Revista de Estudos da Religião - REVER (junho - Ano 9 – 2009): Geografia da Religião – perspectivas e abordagens
Autor: Jorge Claudio Noel Ribeiro Júnior
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Revista de Estudos da Religião - REVER (junho - Ano 9 – 2009): Geografia da Religião – perspectivas e abordagens
Autor: Jorge Claudio Noel Ribeiro Júnior
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(IsraelNN.com) by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu - 13/08/2008 - Archaeologists have discovered three 9,000-year-old skulls at the Yiftah'el dig in the Lower Galilee, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday. Experts said the placement of the skulls confirms the worship of ancestors from during that time, practiced by displaying skulls inside houses.
"The skulls were found plastered – that is to say sculpted – which is a phenomenon that is identified with the New Stone Age," said site director Dr. Hamoudi Khalaily. "The practice included the reconstruction of all of the facial features of the deceased by means of sculpting the skull with a variety of materials such as plaster that was specifically intended for this. On the skulls that were found in the excavation the nose was entirely reconstructed."
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View of the monumental building on the north side of the decumanus with a pile of collapsed columns in the courtyard -- probably the result of an earthquake. (Credit: Gaby Laron)ScienceDaily (Aug. 11, 2008) — Ruins of a Roman temple from the second century CE have recently been unearthed in the Zippori National Park. Above the temple are foundations of a church from the Byzantine period.
The discovery indicated that Zippori, the Jewish capital of the
The building of the church on the foundation of the temple testifies to the preservation of the sacred section of the city over time. This new finding demonstrates not only the religious life, culture and society in Roman and Byzantine Zippori, but also that this was a city in which Jews, pagans and later Christians lived together and developed their hometown with various buildings.
The newly discovered temple is located south of the decumanus - colonnaded street - which ran from east to west and was the main thoroughfare in the city during the Roman through Byzantine period. The temple, measuring approximately 24 by
No evidence has been found that reveals the nature of the temple’s rituals, but some coins dating from the time of Antoninus Pius, minted in Diocaesarea (Zippori), depict a temple to the Roman gods Zeus and Tyche. The temple ceased to function at an unknown date, and a large church, the remains of which were uncovered by the
North of the decumanus, opposite the temple, a monumental building was partially excavated this summer. Its role is still unclear, although its nature and size indicate that it was an important building. A courtyard with a well-preserved stone pavement of smooth rectangular slabs executed in high quality was uncovered in the center of the building, upon which were found a pile of collapsed columns and capitals - probably as a result of an earthquake. The decoration on these architectural elements was executed in stucco. Beyond a row of columns, an adjacent aisle and additional rooms were discovered. Two of them were decorated with colorful, geometrical mosaics.
Jornal Expresso - Jerusalém, 11 Agosto de 2008 (Lusa) - Arqueólogos descobriram em Zipori, na Baixa Galileia, um templo romano do século II d.C. que prova o carácter multicultural desta cidade.
"É o único templo que encontrámos até agora em Zipori e foi uma surpresa porque, sendo esta uma cidade judia situada numa região judia, esperávamos encontrar sinagogas, mas ainda não encontrámos nenhuma dentro da cidade e sim este templo romano", explicou Zeev Weis, director da escavação e professor do Instituto de Arqueologia da Universidade Hebraica.
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