicated to Christian Martyrs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894916325-NBDRH1NIK1J194CF3C95/IMG_8259.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - Altar area of the church in the round - San Stephano Rotunda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894916210-N4P4BB5CNBE8TVV4MFG7/IMG_8267.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - Paintings of deaths of Martyrs line the walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894938742-67QNFRL1DKG1UNW7DPJV/IMG_8291.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - Martyrdom of St. Stephen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732894933278-H2R5NI35P6EF5MHIIV3N/IMG_8305.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Roman Forum, Colosseum and Santo Stephano Rotundo - Martyrdom of S. Giovanni Evangelista https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/111224-rome-trip monthly 0.5 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780923574-IRGJ451E298ICW61XYT7/IMG_2701.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - Vatican Museum "Nero's Bath" - made of Egyptian Porphyry stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780917715-EH39WBJVW8PU4QXHYSOD/IMG_2711.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - St Helena's sarcophagus, mother of Emperor Constantine. Made of Egyptian porphyry stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780924686-357SGXDNHTYW8E4UHFZC/IMG_2715.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - One of the many many colorful mosaic floors, Vatican Museums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780934744-JI5NHZALDAG5KTJTWQQA/IMG_2735.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - Candelabra in the Candelabra Hall of the Vatican Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780934407-V5WQSTSRT712ZAAJP1A8/IMG_2801.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - Stairs exiting the Vatican Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780944659-Y73JXR0MY9ITS2TF885K/IMG_2861.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - Statue of St. Peter - many of the colossal statues in St. Peter's Basilica are undergoing cleaning and restoration for the Jubilee year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731781044645-V7GDPUTTL7DTC9G0IFHD/IMG_6774.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - St. Peter's Basilica Baldacchino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780954526-85NEOC0258A6XUYOJRKH/IMG_2887.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - Looking down to the nave from the walk up to the dome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780969253-A1VA8PXH4P4MGUNPLFM0/IMG_2893.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - View of St. Peter's plaza from the dome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780977904-1KIVQ6O796TTTB79VNXA/IMG_2912.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - Stair up to the dome - narrow, steep and leaning inward!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780988003-IJ2JOFJMRPZC5WEXRZIK/IMG_2924.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - Facade of St. Peter's Basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780991277-T16XLVDQP2TCC4R605MJ/IMG_2929.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - Obelisk in St. Peter's plaza: "Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ Commands". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780999579-B8PQMN2GOO8026G9LWS0/IMG_2961.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - Castle Sant'Angelo, became as a mausoleum of Hadrian, was the papal residence for a time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731781018729-NZP60183ARIEKA9T9T69/IMG_2976.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - Inside Castle Sant'Angelo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731781016573-34TBXJS4XEEFYILCSVQ8/IMG_3094.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - View from Castle Sant'Angelo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731781027194-FP72DM18JLFG1IK2L094/IMG_3121.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - View from Castle Sant'Angelo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731781029618-GRG8C08QZUXACZ9T0E76/IMG_3144.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Vatican City and Castle Sant’Angelo - View from Castle Sant'Angelo https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/111124-rome-trip monthly 0.5 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780719251-K81DXNMGOYCXCOM1YAMX/IMG_1843.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - First glimpses of the largest roman colosseum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780714818-9JRP3GNFH756FVV0IOHM/IMG_1867.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780723919-2RM0YI13VFVROTUIY2RB/IMG_1893.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - Obelisk at St John's Lateran. Largest obelisk in Rome. Originally was placed in the center of Circus Maximus during the reign of Constantius II in 357 AD but was made in the 1400's BC in Egypt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780729468-HEPMA158VETHK9LFXQLS/IMG_1915.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - Statues atop the facade of St. John's Lateran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780733529-FU1VIBFSLSA5Y4DDUH2C/IMG_1952.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - colossal statue of St. Thomas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780742477-3OYDL0FF1MHCD14SMSLG/IMG_1962.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - Nave of St. John's Lateran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780753002-RQ3XS3HOWIMQM312J4OP/IMG_1986.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - Mosaic in the dome of the apse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780773693-G96PKIIDBTCU414C7BS7/IMG_1998.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - Organ ranks - columns from the Arch of Constantine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780775474-XAMBLPIP9B8IB2B6M4WM/IMG_2095.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - Font in the St. John's Lateran Baptistery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780784460-BPKJ5EX9QXJB59PUMJ94/IMG_2182.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - Porta San Giovanni - a gate in the Aurelian walls of Rome near the basilica. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780814090-9UWLPBTPDSJSR0NUP7IR/IMG_2187.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - Porta Asinaria is an older gate of the Aurelian walls which became too small and the nearby Porta San Giovanni was created. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780818161-OZUQPSPW69SIME1DYCCU/IMG_2218.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - Nave of the Basilica of San Clemente https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780846062-OHLY3M7BFONUMN9OZYY0/IMG_2371.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - Gold mosaic in the apse dome at San Clemente https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780825075-Q77O5AJFXI35L3FYJU7G/IMG_2320.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - Layer of excavation under San Clemente include a cultic Mithraeum from the 2nd c AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780829337-B6W8UVM6P3CATVJDK7UL/IMG_2350.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - Further layers under San Clemente include 2nd c Roman streets, a coin mint, and the still flowing Labican stream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1731780853104-3D4B9OJDGGYD8E3SFBG2/IMG_6313.jpeg Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Basilicas of San Giovanni Lateran and San Clemente - A rather sad little piazza named "Martin Lutero" https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/111024-romeostia-trip monthly 0.5 2024-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/ef71f73a-d3b0-49e6-b223-a7565120cb05/DJI_20241110053417_0021_D.jpg Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Ostia Antica - Make it stand out Overhead view of the remains of a synagogue at Ostia Antica - the oldest known synagogue in Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732045865295-JBFNTN234DEE22GSTDLC/466477409_514766244892505_5089580818945666588_n.jpg Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Ostia Antica - First breakfast in Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732045894281-C5PJ61584P3JL1RE9SIJ/IMG_4984.jpeg Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Ostia Antica - Via Ostiensis leading into Ostia Antica - the paving has stood the test of time!! 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- Make it stand out Arrived in Rome, exited the Colosseo Metro station and Jacob was wowed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732890281253-IVETVDS6PDPNLQWQ1QFZ/IMG_4963.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Arrived! - ready to go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732890261736-8FUDR2UW3CKW13TU2VKC/IMG_4972.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Arrived! - scenes around Castle Julius II in Ostia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732890281247-0C0Y8BCU20S8PJVTPGI4/IMG_1378.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Arrived! - Scenes around Castle Julius II in Ostia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732890296516-YQ50NZJVM5LQZX65JPMD/IMG_4967.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Arrived! - Castle Julius II Ostia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1732890300571-PVGMVMJCGS7UM5V10E93/IMG_4974.JPG Blog - Italy Trip 2024 - Arrived! - Church near Castle Julius II Ostia https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/mushhushshu-babylonian-mythical-servant-of-marduk monthly 0.5 2024-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/72717d58-3b80-4ba7-a456-c0e9b016e595/IMG_4754.JPG Blog - Mushhushshu - Babylonian mythical servant of Marduk - Make it stand out Mushhushshu - mythical animal belonging to the Babylonian god Marduk. Hind legs like eagle talons, front legs like a lion, tail like a scorpion and head like a serpent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1730510281839-AB9USGK377MX459087EO/IMG_2605.JPG Blog - Mushhushshu - Babylonian mythical servant of Marduk - Tiles depicting processing lion from the Processional Way at Babylon. In the ISAC museum, University of Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1730510283816-5HYLGPV3IDAHXMCOQ94W/Screenshot+2024-11-01+at+7.52.09%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Mushhushshu - Babylonian mythical servant of Marduk - Ishtar Gate, Pergamon Museum, Berlin. (open source photo) https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/gortyna-crete monthly 0.5 2024-10-27 https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/rome-and-pozzuoli-november-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/d1179495-cda2-4f2d-b151-86b6c3f78037/IMG_1606.JPG Blog - Rome and Pozzuoli November 2024 - Make it stand out Via Appia near Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1729286020373-8FHP37QF0EBUFX31D8EY/IMG_4864.JPG Blog - Rome and Pozzuoli November 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1729286049074-OAWXU357KFA9DS04J8LO/IMG_1679.JPG Blog - Rome and Pozzuoli November 2024 https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/gudea-of-lagash monthly 0.5 2024-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/d876efd5-87e9-4526-89d7-44c4e27474e7/IMG_4822.JPG Blog - Gudea of Lagash - Make it stand out Gudea, King of Lagash of southern Mesopotamia late in 21st century BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1729231108700-0KA79CJ28WKDBGPC1AY4/IMG_4826.JPG Blog - Gudea of Lagash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1729231109874-GG0DQO5OY29QNBVJ9IDR/IMG_4823.JPG Blog - Gudea of Lagash - The detail of the fringe at the hem is amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1729231112002-2GWUVSQL42O6LGZN7Z6G/IMG_4824.JPG Blog - Gudea of Lagash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1729231113337-0PR6TMABSYX04KKQHNPX/IMG_4825.JPG Blog - Gudea of Lagash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1729231114550-GAEGRYW7556AQ62R0WLW/IMG_4827.JPG Blog - Gudea of Lagash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1729231115725-PJ5APK3L3UKTI3BU6UGI/IMG_4828.JPG Blog - Gudea of Lagash https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/asclepieions monthly 0.5 2024-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/b05727a3-88ae-4632-a3a7-b3ba3b882872/IMG_3315+2.jpeg Blog - Asclepieions - Make it stand out Pergamon Asclepieion - the Via Tecta - a sacred way leading up to the acropolis of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728742947537-VMZ5E0SW58DUYN8I4YBG/IMG_0236.JPG Blog - Asclepieions - Depiction of the Roman god Asclepius (photo taken at the Vatican Museum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728743020824-8U3BGWJAUR8SOXX7MNFD/IMG_4730.jpeg Blog - Asclepieions - Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728743020141-YUMYMBFAHPRVZ7LZITE5/IMG_4739.jpeg Blog - Asclepieions - Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem. Emperor Hadrian turned it into a sanctuary of Asclepieion when rebuilding the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728743184480-A8GA75GB3SUM2LBWHVXF/IMG_2418.jpg Blog - Asclepieions - Bethesda Pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728743045267-PO1KGFD0R3H8L285YOTB/IMG_2407.JPG Blog - Asclepieions - Offerings given to Asclepius at the healing sanctuary in Corinth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728743079120-RD5Y9O481T4X3A1XD3E6/IMG_3365.jpeg Blog - Asclepieions - Sacred pool at the Pergamon Asclepieion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728743085992-AFJ0MZPL7RWM7Z0KOZH5/IMG_3319.jpeg Blog - Asclepieions - Temples and pools at the Ascelpieion of Pergamon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728743105420-QSQCBMTOO1RBQQZYIB3P/IMG_3338.jpeg Blog - Asclepieions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728743797497-QP55HVRFKUIEDSQEP6V1/IMG_2235.jpeg Blog - Asclepieions - Steps leading down to the cryptoportius (underground walkway) that leads to the incubation chambers (sleeping chambers). The sound of the trickling water is still soothing today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728743747061-675DDDQ4QDKQ88K104D1/IMG_3343.jpg Blog - Asclepieions - light is let into the underground walkway, another soothing element. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728743850885-N890W487UW869NW36M7Z/IMG_2236.jpeg Blog - Asclepieions - Incubation chambers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728743919777-MI9PZZU04ITRO2YAC76V/IMG_3356.jpg Blog - Asclepieions - The incubation chambers for sleep are arranged inside a circular structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728743917896-X1STK1QO6GWQKQL4IPAP/IMG_3358.jpeg Blog - Asclepieions - Looking down into the incubation chambers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728743926664-2F3FHQYAUOMFDV3UKC0G/IMG_3328.jpeg Blog - Asclepieions - The theater at the Pergamon Asclepieion. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/tel-dan-stele monthly 0.5 2024-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/389a797a-a9d0-4f0b-a67a-902065ea31c5/IMG_4689.jpg Blog - Tel Dan Stele - Make it stand out The Tel Dan Stele, on loan to the Armstrong Institute "Kingdom of David and Solomon Discovered" exhibit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728094179271-P14LMQMNKXI5JAAQRHC3/IMG_4710.jpg Blog - Tel Dan Stele - Tel Dan stele using that handy iPhone feature to extract an object from the its background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728094182681-X6EBKQWYUWHQK3UGIPLJ/IMG_4694.JPG Blog - Tel Dan Stele - rim of a pithos (storage jar) found in the Ophel area of Jerusalem. Labels the jar as containing one of the spices that were needed for temple incense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728094189563-2AABKH2KB8MIBVO80S6O/IMG_4697.JPG Blog - Tel Dan Stele - The exhibit has a wonderful model of the City of David as envisioned from the time of David and Solomon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728094189979-FYDZQEGCLZXU3I9RBBOZ/IMG_4698.JPG Blog - Tel Dan Stele - Limestone shrine model dating to the 10th century BC - depiction of the wooden crossbeam construction in sets of 3 called a triglyph - seen in Greek architecture 400 years later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728094196472-2D2DTPMSJ2ITCFV2MJ9E/IMG_4707.JPG Blog - Tel Dan Stele - 10th c BC basalt altar from Khirbet Qeiyafa, 20 miles SW of Jerusalem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728094195735-LCWK7YOI8XGRB9GGP0QA/IMG_4706.JPG Blog - Tel Dan Stele - "twin cup pottery libation vessel" from the excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1728094197275-3WO7QA2YLGF9P19ZZJ8L/IMG_4700.JPG Blog - Tel Dan Stele - iconographic stamp seals from the 10th century BC, found in the Ophel excavations in Jerusalem. Found in a royal building complex. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/via-tauri-tarsus-asia-minor-turkey monthly 0.5 2024-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/b8dedde9-0204-474f-8ba7-16d2606f59c5/IMG_2881.JPG Blog - Via Tauri, Tarsus, Asia Minor (Turkey) - Make it stand out Via Tauri - Roman road running north out of Tarsus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727525873180-LONM9H8UCN0H27X8GS96/IMG_8721.JPG Blog - Via Tauri, Tarsus, Asia Minor (Turkey) - memorial arch, likely for the visit of an emperor to the area, 3rd - 6th century AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727525880789-CT201ZZVM1OV59R0Q3QC/IMG_8709.JPG Blog - Via Tauri, Tarsus, Asia Minor (Turkey) - Via Tauri - Roman road that ran north out of Tarsus, through the Taurus Mountains via the Cilician Gate pass all the way to the Aegean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727525876450-AASN5NQ28IHFX16WNKGO/IMG_8704.JPG Blog - Via Tauri, Tarsus, Asia Minor (Turkey) - Via Tauri heading north to the Cilician Gates - likely land route for the beginning of Paul's second and third missionary journeys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727525885933-9KAFRVBM0X03IIJO2JUS/IMG_8695.JPG Blog - Via Tauri, Tarsus, Asia Minor (Turkey) - There is still evidence that was built in a curb and gutter style https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727525883453-FVCUQHZIW8MBLPBV7ES5/Image.jpeg Blog - Via Tauri, Tarsus, Asia Minor (Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727525893133-BCXNE4LZ0IQS988CJQHY/IMG_8702.JPG Blog - Via Tauri, Tarsus, Asia Minor (Turkey) - A desolate area perked up by the poppies in bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727525899318-RBTO41K6M9FL1CO1QC1U/IMG_8711.JPG Blog - Via Tauri, Tarsus, Asia Minor (Turkey) - Archeologists have found inscriptions that commemorate repairs to the road in the early 3rd century AD but the route is much much older. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727525898966-2H528XSTLYJOD6G7N9XW/IMG_8701.jpg Blog - Via Tauri, Tarsus, Asia Minor (Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727525901196-HSJVST6U8QXGTS915UX7/IMG_0537.jpeg Blog - Via Tauri, Tarsus, Asia Minor (Turkey) - Terrible bus window picture as we passed through the Cilician Gates - which is a highway through the mountain pass now and not possible to pull over. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/western-wall-jerusalem monthly 0.5 2024-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/aa2728b4-7933-4f6c-b557-64e9e45d5f2f/IMG_4668.jpeg Blog - Western Wall, Jerusalem - Make it stand out Western Wall, Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727006909946-2OTDCOQM4MZL5CVFX537/IMG_4334.jpeg Blog - Western Wall, Jerusalem - Western wall and plaza at night, with the Muslim shrine, Dome of the Rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727006910755-FNJ9ATG2633N726BSM4D/IMG_4316.jpeg Blog - Western Wall, Jerusalem - walking down to the Western Wall plaza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727006911417-G0WIMRQRF1R4RBC6SI0O/IMG_4668.jpeg Blog - Western Wall, Jerusalem - Prayer at the Western Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727006912773-ZT7T0I1K58ZZN1H7Q7KB/IMG_4764.jpeg Blog - Western Wall, Jerusalem - Jews perform hand washing to symbolically purify themselves prior to approaching the Western Wall for prayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727006912922-YLZEHYV9744JN9C7TG8H/IMG_0226.JPG Blog - Western Wall, Jerusalem - prayers and scripture written on small pieces in paper placed in crevices of the Western Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727006915241-GM7O7I5MMMUOB8XVVX1J/IMG_4324.jpeg Blog - Western Wall, Jerusalem - Women's side of the Western Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727006914088-JCDF18QJ1IZEU9TZQUQT/IMG_4329.jpeg Blog - Western Wall, Jerusalem - A couple of little girls peeking through to the mens side of the wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727006915288-F8OB1226TGHMGKMPY858/IMG_4768.jpeg Blog - Western Wall, Jerusalem - Women praying at the wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727006916825-P7DB5YYQXCT3RQP31V0O/IMG_4323+2.jpeg Blog - Western Wall, Jerusalem - Men's side of the Western Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727006917660-O8SRB5F3A4I0CVDI8CHX/IMG_4783.jpeg Blog - Western Wall, Jerusalem - Debri at the southern end of the western wall from the destruction during the 70AD war with Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1727008391438-M2HY3I0L6ZUW6V6XBOBN/Wall.jpeg Blog - Western Wall, Jerusalem - Western Wall tunnel tour - massive ashlar stones of the foundation of the Temple Mount retaining wall used in the Herodian expansion of Temple Mount platform https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/mamertine-prison-rome monthly 0.5 2024-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/0114b582-8710-43d5-9271-1d3e7fb6237c/IMG_6222.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison, Rome - Make it stand out Lowest level of the Mamertine Prison, the Tullanium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1726324343127-15689WZXDQ52T18GKFVE/IMG_0540.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison, Rome - Standing in the forum looking up at the Church of St Joseph and the Carpenters which stands on top of the Mamertine Prison (center of photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1726324345310-HCN118YMVJW0BPTQ21Z6/IMG_1426.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison, Rome - The Church of St Joseph and the Carpenters, over the mamertine prison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1726324350643-OYA4N3C6M792X8XYWGO0/IMG_1321.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison, Rome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1726324349822-114SVVWWHNWQJQOJ7BOO/A+Dispatch+from+Rome+The+Mamertine+Prison+%E2%80%93+Foucault+1313.jpeg Blog - Mamertine Prison, Rome - Attribution uncertain - from a Columbia Law blog post. Shows the church over the layers of the prison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1726324358975-7H0S2XM7N1J8CTJDA5PI/IMG_0168.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison, Rome - modern altar to St Peter and St Paul in the upper level of the prison, depicting Saints Peter and Paul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1726324358977-OAKBH04UXEZ57XUTFAK7/IMG_0174.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison, Rome - Frescos from the early Christian worship here. Showed Peter and Paul on either side of Jesus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1726324369825-U6QQVOBH3ZRVY3K2CZ21/IMG_0578.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison, Rome - Hole in the upper level of the prison through which prisons were purportedly placed in the lower level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1726324373318-W7M62RQCUTURFDXOH3CP/IMG_0175.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison, Rome - Looking through the grate into the lower level of the prison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1726325218869-V4DPKAA71JMGUQTMJFUW/IMG_1431.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison, Rome - Chapel of the Crucifixion, part the Church of St Joseph and the Carpenters over the prison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1726325219089-ZT68VLQDVA60CE6JD9NH/IMG_1439.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison, Rome - The cross was brought out into the adjacent field (under which was the unexcavated Roman Forum) in the Middle Ages for worship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1726325220427-1OZGEUXLGKXRKAV7ZH7F/IMG_1326.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison, Rome - Relief outside of the Mamertine Prison depicting Peter with the keys to the Christian church and Paul with the sword of the spirit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1726325224814-WA4ZLSSZSV4WQK39VKRF/IMG_1679.JPG Blog - Mamertine Prison, Rome - Looking down on the Forum from near the Mamertine Prison. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/roman-agora-of-athens monthly 0.5 2024-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/5ece7ee5-e81e-4885-8a4c-31a4e2bb9efc/IMG_4387.jpg Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - Make it stand out Gate of Athena Archegetis, west entrance to the Roman Agora of Athens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725721727188-46ZYPOUISRHEJPSZ3PYZ/IMG_4388.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725721963284-WR1NOONM9U5LISB8CPXF/IMG_1319.jpg Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - Roman Agora, Athens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725721727429-9V0VXDNCSJRSBEQ0WRFR/IMG_3913.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725721749739-2WKHZISKY2VAEHWK1NV8/IMG_3886.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - The later (130's AD) Library of Hadrian was built at the edge of the Roman Agora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725721750424-Q26FPY0877OUN4CM7PQW/IMG_0991.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - excavations at the perimeter of the Roman Agora which was an open courtyard surrounded by an Ionic colonnade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725722025299-549APIYMYASRZVPEULXF/IMG_4390.jpg Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - Looking toward the east entrance of the Roman Agora and the Tower of the Winds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725721764930-PHQFV5JQEFFAE6BO1E1S/IMG_3889.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - architectural remains in the Roman Agora. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725722038852-48G4YOMP1QNVF0SZV7XU/IMG_3867.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - Tower of the Winds: octagonal tower weather station had a weather vane at the top, friezes of the 8 winds, sun dials mounted on the exterior and inside a water clock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725721767436-TBL4IFWDR3L1L6OIEMTM/IMG_1001.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725722028147-LMDHDY4DGLJIEHNMU9F6/IMG_4397.jpg Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - One of the eight Greek wind deities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725722039813-3HX2FD8VJUNIO49QFM9I/IMG_3877.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - another of the 8 Greek wind dieties, Zephpyrus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725722058446-UWW6V0FO0HPWTJQ1RES4/IMG_3869.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - Interior of the Tower of the Winds - water clock mechanism mostly gone, but imprint on the floor still visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725722779599-R1YYO681Y2W8HB1OAHRS/IMG_0996.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - Tetraconch church - you can see the outline of 2 of the 4 conch shapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725722057681-B20FALPNC5DAUQT71UTL/IMG_4395.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - Ceiling of the tower of the winds. Original. 24 triangular stone slabs. On the outside they were carve to look like tiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725722794834-92QW5DWE9NBL11AW9IU6/IMG_3901.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - mosaic tiles still in place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725722074426-1IEOVYQ6SYG9HP0OEV2B/IMG_3876.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - Two of the 68 latrine seats - a little to close for comfort LOL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725722808566-869LCIBFY0GHQ52KIDP0/IMG_3914.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725722074719-6BF3ZODPW1UMRBRBCDQS/IMG_0995.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens - early byzantine tetraconch church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725722828439-DLM7J63W7BXH6J8XZSDA/IMG_4398.jpg Blog - Roman Agora of Athens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725722828105-V874FHWS5KH3FOUXKPLK/IMG_4392.jpg Blog - Roman Agora of Athens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725722832721-HYFSJ49BOKY2G3MOHUSJ/IMG_3915.JPG Blog - Roman Agora of Athens https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/seleucia-pieria-samandag-turkey monthly 0.5 2024-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/617ba33f-cbc4-48c9-b93c-7eef29b2cf51/IMG_2787.jpeg Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - Make it stand out The shore of ancient Seleucia Pieria on the Mediterranean Sea. Looking Toward the Turkish and Syrian border and Mount Casius. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725156816983-DN0B5V3ODCLHU2V20AT1/IMG_8577.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - a portion of the 300 BC mole is still visible in the water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725156817965-7ZZLZRPVBDQ3L304VEBL/IMG_2763.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - The ancient harbor of Seleucia Pieria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725156827211-8VINHUPHLLGRQYHPXORU/IMG_2799.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725156829054-RHRZR15UX2UR9J0TIA1O/IMG_2797.jpeg Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - The ancient harbor of Seleucia Piera with Mount Casius in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725156833654-BQTE5FS055V8VI87UVUL/IMG_8575.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725156852660-XPZZXKQ7O4WNJGGYLOJR/IMG_8591.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - One of the bridges associated with the Titus Tunnel. The Tunnel structure includes cisterns, water canals connecting to the tunnel, and small bridges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725157805687-QQXDH9Q47NTOEDA17BD3/IMG_0232.jpeg Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - rock cut tombs of the necropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725156852967-8P13S8GBA3JC6WO1CF4H/IMG_8597.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - entering a section of the Titus Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725157806799-7CSF050OPH7X2R2TM8MC/IMG_8619.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - remains from Seleucia Pieria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725156856850-RZQGE49L0QJM2MHBQIC7/IMG_0249.jpeg Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - The Titus Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725157813562-4SYVNMP3Y7TZPX4CCZJ0/IMG_8618.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725156865205-D5G9UNI5YT5LQM7Q9HYH/IMG_8613.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - Rock cut 1st century tombs, the Besikli caves. Part of the necropolis of Seleucia Pieria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725157809436-9XRRU33TQJ1NZ27F1PFX/IMG_8534.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - May 2023: earthquake damage in Antakya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725156884411-RNCNW56CFA0LTYWOC4EP/IMG_8602.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - Rock cut tombs with extensive decorative elements (arches, frescos, columns, stone stairs) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725157814554-KAE4MZX0G5SOKBO19MTM/IMG_8563.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - May 2023: earthquake damage in Antakya. Buildings that are still standing are heavily damaged and awaiting demolition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725156884496-AOXEG66071FAERPVK1ZL/IMG_8616.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725157820411-JPSGWCYWXVXK2SBXY2AI/IMG_0320.jpeg Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - Entrance to the area of St Peter's Cave Church in the area of Syrian Antioch (Antakya). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725157821762-LX713LR184JCILYFCBE3/IMG_0331.jpeg Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - Looking down from the cave church of St. Peter at the modern city of Antakya 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725157830065-SWALQCO892C02SI9MXQ5/IMG_8492.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - Looking down on roughly the same area in 2023 with tent cities set up in the aftermath of the earthquake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725157830621-IMM590EQJ9JDATKJQM6B/IMG_0338.jpeg Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - Rock carving near the cave church of St. Peter. Said to have been carved in the 2nd c BC as a shrine to boatman of the dead to stop a plague. May also represent goddess Cybele https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725157841516-KX3ABOVV7E6DILJWXBTO/IMG_8494.