Tag: Phoenicia

Founded as Gebal by the Phoenicians, Byblos, is believed to have been continuously occupied between 8800 and 7000 BC

Ancient Byblos: Powerful Phoenician City With Own Kings

MessageToEagle.com | April 27, 2016

MessageToEagle.com – According to the Amarna Letters and the annals of Thutmose III, Byblos (‘Papyrus’ in Greek), was dependent and subservient to Egypt for hundreds of years. However, these

Four paleo-Hebrew letters—two just below the winged sun disk at center, two at bottom left and right—spell out the name YZBL, or Jezebel, on this seal. The Phoenician design, the dating of the seal to the ninth or early eighth century B.C.E. and, of course, the name, have led scholars to speculate that the Biblical queen may once have used this gray opal to seal her documents.

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Infamous Queen Jezebel And Her Ancient Seal

MessageToEagle.com | February 13, 2016

MessageToEagle.com – In the 1960s, an interesting ancient and large seal was discovered by the Old Testament scholar Dr Marjo Korpel. It was initially assumed that the seal had