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - niches, caves, tunnels on Mnt Staurus above Antioch on the Orontes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1725157839948-QPURHCUO6N5WDZRJ7BUB/IMG_8621+2.JPG Blog - Seleucia Pieria (Samandag, Turkey) - Standing near a portion of the Titus Tunnel looking at the ancient port of Seleucia Pieria on the Mediterranean and Mount Casius in the background. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/philadelphia-asia-minor-alsehir-turkey monthly 0.5 2024-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/6fbbabf3-efbc-40e5-8fe4-3cbad880a044/IMG_1754.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) - Make it stand out Philadelphia, Asia Minor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724507103146-BIY7GJSC27YPVDPUD038/Image.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724506254022-GABY3QAK1GCQAU2B5PLH/IMG_1616.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) - Remains of the arch pillars of the 600 AD church of St. John are still somewhat preserved at the site of Philadelphia, one of the 7 churches of the Revelation of St. John. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724506253889-LG9F6VE0HCDKDBC8HB8W/IMG_1606+2.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) - Entrance to the archeological park and outdoor museum at Philadelphia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724506260522-64TS18AFLUHX14P269C5/IMG_1751+2.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) - Three arch pillars are still standing, though the upper brick work is in a bad state and crumbling. A forth pillar base is being excavated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724506257154-JGUX8IITXJ1NRLNZAGHH/IMG_1751+3.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) - Where the pillar starts to curve to the arch, you can just barely make out remains of frescos. It was more visible to the eye than what our camera caught. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724506267932-KB9ROB91IQNLL11CGVQW/IMG_1757.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) - excavations of another pillar / arch base https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724506268688-3W4UOFOQR0JYKF2WH16Q/IMG_1762.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) - grave remains from several centuries are displayed in the yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724506310852-HGRL0GV4K8J8FQXDTHSB/IMG_1772.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724506279644-BABQ5OP4YD9GGVRE81VO/IMG_1607.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724506311649-Z0H0LLVRCXCKF4T479PP/IMG_1771.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724506281270-XAMPF46ALIQUU6CM4Z49/IMG_1608.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724506317346-VQAOZ717KJLRR9747A39/Philid.JPG Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) - View of the little block of St. John's Church. A few blocks away are remains of ancient Roman stadium and Theater. Hopefully we'll see that next time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724506291410-3CSKYVK2P9NBS7M5OMVW/IMG_1767.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724506295024-IJ24ABVT5A33MT5UOE5Y/IMG_1615.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724506297555-9BON86AP42MO8ABPH2QU/IMG_1610.jpeg Blog - Philadelphia, Asia Minor (Alsehir, Turkey) https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/underground-cities-of-cappadocia-turkey monthly 0.5 2024-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/c696c20a-2b64-438b-a795-f59c85aa5f08/17177c9e-70dc-4e4b-b3db-4c97c51a8b7d.jpg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - Make it stand out Ortahisar Castle, Urgup Turkey in the region of Cappadocia. Underground tunnels connect the castle to ancient chambers and homes/settlements underground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026022560-N111E113GLRNAVO164BZ/IMG_9818.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - "Fairy Chimney" rock formation in Cappadocia. Volcanic tuff with basalt caps shaped by rain and wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026024484-ZAL5OQ6BTH556DI3T921/IMG_9596.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - The rock formations of Cappadocia are easy to carve and for thousands of years people have carved cave homes from the rock and religious meeting places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026029888-S5CNVT0QSC635Q7HDSPX/IMG_9611.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026032347-OTHOLF0FOCCLRLVJX5ZX/IMG_9613.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026036015-O241ZNWKWTV5O87JOUC4/IMG_9639.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - Narrow steep steps between the underground levels at Derinkuyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026038040-9E7LI70ZH3BWHEC078JC/IMG_9620.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - niches for storages, rooms for family and community life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026041503-F3FU78Q5IGZ2FKL9M3QU/IMG_9619.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026045037-7162AG55FBZQMW8VH9KW/IMG_9638.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - Deep shafts bring fresh air throughout the underground city and lead down to wells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026369447-0CGNJ8ZX4EXS9Z65Q2SZ/IMG_9654.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - A cruciform shaped church in the underground city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026370128-W9LRZAXFYBJUPFBHQ4NE/IMG_9655.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - You can tell that the arms of the cross shape are off to the left and right toward the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026376107-WCRA0EN2CSCKAOF54KCL/IMG_9642.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - The tunnels were ingeniously closed with rolling stones that locked into place. The tunnels are so narrow that you must move single file and large armor would have been a hindrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026376105-34ETSGGXALTZ3W874UZM/IMG_9690.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026382220-1EAI02CS302RMCW4T7LB/IMG_9691.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026654193-H0Q9L1XWO51OT1FJOYW6/IMG_9715.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - There was even facilities for making wine and olive oil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026653876-GJ3R7V996UZFLJTMHX07/IMG_9729.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - It is quite disconcerting, the number of tunnels and arches. We were glad for the arrows (blue to move forward, red to go back up). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026385668-13HJMALK2C7IM2BJD45O/IMG_9698.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - Food storage areas with divots in the floor for large jars and urns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026661087-G17SJHP056XBO12E33JB/IMG_9705.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - another underground church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026388545-Z42HR0HN3PCZX7YH7FD5/IMG_9692.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - more food storage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026661008-ECQXKK6TSTP04UZC0DC6/IMG_9722.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026391592-0XYMD8QMFO41EMH06M26/IMG_9660.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey - The floor looks sandy in pictures, but it is actually worn smooth and slippery by thousands of years of use, likely back to the 1200's BC and the Hittites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1724026665050-KXDLZFB9UZ08DXUA3B3K/IMG_9719.jpeg Blog - Underground Cities of Cappadocia, Turkey https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/yazilikaya-boazky-turkey monthly 0.5 2024-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/34f9dbbe-a94c-4a24-9422-dd6c6117b19f/IMG_9437.jpeg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) - Make it stand out Yazilikaya Hittite temple area - entering the rock cut chambers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723300504486-Z5HIQR0002EQLWH89I3E/IMG_0496.jpg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723300503978-XIGPDVPYS4MQJG7LKCZ5/IMG_9437.jpeg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723300526023-1PWLYFQN0VT2QJQYLVDY/IMG_9396.jpeg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) - open temple area in front of the rock cut chambers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723300532833-WQ7DUHEW3NG20CO64PVT/IMG_9400.jpeg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) - steps leading to the rock carvings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723300536784-SLHAOOMWKNCENLV94YZS/IMG_0497.jpg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723302322933-C1G9UF1EETEK1OF326O4/IMG_0504.jpg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723300558787-3AYPW1OXMVLPCQ0RQWKJ/IMG_9401.jpeg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) - procession of male dieties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723302344374-VLZTJTEFIEXUE5Q3PFQM/IMG_9421.jpeg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) - 1st figure is god of the underworld neural - his shoulders are lions heads, his legs are lions and extend down to the underworld. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723300557835-URY4KTTNPO0HVCZUXKOU/IMG_0506.jpg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) - Conical hats with small horns denote a diety, the upturned shoes are a feature of Hittite dress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723302345444-A5GX0RGV4233XBARS87I/IMG_0507.jpg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723300573405-8O08AYPRYK9AC8MPKWEW/IMG_9405.jpeg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) - Chamber A, with male dieties on the left and goddesses on the right, process to the final scene on the back rock wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723302359554-NCG33ATWFDT3TU8VY2DM/IMG_9425.jpeg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) - Niches were probably for figures of the Hittite gods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723300566481-Z70RBWWM07BDO0IBFZQG/IMG_0502.jpg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) - Final scene: storm god Teshub standing on two mountain gods, facing his wife Hepat standing on a panther. Behind her is their son the god Sharrumma also standing on a panther. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723303674663-M4C33W2HGI0CLLP5B9DZ/IMG_9423.jpeg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) - Look - Ionic, or at least aeolic capitals... some 800 years before they began to appear in Greek architecture! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723302372021-6FUHI169WMBXNGCOPZYC/IMG_9419.jpeg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723302386673-COEJEHW11IE7MYLGLJH7/IMG_9403.jpeg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) - King Tudhaliya IV. The cartouch is his name: Great King, Labarna, Tudhaliya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1723302392318-RBEJSMMH1FAMEIWHGSTE/IMG_9427.jpeg Blog - Yazilikaya (Boğazköy, Turkey) https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/hattusa-bogazkoy-turkey-and-the-hittites monthly 0.5 2024-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/27ac9ca5-0a61-422c-a1c5-991a947fffe0/IMG_6571.JPG Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - Make it stand out Hattusa - temple area of the upper city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722722510360-S9U85JD74T63NZL9DJK8/IMG_9443.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - Bogazakoy Turkey. Excavations have been going on here nearly continuously (interrupted by war at times) since the late 1800's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722722511495-XLWKC8P7QYWDG84Z8PXI/IMG_9309.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - Entrance to the Hattusa archeological park - ramparts of a short section have been reconstructed on top of the stone foundations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722722512443-1DYOZLSWZU74BHL0P0M8/IMG_9316.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - Looking down on a great temple with a grassy central courtyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722722513644-VO1VITFFPQK2BN2658C1/IMG_9391.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - Steps leading up to Buyukkale, the area of King palaces perched on a rocky cliff between the upper and lower city. The stairs are for tourists. Originally there was a viaduct crossing the valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722722522106-JZ1N6XO63EN2IRI4U1LA/IMG_9317.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - Palace foundations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722722523000-P7I27KY758G4ITVOYLLT/IMG_9318.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - Many long narrow rooms - storerooms? or treasury rooms? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722723949472-YCR8J8ZZ1DZSDNXE217I/IMG_0459.jpg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722722530663-2P5CESK5ATE2SDFLVRNC/IMG_9389.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - Chamber 1 in the upper city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722723949697-V2O6E8124BNRSI4BRKSK/IMG_0460.jpg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722722530665-ELPXTI9AJ2C33ZZEFCOB/IMG_9368.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - Looking down on temple area of the upper city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722723955795-HJ7USOZARGTU7BGTOHJX/IMG_9362.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722722539010-ODBOZOJG7CCI4OG89R12/IMG_9380.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - There were at least 24 temple in the upper city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722723957012-CEF5NXVHXX242IT5Y5E3/IMG_0472.jpg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - The sphinx is a restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722722538377-KNBH6VZEO4T8ZUPCAUHY/IMG_9376.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - Hollow area of the rampart wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722723965805-O9NTEN6XIVULGCFSVQ2D/IMG_9352.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - rampart wall built up at the southern wall of the city, upper city. The stairs are original and so this isn't thought to be a defensive rampart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722722544282-T9NTVW94VRPG6EEFCTST/IMG_6564.JPG Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - The Lion's Gate at the southwest wall of the upper city. Originally it had massive wooden doors that were closed at night and sealed with a clay seal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722723966269-3ER0DXLNW3Y020P2NO7Q/IMG_0467.jpg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - stairs up the rampart wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722723974220-03GUV8STVH4SQW3FB00Z/IMG_0462.jpg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - Entrance to a postern gate under the rampart wall - the Yerkapi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722723974232-TNYZWYR2XNQ4X6OJ7D35/IMG_9337.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - Yerkapi is a corbeled tunnel with capstones - no mortar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722723980937-13UU2WDH0G53D8M2385I/IMG_0461.jpg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722723980630-TXJHJQZ2ZCR2MGK7086G/IMG_9339.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722723986848-6CVHNEDTCSAYKDS6KSAT/IMG_0464.jpg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - Exiting the Yerkapi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1722723987460-QDGY9FAQP180SC8UJGXL/IMG_9446.jpeg Blog - Hattusa (Bogazkoy, Turkey) and the Hittites - Downtown Bogazkoy https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/1700th-anniversary-1st-council-of-nicea-may-2025 monthly 0.5 2024-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/0ef666be-7953-4d7b-b6fe-7054d01379c5/IMG_5888.JPG Blog - 1700th Anniversary 1st Council of Nicaea: May 2025 - Make it stand out Hagia Irene - site of the Second Ecumenical Council (First Council of Constantinople) https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/antioch-near-pisidia-temple-of-augustus monthly 0.5 2024-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/26d3963f-dd6f-4f5a-922e-51b0c5093014/IMG_7654.JPG Blog - Antioch near Pisidia - Temple of Augustus - Make it stand out Temple of Augustus, Psidian Antioch (Yalvac, Turkey) https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/hezekiahs-tunnel monthly 0.5 2024-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/9773ac55-0d4b-4326-a41e-31ee481845d5/IMG_2252+2.jpeg Blog - Hezekiah’s Tunnel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1721484722526-26RX3UQ0O920DJSQOMLB/IMG_2256.jpeg Blog - Hezekiah’s Tunnel - Going down to the level of the Gihon Spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1721484722657-62VDY4XS92SYRFQHOPG7/IMG_2261.jpeg Blog - Hezekiah’s Tunnel - It's tight in the tunnel! Approx 5 ft tall at the lowest and 2 feet wide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1721484737996-YH9I0PEJIFS4IEXUNVCW/IMG_2265.jpeg Blog - Hezekiah’s Tunnel - Headlamps make the walk more comfortable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1721484737998-D7BSYWM3U13P0V9HG211/IMG_2266.jpeg Blog - Hezekiah’s Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1721484742557-H4Q50D1SGNZ6GSZ42TYP/IMG_2269.jpeg Blog - Hezekiah’s Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1721484764295-X2JKGOWTYPER4OWOCZHF/IMG_4433.jpeg Blog - Hezekiah’s Tunnel - Exiting the tunnel at the Siloam pool (2020) - it looks far different today! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1721484742758-TX1V6IJG9NAMZ0WKK7J6/IMG_2271.jpeg Blog - Hezekiah’s Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1721484764732-4SNGCD3M78AQ4HNWDQZ7/IMG_4434.jpeg Blog - Hezekiah’s Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1721484745553-JYA40TCH9X3Y0DJ56TJO/IMG_2270+2.jpeg Blog - Hezekiah’s Tunnel - Sign marking the spot near the pool end of the tunnel where the Siloam Inscription was found https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1721484773232-HFFNX7EVX507FJNA7HL6/IMG_4437.jpeg Blog - Hezekiah’s Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1721484774688-M4NIWSGU4YW6QSJGQIIF/IMG_4438.jpeg Blog - Hezekiah’s Tunnel - Since our visit in 2020, extensive excavations have revealed much more of the pool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1721484782623-CG3HQ76QRWZOQRKR42PC/IMG_2280.jpeg Blog - Hezekiah’s Tunnel - Standing at the exit of the tunnel looking toward the Pool of Siloam in 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1721484782244-LDI30IX0B1HRW0PNFWT3/IMG_2721.JPG Blog - Hezekiah’s Tunnel - Sennacherib's Prism (Taylor Prism at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures. Sennacherib recounts the destruction of the fortified cities of Judah and the siege of Jerusalem. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/haran-turkey monthly 0.5 2024-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/4637011a-5819-4885-b767-74a624fd7299/Image.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720884666908-CETPC9ZX8WQAP6BRBIGD/IMG_9964+2.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - the Haran tell is a large elevated plain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720884668388-PCQBT19UU3JY1XDSQWLD/IMG_9965.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - remains from 5000 years of human settlement all over the tell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720884675392-CK4YX6KQDV8922XD4VDE/IMG_0798.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - pile of mud brick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720884685920-KFWF45BLVTGSJXGZCUJ6/IMG_9960.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720884685284-GFNOKVK36BO5RMEB5R5C/IMG_0806.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885027056-GPCLX3319TYTLOPSN39C/IMG_9941+2.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - Standing on the tell looking down at the older part of modern Haran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720884692961-QBCOZF6FGPMBQJPOE5CT/IMG_9948.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - excavations of Neo Babylonian era dwellings at the south end of the tell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885032748-WNDH9XZWET2LBV92RJG0/IMG_0895.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - "Bee hive" home from the 1800's AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720884693276-ZNY86C5P5809MSD70DLG/IMG_9955.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - Remains of the 8th century AD Islamic University and the 744 AD grand mosque - perhaps built over the site of the ancient temple to the moon god Sin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885167753-H5IOT870KPPGD4MKD4C7/IMG_0893.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - An elder of the community https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885035030-6QIWW78WEVW7IAC64JGC/IMG_0044.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - The "bee hives" are now used for storage / barns / tourism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720884694924-QCZ0XK4O153IWRCVU5Z4/IMG_9957+2.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - Foot paths criss cross the tell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885167752-RO8UHVFDIAZOV54L960Y/IMG_0817.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885234515-4AXRWJ67NG75SJEAGR7F/IMG_0838.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720884697732-BAGQDZ82B0FFIYV7STA0/IMG_0041+2.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - sheep and cattle grave on the tell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885234541-Z3L7EDQ4DM5IN2YMOXQV/IMG_0849.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - One of the city gates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885237776-QOSO4X1KFIEQKHB0B1WP/IMG_9935.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - The ancient citadel at Haran. We've read that it still has some Assyrian relief carving but didn't get close enough to check that out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885237979-ITJJA5RKVQNVFKVRA9OC/IMG_0862.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - Some local people showing us Jacob's well - waiting for the caretaker to open the park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885566977-9PA0CJC81K8SV448Q1UJ/IMG_0008.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - local market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885244615-YDQIKO3ZALGNY8C5LKWT/IMG_0858.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - The well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885567222-YLFUEWTLDS691J34M3IA/IMG_0854.jpg Blog - Haran, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885240609-4JOD5YQP8D8ISD88V5A1/Screenshot+2024-07-11+at+7.47.35%E2%80%AFPM.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey - local children - we were the first group of visitors in nearly 2 years (May 2021) d/t the COVID pandemic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885569084-YAM9W95X120OC0VJPTPY/IMG_0851.jpg Blog - Haran, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720885573029-GJ5LWXWC4LBYYID72X34/IMG_0025+2.jpeg Blog - Haran, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1720886183795-NU8DMFWPCH1PZJQ5UU52/3b7b1537-09d2-4536-bafb-07c55c766de4+2.jpg Blog - Haran, Turkey - aerial view of Haran https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/laodicea-house-church monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/panhellenic-games-and-paul monthly 0.5 2024-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/bca419c9-d370-4129-b925-f80120946343/image1.jpeg Blog - Panhellenic Games and … Paul? - Make it stand out Stadium at Delphi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719626227438-TP6I8GXNJ979QEST9F0S/IMG_2699.JPG Blog - Panhellenic Games and … Paul? - Built in the 4th century BC. The stone finish line for foot races is still visible at the south end of the stadium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719626227552-0LX9QSAD5BX665EONA8H/IMG_2704.JPG Blog - Panhellenic Games and … Paul? - Ancient inscriptions call this the "pythikon station", used for the Pythian Games. Special seating for dignitaries visible at the center of the west side of the stadium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719626233426-DDOJG8APEZ9QZMA82BYR/IMG_2698.JPG Blog - Panhellenic Games and … Paul? - Bases of a tripled arched entrance to the stadium. Just in front of these are the stones that formed the starting line for foot races. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719626232041-5U7PZK5IZT3CJH04C61G/highergrounddronedelphistad.jpg Blog - Panhellenic Games and … Paul? - Stadium at Delphi used for the Pythian Games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719626237093-503NQVI044L3FI2ETVZH/IMG_3956.JPG Blog - Panhellenic Games and … Paul? - Wreath crowns were given to winners of olympiad competitions: Olympia - olive leaf crown. Delphi - laurel crown. Isthmia/Corinth - celery leaf and later pine crown. Nemea - wild celery crown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719626238261-INUJOIVY1GE1351T6TJP/IMG_4141.JPG Blog - Panhellenic Games and … Paul? - Wrestlers, 510 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719626241928-OT2WSR9KLJLK9RBGWB3X/IMG_4159.JPG Blog - Panhellenic Games and … Paul? - 140 - 150 BC bronze Jockey of Artemision at the Athens Archeological Museum. The Panhellenic games included horse and chariot races. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719626242786-5QBOLWVPZEEYZ5ZHJUT3/IMG_2753.JPG Blog - Panhellenic Games and … Paul? - Charioteer, Delphi Archeological Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719626249033-XF8LOSONK5RL5BBDG19O/IMG_3325.JPG Blog - Panhellenic Games and … Paul? - monument dedicated to the winner of many musical competitions at the Isthmian Games near Corinth. Isthmia Museum. 2nd century AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719626258180-Y6IXPB5TRW17AGVGXWO7/IMG_3339.JPG Blog - Panhellenic Games and … Paul? - "Hysplex" starting gate. A mechanism of bars and ropes that released 16 runners. 4th c BC stadium of Isthmia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719626262316-GF7JT29KNMMNSE1UIQMB/IMG_3343.JPG Blog - Panhellenic Games and … Paul? - The baths at Isthmia, near the temple of Poseidon to whom the Isthmian games were dedicated. Note the black and white mosaic floor with marine scenes. Dates to 2nd century AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719626263755-3AJVNY2480P6N0KIZJOQ/highergrounddroneCorinthampha.jpg Blog - Panhellenic Games and … Paul? - late 1st century BC amphitheater between Isthmia and Corinth. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/gethsemane-and-the-basilica-of-the-agony-church-of-all-nations-jerusalem-israel monthly 0.5 2024-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/3c75bf90-db8e-4b30-8285-ae4b87ec4b4a/IMG_4587+2.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel - Make it stand out Garden of Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony, Jerusalem Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719067626414-CXU7S9EZ43HYC61ECTUB/IMG_4579+2.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel - Gethsemane is an Aramaic word meaning "oil press" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719067628003-PNQ0F1GMWO5MJZYJARVZ/IMG_2357.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719067643446-D5MEYQKPPF32PP5NAMM6/IMG_2348.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel - Olive trees growing in the garden today date to the 1200's AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719067646510-VIF0ND2ZIV81RI4J3SFA/IMG_2349.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel - Olive trees on the mount of olives in the early 1st century AD would have been completely wiped out in war against Rome in AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719067659344-XNARYMHG6NKBPC38UUQJ/IMG_2350.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719067715685-FYV28NFYVMDN1HDFDRXC/IMG_2354.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel - Dark and somber atmosphere. Architect Antonio Barluzzi. The "Christ in Agony" mosaic is in the central apse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719067659921-C91ZZPSIT815S8MK3JS8/IMG_4591.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719067714074-QV60IK9RF0NH5L5FN54V/IMG_4585.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel - Mosaic "The Kiss of Judas" in the left apse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719067673559-T831XD6IZ8LNRK0AYIK4/IMG_4576.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719067722882-I513XA8FVNJHWHDMZTFU/IMG_4586+3.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel - Note the medallions in the ceiling representing the 12 countries that donated to the building: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain and USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719067667843-JL3H0ABQB5ZTUJKPFA47/IMG_4592.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel - Church of All Nations / Basilica of the Agony. 4 pillars; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Mosaic shows Christ giving his heart into the hands of an angel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719067723558-HQ2T8PTFUIG4YEGAUL2I/IMG_2355.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel - The bedrock where tradition holds that Jesus prayed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719067733764-FNE00H4M7WIJV7484S7P/IMG_2356.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1719067732854-WABE8KQUCPTNI0RSNNV0/IMG_4629.jpeg Blog - Gethsemane and the Basilica of the Agony (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem Israel - View of the Basilica of the Agony and the Garden of Gethsemane from across the Kidron Valley https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/areopagus-mars-hill-athens-greece monthly 0.5 2024-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/38c0592f-d742-47f7-aad6-acf3fec5897b/IMG_4253.JPG Blog - Areopagus - Mars Hill Athens, Greece - Make it stand out Looking down on Mars Hill from the Propylaea of the Acropolis. Athens, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1718462571783-1BHD3RCC5ATQ8Q0Q9PQL/IMG_0889.JPG Blog - Areopagus - Mars Hill Athens, Greece - Acts 17, Paul's sermon given to the men of the Areopagus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1718462571783-HSYZCE43VS9G6TND8YSX/IMG_3798.JPG Blog - Areopagus - Mars Hill Athens, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1718462584950-H9ZJ1O3KCVRPNQBVPCH3/IMG_0890.JPG Blog - Areopagus - Mars Hill Athens, Greece - ancient steps up - worn away and slippery! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1718462584802-VJMQDDLHK0QDITM0KVEG/IMG_3803.JPG Blog - Areopagus - Mars Hill Athens, Greece - View of the Athen's acropolis from Mar's Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1718462592503-JPILRO7A5AKSRTX8LV2J/IMG_4302.jpeg Blog - Areopagus - Mars Hill Athens, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1718462594073-LS0NUKU2LIP6TTA70VJ0/IMG_3811.JPG Blog - Areopagus - Mars Hill Athens, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1718462599627-9Z7BAIJAWHPCXB45NY3N/IMG_3805.JPG Blog - Areopagus - Mars Hill Athens, Greece - Sitting on Mar's Hill waiting for the view of the sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1718462600832-TEODFFNJOA6X7ZIS8KWQ/IMG_0897.JPG Blog - Areopagus - Mars Hill Athens, Greece - View of the Greek agora from Mars Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1718462611320-6YJVMWAH22S3RP5ILYWS/IMG_3810.JPG Blog - Areopagus - Mars Hill Athens, Greece - View of Lycabettus Hill from Mars Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1718462611317-P3GN666VHH2MLEXZPUXG/IMG_1009.JPG Blog - Areopagus - Mars Hill Athens, Greece - Looking up at Mars Hill from near the Greek agora https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/arch-of-titus-rome-italy monthly 0.5 2024-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/525170b1-31f5-4970-8a53-ced35f699a68/IMG_0510.JPG Blog - Arch of Titus, Rome Italy - Make it stand out Triumphal Arch of Titus, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717814554089-1ADWKOYPAEFCG1NZ5AH0/highergrounddrone.jpg Blog - Arch of Titus, Rome Italy - Temple Mount, with Dome of the Rock where the Jewish Temple stood when Jesus foretold its destruction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717814018513-EJLS13L449XWPNGD1V0F/IMG_4793.jpeg Blog - Arch of Titus, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717814026079-60IV4P3P1F8BYY6F4D1A/IMG_4794.jpeg Blog - Arch of Titus, Rome Italy - stones from the destruction of the structures on on Temple Mount in AD 70 on the second temple era road along the SW corner of Temple Mount https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717814027026-FVKVFFBMIPFB6W8XTLZ4/IMG_4783.jpeg Blog - Arch of Titus, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717814826775-TNS78PLQW7MCYGTRPTYP/IMG_6134.JPG Blog - Arch of Titus, Rome Italy - 81 AD Arch of Titus just outside the forum, Rome Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717814034636-CHVPOAAG6SCVVOG98058/IMG_0506.JPG Blog - Arch of Titus, Rome Italy - Inscription over the arch dedicating it to Vespasian and his son Titus. The arch was in honor of their victory in the Jewish War and the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717814044008-9WI6GE2Z1G8NEO2PE0BZ/IMG_0510.JPG Blog - Arch of Titus, Rome Italy - Marble relief inside the arch depicting Titus and the Roman army carrying the temple treasures into Rome: menorah, trumpets and shewbread tables. The relief was originally vividly colorful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717814969757-BJLJE4A5O9J9ZJ8BT4SW/IMG_0512.JPG Blog - Arch of Titus, Rome Italy - Triumphal Arch of Titus https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/hiking-in-pauls-footsteps monthly 0.5 2024-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/c03d4bfb-7447-475f-a03c-4c2a3b95b0d7/IMG_0102.JPG Blog - Hiking in Paul’s Footsteps - Make it stand out Ancient roman road near Assos, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717250860118-BQWEIW2TTJS4OKYY29DU/main-qimg-65827ce331f0bed1fd9c6a3d4cba33a7-lq.jpeg Blog - Hiking in Paul’s Footsteps - roman road construction (diagram source unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717250874329-S1YNVKX4L6G23IMU2YD5/IMG_3477.jpeg Blog - Hiking in Paul’s Footsteps - walking east on the road toward Assos which is the high point in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717250872315-DQSSCL7OIGL8ZIC2DLLP/IMG_6223.JPG Blog - Hiking in Paul’s Footsteps - View of the acropolis of Assos which Paul would have seen as he neared Assos on this road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717250896301-TOKXYBD4WVJLJI9SWGP0/IMG_3470.jpeg Blog - Hiking in Paul’s Footsteps - country side around the road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717250898130-09YDBVSSDEC8W4DHFLJG/IMG_6293.JPG Blog - Hiking in Paul’s Footsteps - The road led into the city of Assos and down to the harbor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717250916064-I82O98NHNBBZASNXA610/IMG_3496.jpeg Blog - Hiking in Paul’s Footsteps - Walking west on the road past farm houses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717250913703-YISPSYDQT1QKM3UQU2YO/IMG_6220.JPG Blog - Hiking in Paul’s Footsteps - looking west down the roman road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717250925549-CP1FYSEEHGDQH9YTFUY6/IMG_3565.jpeg Blog - Hiking in Paul’s Footsteps - Village of Korubasi along the roman road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717250927479-HRTGVL1WXGPMVSTVNU9L/IMG_3589.jpeg Blog - Hiking in Paul’s Footsteps - the sheep and goats are the owners of the modern roads here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1717250933719-BMSGO9SYES1O423VRSO7/IMG_3575.jpeg Blog - Hiking in Paul’s Footsteps - A mid morning ice cream break in the little village of Korubasi https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/puteoli-pozzuoli-italy monthly 0.5 2024-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/e7e19b8b-7b96-4e17-8b86-e2159a394fa3/highergrounddronePuteoli2.jpg Blog - Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy - Make it stand out Port of Puteoli (Pozzuoli) Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716687327488-ZCD3RQXPEYLSOMTYN9TJ/IMG_0781.JPG Blog - Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy - today, but it was the major commercial port of Rome in Paul's time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716687327131-V4XU2PUX2QXNDOYDOJ07/IMG_0771.JPG Blog - Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy - Excavated market / agora near the port https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716687343234-9JKYXDRS6B23QYAAMIO1/IMG_0775.JPG Blog - Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy - "Macellum Temple of Serapes 1st century AD built in the Flavian era was the market of Puteoli improperly called the Temple of Serapide because a statue of the Egyptian god was found there in 1750" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716687435811-YZUHX8JYX413JGH6JVOQ/highergrounddronePuteoli3.jpg Blog - Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy - Overhead view of the market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716687383573-O1LHKDXWIFQ7CXBKJ2VC/IMG_0770.JPG Blog - Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716687432258-1EDKCMIU937WW1WO6UI6/IMG_0764.JPG Blog - Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy - Exterior of the Flavian Amphitheater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716687573402-8AHRA44A4FX6ZTHX3AJP/highergrounddronePuteoli2.jpg Blog - Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy - Flavian amphitheater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716687586201-3NQXXE52GEOWR9OAJEN8/IMG_1025.jpg Blog - Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy - Church of Santa Maria Delle Grazie on the harbor at Pozzuoli. Plaques commemorating Saint Paul and Pope John Paul II. Mosaic depicting Paul's landing at Puteoli. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716687597368-SBKYNHXHS3IBKKM0BXNP/IMG_1028.jpg Blog - Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy - Mosaic of Paul's landing at Puteoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716687603125-OOF5Y32NFZJYCECT83YQ/IMG_1029.jpg Blog - Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy - Commemoration of the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1990 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716687610596-4CNV36EIWJJ8T38G3F17/IMG_1030.jpg Blog - Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy - Paul of Tarsus arrives in Puteoli and spends seven days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716687630384-T6L7GK2TNTKNQIA2N6EI/IMG_1024.jpg Blog - Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy - Bronze copy of Acts 28: 11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716687645531-ZWVX54HXA3DR1JCD94IL/highergrounddronePuteoli1.jpg Blog - Puteoli (Pozzuoli), Italy https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/santa-restituta-baptistry-of-san-giovanni-in-fonte-and-the-naples-duomo monthly 0.5 2024-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/929c6b0f-3f9d-41a5-9ccd-1dce06c51654/highergrounddrones+2.jpeg Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - Make it stand out Dome mosaic of the Baptistry of San Giovanni in Fonte https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716426538790-4EI4TI315725WUF8AF7E/IMG_1245.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - The exterior of the Naples Cathedral. We visited shortly after Christmas in January 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716426538639-YUKC3BNEY9QMGM26LJ5E/IMG_1243.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - Exterior of the Naples Duomo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716426544873-3WTP5V55RBWQAOL5VGYD/IMG_1110.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - Nave of the Naples Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716426545719-B86PQVGZOEST3G4BRWPP/IMG_1144.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - One set of pipe organ ranks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716426550797-LJ153C6QQTGY0Y4N1EB6/IMG_1161.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - One of the side chapels in the cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716426551201-NHWCM8BTEKTA1M2LZF8L/IMG_1284.jpeg Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - Priest in a side chapel available to hear confession https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716427365222-3LAF1I8MG0ZL5HTD3PAX/IMG_1271.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716426556411-YY138XAN9DMFOCK2YTVL/IMG_1126.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716427363446-DBOCHUS9I1ROYRSK9TER/IMG_1112.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716426557065-3VSDZBUGJ4RLJX9QZS06/IMG_1168.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - Interior side of the main doors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716427371227-3MMQCX9DSI5SI2GB30R0/IMG_1117.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - The octagonal baptistry has a baptismal pool in the center. The clergy would have poured water over the baptized while standing in the pool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716426563620-K3JOQ9JVUJ4JU6ZEQTCQ/IMG_1138.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716427370356-6CVWXTPDJHF335LSG7NT/highergrounddrones+5.jpeg Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - The blue glass mosaics in and around the domed ceiling are from the 5th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716426562009-QARPSLDGQNR6K4EEGADX/IMG_1250+2.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - The ancient Santa Restituta Basilica (4th century AD), inside the Naples Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716427371405-7ISD7D5H73OIAEFL26F6/highergrounddrones+2.jpeg Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - The center of the dome has the Chi Rho symbol. The hands at the top are meant to be the hands of God. Greek alpha and omega at the sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716426563867-J8IM6IKWBB6XTO4325MR/IMG_1113.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - Closer view of the apse of the Santa Restituta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716427372217-36WC73UII9TVO7JQIW97/C245AC9F-3088-4E49-BC1D-BBBE0DFCB8F0.jpeg Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well. The miracle at the Wedding in Cana - water into wine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716427372286-H0040QZBUDWUJLYLO968/C3377B1E-0FF9-4B7B-A7B8-9E131FC3CE84.jpeg Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - The miracle of the catch of fish and Jesus walking on water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716427373192-WPANW4B60WS8PJ106PX3/443F1A4A-C8BB-456A-B5F1-6936730B31C2.jpeg Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - Peter being given a scroll by Jesus atop a blue orb meant to be the earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716427379998-QJ1MWPU50KQ2HVPHGYQH/IMG_1123.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - Victory wreaths being held by figures throughout the mosaics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716427382290-6H2HL7U2QO1F37MVEBAW/IMG_1121.JPG Blog - Santa Restituta, Baptistry of San Giovanni In Fonte and the Naples Duomo - Each of 4 corners around the dome of the ceiling held a mosaic of the evangelists. Here Matthew is depicted with angel wings. In the previous picture you can see a bit of Mark depicted as a lion. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/beth-shean-israel monthly 0.5 2024-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/bfc8f6b3-e9e5-446d-8c27-3fff1cdf6eec/IMG_6558.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel - Make it stand out Beth Shean, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716045868711-5KITJ0RLZL4JWMXPHCG8/IMG_3367.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel - Looking roughly north, across Palladius street, the main colonnaded street through the Roman city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716045874532-WIFOUNH2CAAPKAHCFI9L/IMG_6561.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel - Looking over the large public bath complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716045877509-57YQU85TV9X676NPIG3G/IMG_6568.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel - An entrance to the Roman era theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716045877960-WG0O4ARPBJE2QY9DSUAT/IMG_3366+2.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel - The theater once had 3 tiers or caveas, The base of the second tier can be seen in grey basalt stone at the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716045884868-H5K2QXC3FG60SKQQ8P9O/IMG_6573.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel - part of the front scene of the house - scaenae frons - restored https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716046854019-T090VD2OHPK6K5P601LR/IMG_6722.JPG Blog - Beth Shean, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716045885882-RDNT5AIHIETLSUN69JDG/IMG_6560.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel - theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716046840789-Y6PBJPJENWV1SP52QYAE/IMG_6726.JPG Blog - Beth Shean, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716045892813-TU042BJTYJU0515UCXCH/IMG_6575.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716046848996-QPXVGMEUZOYPQVVI6E5Z/IMG_6730.JPG Blog - Beth Shean, Israel - Looking up at the acropolis an top of the tell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716045893741-INABQQ5SWAN96J2LZFMW/IMG_6592.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel - Egyptian governors house. Beth Shean has a long history of periodically being an Egyptian administrative center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716046855375-TRLCULZBIBUOZK461IYX/IMG_6582.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel - View of the archeological site from the acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716045895305-4FBCTXYIAHKGV917PC8A/IMG_6593.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716046863166-GZQ66UF56ZLPXJSYU4DD/IMG_6583.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716046862663-P53BTVLP05ZQYL9IKZUX/IMG_6731.JPG Blog - Beth Shean, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716046872819-RYW6ROFJNG0K8K0236GP/IMG_6599.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716046872174-S2BBZGT345BYIQAD9717/IMG_3373.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716046879163-Z26TUHEAU25GDLXCZ2RI/IMG_3375.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel - The last iteration of the ancient city was destroyed in the earthquake of AD 749 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1716046879159-J7ZSYP0HOT3CPPGWAWYR/IMG_6597.jpeg Blog - Beth Shean, Israel https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/chorazin-israel monthly 0.5 2024-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/21931e51-2ab3-42c3-84a4-46d348c2c4d7/IMG_6897.jpg Blog - Chorazin, Israel - Make it stand out Decorative elements that were over the entrance to the synagogue at Chorazin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438069106-P8WQK01V9TSPXOAYAW88/IMG_6898.jpeg Blog - Chorazin, Israel - Steps up to the synagogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438067552-8D2QDEA50PV51C7A3W6U/IMG_6875.jpeg Blog - Chorazin, Israel - Looking down into the Galilean style synagogue. There were 12 columns supporting a second story that may have been solely to let in light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438077772-NG38181QGFOI67K06YEW/IMG_3577.jpg Blog - Chorazin, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438078307-JWUSBQBESR3EQGFDE4TB/IMG_6899.jpeg Blog - Chorazin, Israel - interior of synagogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438085567-IKPTS8LI6W0GZHIRKHOF/IMG_3588.jpg Blog - Chorazin, Israel - replica of a pillar that flanked the torah shrine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438086887-W2SRS4CQ57E2V64NC0I7/IMG_3587.jpg Blog - Chorazin, Israel - Replica of the "Moses seat" used by the leader of synagogue when reading from the Torah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438497778-SQUAR3KSAUIQ294A38HS/IMG_3584.jpg Blog - Chorazin, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438500031-H8XWDPG9BISDLIKPRDQW/IMG_6891.jpeg Blog - Chorazin, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438095974-K8DVAA2GYX88ZPN377JS/IMG_6881.jpeg Blog - Chorazin, Israel - Mikvah exterior to the synagogue but part of the overall complex at the center of the town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438508577-KJUOJFKKFODNCNUDIPBX/IMG_6888.jpeg Blog - Chorazin, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438098058-I2U65V9DYS1Q7MPZYCA0/IMG_6884.jpeg Blog - Chorazin, Israel - Mikvah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438511800-YV0GP9H2IT59HCTT72J3/IMG_6883.jpeg Blog - Chorazin, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438101703-MPO57DI0S3AT5B4TGKBA/IMG_3589.jpg Blog - Chorazin, Israel - Conch shell decorations from the synagogue - would have been brightly painted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438518816-JFMAMGVS4B8L4T9OA72I/IMG_6890.jpeg Blog - Chorazin, Israel - dwellings in Chorazin - all made of the local basalt stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438519566-X5PEVC4PD1MQPTK9BZ2H/IMG_6904.jpeg Blog - Chorazin, Israel - Wealthy insula / home with arched supports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438524475-TDF0LUWYSVTM3CLF1O06/IMG_6905.jpeg Blog - Chorazin, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1715438524993-OX8MX4A3AWHBLIWN3MNU/IMG_3576.jpg Blog - Chorazin, Israel https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/smyrna-izmir-turkey-1 monthly 0.5 2024-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/fceac6d2-a0de-4bf4-8ee0-4344d488dc1c/IMG_2962.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - Make it stand out Basement of the Western Portico, Smyrna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832386663-ZCH4RDMOU5YVSBD1ZNT0/IMG_3028.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832383929-30K9NDZGK87P700KQENN/IMG_2987.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - Alexander the Great's relationship to Smyrna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832391315-IEDYE9B0V2D68GRCF2H5/IMG_3029.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - View of the Agora courtyard, looking north https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832396066-PIK4CMO989MU2L7WTYSP/IMG_2091.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - Entrance to the Western Portico - up 3 steps. Note the openings in the second step. These let light into the Agora basement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832401554-RV0OHHDIZTA674EZ30O6/IMG_2939.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - The floor of the Agora would have been wooden and was supported by the arch and vault construction of the basement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832405414-JIEGT11240YCHEI9G7G9/IMG_2938.jpg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - In Hellenistic times, the Portico was a basement and a single story with 2 galleries. The romans added a second story and a third gallery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832410387-5TAFVMECJG05L2R5WFKT/IMG_2941.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - another view of the basement arches that supported the floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832412550-P4ZAFW5I4VP9DGM1SKNI/IMG_2962.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - In the basement, looking up to the columns or the Western Portico entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832421813-HM8CV13BR778VO5KWKYH/IMG_2975.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832414372-62Q56LQFH53OV8V3IMC4/IMG_2946.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - Open to the air today, the basement arches are beautiful. The channel running down the middle has running water today as it did in ancient times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832423079-L4CHE0QXNEZYH9BA3ROH/IMG_2094.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - Water gushing into the basement channels. According to the signs, the precise source of the water is still not understood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832791381-POI6PS5ER1TGIK8EGOQH/IMG_2096.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832787710-WI87IP00UHZH8OZIY5HH/IMG_2955.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - Windows and doors in the basement - likely opened onto a street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832795993-R8BBHXGQZRRO843RCWKL/IMG_2948.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - The crookedness of some vaults / arches was due to rushed repairs after the 178 AD earthquake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832800126-X4YIDNDAM2HUJQL1ZYCX/IMG_2956.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - The north side of the agora courtyard was a public/civic basilica that had a tall vaulted center isle. One of the galleries had plastered walls that contain graffiti from the 1st and 2nd century AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832800960-M1HN8E4W8D7UV12SM75O/IMG_3001.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - Peeking into the basilica basement through a fence. This was 2021. The excavations may be further along today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714833675034-AJTW681U0R606CIPGR25/IMG_2963.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714833678460-IJGOZILKQ8GNLK3DPJZC/IMG_2964.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832816244-8Q92QDY7XY1THJBQEUMJ/IMG_2966.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832816373-FLEC5WBKCL2OO4PTFTDE/IMG_2967.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - Neocorus inscription https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832808816-XDQXB4XGAVDJOEL6VLXI/IMG_3014.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - Capitals and other architectural elements in the agora courtyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714832808936-0C3Y4TTPIMUWR5IQ0A32/IMG_2996.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - Jigsaw pieces of the agora, with the acropolis atop Mnt Pagos (we sadly did not have time to visit that site) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714833677595-71EDY9Q51UKMVZ8PCAFX/25328bf8-e993-4af8-9294-ff992fc6f43f.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - overview of the agora excavation area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714833681594-N4X9850XT522RB0J4V2Y/IMG_3045.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - Church in Izmir dedicated to the martyr Saint Polycarp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714833683255-HSY00GFDJYKHK36YPGVZ/IMG_2109.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714833686533-PJMI3RUASIAIXYP202F0/IMG_3039.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714833686956-TCXDZDZCLSAWHK9FXUZ5/IMG_2117.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - courtyard of the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714833688813-FGCT9QV6UP648OW1NO79/IMG_2086.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - Some women in a park near the archeological site. They are two just several people we saw in this city of over 3 million people d/t the ongoing COVID lockdown in Turkey in 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714833689700-5A2145RI4QJNBU6E1TTF/IMG_2103.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714833693385-GLNO47VGHW2W6VAR0K15/IMG_3065.jpeg Blog - Smyrna (Izmir Turkey) - Our group standing in the south bound lanes of what should be the busiest street along the harbor in downtown Izmir - not a car in site https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/lystra-and-derbe-turkey monthly 0.5 2024-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/89c6df50-8f7c-408e-bd07-dafa10a42fce/IMG_1159.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - Make it stand out Visiting Derbe and Lystra, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098819640-WK3LZAXH4PRFAESM6FH7/IMG_0566.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - traveling to Derbe, northeast of Karaman Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098820697-FL25DVUVAXEAJ4RLRPTX/IMG_0571.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - passing through some small villages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098825752-HITC9DDHBHJ5Y2LS5E9X/IMG_0642.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098824702-C23S7O1JEUEJ3PPUZFNA/IMG_0579.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - a local farmer pointed out the rest of the way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098831234-EX0A4IWV6VSRH6XSYD0B/IMG_0637.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - We didn't notice the sign until we had walked around the entire tell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098831854-3Z0SLBG5HQEH2RZ19V4P/IMG_0601.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - some excavation work has been started on the tell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098962858-SOSD02UZ44O4P17FTJTF/IMG_0591.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - pottery sherds everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098838769-SDIMAOPXPSZF4WMKXG70/IMG_0609.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098968153-QRSPZDH60J4R443EW5AJ/IMG_0589.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - pottery sherds at Derbe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098840269-F3QTHKK2VGJIMH852JG0/IMG_0614.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098969167-8EF4GY5C26345GPGRTZ0/IMG_0619.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - pottery remains at Derbe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098847873-THUO05A2PR7C1VX9DUJA/IMG_0603.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098974333-GA7S94QZE6WMFX8SQXHS/IMG_0610.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - pottery at Derbe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098848911-XCEKM64DG5O0FCS7R28V/IMG_0615.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098975116-7OM213DNVNO5DSBOD6VG/IMG_0651.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - Lystra tell - the site has been confirmed by the finding of inscriptions and evidence of a temple to Zeus outside the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098855772-L0CW4GZ6FU30IDNQSXZP/IMG_0606.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098982206-PNQK2NA5ZTDVVF29Z9V0/IMG_0657.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - standing near the top of the tell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098983387-02YRVENESMC6C5WDYAJY/IMG_0673.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - the site of Lystra is surrounded by almond groves and agricultural fields today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098992108-VO0P41ZXI0UH0SYUVJVD/IMG_0668.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - pottery sherds at Lystra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098995514-FBBQUTWDV1MDW272YCEL/IMG_0662.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - Steep walk and up and down the mound https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098996952-KO0LWK69NOAL2924778J/IMG_0674.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - spoke with a farmer mainly by gestures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1714098999469-GISYY18EOCIHH0NISG9M/IMG_0686.jpeg Blog - Lystra and Derbe, Turkey - The farmer shared some green almonds with us https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/tomb-of-lazarus-bethany-israel monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/aa6efd20-6128-46b9-8a64-23a93d90a1ec/IMG_2142+2.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel - Make it stand out Fresco in the Church of St Lazarus depicting Lazarus rising from the tomb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713575762138-P39KTJ0KGP82E83P6UDC/IMG_2134.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel - Sanctuary of Bethany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713575762138-T11S242T6AA13OFQNYV8/IMG_4226.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel - Entrance to the tomb of Lazarus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713575769369-OIK0HNDMR7U220O5ZEHI/IMG_4218.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713575769257-DASFBZY6ZKCM34SCVUK2/IMG_4220.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel - Steps from the street into the tomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713575775709-30QKJNLCFW2FM1VJU5TL/IMG_2136.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel - narrows steps leading down to lower level and the tomb of Lazarus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713575976472-RHVG7XYPBJ0FZ9UAPA3O/IMG_4237.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel - Walk way from the church to the street and the entrance to the tomb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713575784037-6LMKL299KKT37MFHWLI0/IMG_2137.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel - There was once an entrance to the tomb from the earlier church at the site which has since been closed. Coming into the tomb after the last few steps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713575782275-EILM20D4353LGPML7HEV/IMG_4222.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel - Tomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713575976473-RSWWEEO6ZXAVRWIXOQXE/IMG_3987.JPG Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel - Church of St Lazarus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713575983857-2OEMP2DD53XDFCWMXZAR/IMG_2140.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel - The interior is without windows. The only light comes from the top of the dome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713575983858-KAJIF52RRHHJ76WAP4NN/IMG_2143.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713576415516-S3TXPNDZJEO6IBQXB2KY/IMG_4234.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel - Event at Bethany: Jesus visiting Mary and Martha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713575987723-X3N2SRSTOP5G5A57OMPV/IMG_2142+2.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel - Event at Bethany: Lazarus rising from the tomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713576437381-HYSN41VNRNALXRMVZZG6/IMG_2144+2.jpeg Blog - Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany Israel - Event at Bethany: Woman anointing Jesus hair with oil https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/high-place-of-sacrifice-petra-jordan monthly 0.5 2024-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/3d8768f3-cb32-415e-9a08-63760cccc2d6/IMG_3097.jpg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan - Make it stand out Altar at the High Place of Sacrifice at Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018000341-7FY8QSZ45NICG0D7KJIH/IMG_3024.jpg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan - beginning of a 700 step climb up to the high place of sacrifice at Petra. Worth every step (if we can do it, you can do it!!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018000983-1JB87D7XZ5B1ITI7B8EZ/IMG_5948.jpeg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan - After the initial start up the stairs, most are carved out of the rock and are the original path up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018015020-2OKH9A44T1EP0FWAIQSB/IMG_5957.jpeg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018006666-FLKSE67Z6NPWM38LQC81/IMG_5959.jpeg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan - On the way up to the high place of sacrifice there are two obelisks carved out of the mountain, each about 20 feet tall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018026412-RBKCPAMSVEEPD2I7A6DQ/IMG_3073.jpg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan - Wall from a crusader era fortress near the high place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018297338-NA14FX8YS9GD32RTOPGK/IMG_5984.jpeg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018027774-E96HZVCJG4GLSIWZMNBR/IMG_5975.jpeg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan - platform at the top, rectangular area may have collected rain water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018297338-BQTBCDOPKGR775VMFNXI/IMG_5988.jpeg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018048064-R1GBYQIWNLTD09ZXZS8D/IMG_3089.jpg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018315385-8TA3GQFWP4THWO5ZKQLK/IMG_3097.jpg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan - concentric rings with a cut channel for drainage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018047416-LPZLRNY9JOXMEQSKY2WW/IMG_3090.jpg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan - Altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018317937-SLWWW4IWEHG929Z74YBN/IMG_3083.jpg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan - You can get a sense of the height in this photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018055321-GNXATCDNIE15DHLM55SJ/IMG_3091.jpg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan - steps up to the altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018334502-OFOSWG8UQSHWCUVBFR1I/IMG_5993.jpeg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan - the descent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018344970-NGHIL2YZY6RQ97ZEKWSD/IMG_3068.jpg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan - Looking down at the rock cut monuments of Petra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1713018346418-XF10HPANMV2SEIWS01EB/IMG_3042.jpg Blog - High Place of Sacrifice, Petra Jordan - This little Bedouin girl was a effective marketer for her mother's wares!! https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/ketef-hinnom-israel monthly 0.5 2024-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/7eb402bd-ea88-49c8-a7fe-d99f1e913ac9/IMG_8751.JPG Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel - Make it stand out Ketef Hinnom, 1st temple period rock cut graves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361131264-ABZ6MOKJGMJZHT8YKCM1/IMG_4486.jpeg Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel - standing on the south side of the Hinnom Valley looking east https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361131667-FP3KYG5XYJZEZ52D7YIP/IMG_2292.jpg Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361136667-FU3WKWD17K6XNXWSFUP0/IMG_4451.jpeg Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361135847-LTYIYY8B87F86NE4C3YR/IMG_3574.jpg Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel - Walking up the Hinnom Valley toward Ketef Hinnom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361142297-6KROQK1MCUSTJBVDY3CP/IMG_4458.jpeg Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel - St Andrews Scottish Church and Hospice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361293803-B8A5JQKQRHE296U6V6EB/IMG_8751.JPG Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel - shows the opening into the repository under the burial slab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361141099-7JOLZS68HY50OQ1IEJKD/IMG_3573.jpg Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel - olive trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361294216-RTL7KRD73L7U8J0OZ6EB/IMG_8752.JPG Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361143865-6E5SIIZO5L7FGQFEPAVZ/IMG_2291.jpg Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361150046-R10MDTRRNC2LT8RFUX9O/IMG_4464.jpeg Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel - area of tombs down the hill from the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361304228-GMEGKN1AANLTXKZG9E9A/IMG_2286.jpg Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361148209-Q2S0J75HPFD9CIVII0S1/IMG_8753.JPG Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel - rock cut tombs with slabs for placement of the deceased https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361301452-NYRG3CVDVBFW88WHTCVW/IMG_4477+2.jpeg Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361304227-MFI4G0CQ7NGSHNCGR8QQ/IMG_2285.jpg Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361306080-BLWCO437BFP86XN6PK3N/IMG_2284.jpg Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel - The finds from cave 24 can be seen in the Israel Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361460833-RDMYRKLYJD62Y3MLGEGI/IMG_4470.jpeg Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1712361466980-4N0K05392RYGU86YZPUK/IMG_4466.jpeg Blog - Ketef Hinnom, Israel https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/church-of-the-holy-sepulcher-jerusalem monthly 0.5 2024-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/26e58002-b8b2-40a6-8fa5-48e559024f3b/Craig-remove+reflection.jpg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - Make it stand out Dome over the edicule and tomb of Jesus in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711809953734-VN77RB5B2PXGG2NS09DQ/IMG_8368.JPG Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711809954112-1EZRKHXPZ6XBBT2BFHUK/2E98C5AE-3C6D-4FDD-8946-B47EA9ABA343.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - Plaza and entrance to the Church, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711809957465-OWZCWD6EIKD8BZE8NDZ3/IMG_0046.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711809960439-4ONTPYFAIBNUWKFTT9DI/B9027BD1-224C-4C50-9FC8-773213668FD0.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - original 4th century wooden doors to the church. Opened early each morning by a member of the Muslim custodial family who are responsible for the keys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711809980969-1MFCO1TZHGEYVB1D2EVP/Craig-remove+reflection.jpg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - Main dome over the edicule protecting the empty tomb of Jesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711810468984-KA0FP2QKMY1QUOEORWOG/59B0DD0A-0897-4C4C-B4CD-46AF51F0F294.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - One of the chapels. The physical space is shared by Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian and Syriac churches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711809984406-2COEJRG8RIQ9ZVC9IMUW/E2437F21-4EF3-4897-A675-5A77CEF49E18.jpg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - entrance to the edicule https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711810471716-YHC80ZXVATWWKZNL7QTX/37781FE9-727F-48C4-A696-BE909D7E484C.jpg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711810008307-6GGY5SIBQF635KKY486R/A7BBC34A-EC0B-46A8-B936-B28F1FC9D641.jpg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711810471434-W1411PUKN4QED45D1HK7/550B8E7F-1AB1-4FAE-87FA-1606217D7933.jpg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711810005184-9GZ2PI5W6FM16EKJN1GE/370544B1-75C3-49BF-963E-524B13BF519E.jpg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - Inside the entrance of the edicule https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711810480394-MR8JFC7XNXDD8WG5IKFJ/IMG_2095.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - Chapel over rocky remains of the quarry - said to be in the area of Jesus crucifixion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711810480597-5KXUIM9DSDQ3PA2ZKFNE/IMG_2098.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - The anointing stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711810482191-5IDLJD1WLPI6HI0IARMH/1D75D41C-C634-416A-9579-29C1CEA8B976.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - Crusader era graffiti along the steps down to the St Helena Chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711810482958-OHI0DC2AHZ169OLZK9OA/0A6DCD3D-75B0-4944-9865-6D7D701DB24D.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem - Bells from the Ethiopian cloister on the roof of the Holy Sepulcher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711810483562-GGNOD6UID1Q2OTQV1BNR/08C4BFE6-4022-4239-BFB5-CBD34287B6DE.jpeg Blog - Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/ienrlbz7rfm88s6jsmrlco8fdkckfn monthly 0.5 2024-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/537d09de-56c5-4751-8ee8-22f19f568308/IMG_3166.jpg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel - Make it stand out “Solomon’s Pillars” at Timna Park, Israel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220062308-AWKPZEQ1XRP287VQI9V0/IMG_6095.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel - Entrance to Timna Park in the Negev of Israel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220064560-LFINFOJ1GMZCNH1GSATU/IMG_6102.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel - Incredible geologic formations within the park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220071289-IBM3RRNB4OZ3HMRDW0H2/IMG_6127.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220072457-TZZOY2WMK3RE96ZWBTP8/IMG_6134.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220077868-Z2MP1GL4ZXYX2WKQTFC5/IMG_6115.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel - Area of ancient copper mines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220077586-EFXM47EJ9OBWRVF6N7O4/IMG_6125.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220275018-940RBCKYS6JR6FH45EU3/IMG_6132.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220083781-GURBPEWCUQKGJL91TOMV/IMG_3156.jpg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220275015-1FT7XA3OXUOKTJOAZ05S/IMG_6131.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel - 14 - 12th century workshop area near a mine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220084316-W6M5GB3L0RGJQR62QG9S/IMG_5072.jpg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220279642-8AM09KL3J4WFOG2NO51E/IMG_6146.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220090528-O0Y70Q0FYT8JU4S12HVY/IMG_6123+2.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel - the green copper deposits can be easily seen in the area of the mines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220278500-OCH6Y2MGJ76IUNLQ72JV/IMG_3167.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel - Inscription at the Egyptian shrine of Hathor - just barely visible in the type/direction of light we had available. The goddess is shown next to Ramesses III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220090362-FJ3RMJ1N26GG84UHPP3H/IMG_3157.jpg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220288062-V9AGTWWWL4PETG9HUJL4/IMG_3165.jpg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel - bottom left a little of the Hathor shrine area is visible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220095798-X1WIQHDE8C7YXO2OV7SB/IMG_6124.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220692054-R575HE3QG3AJ2I9QJ8DU/IMG_3174.jpg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel - Timna is also home to a full scale model of the Tabernacle from the time of the wandering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220288869-9COJ6XZKKXA7AW9K4ELL/IMG_3171.jpg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel - Solomon's Pillars have nothing to do with Solomon - they are a geological formation that look like pillars d/t wind erosion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220694458-5XVQ2LIGSI76BH24N02Q/IMG_3175.jpg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220294975-8V1DIP2DBZJDE2ARYV1J/IMG_3164.jpg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220694289-HT5VXANS8H4HTFC217ZS/IMG_6231.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel - Ibex... got very few pictures of the tabernacle because I was so excited to see Ibex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220294761-6VN1RMXCS90176TB5RDA/IMG_3170.jpg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220695487-013AW4KHMX3NOUW6YMF2/IMG_6198.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220299298-UVOFQ074CO35FP8PPDIK/IMG_3161.jpg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel - a famous mushroom shaped formation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1711220696451-1YTJ5D0KX4NF30X6HCNN/IMG_3176.jpeg Blog - Solomon’s Mines, Timna Park Israel https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/delphi-greece monthly 0.5 2024-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/8b09c246-7283-4587-8a7f-c08cf7c229d0/IMG_3555.jpg Blog - Delphi, Greece - Make it stand out Temple of Apollo at Delphi Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711208685-JT0MPXPHS86QT7HZ9EE8/IMG_2632.JPG Blog - Delphi, Greece - Athenian treasury building, one of many treasuries built by Greek city states along the sacred way at Delphi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711210089-WQI2M3WRFHL0MBMNAZCO/IMG_2642.JPG Blog - Delphi, Greece - Stoa of the Athenians, constructed with Ionic columns, compared to the doric columns of the temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711211777-ITCAICHDO7DNUPXFZYMU/IMG_2647.JPG Blog - Delphi, Greece - Polygonal wall at the back of the stoa and part of the support structure of the temple platform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711212617-DS2DVPBGOC38C6NXQJ2S/IMG_2625.JPG Blog - Delphi, Greece - Cone shape in the background is a replica of the sacred omphalos stone at Delphi. Greeks believed this marked the center of the earth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711213655-W0P31CINPDI1L4OZ1DWU/IMG_2746.JPG Blog - Delphi, Greece - Omphalos stone in the museum at Delphi. It may be a roman replica of the original greek stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711485237-SAH21M3U0DMRJHDPNE76/IMG_6093.JPG Blog - Delphi, Greece - 324 AD, emperor Constantine moved the serpent column to Constantinople. It still stand there today at the hippodrome in Istanbul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711215868-KT0CCMOO1JBS2GGS5C06/IMG_2663.JPG Blog - Delphi, Greece - Monument of Prusias. Dedicated to king Prusias II of Bithynia Asia Minor after succeeding his father to the throne in 182 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711484608-BZHI9ROOUS20X4BAAEVQ/IMG_5923.JPG Blog - Delphi, Greece - One of the snake heads survives in the Istanbul Archeological Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711218357-5D9774LRSXV9LQN27LLN/IMG_2614.JPG Blog - Delphi, Greece - Agora and stoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711486227-WM2MSW0SJ816DCNLV5LV/IMG_5925.JPG Blog - Delphi, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711219952-FUHRXGJLYNOAYBEQRBG7/IMG_2648.JPG Blog - Delphi, Greece - Replica of the serpent column at Delphi near the temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711488788-98ATXVDRIDZRBJZVIFBS/IMG_2658.JPG Blog - Delphi, Greece - Temple of Apollo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711223151-FPW9WL5JTPI352ITI9ZJ/IMG_2657.JPG Blog - Delphi, Greece - The bronze column was 26 feet tall with 3 snake heads at the top holding up a cauldron. Built in 478 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711488307-H53478QCA8JR1U877Z5C/image2.jpeg Blog - Delphi, Greece - Temple of Apollo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711489466-SUJ2TXW47VFJTBWBERH6/image0+2.jpeg Blog - Delphi, Greece - Looking down on the theater and the temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711767465-UMV8EMPMFUHNFJYSO52G/IMG_4690.jpeg Blog - Delphi, Greece - Delphi area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711489963-Q3T2JIV4GKXRI1HBMSV6/image3.jpeg Blog - Delphi, Greece - the Crack in the floor of the temple is over a geological fault line. The pythian priestess chamber under the temple filled with gases from this deep fissure in the earth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711767282-VXLRPAHDFRV4A2GP08DQ/IMG_3490.jpeg Blog - Delphi, Greece - Looking toward the entrance of the Corycian Cave on Mnt Parnassus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711490505-EM18UJJ37JJKDSAPYTMC/image4.jpeg Blog - Delphi, Greece - Another view of the temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711769073-RBDVSX6FHAJ7YUIP7PKN/IMG_2559.JPG Blog - Delphi, Greece - Interior of the cave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711492090-P4HSJLZ325SADM212G3Q/image5.jpeg Blog - Delphi, Greece - The theater was originally constructed in the 4th century BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711769362-4LMHA93HOI0DS00VNH8P/image0.jpeg Blog - Delphi, Greece - Overhead view of Delphi showing the theater, temple, sacred way, agora, stoa, and a little of the gymnasium across the modern road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1710711492369-KC18ADKHWB9KH8IEA42L/image1.jpeg Blog - Delphi, Greece - The stadium is up the hill from the theater and was constructed in the 5th century BC. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/martyrium-of-st-philip-hierapolis-turkey monthly 0.5 2024-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/06e0d0ae-856d-40f6-84c5-e70c211caf58/IMG_1557.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - Make it stand out Martyrium (upper terrace) and Church (lower terrace) of St Philip, Hierapolis Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709947764712-42E3L575MOM9T2OGCH61/IMG_7376.JPG Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - Pilgrim road leading from the city and Temple of Apollo up to the Martyrium of St Philip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709947764712-5WPPNBG2CNVMINOU0WBD/IMG_1610.jpg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - Standing near the top of the pilgrim road looking back down at Hierapolis and the Lycus Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709947766465-WRWPQHCQYSUMC7XOZUD3/IMG_1560.jpg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - There was a bridge over this ravine in the days of the Christian pilgrims as well - and baths for cleaning and purification just after the bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709947777179-N7E4KHSCUYGP2UNMWTUM/IMG_1562.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - some of the steps leading up to the martyrdom and church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709947776601-A0362FCLXT6LX1DLVR4P/IMG_1583.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948133042-BN7N26SSIE5W4CKE0B7D/IMG_2109.jpg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - column base https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709947789628-9LYMMKZ0TTUNQARBR2Y4/IMG_1561.jpg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - Looking down on the remains of the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948140240-M7THSM8S7PEN3ZILGRSU/IMG_1569.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - The tomb of St Philip was incorporated into the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709947785805-IYC2NFVGHPUTP4MSFYNV/IMG_1572.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - reconstruction of some pillars of the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948140908-WU52APU55T0ZXJEISKCY/IMG_7266.JPG Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - Looking into Philip's 1st century AD tomb with benches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709947796824-KY8TQBZ0EUSY4QA6XXBV/IMG_1571.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - apse and synthronon in the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948151572-U1L8I87SBJ77SAP4LDTG/IMG_1555.jpg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - Pilgrim fountain outside the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709947797227-80RX0TJ7Z8JLD34E46AN/IMG_1556.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - View of the valley from the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948154711-DAZLNN50SSDHW6F488RP/IMG_7245.JPG Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - final steps up to the martyrdom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948161142-STIB8KYO0D2CHB2W29A8/IMG_1580.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - remains of the octagonal martyrium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948388061-UBJJ1X1MXXC3QHUSEPDP/IMG_1570.jpg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - christian symbols engraved in the archways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948162204-5EX469NEMPZG5HKRWGUK/IMG_1609.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - along the outside of the martyrium were 28 small rooms for use by Christian pilgrims to the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948386439-TTUKQ6ZIFMMK6FK2TYDS/IMG_1586.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948169403-G2UNGYEJRDQ5JFTYQQEH/IMG_1599.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - central area of the martyrium that was covered by a dome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948391056-04X3OPZ5A3JARDANBS0Q/IMG_1592.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948175617-A17ASCHL3NX8KWE3OZNV/IMG_1587.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - Archways between the octagonal sections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948396080-UWLJNS48WRR6JU20NNLG/IMG_1590.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948177723-9GRL4Y5K71OPBJBQO9CK/IMG_1568.jpg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948401580-MW0XPNM8XWKLPQCN6EYR/IMG_1584.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey - there were 8 small chapels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948401021-11T4GZLY3I749HDBSJEK/IMG_1585.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948411020-B6D1RY2KFUSZQVXMML2W/IMG_1556.jpg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709948409316-L88MQT5DVY6BAD3H2JW4/IMG_1602.jpeg Blog - Martyrium of St Philip, Hierapolis, Turkey https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/colossae-honaz-turkey monthly 0.5 2024-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/8a41764f-8660-451e-bec0-199a40266ce5/IMG_1294.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) - Make it stand out Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393548671-5O6T5NOUZ36UPWVPEDI6/IMG_1294.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) - Colossae - standing in the surrounding vineyards looking up toward the acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393565285-KJFVTHUXMVPR6X46FBTB/IMG_6925.JPG Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393575205-LWGQ5FXGW2YBR6XQDTQ3/IMG_1305.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393552556-N5VDJIX9NFE60VDZQFOB/IMG_1296.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) - Both hills of acropolis visible in this view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393575388-AF4HR5AKCRY6RK3Y5I6L/IMG_6947.JPG Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393581944-WS9D8XPWFKYTQ4BTJRGJ/IMG_1307.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393583256-LQRQCNPZVSF8WGBXTH99/IMG_1424.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) - It's a beautiful site, surrounded by orchards and vineyards and then by mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393694176-TWT0EDXFGRO4TB7XFYN5/IMG_1352.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) - Pottery sherds everywhere - we didn't move a thing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393601643-HWOX4MZN5GTL383OA39U/IMG_1435.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393697109-59QRZIKTLBYAB95J44IU/IMG_1354.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393601641-X0LRANT5CG7Z7RPSCXRM/IMG_1318.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393698710-VDORA4NQYJ6UE1WG9OVZ/IMG_1345.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393615841-LRDT485GN9N4SGZA7YXB/IMG_1342.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) - building remains on the surface of the acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393708077-PF8XZ83RVV1FGH7L7DQY/IMG_1370.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) - aqueduct near Colossae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393614304-DMD867KNJ54HGTHN5JHS/IMG_1349.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393706442-YQ3QQ460CERDW8O763IF/Colossae.JPG Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) - Looking roughly south to north https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393971596-3VJ16M3JDERRZI6LAGWQ/IMG_6930.JPG Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393635170-1D5TM0KKB3HXHNXAP0CU/IMG_1338.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393716481-SVIB9OI4M3ID6F03QAVP/IMG_1324.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393966646-M4SDAGCCA1JKPPWMIYWS/IMG_6954.JPG Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393635175-2PX8ZXGP6S7M36HXFNG8/IMG_1335.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393717707-UU50E0MWNWVTSFNU9ASI/IMG_1434.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) - remains of a wall? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393977430-RWT5KSQVOBS7P9PPX601/IMG_1451.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) - water piping https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393728263-4WXJTB5M3ULS6ZHI7RYX/IMG_1436.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393986521-0AOB2ACJLNDZ9LX988SW/IMG_1450.jpeg Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) - the only photo we took in an area of rock cut tombs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1709393992653-8OK24C6WTPVV2HCBBNCJ/IMG_7427.JPG Blog - Colossae (Honaz, Turkey) - Heiropolis Museum courtyard - fragment of a sarcophagus from Colossae https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/mikvah-baptismal-pool-baptismal-font monthly 0.5 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/9b56f2c9-c00c-430c-97c2-d4677089d3e4/IMG_4302.jpeg Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Make it stand out Jordan River area commemorating Jesus’ baptism. The Church of St John the Baptist is in the country of Jordan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708789673018-BJZHFRURIYIKTBSSGICD/IMG_3202.JPG Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Byzantine painting of the baptism of Jesus from the Church of St Sophia, Thessaloniki Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708789673337-2FETVUV929ZVJQZ9FFNA/IMG_4302.jpeg Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Area beyond the Jordan where the baptism of Jesus likely took place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708789685478-DENYPWZ6PO1IP4DXPZ0I/IMG_5325.jpeg Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Example of a mikvah at Qumran, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708789684430-EXBY1REJCYARBAB9GSA0/IMG_5160.jpeg Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Example of a mikvah at Herod's palace, Masada Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708789692909-64AIVBMG22KXIOWNMN06/IMG_5175.jpeg Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Another mikvah on Masada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708790313792-343KQFNXO4LZ0AU3DJTL/IMG_2402.jpeg Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Large basin likely used for baptisms at the Church of Mary in Ephesus - taken from the sacred agora and repurposed in the 5-7 century AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708789692915-0U3NKXNZ77XJV22B7KL1/IMG_1117.JPG Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Mid 300's AD remains of the baptistry at Santa Restituta (within the Naples Cathedral) Naples, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708790310961-GFJCK8C61BG3P4DLZDZV/IMG_6631.jpg Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Baptistry at the Basilica of St. John, Ephesus. The Basilica is from the mid 5th century AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708789701504-D8PY4Y5Y57BASCRYO4Q1/IMG_3446.JPG Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - River just outside of Philippi, Greece. Likely the river where Paul and his companions met with Lydia and baptized and her household. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708790318639-UBZ88EYKD0OETP2X8EM3/IMG_7118.JPG Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Baptistry at the excavated church at Laodicea, Turkey. Early 5th century AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708789699880-AYTDTTJYQD58B199SK63/IMG_9815.JPG Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Paul tells us that he did not personalize baptize many. This bronze relief on the Ship Church of St Paul in Malta depicts Paul baptizing Publix's in a cave church - a traditional story, not biblical https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708790326811-STBF0U7UE4SRAHFMFLQE/IMG_3999.JPG Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Baptistry of the octagonal church at Philippi, Greece. 340's AD, replaced at the end of the 4th century AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708789703605-ONI4KNDAHM81SVHAE0XD/IMG_6886.jpg Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Baptistry in the Church of Mary at Ephesus. Mid 400's AD. Not yet in a cruciform shape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708790323857-O1MDQ7WW608SIP7E0C4K/IMG_3867.jpeg Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - St John the Baptist baptistry within the excavations at St. Sophia, Thessaloniki, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708790329107-DNYY212F7OFB8UGZC5BR/IMG_7758.JPG Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Psidian Antioch had numerous churches in the byzantine era. The Yalvac Museum has several baptismal fonts found at the archeological site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708790333385-R3DUKI99NJOT0IMYKTNC/IMG_2328.jpeg Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Baptismal font found at Psidian Antioch, Yalvac museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708790333589-VR3P6T8YBVULTEZ9H2AV/IMG_2207.jpeg Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Byzantine baptismal font found at the archeological site of Heiropolis, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708790339612-6YVULPEICZR8S039T40D/IMG_1271.jpeg Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Huge marble basin in the narthex of the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Turkey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708790338301-E6MNA47EQXMA38O56Q8E/IMG_3453.jpg Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Commemorative baptismal pool on the river outside of Philippi, Greece. Nearby is a monument to St Lydia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708791429702-3I3CO69K7AF9RNG8QLGA/IMG_3436.JPG Blog - Mikvah, Baptismal Pool, Baptismal Font - Inside the memorial commemorating Paul's visit to Philippi and the baptism of Lydia. Philippi, Greece https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/laodicea-turkey monthly 0.5 2024-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/16f273b3-6e52-4c20-a3b4-161bdbd009ea/IMG_7442.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - Make it stand out Laodicea, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225409941-R53JAYQEQ1BY75ECSV3H/IMG_1907.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - aquaducts near Laodicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225434176-A0ZEDVG1NFMU3B44BRE1/IMG_1908.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - Syria Street. East - west street through Laodicea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225406357-T3WEHU906TFMO5YHVGR7/IMG_1911.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - Covered porticos on each side of Syria street protected the shops and walkways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225452316-7N35N4P9KWJEUALCH95V/IMG_1975.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - games outside of the shops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225465850-7GPXFYVKC9VPZTNO914P/IMG_7439.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - One of the excavated peristyle homes in Laodicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225491013-D0S7ENJ45G3CPAZWTS5I/IMG_1914.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - Reconstructed entrance to a home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225480340-HRWE5IKSQ08FAHV6RXPM/IMG_7081.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - Temple A, entrance to the outer courtyard. in the background are the marble steps leading up to the center sacred area of the temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225516943-EZ6I6X5755N4015GM816/IMG_7087.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - The floor of the sacred area of the temple is now glass and looks down into the arched supports and a storage area for temple gifts. Later used by the church as a storage area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225521038-WEK8ZE7ZY8C0B2XJXZRY/IMG_1433.jpeg Blog - Laodicea, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225864874-92B0OIAKAYZ9WIEAXKHE/IMG_1411.jpeg Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - Looking toward the peristyle church house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225865442-MYBCRQ5GZ4X0AG5U7L0T/IMG_7124.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - Entrance to the peristyle church house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225869584-GZ3ZNKRW144LR8F7QWES/IMG_1945.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - central courtyard of the home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225870667-AV7H08EDELXV79Z1MNTM/IMG_1938.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - One of 2 halls in the home - this one used as the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225878166-H2R2X8SQPUJUZQILVHXZ/IMG_7095.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - Looking toward the 4th century church, under the canopy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225878158-S2R7B5IJLWYRKV8OM5H2/IMG_1917.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - standing in the narthex, looking down the central isle of the nave. There is a central isle and two side isles. The side isles each have 4 small apse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225883035-CHXV1YVRHVTNEHAODXIP/IMG_1918.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - In the middle of the central isle is the remains of the ambo with steps on each end https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708226133024-HMYYUMGLDA8V3NGS7XRY/IMG_7111.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - Side isle with one of the small apse, mosaic floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225884375-CMRHGTWV0T1Y4BQZ8V0P/IMG_7115.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - Main apse with synthronon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225889022-DXCRUCIHB6PCIPR0P5BS/IMG_1921.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - Baptistry with steps into the pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708225891125-XJ1Z4NULUKQ2N5TZNHG8/IMG_7102.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - One of the side isles. Beautiful mosaic floors all throughout the church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708226133533-KLLTQHZZF31KL9ETP7HY/IMG_1475.jpeg Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - North hellenistic theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708226145239-LMEAKU8PF9BQYYBMIUYS/IMG_7154.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - West theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708226143790-U39O9LZTPTZU7RBXC63H/IMG_7159.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - Poppies in bloom at Laodicea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708226151607-N4R488VXRG8LIFLWWTTJ/IMG_7433.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - West portico of the North Agora courtyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708226157912-6DJGF6JR6PGRAHSLKG53/IMG_7165.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - The wall of the west portico has frescos that are being restored and are protected under a tarp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708226166540-25RKMQGPE7Y7VL03Q6LA/IMG_1965.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708226175992-T03YIE0A0UFAP1AB36JC/IMG_1968.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - Frescos on the west portico wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708226175155-N38M3BN9B0RBY2YE8A0Q/IMG_1969.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708226180405-Y6O1BBADJ2CWY8FNM86C/IMG_1973.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - West pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708226370122-U98HFIAV48BNVZSCLXP7/IMG_7434.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey - north church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1708226371173-OTNAC1CMR9WO64SZIMYF/IMG_1986.JPG Blog - Laodicea, Turkey https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/isacnbsp-institute-for-the-study-of-ancient-cultures-west-asia-amp-north-africa monthly 0.5 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/34f36881-f331-4d00-bdb2-049d7521e20c/IMG_2606.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Make it stand out glazed brick lion from the processional way of Babylon 604-562 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707580632453-Q6MS1OSW46WDFLV2KIF3/IMG_3017.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - ISAC: institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa. University of Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707580634567-ZETEXZMVUJ1SNHJYK6Z4/IMG_0128.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707580636889-B9VCBC4F16SOQP2I7U7Q/IMG_2418.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Ivory female head. Megiddo. 1200 - 1500 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707580636795-ZW2NPRLNIBSJI2V6IJRB/IMG_2868+2.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Ivory plaque with Egyptian hieroglyphic inscription and lotus flower. Megiddo. 12th century BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707580638130-IWY2C6XJTVKF47DCPBA3/IMG_2868.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Ivory plague with female sphinx - attributes of the sphinx differ from Egyptian depictions, may be a Canaanite artist. There is a Canaanite letter in the engraving. Megiddo. 12th century BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707580642496-6TGNSHHPKHX9KA3FF8QE/IMG_2794.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - twin jug. Megiddo. 2900 - 2500 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707581045356-S1YES92PGPUI2UVUS5I4/IMG_2647.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Lamassu from the palace of King Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin. Weighs over 40 tons and is over 16 ft tall. 721 - 705 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707580642728-JPUJESE0NRG834W8JKJQ/IMG_2723.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Hittite ivory plaque. Megiddo. 1200 - 1150 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707581026759-C0Y8O58KBOMRMCCJGN78/IMG_2647+2.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - close up of cuneiform script on the lamassu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707580646525-02LZ1GRT4KNNBLSASWOE/IMG_2857.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Restored 4 horned altar. Megiddo. 950-800 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707581043321-0TPULB1QZHDVLPYK5G8A/IMG_2653.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Palace throne room courtyard threshold stone, Sargon II, Dur-Sharrukin. 721-705 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707580645893-YGLCCZT8YV7PRNK8RBWT/IMG_2822.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Statue of Canaanite god El - creator god. Megiddo. 1300-1150 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707581057905-3JAK30EKXXNHILWFXUM5/IMG_2655.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Palace throne room courtyard wall relief. Figures marching toward King Sargon II. The 1st figure is likely crown prince Sennacherib. 721-705 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707580649044-271LQ63PYF7KADLRIDVJ/IMG_2874+2.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Thutmose III scarab. Megiddo. 1479 - 1425 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707580649522-LZW95CIVQE9L3BPXS5RI/IMG_2875.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Thutmose III scarab. Megiddo. 1479 - 1425 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707581076195-7HCMZEQWM3PN88UC4GDQ/IMG_2721.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Prism of Sennacherib Nineveh 681BCI Included is an account of the siege of Jerusalem saying Hezekiah paid tribute after being "inside the city Jerusalem his royal city like a bird in a cage". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707581077275-G0R9M1SS5X79BI4V0EQD/IMG_2603+2.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Inscribed brick Babylon 604-562BC "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon provider for Esagila and Ezida, eldest son of Nabopolassar, King of Babylon" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707581096146-6PS93UDOMTX5SI9VWRBP/IMG_2606.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Glazed brick lion from the Processional Way in Babylon. 604-562 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707581090572-C23YFBEPXMFM8TE1VLZN/IMG_2883.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Restored statue of Pharaoh Tutankhamen, Luxor. 8th c BC - 656 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707581106024-R4HCC6QG1GXHEBZ6RSJF/IMG_2938.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Relief with boating scene. Luxor Egypt. 8th century BC - 656 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707582108235-OB2OCE9LOLPPX5ZZEBD1/IMG_0073.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Human headed bull with feather torso. Persepolis. 486 - 465 BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707582108253-1W6JLDE0GCZCLKLNLP8S/IMG_0072.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707582110741-621XSYZT0DPB38135IWX/IMG_2980.JPG Blog - ISAC:  Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa - Inscribed foundation slabs. Several languages. States in part the attributes of King Xerxes. 486 - 465 BC https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/the-cave-of-the-patriarchs-machpelahnbsp-hebron-israel monthly 0.5 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/d314e36d-de7c-4380-802a-7c17f829f9b9/IMG_2218.jpg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - Make it stand out Cave of the Patriarchs - The Machpelah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007020505-U9IKUNH7BEYRR919BPX6/IMG_2218.jpg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - Machpelah - Hebron, Israel. Built by Herod the Great sometime between 36 - 4 BC. The only Herodian structure still standing fully intact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007021215-JNEZ3OAE5TO1BO54UIY7/IMG_4347.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007027630-6YG3WSX8KPSK4YTT15RV/IMG_4349.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - Walking the stairs to get up to the entrance to the Mosque https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007033996-6X137744IC6JP45GCKJU/IMG_4350.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - The ashlar foundation stones look just like Herod's construction of the Temple Mount https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007038664-RDBPYA14WZ7OAE2ZAG7G/IMG_4385.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - The Massive enclosure and floor are still entirely intact. The interior has been roofed in parts and has gone through many changes over the centuries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007039646-Z95L25ETW8MM2WEV6NXK/IMG_4357.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - Entering the Mosque. The women in our group were provided the head covering / cape garment. The brick structures cover the cenotaph memorials to Isaac and Rebekah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007386460-0O8ZIUW7PU6I5BB6W9L1/IMG_4352.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007045769-4WOEEVC1K5W20FMHY9H1/IMG_4358.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007383879-CUDTUN1T7GE4V75Z8ZN5/IMG_4358+2.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - Closest view we could get of the ornate Minbar - pulpit with steps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007045942-5EXDYMDDQ5PF44BY13A4/IMG_4354.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - marble tiles on the walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007390525-LAPC0GOUYUPSF7N66H0Q/IMG_4356.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - Original Herodian paving stones. There was a gutter around the edge to manage rain water as this was originally entirely open to the air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007055245-4ZOS6TKK60XY4NJZOESN/IMG_7908.JPG Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - A greek inscription. We haven't been able to discover a translation - send us a message if you know! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007388963-QSHYOO4K24LQB9TORHMG/IMG_2210.jpg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007054684-XDR2CV1S28PKEPTK6SDJ/IMG_4359.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - The mosque was undergoing some repairs - looking toward the Mihrab (the niche that faces Mecca). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007391768-6DS7W5IPK0BIEV6ONHRX/IMG_4365.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - Covering over one of the known entrances to the caves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007058966-YD6XVLXN0Y3FBHV6J612/IMG_4353.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - Ceiling in the Mosque. The columns are from the Crusader era https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007401427-5BSD7SEQJUAOOHSN8UCO/IMG_7901.JPG Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - Round cap over the entrance to the tombs. In the 60's a brave 13 y/o Jewish girl was lowered into the caves secretly and took some pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007399855-L7D979WM8DMQAI8S7Z2R/IMG_4371.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - The cenotaphs of Abraham and Sarah are between the Mosque and the Synagogue and surrounded by bars. Each of the 6 cenotaphs are draped in richly colored fabrics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007405013-Z1EWDKSA48PB8MSMLP1G/IMG_2222.jpg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - Synagogue side of the Machpelah - again note the original stone floors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007404763-AOJQ6T45EXEIWT9370RL/IMG_4388.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - Looking through to the cenotaph of Abraham from the Synagogue side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1707007410012-UX2FZCVF957ZTHN62AU4/IMG_4384.jpeg Blog - The Cave of the Patriarchs - Machpelah.  Hebron Israel - Exterior of the Machpelah https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/miletus-balat-turkey monthly 0.5 2024-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/845a7942-84c0-42b6-9e32-8004047cf485/IMG_6296.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Make it stand out Miletus, Turkey. Harbor monument https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370173100-VPBMK0DM983SBODF27OS/IMG_6925.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Miletus theater. First built in 4th c BC with multiple revisions and additions in later periods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370173100-4JT9621SP06AT9BYAWG8/IMG_6927.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - One of the entrances to the theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370187537-NQ676V1U35TIJS6BVMPJ/IMG_6929.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - inscribed names of archangels and a sort of incantation or prayer to the angels. From around 6th century AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370185253-IB7LNQYYPZ6951IYJPG2/IMG_1847.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Steps out to the cavea of the theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370196189-C4DTS7W5V4TRCJEKMOPW/IMG_6938.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - passages within the theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370199026-BGRIFFWCOPP48ZBCHQS3/IMG_6936.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370204014-CRKQVJTS5L0R258POGGO/IMG_1848.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - The theater was at least 30 feet higher than the point this picture was taken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706386776423-S22FBDCPMDNA26V3I5KD/IMG_2704.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Inscription on a seat in the theater: Place of the Jews and the God fearers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370209935-OMCCLQSLDUWGWDMPOJVA/IMG_2044.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - At the base of the foundation of the theater there are small entrances to what was a sacred healing area, sacred cave, with running water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370214455-38BTXPAHMI80W7YGL12D/IMG_2045.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Entrance to cave at ground level where the person is standing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370215549-QI00EP0HFR8OPW4H9G0O/IMG_2863.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Walking into the cave - we're read that the steps may predate the Greek period and are actually Carian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370218335-JN9LS318GSDOKXH1FDKF/IMG_2858.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - niches visible in the sacred cave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370218960-DXOMUN510UBSAUEGA4NT/IMG_2855.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Cave sanctuary under the theater at Miletus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370751474-PRKJOWBBJ55I1DC9C5HU/IMG_6296.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Harbor monument. the area to the left has the remains of a synagogue. We haven't been able to reach that area either visit - too wet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370754331-9VF4ZNNVTJRR20K0AAPI/IMG_6961.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370759215-D1FWGVTXJUGH98TWPHZ7/IMG_2011.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Dophins on the harbor monument https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370760031-ULMZOILLIR59AAE5OWWF/IMG_2010.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - tridents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370763858-CUCUJ1LIN107BXRD4YZT/IMG_6965.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Remains of the ionic stoa along the sacred way. (the cattle are not impressed) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370768554-TNA85LPKFF3UBAYR4Y24/IMG_6976.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Stoa with remains of shops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370769295-MT9VN7SEYFPYFXOIYOIO/IMG_2030.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Stoa and the sacred way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370781428-9EWGZCWJO6RM5F1SW0ON/IMG_1865.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Looking into the Capito baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370781628-6IKBSOTWQVG9OD41KIQ2/IMG_1884.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - We think this might be remains of a Nymphaeum and the famous market gate would have been near here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370790001-ACZ1SUB8X5M4YX68JLP4/IMG_2797.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - sheep grazing in the site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370784341-OV3A5GHA28XVJ11TCLB5/Image.jpg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Market gate was taken to the Berlin Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706370793079-28RBI52ATYY1QZ1KULXN/IMG_7033.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Temple of the Egyptian god Serapis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706384443650-2QYYNU7Y89RQMK2KMGFW/IMG_7034+2.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - part of the architrave of the Temple of Serapis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706384430856-53JVP4IVI00LFR5K11WL/IMG_7035+2.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Stone relief of the god Helios Serapis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706384444351-RN8BLVW6KZ3ICXDN1578/IMG_6994.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - remains of a 5th century AD Byzantine church - used parts of a roman basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706384453387-OO5H9UWJ8K5OAP5689YT/IMG_6997.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Cross on one of the pillars in the basilica ruins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706384453226-NMKYMA31I1WBWKZ5YC63/IMG_2035.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Baths of Faustina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706384467932-HGZCTJ0OKAVNOVZT0U0G/IMG_7014.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - Baths of Faustina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706384467806-ZBFXHERA7ELSTQZ518OZ/IMG_2042.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - A pool in the Baths of Faustian - lion sculpture and at the far end a sculpture of the river god Meander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706384470569-W131LDP2214NK3BO4PNS/IMG_7028.JPG Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) - River god Meander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706384476537-Z0RJYSUN3DIZQ8OBYVJT/IMG_2836.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1706384478785-GD7AWR8Z2WZ71GF5R4PH/IMG_2020.jpeg Blog - Miletus (Balat, Turkey) https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/ephesus-turkey-basilica-of-st-john-and-the-church-of-mary monthly 0.5 2024-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/bd3284df-5fd6-40a8-9e9e-8392ec4f39ff/IMG_1864.jpg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - Make it stand out Ephesus. Modern Cross hung on the wall of the apse of the 5th century AD Church of Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705774684553-BY16WXESYWWV6S4XN4NH/IMG_1603.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - Ephesus Basilica of St John. The most intact entrance to the church, the Gate of Persecution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705774683377-CWA6ZWA8SJ3KXXK3KTA8/IMG_2548.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - Model of The Basilical of St John. Built in 548 by Justinian, over an early church and even earlier site venerated for being the Apostle Johns grave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705774688816-7GNDXD64GBMJ1SZS1S9D/IMG_6601.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - walkway to the entrance of the Basilica of St John https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705774690419-YO1PQ58I5HZV9HRCW1K0/IMG_6604.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - architectural remnants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705774699935-HOLKYP2EZBSODIH5E38Q/IMG_6606.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - Pillars and wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705774700372-GDT29RIJJIZCB0915B6N/IMG_6620.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - There are several large storage jars in and around the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705775867921-AMB201IPW5KTQR1TIHAJ/IMG_6628.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - The pillars and walls were covered in marble plates. The vault was covered in mosaics and the floors were mosaic tiles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705774706175-DZZFHTUY22ZUE9OIBYDJ/IMG_2542.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - Baptistry. Cross shaped. A small extra inset probably for oil. 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Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705774718794-FRGWAQI1XDQ3HRJTS0G2/IMG_1919.jpg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - area marking the supposed tomb of St John https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705775882706-FXYV2TZX51171D40Y80P/IMG_6650.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705774722594-6MF2FTLOC7QJZGP3APDH/IMG_1915+copy.jpg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - Remains of the ambo in the middle of the nave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705775883655-B0DY36983NS4C277H4D3/IMG_2530.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705776569671-FDE3JMAZ5O3GGOSUEFS5/IMG_2394.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - plaque commemorating the 1967 visit of Pope Paul VI to the Church of Mary in Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705775890978-LH5YIAP1YDTYOSRXDE8J/IMG_2538.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705776569424-I9MN2S8MNY94A7N5XKSF/IMG_2393.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - Apse and synthronon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705775891487-BR5LZ2MFN295V1LLCV78/IMG_6622.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705776576055-21XRXXT2BL08OYTJZ38W/IMG_1864.jpg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - Modern cross hung on the wall of the apse at the Church of Mary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705775899361-56PAX1TTARP6HQUPTYA2/IMG_6629.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705776577367-324HMGUZ8FXC2OSG60FW/IMG_1869.jpg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - a later period baptismal font https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705775898724-B6FHQU24GTU28GHE6DQR/IMG_2389.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - Entering the Church of Mary, 5th century construction, at the Ephesus archeological site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705776591420-19UK4MOVBKS75XLJ8WK1/IMG_2413.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - 2021 picture of the baptism pool in the octagonal baptistry of the Church of Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705775902369-CNNWWVNYSDPOKGFT0OAH/IMG_1862.jpg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - Looking in the apse at the Church of Mary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705776591920-WUUGQ4G12AYRN3NCH3N6/IMG_6886.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - 2021 picture of the baptismal pool - some more restoration work has been done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705776598946-4HD1J07EI24ZB20JQUC3/IMG_6884.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - All of the walls and pillar were lined with marble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705776607247-A833FQ83JL2N0UK3N5B9/IMG_2386.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - excavation work at the perimeter of the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705776608027-YJBBXN81YEMO121LH6QH/IMG_2398.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - Later addition to the church being restored https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705776612389-YID1KEBKHMVWBELWJVWY/IMG_2409.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey; Basilica of St John and the Church of Mary - Looking from the back toward the apse https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/ephesus-turkey-upper-and-lower-city monthly 0.5 2024-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/7e0f63e2-f4b1-45ac-a68a-beaecafbcadf/IMG_6517.jpg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Make it stand out Standing in the upper city of Ephesus, looking down Curetes street toward the Celsus Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705187862436-RB6ULYMZLSTCQJBD3B21/IMG_2230.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Looking out over a corner of the state agora toward the temple of Domitian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705187829242-5E11ILR68XH0TNOPBLRU/IMG_1785.jpg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - East entrance to the Bouleuterion in the upper city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705187833454-RP373Z6Z8UY7ZKLO10P6/IMG_2218.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - steps inside the Bouleuterion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705187834652-P10F1ZMWVFJ50ASWUAUZ/IMG_2215.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Bull headed capitals on top of what is left of the wall in front of the bouleuterion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705187844094-QG932PW5IJ1USO5LHI9H/IMG_2222.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Standing at the upper back of the bouleuterion looking out over the state agora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705187849865-1QJ70EMMQ6L8ERAIVH7Y/IMG_6714.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - entrance to the Prytaneium - a city hall like structure that also held and "eternal fire" and housed temple keepers. Present in Paul's day, but underwent changes in later years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705187851286-YUXOCXWNCNNS50IASBQI/IMG_6724.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705187857807-S87RSXGKO0RQBKD8H4S2/IMG_6727.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Pollio Fountain, built in 90's AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705188767804-8PPTOXGTUVUF2VPOAAL7/IMG_2239.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Temple of Domitian. This stood on a terrace. The supporting arches now house some inscription storage and supposedly a little museum. Not open either time we visited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705188766637-187LNFA1H9OUBKBO3963/IMG_2244.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Street of Curetes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705188781614-G9LKJD4XQRVKEV7LIKG9/IMG_6744.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - tiled walkways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705188781296-DA1NZRJCVD23GZ10EGWR/IMG_6799.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Public latrine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705188794044-5J3M4U04LU5ZXG6O8G7C/IMG_6803.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Water flowed constantly under the latrine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705189346504-O95BCDVZZZDG5DTXG93K/IMG_2277.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Library of Celsus. 110 AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705188793921-L1VEDU55QC9N8LF4TE4Q/IMG_6742.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Fountain of Trajan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705189345823-C7ORJBA1I5JEB7BVFKQA/IMG_2278.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705188799253-CTYDY0DP87ICKDJAFJ3F/IMG_2270.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Temple of Hadrianus. 80 years or more after Paul's time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705189352256-JCS7U2OBDPLGO2JY8Y2I/IMG_6843.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - We know from Acts that there was a synagogue in Ephesus but it has not been found. This graffiti of a menorah is carved into the library steps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705188803809-5IWRKC3ZM2X6Z818C8A7/IMG_1806.jpg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - one of the many baths in Ephesus - many present in Paul's day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705189352257-L007GSAOI1X6HNQEMXJN/IMG_2267.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Next to the terrace houses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705188805631-YGABRIK7O8SSH3I34X2W/IMG_1798.jpg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Quite a few crucifix reliefs and marble panels at the site. It became a thriving Christian community in the centuries after Paul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705189359064-HDV1XMDM0SHFHLNLBUX8/IMG_2497.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705190356028-GHT0IN95CRKN8FQEJCOG/IMG_2370.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Roman game - etched into the pavement in many places, especially near the commercial agora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705189358098-7O6T5YURSWYHMU4PBR2W/IMG_2281.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Gate of Mazeus and Mithridates. 40 AD, so Paul would have walked thru. Built by two slave in honor of Emperor Augustus who set them free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705190392422-9WJ2OCKTBQQBWPH63KDX/IMG_2369.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - another Roman game etched into the pavement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705190436503-0CP6JPODUFBA9FWO2RK6/IMG_6850.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - a shop in the commercial agora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705189365745-F3LP2ZTSECWA0OUYOC6D/IMG_6782.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Grave stone of Mithridates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705190434263-A7PL6K19272V12RZZLSM/IMG_6865.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Theater of Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705189365744-6PO8SABDPMCZMZ47NIUR/IMG_2440.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Looking through the Mazeus and Mithridates Gate toward the commercial agora where Paul would have worked in a leather works/tent making shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705190441812-6Z6OUBT2EC4YWFNZOXDX/IMG_6864.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Looking down at the Arcadian Way (Harbor Street) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705189371017-EHNIV1HQFSJJFX8E5NF6/IMG_2433.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - Commercial agor in the lower city at Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705190441766-J2HJ2CZRT8C58KSA5H31/IMG_6907.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - So many inscriptions everywhere... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705190451389-KDUHYRFWII9D6594GC88/IMG_6852.JPG Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - So many inscriptions everywhere... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1705190450063-3RIKGOMLYWMZ4IGJPVBL/IMG_2511.jpeg Blog - Ephesus Turkey, Upper and Lower City - There is a small field of preserved mile markers new the Theater gymnasium https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/st-pauls-grotto-ephesus-turkey monthly 0.5 2024-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/50c41eef-f2de-4513-819e-aaa3ad952287/IMG_6520.JPG Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - Make it stand out Image of St Paul on the wall of the grotto above the archeological site of Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704553694044-54R2WYKQF7W8D077E7LJ/IMG_1835.jpg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - gate to the path up Mnt Bulbuldag to the grotto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704553693005-CDQCGPXKGL3N6GBYD7LK/IMG_2308.jpeg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - The path is walkable but steep in places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704553701601-T1FF9C45N36XIQNQJQXM/IMG_2339.jpeg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - This photo is from 2021, in 2023 the path was a little more defined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704553702517-6Q82G7H8KAR5ZHHXG4FF/IMG_1694.JPG Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - For all we know about pottery, this could be a retro Starbucks mug, but lots of pottery sherds on the way up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704553706121-AFZCXQE9GKYU4DQ9YBPR/IMG_2311.jpeg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - View of the Theater from near the grotto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704553730451-B8MX7JA3T6HXJN4E3F9R/IMG_1698.JPG Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - Grotto entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554201849-FDT7J4I8ZP0DG0O59JWA/IMG_2317.jpeg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704553717762-PWP3HUEX3CL4QUL8Y7PV/IMG_2335.jpeg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554200922-YPMTH17X4UOM3JDUGB2H/IMG_1692.JPG Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - West wall of the cave has a 6th century painting of Paul, Thecla looking out her window listening to Paul, and Thecla's mother. All 3 figures labeled in Greek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704553734770-VEV5JGKESOKJJ6ZBW1TH/IMG_1699.JPG Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554213663-PIG2M453S492JWCQEEHD/IMG_1684.jpg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - Paul, seated with a book and right hand gesturing with Thecla's mother on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704553740698-SJ4T9ZI77SO09HQUIL11/IMG_1697.jpg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554224042-DRHN6KWYPBVS6X0JNEAE/IMG_6520.JPG Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - wall painting of the Apostle Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704553747779-AV0G5C55J3TPGTYTYV2Z/IMG_1837.jpg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554225558-6IS8UYMWEESV9FKXLOS5/IMG_1846.jpg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - Painting of Thecla's mother warning Thecla not to follow Paul's teachings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704553752999-UBHDM7HNB5E4UE70FOKK/IMG_1836.jpg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - The entrance the archeologist is ducking into is the opening to the main chapel area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554230285-67KZWCV2NA2BCY4ZE526/IMG_6764.JPG Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - Back wall of the cave chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554824490-HIZFZNBJCZ0IA8K6CWN0/IMG_2326+2.jpeg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554232604-YTDNU3Q4HMFUNOIOWY03/IMG_1683.jpg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - the painting is a "Theophany" or God welcoming / God revealing subject. Jesus surrounded by apostles and saints https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554828458-ZEPAM4OPBQNX5SYM8BKJ/IMG_1838.jpg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - Image of the Binding of Isaac https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554237275-4P85PU70AEORJV90JMRB/IMG_2319.jpeg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - saints surrounding Jesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554846739-55GGCEENGYUDM3VKK0UF/IMG_6770.JPG Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - The same archeologist (gentleman in the middle) supervised our visit in 2021 and 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554237155-ESW494RL1PUWNR6E32IX/IMG_1843.jpg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554848038-S8UAZLP99Z016NPQS4AQ/IMG_1986.JPG Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - a thorny climb back down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554247022-ABKHPBEJ3F3D1NV2OCBV/IMG_1844.jpg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - On the far right is St George - you can just make out his sword https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554852680-WP6VRHX3WJJHGFX6IBC7/IMG_6899.JPG Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - Circled in the center is the grotto entrance, viewed by looking up toward Bulbuldag from the Church of Mary area of the archeological park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1704554244713-VOMPP6BS6V5HJAD25CT6/IMG_1840.jpg Blog - St Paul’s Grotto, Ephesus Turkey - alcove painting with Christ at the center https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/temple-of-artemis-ephesus-turkey-one-of-the-seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world monthly 0.5 2023-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/564ddc4c-4721-4845-bf23-0470c985dca3/IMG_2595.jpeg Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - Make it stand out Temple of Artemis - one of the seven wonders of the ancient world - Ephesus, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703888966679-0EXHA9WGZG4RD4LA1DCX/IMG_2595.jpeg Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - One lone pillar still stands from the great Temple of Artemis in Ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703888965745-T4VTBHE2XTPMRJL6NGT9/IMG_6608.JPG Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - Looking down on the site of the ancient temple from the Basilica of St. John, Selcuk Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703888972264-E19WHCHAI5KZTH0QF3C8/IMG_1632+2.JPG Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - The Temple from Paul's time period was larger than the Parthenon in Athens and. had 127 columns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703888976353-FOMTNQLSYDO8HKII0UN8/IMG_6651.JPG Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - Little is left at the site today - there are some sculpture remains and column bases at the British museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703888975498-HBJC4WFJVTRYX3HQM6A2/IMG_1948+2.jpg Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703888990366-VJZRBSF7SKRC89A7ESPJ/IMG_6658.JPG Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - Unsure whether these stones are really from the ancient temple, or if the site was used at other times for other purposes . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703888988668-AKVQ95KCU0PPURC4LXP1/IMG_1630.JPG Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703888998963-8O2207F89Z5C03RQDNT0/IMG_2598.jpeg Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703889006640-PZQFZNHMO0GWTD28APU7/IMG_1955.jpg Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703888999087-1PM7AEVPM1GCZJD2XF9Z/IMG_6661.JPG Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703888995706-Z8LODBU3FCPE9ZKG8MVJ/IMG_2583.jpeg Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - Segments from collapsed columns in the ruins were used to reconstruct one column. This column is still 40 ft short of the original height. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703889880141-08KG3EH4RH4UTAIH9VDQ/IMG_2436.jpeg Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - replica of a statue of artemis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703889880121-YNP2FWZR9S5T8WA4TS52/IMG_6714.JPG Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - The Prytaneion in Ephesus - Curetes, priest who cared for the temple, were stationed here. Two statues of Artemis were found in the ruins here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703889872538-MF72Q1BOZOCF2H2T1P6N/IMG_6714+2.JPG Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - Close up of the one of the pillars from the architrave of the Prytaneion. Names of the priest and important citizens are inscribed on the pillars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703889885115-BQKLY6MIG92SS6CVPJVT/IMG_6683.JPG Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - Model of the Temple of Artemis from the Ephesus Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703889885335-NH5STDJ06MARS3TBO0ML/IMG_6681.JPG Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - Side view of model of Temple of Artemis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703889004447-PIFKE8FQCDK2XSH00BM0/Ephstjohn.JPG Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - Lower middle 3rd - aerial view of the Artemis Temple. There is an airport and no fly zone in the area so this was closest we could get. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703889889734-FMQK4BTSEX87740COWNY/IMG_6687.JPG Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - "Beautiful Artemis" statue, 2nd century AD, found in the Prytaneion. Ephesus Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703889889823-V835XP2QHX2AELC7JKNX/IMG_6689.JPG Blog - Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Turkey - One of the seven wonders of the ancient world - "Great Artemis Statue" - found in the Prytaneion. Ephesus Museum. Head dress has a representation of the temple on top, and then other aspects of the city. https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/sardis-asia-minor-sart-turkey-synagogue monthly 0.5 2023-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/fab021a5-08af-4f26-9b97-1549f22ef74c/Sardis+aerial+gymn.synagogue+5.2023-5.jpg Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - Make it stand out Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey) - Synagogue and Gymnasium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703348759370-NLX3F4RGHCUITP2QKFBK/Sardis+aerial+gymn.synagogue+5.2023-5.jpg Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - Sardis, one of the 7 churches of Asia Minor given letters in John's Revelation. The white canopied area is the ancient Synagogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703348758712-6MMJXAMHR0ICK78YQUQE/IMG_6521.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - View of the back of the gymnasium / bath complex as you enter the archeological site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703348760479-JBF4JFDABPWWOUPULN22/Screenshot+2023-12-23+at+10.01.25%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - Back of the Gymnasium forecourt and the synagogue on the right covered in a white canopy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703348767392-YD3BNF2RLM3OQFIUU8I3/IMG_6535.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - Walking along a line of shop at the side of the synagogue and gymnasium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703348767713-PJ5QWVYBTKOH0RQIYJVF/IMG_1807.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703348776104-3M7LNNJAZVX6JUGV4AUT/IMG_6563+2.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - part of the bath complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703348776575-YE60ESU2T8H2IPJVN69G/IMG_6579.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - bath and gymnasium complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349211877-MEY4146D54DEJY5S90M6/IMG_6539.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703348784706-LQEHZF45I387AX5VDBFB/IMG_6525.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - the start of a row of byzantine era shops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349211005-XPR4CAVVEDR51C426U1E/IMG_6531.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - example of Christian symbols in the shops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703348786283-2P38OYHH3IKTOQIKSM8X/IMG_6528.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - row of shops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349213961-GGSKI9VO1UB9BIYJBUH7/IMG_6530.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703348805890-HCNJDZ6LEHV048JBTIZA/IMG_6544.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - interior of shops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349221574-MRIADTH3QGVZ30X73OS1/IMG_6557.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - View of the length of the synagogue - does not include the fore court area - the entirety is even larger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703348804644-AZ4DYSFS8O3RH5GGQUCM/IMG_6532.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - interior of shops - some with marble benches and counters still in place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349218624-XL4O3ICNOQB7ZTPLA4FO/IMG_6553.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703348819100-MLKK84AKG7MLUUUD32GO/IMG_6541.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349225384-EOSL7429GR41P8IP6CZY/IMG_6555.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - basin possible for ceremonial washing of hands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703348811332-K8SPPYGUWK20CEG9USRT/IMG_6542.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349525231-V40815JRB3IU98L5HVLF/IMG_1837.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - another view of the synagogue from the apse looking toward the Torah shrines where the Torah scrolls were stored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349231100-Z7M5RU4758183VSWB73M/IMG_1838.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - From 2021, looking toward the Torah shrines, mosaics cover the floors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349526405-C25TGQV5SVYX4HKMOU6Q/IMG_6564.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - Semicircular stepped marble benches in the apse look like a byzantine synthronon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349234153-31DDM5VW9OYOVAQZB3OT/IMG_6559.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - From 2023, the large table in the apse flanked by lion sculptures - some sources suggest they were trying to change the meaning of a pagan sculpture to the lion of Judah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349530990-MENM7W2BSY30S48M7VQE/IMG_1839.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - Torah shrine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349241101-552P07DLICR6DB25QN4N/IMG_6562.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - Synagogue table - perhaps for laying out and reading the Torah scrolls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349530017-KJCJUHGD1FBWZEDHK7H2/Screenshot+2023-12-23+at+10.00.41%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - Overhead gives a sense of the length of the synagogue under the white canopy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349245332-EA0152XVWGPO64JGTLDQ/IMG_6565.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - Support legs of the table date from 2nd century BC to 1st century AD - reused parts of another monument https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349538831-L0QR6KD8KUJU63WIN29E/IMG_1843.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - Mosaics in the floor of the synagogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349245331-K5CTPJ4SL6CVMK7A5LTM/IMG_6561.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - Roman eagle relief in the support legs of the synagogue table https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349541054-1AIMNUJBT5BMYVR167PK/IMG_6558.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - mosaics in the floor of the synagogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349565796-1K7ASNLYT3WF35HWLUSF/IMG_6578.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - entering into the gymnasium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349547339-KSB4QHF2IPUJRT84YPTX/IMG_1811.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - The restored marble court of the imperial bath and gymnasium complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349559832-V3IQSP31CY6UIESLSRS0/IMG_1824.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - Marble court restoration - probably completed in the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD. There is an inscription dedicating it to Emperors Caracalla and Geta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349573527-S5PQDPGPTYNL46P5V2O6/IMG_6577.JPG Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - Close up of the restored marble court https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1703349572607-7NKQXT5YO3UB9143OQVI/Screenshot+2023-12-23+at+10.01.04%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Asia Minor (Sart, Turkey)- Synagogue - The palaestra and some of its colonnade pillar bases visible here https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/sardis-artemision-temple-area monthly 0.5 2023-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/05daf722-c4af-49e7-9600-e36d88f30650/Sardis+temple+of+artemis+5.23-6.jpg Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - Make it stand out Sardis, Temple of Artemis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747362701-GMKWK8W7T48L57A21BHA/IMG_1567.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - entering the temple area from the west end looking to the east https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747361469-GUZ2856M7T7YCU5PVH05/IMG_1857.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - in the foreground, surrounded by a short support wall, is the ancient altar to Artemis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747362871-K7G2FUSNUM6E0GDJSK69/Sardis+temple+of+artemis+5.23-6+3.jpg Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - altar of artemis at the top end of the artemision complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747372953-SJ9QT8XQBLX2J6HTWGQ7/IMG_6482+2.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - ? don't know ? at the NW corner of the temple area with the ancient altar behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747369941-S2HIE4ZGAF9PWGBB8ZQD/IMG_6486.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - east end of the temple complex with two columns still intact. For size perspective, notice the people in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747377646-2VF56L59C7VHYXQYP5S1/IMG_6490.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - intact columns , unfinished columns, toppled columns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747380049-J81R63C9OVNU5F0O7NZ0/IMG_6492.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - Ionic capitals of the standing columns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747385598-9LDM7HHKI4BOGNKQ1GKZ/IMG_6511.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - standing behind the temple on the east end looking west , the acropolis is behind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747386725-I9E1BQN99L3UV2M9TRI4/IMG_6517.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - decorative architectural elements https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702748718508-USFX458GQ00NN6CU6BPU/IMG_1575.jpg Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - column base https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702748795841-1X56CWDA560C2KJX1BML/IMG_1859.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - column sections - you can see the mechanisms used to put them together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702749483633-QSL7VQTPDJXKTCLJTF91/IMG_1579.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - close up of a column capital on site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702749560940-WPF8KHJM8S3SVMW3AQBP/IMG_6491.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - Looking up toward the acropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747495210-JCMXB3MGA93V2ECEYK0S/IMG_1568.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - column bases - you can see knobs on the sides used for moving the bases into place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747493445-SBU69C5ZVY10KBGNRC0H/IMG_6515.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - decorative carving on the bases https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747502617-282HE60OWGHTOG8HCBQ5/IMG_6487.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - construction methods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747503727-FRCXZULXRWJOHAS560JN/IMG_6484.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - more capitals being preserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747533118-GK0OFXCYY8X0XBGEAN7E/IMG_1573.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - information on the byzantine 4th century church at the SE corner of the temple complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747531716-IB8SKLOHJL4W2P0KN6JT/IMG_6504.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - Exterior, outside of the apse of the 6th century enlargement of the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747540857-A1EORX5BS3YMVVQ5WD66/IMG_1866.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - interior of the original church looking toward the apse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747545098-2H1P47SYTAFA79R52NHZ/IMG_1572.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - Looking through the old apse to the new apse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747553190-XDVJTEK2BKTCC04SE6MI/IMG_1867.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747551921-T0PUHZBW0SUNN15KBYPG/IMG_6497.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747562639-93ZOTXLYI5VJU40YEAPA/IMG_1570.JPG Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - interior of the larger apse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702747558333-FIK1JV2SAI37Y3BTQXTI/Screenshot+2023-12-16+at+10.51.01%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Blog - Sardis, Artemision Temple area (Sart, Turkey) - overhead view looking toward the NW https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/thyatira-asia-minor-akhisar-turkey monthly 0.5 2023-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/68b109c1-e5c0-43bd-acf8-0f3be759688c/Thyatira+aerial+south+to+north+5.2023-4.jpg Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - Make it stand out Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135039193-8C8AQ898UZW6OQYMAK4V/Thyatira+aerial+south+to+north+5.2023-4.jpg Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - Overview of the small area of Thyatira excavations in the middle of the modern city of Akhisar, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135044059-3BW5J91O1EPWJJTCD68Z/IMG_1558.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - restoration of the monumental arched entranced to a colonnaded walkway - looking from the city street into the excavation site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135051243-76YSY4Y10DBR9VT6BEPM/IMG_6443.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - Looking through the restoration of the gate from inside the side out to the modern city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135055911-CWS0NXHH2J15IW85MVEO/IMG_6446.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - restorations of a colonnaded walkway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135059349-LGFGKC6WHTAZCO5RC4LS/IMG_1560.jpg Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - never enough pictures of the arches... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135552763-9FRD3J1MQ049Q5OY933F/IMG_6462.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - exterior of one of the rectangular civic building remains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135067072-Y8J6XTUQFL3PBE98BEGN/IMG_6444.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - more remains of the colonnaded walkway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135417200-G7CIUNDAZOADK1MPI5YU/IMG_6457.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135061168-9DX46UCL32LO3TR8S2E3/Screenshot+2023-12-09+at+9.07.23%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - remains with inscriptions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135065777-L2CDX20WS7K2M6WPY07P/IMG_6469.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - inscriptions in the garden of the museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135433118-N9WJ3MYETU03TAGL4V11/IMG_6461.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - fallen columns and walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135078941-P67N7NA3VB704AYW83CF/IMG_1559.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - remains of the colonnade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135083235-LHMYOH3W7V1WF4YB84RC/IMG_6458.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - remains of the rectangular civic buildings on site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135424197-K8HEAB7C4M0X1NCXV41D/IMG_6453.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135442187-YDK95FP3KEX2PIS5926R/IMG_1563.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - The length of the apsidal building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135442758-UXY6B99E2S51GU8BODKS/IMG_6436.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - Looking down the length of the basilica / civic building toward the apse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135542571-JD55872VZK8DXFAJ7WC0/IMG_6452.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - more remains of the civic buildings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135459627-61SG0G2NFVWXQREYU9UW/IMG_6456.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - closer view of the apse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135542570-QXDUYP7L31OI5EDVAW8H/IMG_6442.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - sections of fallen walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135458606-8WUCV747KU04N0S7LLGA/IMG_1562.jpeg Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - remains of the building walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135473671-QLMOKCS9CNQ9742TJ571/IMG_6459.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) - entrance into the basilica / civic building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135474829-ZR9QRB1Z0FF9N2EXJMG7/IMG_6438.JPG Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1702135547417-7BVV04H65Z7FO1EX6TI8/Thyatira+aerial+5.2023-3.jpg Blog - Thyatira, Asia Minor (Akhisar Turkey) https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/christmas-and-a-first-century-judaean-home monthly 0.5 2023-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1fc040e9-8814-4620-83e4-313deebca828/IMG_0315.jpg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - Make it stand out Adoration of the Shepherds, Vatican Hall of Tapestries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535456052-QL75HFLL7ZDOD6VOKWFC/IMG_4937.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - Sheep in the fields https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535462676-TOLGGPI6LZZE2MSSULHI/IMG_4891.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - example of Shepherd fields near Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535464117-XPTQ7ZRZNSB7DG7BJC49/IMG_4896.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - Sheep fold: cave with stone fence and gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535472858-6Y5XO4ANLZCZHXD8381T/IMG_4900.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - sheep fold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535466845-R8DHA34NJ801625060BA/IMG_2038.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - drawing of a 1st century Judaean home with an upper Katalyma or guest area. Photo used with permission, Adobe Stock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535473260-KS488VPZ1J7H39FAFQQA/IMG_2540.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - Holy Redeemer Church Latin Parish courtyard in Taybeh, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535988913-C0VWSY9GFKKXB6L2XA6I/IMG_2553.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - in the upper right, you can just barely see the loft area, the Katalyma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535481798-5CERMG301GF8ITJ2YTB9/IMG_2558.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - entrance to an old Judaean home built on a cave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535988515-QUXSBEU3DO3LAFC8LUT6/IMG_2557.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - View from the upper Katalyma area into the main living space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535479505-LNFHSEDNNP293GUE8F9E/IMG_2552.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - living area with artifacts typical of a home from the 1st century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535993129-MFRZ210JN2YCE9YTS4L1/IMG_2544.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535485657-4Y78W7CQF1XUHNCWALSB/IMG_2551.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - lower cave area where animals were sheltered at night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535993146-6LMC5184I7ASJOYZDT7I/IMG_2467.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - Outside the Church of the Nativity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535490553-OJHUHBXOHWC8TY18GO05/IMG_2554.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - "storage bins" - filled from above, in the Katalyma, with openings in the main living area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701536002881-WYSG77RD6253PMAMYIJ2/IMG_2463.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - plaza in front of the Church of the Nativity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701535492441-GJV7B26FXS7NLK0X6KVD/IMG_2555.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701536002882-QEHNBXA7VRJFD71WVW1Y/IMG_2468.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - Looking through the entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701536013437-2JTH9EUKE2J1G1F0Q5LU/IMG_2492.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - mosaic floors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701536838561-1FDLDN9O9CQ9QUI8XGEA/IMG_2477.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - star that commemorates the possible place of Jesus' birth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701536012341-5GMOWAS896ONJTZ6CHGY/IMG_2496.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - restoration of wall mural mosaics in the Church of the Nativity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701536845866-CNJOK62ZB7VNXR1WWVXR/IMG_2481.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - decorative area around the venerated area of the cave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701536016901-VIR8V24BEGHPPU9BI4J2/IMG_4855.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701536846159-A2MTRSSVQWHP8JIWIGTH/IMG_2482+copy.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - Floor of the cave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701536022086-O07YZ644ZE71FKPXS2GB/IMG_4858.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - more wall mosaic restorations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701536851264-H0YZMGD5OSSY47GHKEGM/IMG_2488.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - Nave of the Church of St. Catherine next to the church of the Nativity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701536026469-3BDW3614EA2HGIGIUMTX/IMG_2472.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - entrance into the Grotto of the Nativity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701536851976-RZR6N0YDXQYESD99HZO5/IMG_2482.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - Nave of St. Catherine's https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701536858737-FSLCELNRY0OGT61KR3P9/IMG_2501.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - memorial to St. Jerome, translated scriptures into Latin (the Vulgate) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1701536858689-9TMLMMBG4EO74HV8OBJJ/IMG_2490.jpeg Blog - Christmas and a first century Judaean home - below is the area occupied by Jerome while working on the Vulgate https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/thessaloniki-greece monthly 0.5 2023-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/d91b3f1e-cdde-459f-be2c-6d43d2f19eeb/Greece.Thessaloniki.angle.jpg Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Make it stand out Thessaloniki Greece - Roman Forum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844643823-ZSGSVK32UKLPEOLWTCAO/Greece.Thessaloniki.angle.jpg Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Roman Forum in Thessaloniki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844638521-ZZRA3I4X5RIGCIULPXW4/Image+2.jpeg Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Overhead view of the port and road leading north from the port to the forum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844647801-A2J6WCCTLR943BE1FW7J/IMG_3022.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Forum, standing on the west side looking to the east https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844654683-94R6BB132UO4A89JFHZN/IMG_3028.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - View of forum from the north side looking to the southeast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844661684-1B7SKETZAPS5WGKLV3KQ/IMG_3765.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - colonnaded walk way lined the terraces of the forum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844670795-IQV5WE217R4M51EJZJDT/IMG_3776.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Two storied stoa on the south side - a cryptoporticus - underground gallery with vaulted supports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844672858-DCSZAW92BWVCR6LQ6YGB/IMG_3023.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Arch support work that held up another level of the stoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844687885-UUM0VV2Z6ORQFTI7TIJ7/IMG_3001.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - excavations around the cryptoporticus on the south side of the forum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844693520-FEJI9BBEU7F1GKFPHQKE/IMG_3041.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - excavations of the shops of the stoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844694008-HFER4OOCG90VHY26068V/IMG_3047.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - we were unable to into the underground gallery, but tried to capture a few pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844710312-COVX1G6LCQVM0LPSLMXU/IMG_3039.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - more arches and shops to be excavated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844709620-4GK1NI7P2EACQLRCJFDH/IMG_3036.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - baths at the SE corner of the forum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844736257-YO1A8J69R3B91DI9IERQ/IMG_3031.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Odeion area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844725366-53F5PRSM2KNS040FKQJ5/IMG_3034+2.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - back of the Odeion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844723344-E4EWKDUAAOL281BD2SJM/IMG_3029.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Odeion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844737411-XVNX93WR3728SX8KGD39/IMG_3032.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - mosaic pathway in the forum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844738814-6GVRR1B3CFZSQ6BW8VZQ/IMG_3223.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Leaving the forum, we drove for many minutes through jam packed streets to find the hotel - imagine our surprise at this view from our balcony! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844764198-24ORY20G4Y5XBQKQ4D02/IMG_3075.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844748764-AK00LBK3XFVM6VJ19AO3/IMG_3078.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Arch of Galerius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844751802-N8MZKGUY4U3EDJAD813U/IMG_3801.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - arch of Galerius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844756805-U7WT4VAO57593RAUMKN3/IMG_3108.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Rotunda - the arch, rotunda and palaces were all connected by a grand walkway down to the port in antiquity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844766402-FQCDE3VYO40874ZSUTRC/IMG_3827.jpg Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Apse of the rotunda - The Ascension fresco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844779292-K4M7TTOXME2RLNG0E0IV/IMG_6528.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Ascension painting - later than the mosaics of the rotunda. Christ is flanked by 2 angels, below Christ is the Virgin Mary in prayer and flanked by 2 angels and the apostles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844775278-WS5RG9UAVW39JT71BU3E/IMG_3137.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Rotunda niches and the mosaics in the cupola https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844783004-7VLZPES5ZYOD429Y8T98/IMG_3146.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - the medallion at the center of the cupola held a figure of christ surrounded by bands of stars on blue, garland of flowers and plant, and a rainbow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700868021545-IVX52GVF3WLYNQ5MXNJ9/IMG_3826.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - The medallion was pictured held up by 4 angles in white between the medallion and the golden architectural band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844784177-LCO7ZTM4BDG5P3T2GZNQ/IMG_3130.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - The heavenly city takes its form from theater scenae frons - theater stages - and has named martyrs all around. Sometimes called the Martyrs frieze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844794336-W27SNG8HTV0OB9FUE3BT/IMG_3149.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Mosaic birds and baskets and flowers on a silver background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844796313-4QJ7IPCXQQWXNM7I9C5N/IMG_3147.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - The south vault has a golden cross (original entrance) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844804077-1NDSDNF0XY8VAA676E4L/IMG_3074.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Hagios Demetrios https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844804764-7LZHPKWV3Z5CKGXLJ6PR/IMG_3058.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Hagios Demetrios - central nave with iconostasis in front of the apse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844812003-ECOUDKSX77IBIFK2ECZD/IMG_3070.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Mary with child flanked by angels in the apse mosaic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844816470-3X3XMHQCO33B86QZ8FL0/IMG_3806.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - arches and columns of the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844817899-9CECHXF9I92GBGZ7XNKF/IMG_3071.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844825790-5J18T5UAZKTXJLEHKEXK/IMG_3068.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - capitals displayed throughout the church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844828673-FYC396QLHZ0ZTC3CJJUT/IMG_3211.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844837509-GU6GT1KTASOCYP63RPGL/IMG_3212.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - near the church of Hagia Sophia, under the street. thermal bath and nymphaeum fountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844845470-HVHE10JKD30FMHLURF16/IMG_3867.JPG Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - nymphaeum was converted into a holy spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700844845963-7TNRQYLYJNAPFW97KYJ0/Greece.Thessaloniki.forumclose.jpg Blog - Thessaloniki, Greece - Thessaloniki https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/corinth-greece monthly 0.5 2023-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/ea2f716a-6b73-40c6-a5a0-9117d3056442/IMG_0658.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Make it stand out Corinth Greece - Temple of Apollo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323582640-090IHH59BNT4RF6DJCRD/Screen+Shot+2022-06-25+at+8.09.11+PM.jpg Blog - Corinth, Greece - aerial view of the archeological site of Corinth - looking to the NW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323581041-PAGY9E0S90DK13ELS7Y7/IMG_0658.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Temple of Apollo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323587822-V0NGRKH25CE53X02P0JE/IMG_0653.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Temple of Apollo - originally constructed in the 7th century BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323587895-RELLP4HX9WV5ZONNJ09V/IMG_0660+2.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Temple of Apollo - doric columns standing today are from the 6th century BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323599968-R98OHRMADD03OZ66Z3G1/IMG_0656.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Temple E. 1st century AD after the death of Augustus. Late 1st century AD reworked with corinthian columns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323598622-88BCQTKFHO51ADXKXTPB/IMG_0697.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - NW stoa and shops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323651195-JBCEOAE6JFONXKGINACU/IMG_0731.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Odeion, located on the hill above and south of the theater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323651906-ULF17ZM357QTPVMOOASO/Untitled-37.jpg Blog - Corinth, Greece - overhead view of the Odeion (to the right of the parking area) and the theater area down the hill from the Odeion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323617408-D7UM3GMUP153TP1CHA2I/IMG_0680.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - roman pavement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323616436-MIDIUY0Y26XQPINHU289/IMG_2454.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Bema https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323629516-JEGWCHSF43FR2XVJHJB3/IMG_2453.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Bema https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323663966-DB32OD4I63H3N132TB6C/IMG_0642.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Looking out over the theater area (unexcavate) north toward the Gulf of Corinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323664039-V43AE0ZDE409OJZMHCMO/IMG_3404.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Erastus inscription in the pavement in front of the theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323630933-IG7XJX6N13ZJ2YG5PIH4/IMG_0673.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Bouleuterion in the south stoa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323673327-PONOZFG7UVMTT4WK8SXH/IMG_0711.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Fountain of Peirene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323677491-Z0NB27D9FKQG6QUCOR7X/IMG_4194.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Fountain of Peirene - 6 chambers that accessed 3 deep basins of water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323681928-Z3AIQAGOMR2MD1WROQGZ/IMG_0710.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Fountain of Peirene - the basins were s supplied from 4 reservoirs fed by pipes laid under the forum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323732122-8NP8ODPABI5E8JMR98XI/IMG_0708.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Lechaion road with shops on the west (left) side. looking to the north https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323730039-IMDB6VV7E4XO48CB6KZD/IMG_0709.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Peribolos of Apollo - colonnaded courtyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323690452-BVVZI5H00COWSQZHVURJ/IMG_0729.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - north shops - this is the south side of the north stoa which was 2 stories high. The courtyard is under the modern road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323741271-VEQI66FBQHP9S0NLHJQF/IMG_0665.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - forum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323692520-DCF9JNMZB81V0J8YC0CN/IMG_0730.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - North stoa and shops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323743206-FDRFFOOYZFGLF8MBD845/IMG_2462.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323707981-8E37YJ1AH1LGYAJ13EU6/IMG_0661.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - west shops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323710417-O0NMHPQ141YTC6MVO9SK/IMG_0662.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - west shops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323750850-V00S3S0BYHK604QOYK5S/Untitled-36.jpg Blog - Corinth, Greece - closer overhead view of the temple of Apollo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323752101-HMYBGU6G1YWFEABXEG6S/Untitled-35.jpg Blog - Corinth, Greece - The three west gates of the acrocorinth. The inner most gate is 4th century BC, middle gate is Venetian and the outer gate is from the Ottoman era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323765213-15EIFTOWB7CJMEP0OH6K/IMG_2489.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - Outer Ottoman and Byzantine era walls of the acrocorinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700323775955-5T8BVNN3HYOTOW1615F8/IMG_2493.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - path up to the top of the acrocorinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700347921095-O138KPT2ZM3TZ1BL7ZWK/IMG_0655.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - marble work from a synagogue - Corinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700347923576-HC7PHD9TCVB6TURLX3Z1/IMG_2432.JPG Blog - Corinth, Greece - statue of Emperor Augustus from the Julian Basilica at Corinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1700347934200-4VFJXQ68PPG6ZXQBDSEW/IMG_2756.JPG Blog - 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Isthmia, Greece - Diolokos - ancient paved track across the isthmus used to move goods and even entire ships from the Aegean side to the Adriatic side and vise versa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040158022-1YVRH5MRL2EZOAD51YF2/IMG_0633.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Diolokos - not the groves in the ancient paved track https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040158913-VW2FPPGUIXO8PIHR4M2V/IMG_2397.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Diolokos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040167647-MCH6BP67Y5B4SO08WK0W/IMG_2360.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Starting line for an Isthmian Games foot race with remains of the starting gate mechanism (hysplex) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040265967-BRE7K2M27M4K1YDAO4OV/IMG_2374.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - marble remains at Isthmia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040175036-O5F6DCBYFNYV129KX2YU/IMG_2361.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - paved area at the archeological site of Isthmia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040266498-IC6OVYTMQL8CP38BPMIR/IMG_2375.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Isthmia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040171739-93G5AIHMYG29Y58ZO1M3/IMG_2363.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Remains of a theater at Isthmia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040191261-BFCE0BHKP63J6E42T5WX/IMG_2373.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Isthmia, Sanctuary of Poseidon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040279135-T2RIDQXRZOHKDUA78G62/IMG_2371.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - hypocaust system of the baths at Isthmia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040190670-1LFB2ACTOKUX1ALD64B0/IMG_2356.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Isthmia, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040200202-W9TW0OG5UAZGG08D75F0/IMG_3338.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - column and other building remains, Isthmia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040282155-NB0K8P4MIVEYRB2RWBUJ/IMG_2369.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Mosaic floor in the bath complex at the sanctuary of Poseidon, Isthmia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040295914-WVQGKLTHZYP1ZLXQU5J2/IMG_2368.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - mosaic floor - ocean creatures - Isthmia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040298459-MLDB6Q8YTGPIIC2BYQ3B/IMG_2367.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Geometric designs in the mosaic floor of the baths, Isthmia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040309715-OFVN0EDDK13K1P0WA09V/IMG_3327.jpg Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Corinthian Helmet, 500 BC, Isthmia Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040310355-WBZE5UA5I243U18M4E3L/IMG_3328.jpg Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Helmet, Isthmia Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040325400-16K5CGK9WRXJ9C2S5Z2S/IMG_3334.jpg Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Christian inscription from the site at Isthmia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040319224-S4AAO264DFO6LGUI6PU9/IMG_3325.jpg Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Stele dedicated to a successful musical competitor in the Isthmian Games, Isthmia Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040333384-S2F6FJU1LS9I3RBZ6WJN/IMG_3333.jpg Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Inscribed Christian prayer to protect Emperor Justinian, Isthmia Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040320216-PUASCVRG1OK4I9R0SK2M/IMG_3329.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Corner drain spout from the sanctuary of Poseidon, Isthmian Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040335922-B14D3HELA3KG22EA3P42/IMG_3331.jpg Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Storage vessels, Isthmia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1699040333234-N518LTOCZRAPU8NX21FM/IMG_2348.JPG Blog - Isthmia, Greece - Mosaic glass depicting the port of Cenchreae from the mid 4th century AD https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/ports-of-corinth-cenchreae-and-lechaion-greece monthly 0.5 2023-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/c381bbc9-b4f3-4293-85e1-75ce6b905705/Untitled-3.jpg Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - Make it stand out Harbor at Cenchreae, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508357313-HFXGMY817BMZ7Y6TW5T5/Untitled-3.jpg Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - Cenchreae Harbor, south end https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508357315-71G6FLNDJPYB40QR6FKX/IMG_0743+2.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - map of the harbor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508366778-KO5ONM4V7R7E895WMO7B/IMG_4204.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - remains of a basilica, Cenchreae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508368672-IYG2AN38D2RM8JNNC1WD/IMG_0760.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - closer view of basilica apse, Cenchreae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508376966-2DOI4S7X6H7TMIF57GAK/IMG_4206.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - structural remains at the harbor of Cenchreae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508377299-JIJDVVOCOX1SAA61MMH5/IMG_0744.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - remains of temple foundations at Cenchreae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508429880-QDOUCIQ9UGNTVNG9Z74B/IMG_0761.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - Looking out along the south jetty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508390929-T3N3MSZU8EK32IKUW8Z3/IMG_0757.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - restoration work on a colonnaded harbor walkway, Cenchreae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508440067-MIZEYC55OHSVKDDG0BEW/Untitled-5.jpg Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508391271-NLNGX44FHA058MERRI0X/IMG_0756.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - restorers putting together the harbor walkway puzzle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508440066-6M56GML7L4VZ5C1HT52D/IMG_0736+2.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - excavations of harbor structures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508400594-YJ3STBPPAUU7M3DI7TU7/IMG_0753.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - harbor remains including fish ponds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508447329-9GMOAHQCGWPS4J8MQIME/Untitled-4.jpg Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - southern jetty, Cenchreae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508400503-WWLZL0Y2WHRJ13UHVZBU/IMG_0754.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - southern jetty, Cenchreae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508447273-5AHS3D8PAVWGOL6I527R/IMG_0762.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - northern end of the Cenchreae harbor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508448895-V29F3T35FXNY15RSU08C/IMG_0739.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - Northern end of the harbor at Cenchreae - remains of byzantine tower or lighthouse to the right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508456142-H7ITRAPFQJATE1WGDDY7/IMG_4219.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - harbor structures excavated on the north, including the foundation of a temple to Aphrodite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508460726-KQACM9SJ42A70EAEYS86/IMG_2334.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - Looking north over the harbor from the south jetty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508472381-ZXC02CDE9K7ULI4S2BO5/IMG_2348.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - Depiction of the Cenchreae Harbor from the mid 4th century AD, done in glass mosaic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508473486-BUJO3A03AU6XEGJGFH9J/IMG_2347.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - depiction of the Cenchreae Harbor mid 4th century AD , glass mosaic at the Isthmia Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508486208-CM6CTJB9WCTNDOZSYVN1/IMG_2463.JPG Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - In Corinth - looking down the Lechaion Road which would have gone all the way to the Lechaion Harbor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508484756-LBM5GVDRIO5TC1ENTVBS/Untitled-6.jpg Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - Aerial view of the Lechaion Basilica, 5th century AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1698508489891-0OQOOO9KF41M5ISCFXFV/Untitled-7.jpg Blog - Ports of Corinth: Cenchreae and Lechaion, Greece - Aerial view of the Lechaion Harbor and Lechaion Basilica https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/amphipolis-amp-apollonia-greece monthly 0.5 2023-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/9ecb354b-127b-4a26-968a-ea1630b8becf/IMG_3531.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - Make it stand out Lion of Amphipolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928466421-E596YOFQ8E1RVJS6B3LQ/IMG_3531.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - Lion of Amphipolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928466423-CZUWY1NYPMLY2W3F0CXJ/IMG_3462.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - Amphipolis outer wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928491509-Z7H5YYPMGD05IK7AV2PV/IMG_3464.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - walls of Amphipolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928497848-TQU65JPEQ3G9TG13Q45J/IMG_3517.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - stone work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928519109-DQP0VE4LZ42PBM4JXP7K/IMG_3516.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - City wall, Amphipolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928509352-5X2CE5F0G7YCTF6HR45X/IMG_3528.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - basilica ruins, Amphipolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928528227-SNO4X6CC22Z31XCZ028B/IMG_3527.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928552474-57VXKGKWIRY5QNVJJGCY/IMG_3524.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - petrified timbers of the Strymon River Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928570965-XR8F7RPS3QHDPV4YY3FI/IMG_3497.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - Amphipolis museum with remains of 5th century BC building underneath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928637767-H07AA024W8LV762SF0Z1/IMG_3501.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - excavations under the museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928570581-E5UTPFBJZQ23EBLUN7NJ/IMG_3474.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - statuary from Amphipolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928592636-9OHR9G18G4JLOEYP6K1T/IMG_3483.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - gold leaf wreath found in a silver ossuary , 4th century BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928613852-O7P03KYU7BUPRPJLGU8H/IMG_3476.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - stele with head of Hermes. 2nd - 1st century BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928626949-PVHPOJI2QON3X8AY5RIS/IMG_3482.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - Head of a Sphynx from the Kasta Tomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928662563-GCNU8J7DYIX94K8CFX72/IMG_3503.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - tombs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928670962-VC8KJAOBO6WLL0V30Z60/IMG_3506.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - Macedonian tombs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928672604-5PN89KN0A5KEHH5BFUVL/IMG_3459.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - View of the Kasta tumulus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928700507-Z1D3OGFF7Q2PHZMIASJY/IMG_3532.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - Lion of Amphipolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928680352-E536WLRIQ49W2IQ0V948/IMG_3534.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928714993-JH36S3Z1GYH68SS7R15M/IMG_3541.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - Apollonia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928730185-25E8HX6A9F2ZHUJNET4N/IMG_3540.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - area with a memorial plaque and older stone pavement (in the rectangular cut out) - Apollonia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928751313-IKTSL16MUJUD2R0DY0GH/IMG_3543.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - possible part of the Via Egnatia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928733443-W3EYTXTWNFE1OJZGF1DW/IMG_3539.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - Plaque commemorating Paul's travel through the area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928752907-IY7CVTOAF5IO255XWT4B/IMG_3552.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - memorial chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928771545-EKCM4FDIA9IXSHVVA41R/IMG_3553.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - second small chapel - Apollonia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928773130-DPBIOC71IFOND6G9C92C/IMG_3554.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928783282-HF45J813TRB7Q89IC43N/IMG_3544.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - Apollonia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928798832-LQJ7SZUFDCTXQHRI3POS/IMG_3546.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - Ruins of an Ottoman era building - Apollonia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928800518-IJLHK21JHMB5B1JWQN46/IMG_3550.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece - interior of Ottoman era building - a bath, later a mosque https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697928812474-E2HX2VLSUXJPYSMGGXOR/IMG_3549.JPG Blog - Amphipolis & Apollonia, Greece https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/philippi-greece monthly 0.5 2023-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/31c2e1a5-a6e0-4100-aad6-1c56594af04f/IMG_3236.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Make it stand out Depiction of Paul’s vision leading him to Macedonia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331899594-ZNL7COC021ZRIIDSDJVL/IMG_3236.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Mural outside a church in Kaval Greece (Biblical Neapolis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331900581-FA67YZ5V3YKGVUGYFHZM/RemoteMediaFile_6553975_0_2022_05_05_09_40_10.jpg Blog - Philippi Greece - View of the Kavala harbor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331906469-V3H797G0FPNUP7MUIXFD/IMG_3237.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Church in Kavala dedicated to St. Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331909520-IGQ60T62P8YRIPCAYXG5/IMG_3283.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Looking north toward Philippi on a stretch of the Via Egnatia north of Kavala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331917948-BYU2QOOE28D7P9090C2Q/IMG_3265+2.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Looking along the Via Egnatia back toward Kavala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331918348-M6SOAN6WJFS90TXX6ZWV/IMG_3935.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Entering Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331927265-FJ50V5LFUZYWQO14DZ2J/IMG_3420.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - row of shops in Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331926517-MR92QVXES9IEM2IVU86D/IMG_3939.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Looking out over the theater of Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331936013-RNORY5586TFRV3R3VCDZ/IMG_3932.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Ruins of the theater at Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331936761-OQNVX4QX4QFLN1XR800D/IMG_3350.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - The Via Egnatia running through the forum at Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331946307-IXZM9Z8ZYO79MAJS266P/IMG_4007.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331947506-KH8LZVAN6PUIPFZY3HPJ/IMG_3355.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Looking out over the forum at Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331955554-HVO4GF6N1H429S1G0JT1/IMG_3372.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - ruins of one of the basilicas at Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697392816030-18VOIWH3OXT2LWWZCGIY/IMG_3326.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - St Paul's Prison - Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331956029-JQ2UEIOZZT04K33M4B18/IMG_3948.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - "St Paul's Prison" at Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331964987-168FRT9JQQVJFOKVHIMO/IMG_3947.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - "St Paul's Prison" at Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331971884-3E2CCE1304E0SHPUL67X/IMG_3988.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - The Octagonal Church at Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697392801086-KL3HNCHDIWWKQ713BM7Y/IMG_3386.jpg Blog - Philippi Greece - Octagonal church apse with synthronon (tiered semicircular bench for clergy) and base of altar table https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331979117-28K5ESIYLGJ8LBO3VFMS/IMG_3991.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Dedicatory inscription in the mosaic floor of the octagonal church at Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331980479-C8PTTJVZ92P1MN8HG7DT/IMG_3408.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Baptistry of the Octagonal Church at Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331968048-JH2ZQU4VK640DK7L1NPI/IMG_3367.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - remains of shops at Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331989349-X04FJHXQS9RWQRMK9LU0/IMG_3409.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Roman bath at Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331993037-92F3NHR5D6TKQGENNOKO/IMG_4003.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Storage jars-Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331992417-R9ESB6HP2AREKXFIIXZ7/IMG_5740.jpg Blog - Philippi Greece - Overhead view of Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331997423-L0DTJXAL84T5VN9LNUSN/IMG_4021.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - memorial to Lydia near Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697331998721-UGJ2KAM7RBAMOX37JPKF/IMG_3445.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Mosaic floor in the entry of the Lydia memorial showing the Apostle Paul's 2nd missionary journey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697332005783-NONS5561BV0PLED6A78Y/IMG_3438.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Lydia memorial paintings - Paul's vision https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697332007681-9CEWANJVB3YXGLEPD4XC/IMG_3440.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Lydia memorial paintings - meeting the women at the place of prayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697332014085-WYXTGP5E3HGVARI5WV51/IMG_3441.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Painting in the Lydia memorial - Lydia's baptism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697332014367-DWE5PDMTBTUUD0EN7DU7/IMG_3432.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Painting in the Lydia memorial - Paul's imprisonment in Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697332019138-LKG9Y1QIUUFI7IC0MOX3/IMG_3433.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Painting in the Lydia memorial - conversion of the guard at Philippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697332021785-KO1CUY3XO56BBZ63S6DG/IMG_3446.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Lydia memorial on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697332028965-2YK064FDAP5O7P78C127/IMG_3447.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece - Baptismal area at the Lydia memorial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1697332029910-8YF6JHV9P9NAG1D32E5G/IMG_3452.JPG Blog - Philippi Greece https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/tel-dan monthly 0.5 2023-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/8c4e77c3-a69e-4bbb-abcf-cb019c6ebf93/IMG_3245+2.jpeg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Make it stand out Tel Dan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624507987-UYKG2PIDGS2BKJWDDSAE/IMG_3230+2.jpeg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Tel Dan Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624510952-299RTJ8GGND5HL93F06V/IMG_3231.jpeg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Tel Dan stream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624523050-AGR0BKIZAOHF7XJ2NMC6/IMG_6363.jpg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Quiet pool in the nature reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624523110-DRMFB24222AE4LAE23KR/IMG_6366.jpg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Outer walls of Dan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624533405-P2DLV7FG8HLV8OO39SW3/IMG_6370.jpg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624532051-POT6WQUOWUBK23Z58QSV/IMG_3242.jpeg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Drawing of the Iron Age Israelite gate complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624543842-499GCAOQE189MI23EDJN/IMG_6373.jpg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Looking into the Iron Age gate complex from outside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624535005-CCA4ZGH0GO90Q7BD9CV3/IMG_6381.jpg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Standing in the gate complex looking out through the Iron Age gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624548099-2CLU6QS5YG2EI9WLTJ5H/IMG_3246.jpeg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Stone platform - possibly the King's seat or the judgement seat. In the gate complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624559078-2Z020XH6FU01UX9Z6HF0/IMG_3245.jpeg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Corner post holes around the King's seat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624559080-TELYB916WD3LZM8KSIZC/IMG_3253.jpeg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Model of the 1750 BC "Abraham's Gate" in front of the gate excavation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624571162-EC839I0KA95VM4YVOE35/IMG_3254.jpeg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Abraham Gate - 1750 BC Bronze Age gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624564320-U6ODH56T4A6Y8KLZJHFR/IMG_6385.jpg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Abraham Gate - 2020 photo - more excavation has been done since https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624569430-D8V4NGTX81LCEGM3VJ41/IMG_3258.jpeg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Altar platform - place for four horned altar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696624579025-ENF0ILDO8PYQGTH8Z6HS/IMG_3256.jpeg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Layout of the sacred precinct https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696625077140-3D56P6JYZS2HA4JLUCWM/IMG_1898.jpg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - museum photo of the Tel Dan Stele - Israel Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696625211275-AVQ1ULMPB8LQTKC2MY3T/IMG_6384.jpg Blog - Tel Dan, Israel - Standing at the Abraham gate looking toward Mount Hermon which is hidden in the clouds https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/perga-turkey monthly 0.5 2023-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/d452e1e3-8e40-4ed6-9d72-4add7da4951c/IMG_1284.jpeg Blog - Perga, Turkey - Make it stand out Gates of Perga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113343948-L7QC830N5SZ2YR1H7BFK/Perga+-5.jpg Blog - Perga, Turkey - Looking toward the south end of the site of Perga, hellenistic gates in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113344185-0BA3DTKIEEXH3AO4Q3DT/IMG_2391.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - Roman era gates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113352010-ZPTV97UMC6IFQKCLRPYG/IMG_1284.jpeg Blog - Perga, Turkey - Older hellenistic gates seen through the Roman gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113352853-FBCGPCVEFRQUY71PJB61/IMG_1289.jpeg Blog - Perga, Turkey - 3rd century BC Hellenistic Tower gates (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113364146-1S8B9CM7XOBF9GCNBY1Y/IMG_2406.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - Interior view of the tower gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113356457-43KAU2SGZTEG1RJXJ6KS/IMG_2386.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - restoration project (2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113365346-7EOZ38T7IF52D0C4V9PI/IMG_7925.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113376223-V3A2HY35P9870CPKYCRT/IMG_2415.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - Interior of the base of Byzantine era fountain in the middle of the agora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113377125-1J0RYP7FJ1TA4UYWZN9T/IMG_7931.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - interior fountain pipe works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113432437-NT112IINWUAPBZ5OE2WH/IMG_7906.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - Looking into the south bath complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113386041-DEO3O09AIDK4MLAO5BOD/IMG_1293.jpeg Blog - Perga, Turkey - Part of the palestra in front of the south baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113400882-8TUWIS1CK0XUOJ40ACLX/IMG_7898.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - Bath complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113397863-QL7IGU21FCPJZAI4FT9S/IMG_2400.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - interior room in the south baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113411250-5HUT4ZP4OG5M17RLC3WG/IMG_7905.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - hypocaust system for heating the floor and bath still visible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113413829-4W33K0LNVBRS98UGOITN/IMG_2401.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - hypocaust heating in the baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113422060-AQK09LCACVB9TLV5WYN5/IMG_7919.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - Main north - south road with center water channel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113440347-7S0HU66QTZAY95MET3Z5/IMG_7958.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - Looking north along the main road to the north nymphaeum (fountain) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113442350-7OLXVXWG2IT5UURZ7ITR/IMG_7959.jpg Blog - Perga, Turkey - Hadrian's nymphaeum with statue of the river god Cestrus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113447784-KFNM1GMSCUSLMAIZ66Z6/IMG_7962.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - Nymphaeum fountain with pool beneath where water would cascade into the center channel of the Main Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113427223-W53J66HRYCD7BPBZAQL2/IMG_7975.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - center water channel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113439436-9OPVCZ6MTJD9QTUHYWO6/IMG_7908.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - Mosaics along the streets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113451026-9NARQMWFW5JMWNJ9SDK6/IMG_7969.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - Behind the statue of the river god, looking south through the fountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113462426-Q1J6HANF7ECB0UYQ6IAK/IMG_2432.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - Perga stadium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113460374-21C8XRNQG7XPCOY3O0HU/Perga+-3.jpg Blog - Perga, Turkey - Overhead of Perga stadium looking toward the north https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113470162-3167BT335NINE03OKKOY/IMG_1314.jpeg Blog - Perga, Turkey - One of the stadium supporting arches that was an entrance into the stadium. Other arches held shops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113472946-5XYPG3VBESCX0SVQ2QZO/IMG_2434.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - Perga stadium (plus a little bit of the photographer's finger - oops) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113484243-5BBGAH2WWA7PN1426WW9/IMG_1334.jpeg Blog - Perga, Turkey - Theater at Perga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113496260-T8NOP9I0PUFTRV5ZWJN6/IMG_7998.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - ruins of the scaenae frons of the theater at Perga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113496006-4EK5KP08Y6TRFMX6YW84/IMG_2444.JPG Blog - Perga, Turkey - Looking to the top row of the theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113502509-5901CAYFP1X9L0Y5A5F1/IMG_1337.jpeg Blog - Perga, Turkey - piece of marble decoration in the theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1696113484990-W9LG6AEF27QQIMJIHUZU/Perga+-4.jpg Blog - Perga, Turkey - Overhead of the theater at Perga https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/tel-beer-sheva monthly 0.5 2023-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/a76842fd-0821-457d-98d9-720a4c63d6a7/IMG_5411.jpg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - Make it stand out Tel Beer Sheva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512774388-RZ3R8VG1NGMAMTUBE6BG/IMG_2845.jpeg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - Archeological park entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512775710-2QALSPN1UFF5YYWP3QHZ/IMG_5405.jpg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - Well outside the city gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512782586-DS8NZWRYI5R1OHYOCA52/IMG_2852.jpeg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - Entrance gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512783301-EM3FBJIJYI42HKUG56A5/IMG_2851.jpeg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - note the difference between original stone and reconstruction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512785405-MLMQMFRXQAEL57SHDFYZ/IMG_5408.jpg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512791116-OBKZQY68TQWXQU04BEWA/IMG_2853.jpeg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - room inside the gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512792867-KNVIFIG93HDTEFXVGE0P/IMG_2854.jpeg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512801301-8MNHRY5KAH5VTEF49DG8/IMG_5406.jpg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - reconstruction line https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512802614-3FZE0Y0YI1QV9T2M6L6S/IMG_5413.jpg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512809012-PW38TUXHJMSXWZYBLY3A/IMG_5422.jpg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512804812-F8LXGNFIWV741LM18RJB/IMG_5421.jpg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - Looking toward the east https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512808898-TRBQN1B4BZI2RD2RNPXC/IMG_5416.jpg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512819304-C12O000AX8GBVU81FMVS/IMG_5412.jpg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - example of 4 room houses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512818871-33OA540YSKH0JVBXXI7M/IMG_5407.jpg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512825694-UBHUI523S650MAIT8RTA/IMG_5409.jpg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - storage area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512842332-36DRWSRHOOUADF709Q6V/IMG_5411.jpg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - View from the modern lookout tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512824801-SRKAUX9ZBU0919ZBI466/IMG_5415.jpg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512842795-LK5IXJFR4FPQGRATGU6E/IMG_5400.jpg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - Bedouin settlement to the southeast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512832885-ECC7ETOXAKKESYMIBIZM/IMG_2846.jpeg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - Horned altar -replica, original in the Israel Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512843609-O3XJAG039VHVMUBGWEE2/IMG_2860.jpeg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512834233-VV91XMHK6ZOBJVAI5S5K/IMG_2855.jpeg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - inside the water system https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1695512837304-OX0I29MAA2X6KOHZIQIQ/IMG_2856.jpeg Blog - Tel Beer Sheva - inside the water system https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/jesus-childhood-home-maybe monthly 0.5 2023-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/77be56cd-ae49-4fd0-8a1b-b1d5f1f0155f/IMG_3419.jpeg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - Make it stand out Excavations under the Convent of the Sisters of Nazareth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824213964-ZRJMS6FU7KV3F24CUZ8I/IMG_6717.jpg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - Nazareth - large domed building in the center is the Church of the Annunciation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824222788-WAL7HMIY4WZ24PV938X0/IMG_6643.jpg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - Interior - church of the Annunciation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824222957-EUTNDEHSCHLZJKAD3QYR/IMG_6711.jpg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - Street in Nazareth near the Sister of Nazareth Convent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824224984-5XM0FS0WEZ6AABG0D4N7/IMG_3412.jpeg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - Entrance to the Sister's of Nazareth Convent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824231667-SQKQC1LQSDY2RGP5VQ1T/IMG_6679.jpg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - Convent courtyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824232657-LY6B9XOU8MWQ8KHFVPFC/IMG_3429.jpeg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - The Holy Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824237089-CAZ8WEK5AQ5JCPVF50KX/IMG_3431.jpeg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824237699-QUPGS7UUP6G6L3UU7GHH/IMG_6686.jpg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - Steps leading down to the excavations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824242666-V8UY7B5VFBS4FW4GUT9G/IMG_6690.jpg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - If only I had turned my head to the right, under that arch, there is a beautiful mosaic :( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824243778-GV7CFC1IOJ4ZFG8U7KYU/IMG_6687.jpg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - remains of a byzantine era chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824244900-BJXLDU0SV5RF881K46YO/IMG_3419.jpeg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - remains of ancient stairway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824249954-0CM5N6D7UF5STIE2T9BR/IMG_6683.jpg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - archway out to the 1st century courtyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824251279-VHEKWEE3PD27HDT8F0Z9/IMG_3413.jpeg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - looking out toward the courtyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824259011-EYI9EZNRNJH74FWD3QFK/IMG_3420.jpeg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - stone trough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824259907-PMZK5719M2AYD9PMZL2U/IMG_6697.jpg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - stone trough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824265725-PJBF86TQCI7B4B14X4UE/IMG_6696.jpg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824264656-49RUT0NIOIT9GW67QB34/IMG_3421.jpeg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - stone and mortar built walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824311849-DGI4JOBEMTSONA2ZHE16/IMG_3425.jpeg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - tomb with rolling stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824312188-HF5L2FRFD6KZ7NC1ZH5Z/IMG_6701.jpg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - tombs with rolling stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824319080-XZ37UVZYGOO5DFNJX3AZ/IMG_6705.jpg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - This ancient guy lives in the convent courtyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824323075-SUOQT5AOUPWPQKXJ6WI6/IMG_3424-topaz-denoise-enhance-2x-sharpen.jpeg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824327264-MKNBIYPG45ZNDD2GJR88/IMG_3430.jpeg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - convent courtyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824335527-VA47R7PIW37AYACQQF0N/IMG_3440.jpeg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe - Looking out over the city of Nazareth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694824334920-187OSZ83WJ4TE8APQRWF/IMG_3437+2.jpeg Blog - Jesus Childhood Home? Maybe https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/gortyna-crete-and-titus monthly 0.5 2023-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/b642b046-1b69-439c-9ebe-8248d85cbe9e/IMG_0063.JPG Blog - Gortyna Crete and Titus - Make it stand out Gortyna, Crete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694266165919-U55W1BJ07TFWUQ9QNZJ5/IMG_0063.JPG Blog - Gortyna Crete and Titus - Gortyna, looking toward the Odeon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694266167296-UTS0SV0BRKKJ08XHTNZF/IMG_3725.JPG Blog - Gortyna Crete and Titus - Odeon - square covered walkway in the background contains the inscribed law code https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694266171331-JM5V0HSGOTTRHXCXZP4F/IMG_0073.JPG Blog - Gortyna Crete and Titus - Walkway with the Gortyna law inscription on the left wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1694266169615-GCQ4LBP97WJ2FGA8OUJ8/IMG_0074.jpg Blog - 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Antioch west triple arched gate - foundations visible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259570807-ND0L2WUWC3VSLF90CU5L/IMG_7493.JPG Blog - Pisidian Antioch - marble works near the gate the hellenistic city walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259579186-RVRBLPXNKNX3GKA2N3DV/IMG_7499.JPG Blog - Pisidian Antioch - shops near the gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259578867-03D3N168ZXGGV9D0CKPO/IMG_7702.JPG Blog - Pisidian Antioch - Basilica of St Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259581809-0Q0KW8RLTMHPTLURRT6R/IMG_7511.jpg Blog - Pisidian Antioch - Basilica of St Paul - 5th century, built over an older and smaller basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259587333-KNZ7JNJW97SOGKG6YAKT/IMG_2297.JPG Blog - Pisidian Antioch - main apse of the basilica of St. Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259588264-CFZ7RX3Q3S95U9LMQKUS/IMG_7527.jpg Blog - Pisidian Antioch - North baths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259590183-BY0Y2HQND38LYBHAN56Q/Pisidian+Antioch+aerial+aqueduct+5.2023-11.jpg Blog - Pisidian Antioch - View of the raised aqueduct north of the site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259596255-B1EESLX62G14MOVIGNW9/IMG_7546.JPG Blog - Pisidian Antioch - Nymphaeum at the north end of the Cardo Maximus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259592634-AU19LZ9F7JSA7TDGDKZ9/IMG_7553.jpeg Blog - Pisidian Antioch - waterworks under the roadway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259600996-LAQRFVLNYF4KMHO9W33I/IMG_7612.JPG Blog - Pisidian Antioch - Looking south from the north end of the Cardo Maximus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259603456-KY6Q8PULYMIJB3ZKJUF3/IMG_7587.JPG Blog - Pisidian Antioch - basilica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259612289-C5FD4LZVNTLMEHTXBITM/IMG_7580.JPG Blog - Pisidian Antioch - basilica - P.Antioch had 7 districts and the thinking is that each would have had a basilica in the byzantine era https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259625012-M3EJ17XALC3CO3T1EA5U/IMG_7604.jpeg Blog - Pisidian Antioch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259630944-0I0JSNVC7OXD168UNG3O/IMG_7611.jpeg Blog - Pisidian Antioch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259613392-AY830PGY9ID21TMUT5VA/IMG_7572.JPG Blog - Pisidian Antioch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259619452-1YT8OWZ52DO7GQB39J00/IMG_7595.jpeg Blog - Pisidian Antioch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1691259634773-O08DDN5YWGVE09C8IV0F/IMG_7565.jpeg Blog - Pisidian Antioch - Oops! 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Antioch, can't resist a good sheep picture! https://www.scriptureinstone.org/blog/hieropolis-turkey monthly 0.5 2023-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/2af41327-a676-4f58-8067-436b3f62136f/Untitled-62.jpg Blog - Hieropolis, Turkey - Make it stand out Hieropolis in the Lycus Valley, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1690665031331-B7OUMEQRQMD4U8S34WN9/Untitled-62.jpg Blog - Hieropolis, Turkey - Ruins of Hieropolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1690665043828-4ITLM7LRO4JMGHCQ14ZY/Untitled-61.jpg Blog - Hieropolis, Turkey - "Cotton Candy" mineral spring deposits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1690665048071-AHX6XB7EHAL2T954FPEZ/Untitled-48.jpg Blog - Hieropolis, Turkey - North city gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1690665064871-QMCPQ2KEQNIY8UTBEW08/Untitled-44.jpg Blog - Hieropolis, Turkey - 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4 horned altar Tel Be’er Sheva, Isael Genesis 21:31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180134425-T46WYYQQR33E4FM8ERZU/Israel+Be%27er+Sheva+Cistern+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Water System at Be'er Sheva Be’er Sheva, Israel Genesis 26:23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180154402-8SH6PGI9VPZ85NZB4SBB/Israel+Be%27er+Sheva+Tel+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Tel Be'er Sheva Be’er Sheva, Israel Genesis 26:33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180150369-WXMK4QOQ2BC4SNNHLGL8/Israel+Caesarea+Maritima+Aquaduct++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Caesarea Maritima Caesarea Maritima, Israel Acts 10:1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682179914226-9F38RP206L3RRNHVZ1QU/Amphilpolis+Lion+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Lion of Amphipolis Amphipolis, Greece Acts 17:1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180157652-AEFQNGOXJ2TFAI45JFS3/Israel+Candles++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Primacy of St Peter Chapel Sea of Galilee, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180179597-OKJQRBDNYNR6D4CV18QL/Israel+Capernaum+Synagogue++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Capernaum Synagogue Capernaum, Isreal John 6:59 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180183104-IPEN4DRBUJGTOD2RTK6C/Israel+Capernaum+Synagogue+First+Century+Layer++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Dark stone of 1st century Synagogue Capernaum, Isreal Mark 1:21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180190760-X82H62SFN431L1ACMWJ9/Israel+Jersusalem+Church+of+Holy+Sepulcher++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Dome of the Edicule Church of the Holy Sepulcher Jerusalem, Israel Luke 23:53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180193311-PMM3GZ7S9Z073L65VTLZ/Israel+Jersusalem+Church+of+Holy+Sepulcher+Candles+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Church of the Holy Sepulcher Jerusalem, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180198774-989CFK1HPO9X97IXXWE1/Israel+Jersusalem+Church+of+Holy+Sepulcher+Etheopian+Chapel+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Ethiopian Chapel Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180210524-CUDF377ZODGDUB1ERHY2/Israel+Jersusalem+Old+City+Candy+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Grand Bazaar Istanbul, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180210875-XHVLJZR380R9A8BCY3YR/Israel+Jerusalem+Church+of+Holy+Sepulcher+Empty+tomb+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Church of the Holy Sepulcher Jerusalem, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180219731-JMBNOZADWRSJTSHYKRFW/Israel+Jerusalem+Church+of+Holy+Sepulcher+Orthodox++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Church of the Holy Sepulcher Jerusalem, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180217357-QPRUFL1R54HRO4OXSHL2/Israel+Jerusalem+Church+of+Holy+Sepulcher+Priest++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Church of the Holy Sepulcher Jerusalem, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180222365-FJNB89OH8WXLFU9S7LDG/Israel+Jerusalem+Church+of+the+Holy+Sepulcher+Priest+2+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Church of the Holy Sepulcher Jerusalem, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180222364-3IYTC7JU3FBHUEMJ6HKJ/Israel+Jerusalem+Dome+of+the+Rock+Night+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Dome of the Rock Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180225693-E6ZMCKHPSW1RX440KXBX/Israel+Jerusalem+Old+City+Night+Street++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Street in Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180231770-59R4UIFFXBCBYU32CF1B/Israel+Machpelah+Synagogue+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Jewish Synagogue at the Machpelah Hebron, Israel Genesis 23:19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180239091-3DYK0E7YOLCEW4SJHZRF/Israel+Magdala+Stone++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Magdala Stone Reproduction Migdal Synagogue Magdala, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180243592-NYA8Y633HMHNIM56JXOP/Israel+Megiddo+Solomon%27s+Stable++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Feeding Troughs at Tel Megiddo Megiddo, Israel Zechariah 12:11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180246919-8KPPETQZKFIA57SZXJY9/Israel+Sea+of+Galilee+Boat++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Sunset on the Sea of Galilee See of Galilee, Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180251127-6JZAMTL71FZQVW0CHNPU/Israel+Wadi+Qelt++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Wadi Qelt between Jerusalem and Jericho, Israel Luke 10:30-37 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180254037-SCUXV1MN9QLMPKGKXUEC/Israel+Wadi+Qelt+Look+to+Jericho++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Jericho, Israel Mark 10:46 Joshua 4:13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180266709-VR8YGBB42RYX8LDL56X6/Istanbul+Hagia+Sophia+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Hagia Sophia Istanbul, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180266065-5R5NPOZOBGRZ0LCDM7JA/Jordan+Petra+Girl+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Bedouin child Petra, Jordan Galatians 1:11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180284670-6FXBYKUNITEP616G84RC/Jordan+Petra+Siq++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - The Siq passage from Wadi Mousa into Petra Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180285776-KMND3PEVEJJO1NRUACKL/Jordan+Petra+Treasury++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Treasury Monument Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180297874-K27T2715TNZ41ICCUJXM/Jordan+Petra+Treasury+Camel++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Petra, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180302946-2H9XBC99L0A1YB0TV24L/Mars+Hill+Stairs+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Steps up to the Areogopagus (Mar's Hill) Athens, Greece Acts 17:22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180313468-7QHIZMSJXCGSRR5NGOXN/Meteora+Greece+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Meteora Monasteries Meteora, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180314803-OJPP0H5DMQML987RR6KH/Meteora+Varlaam+Monastery+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Varlaam Monastery Meteora, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180319614-NTOEMSXDT58UPK193XBK/Methoni+Gate+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Monument to Paul Methoni, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180338161-8FSDM3UIS3N51263P7ZZ/Neapolis+Via+Egnatia+++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Via Egnatia north of Kaval (Neapolis), Greece Acts 16:11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180325392-G0OIAXM5MYOG9FLZBVIR/Parthenon+Arial+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Athens Acropolis Athens, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180348097-ANFM9N2K7Q27P8AUBBQE/Philippi+Baptism+Lydia++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Monument to the Baptism of Lydia Philippi, Greece Acts 16:14-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180352412-MW7AOD4M2FRKIQF770HI/Philippi+Via+Egnatia+++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Via Egnatia in Philippi Archeological Site of Philippi, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180357279-7TA5Z2N0ZNMZHT0PZI4Y/Rome++Colosseum+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Colosseum Rome, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180365584-LBB31XJWSVIEVBKJ8G8L/Rome+Apartment+St.+Paul++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Apartments of St Paul Rome, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180368366-O7ZVHO85A7MW8JHO4W2Y/Rome+Forum++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Roman Forum Rome, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180376946-NDQN61X72AE931OD4D0J/Rome+Forum+2++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Roman Forum Rome, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180375039-KI0XTW91RGH6I53YSPYN/Rome+Pantheon+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Pantheon Rome, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180380583-AG36E1MVW8JGLP2DF2FW/Rome+St+Paul+OSW++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls Rome, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180390277-0FOKB35S8TVYELXW7VH8/Rome+St.+Peter%27s+Basilica+Canopy+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - St Peter's Baldachin (Bernini Canopy) Vatican, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180404815-66NFGA21ZWH2CQUEYP3S/Rome+Titus+Arch+frieze+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Titus Arch Roman army carrying off the spoils of the destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem 70 AD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180407182-T9IUF4MVC6OX4HIV866Y/Rome+Titus+Arch+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Titus Arch Rome, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180407180-OYXG4PSRW7SQEOLIAF81/Smyrna+Arch+SIS+%C2%A9+.JPG Gallery - Arches supporting the Agora at Smyrna Smyrna, Turkey Rev 2:8-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180410507-CSZLETBHB706R7ESJ4JG/St+Peter%27s+Grotto+Antioch+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - St Peter's Grotto Antioch, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180414313-5CP0ZTIKSTCD4MXJCM1I/St.+George+Candle+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - St George's Chapel Athens, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180420312-6GSJU02WGK8IYQUOOX36/Strymon+River+Bridge+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - 6th BC pilots from bridge over Strymon River Amphipolis, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180434167-J1WLTKURYXZGGUAY7XZ3/Thess+Hagios+Demetrios+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Hagios Demetrios Thessaloniki, Greece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180434258-77H9WFN4KHSG69J3W37V/Turkey+Aphrodisius+Aphroditie+Gate++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Tetra Propylon - Monumental Gateway Aphrodisias, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180453570-3M8WXJS6KWBNQW6OAQ1F/Turkey+Aphrodisius+Cross++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Christian Symbols, school of sculpture Aphrodisias,Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180446786-43KVBG1DG8G9LY21SD15/Turkey+Aphrodisius+Sculpture++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Sculptured Sarcophagi Aphrodisias, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180469687-BCT013VMKVP05WGYPDIS/Turkey+Colossae+Sign++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Colossae tel Colossae, Turkey Colossians 1:2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180462759-82FFS8H4C13OGTDQNVJK/Turkey+Colossae+Tel+++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Colossae Tel Colossae, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180479845-8IAD3VI18D6J77AUUUFR/Turkey%08+Derbe+Tel+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Derbe Tel Derbe, Turkey Acts 16:1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180487948-AA5T3HKB9VSY65NR3ZM8/Turkey+Ephesus+Celsus+Library+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Celsus Library Ephesus, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180497491-BRYWEVIL5AK492OUVYAT/Turkey+Ephesus+St+Paul+Grotto+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Fresco in St Paul's grotto Ephesus, Turkey Acts 19:8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180504410-289V4RP8BBS3CPT4VGMF/Turkey+Ephesus+St.+John+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Baptistry at Basilica of St John Selcuk (Ephesus), Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180514496-EXLH55M4LNVHN52BAQA8/Turkey+Ephesus+Theater+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Theater at Ephesus Ephesus, Turkey Acts 19:29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180514723-RMNCFXG1PSGZPU6J8UFW/Turkey+Ephesus+Upper+City+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Upper City, Ephesus Ephesus, Turkey Acts 18:19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180524437-IQO7LRX68BZFI431K9TB/Turkey+Goreme+Chapel++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Madona and Child 4th century fresco Goreme, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180531858-OJ4S4KQ8KXUJOYDJHK1L/Turkey+Haran+Bricks++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Mud brick at the plain of Haran Haran, Turkey Genesis 12:4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180544595-4TT14D2TF5B18SWHKLXY/Turkey+Haran+Man+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Elder in the village of Saran Haran, Turkey Genesis 27:43 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180552702-RR7HCXSPVO6UPS40V4IL/Turkey+Haran+Tumulus++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Tel Haran Haran, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180555449-4NW1YIWOI2HZRH684UVC/Turkey+Hattusa+Lion%27s+Gate++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Hittite Lion's Gate Hattusa, Bogazkale, Turkey Genesis 15:20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180563043-999QWUS9UTUOJGI4ZN89/Turkey+Hierapolis+Puppy++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Puppies of Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180566036-G6CRWAS3U52LHIDS50GK/Turkey+Laodicea+++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Laodicea Laodicea, Turkey Colossians 4:15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180573851-3XYBYBZUW4AMAD2N42IU/Turkey+Lystra+Tel++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Lystra Tel Lystra, Turkey Acts 14:6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180573851-3YHYIDZ6KA6KP82TDSW4/Turkey+Miletus+God+Fear+Inscription+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - "the place of the Jews who are also God-fearers" Inscription on a theater seat Miletus, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180593176-B40K1M4B5RMU6H11GGIY/Turkey+Miletus+Sheep+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Miletus - Arched gateway Miletus, Turkey Acts 20:17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180589706-CPF60HLP0106207317K2/Turkey+P.+Antioch+Aquaduct++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Roman Aqueduct Psidian Antioch, Turkey Acts 13:14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180604791-M79KDECRYP51NOR4TT89/Turkey+Perga++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Perga Perga, Turkey Acts 14:25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180604515-UGFLL010DZPLJSYGERF2/Turkey+Perga+BC+Gates++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - BC gates of Perga Perga, Turkey Acts 13:13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180625949-MD73L31J1XIY8ACGCU3O/Turkey+Pergamon+Theater+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Theater at Pergamon Pergamon, Turkey Rev 2:12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180624299-07PMF3XTO3WQ5JMTFD65/Turkey+Sardis+Synagogue+of+Sardis+Mosaic++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Mosaic tile floor - Sardis Synagogue Sardis, Turkey Rev 3:1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180632729-7Z1AKO38ATRF72302L7Y/Turkey+Sardis+Temple+Artemis++SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Temple of Artemis Sardis, Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180637180-YZNZA55P8VXTXJZ2ICHD/Turkey+Seleucia+Pieria+closeup+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Seleucia Pieria Sea port for Syrian Antioch Acts 13:4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180638091-52A0CPP8LEBUZPR0EP6H/Turkey+Seleucia+Pieria+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - Seleucia Pierea Turkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642cd89653153160d6422352/1682180659173-LBFD7ISYEPG6EUUWFI2M/Turkey%08+Tarus+SIS+%C2%A9+.jpg Gallery - 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