With Jordan quickly becoming a popular destination, this one week Jordan itinerary and guide covers everything you need to know about Petra, the Jordan Pass, finding the right Wadi Rum desert camp, renting a car in Jordan and local customs you should be aware of before you go

Off-road drive with our 4WD for camping in Al Thakira Mangroves in Qatar (camping there is allowed for free everywhere). The tide has filled the landscape with shallow waters, turning it into a surreal, spectacular and truly instagrammable scenery. Great camping spot! -- #Travel #TravelDestination #BudgetTravel #BudgetTravelDestination #Nature #NatureTravel #ReconnectWithNature #4WD #Camping #MiddleEast #Qatar #SeeMyDoha #AlThakira #Mangroves #TidalRiver

Here is the second phase in my ongoing SWAT truck project. It is the interior design of the SWAT truck front cab. The space is for higher ranking officers to use as a mobile command station when rushing into dangerous situations. I still need to finish off the back of the vehicle next and then at some point design a SWAT officer to go with this thing :)

That time I spent two surreal nights deep in the Jordanian desert, camping with Bedouins.

This whirlwind five-day itinerary highlights the best of Morocco, including Fes, the Desert, and Marrakesh. Start in the imperial city of Fes and make your way south, traversing the Middle Atlas mountain range into the Sahara Desert. Cross up and over the High Atlas mountains before ending your trip

How did Jerusalem deal with the tremendous destruction wrought upon her by the Babylonian army in the 6th century BCE? New findings uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority and Tel Aviv University may provide an answer to this question. Stamp Seal featuring a man sitting on a big chair (maybe a king), in front of the man are pillars, discovered in the City of David Givati Parking Lot excavations [Credit: Shai Halevy, Israel Antiquities Authority] A double stamp impression on a bulla and a clay seal were found next to the rubble of a large structure that was destroyed during the Babylonian sacking of Jerusalem. These findings were dated - with high probability - to the Persian period and were discovered during the course of archaeological excavations undertaken by the Israel Antiquities Authority and Tel Aviv University in the Givati Parking Lot Excavation of The City of David Jerusalem, in the Jerusalem Walls National Park. "Despite the numerous excavations conducted in Jerusalem to date, so far the findings revealed from the Persian period are extremely meager and therefore we lack information regarding the character and appearance of the city during this period. The researchers emphasized that discovering these artifacts in an archaeological context which can be dated with highly probable accuracy is very rare.” explained Prof. Yuval Gadot, of the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University, and Dr. Yiftah Shalev, of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Seal made out of a piece of clay from the Persian Period discovered in the City of David Givati Parking Lot excavations [Credit: Shai Halevy, Israel Antiquities Authority] Seal impression - bullae - were small pieces of clay used in ancient times to sign documents or containers. This discovery shows evidence of the administrative authorities, and even of the people representing them. In other words - ancient historical bureaucracy. The double seal impression was discovered on a large piece of clay, about 4.5 cm, indicates that it was used to seal a large container - perhaps a jar - and not a document. The imprint bears the image of a person sitting on a large chair with a column in front of him. The design of the image is indicative of Babylonian-style composition. The character is probably a king and the column is the symbols that represent the gods Nabu or Marduk. This fragment of a Persian-period (4th – 5th century BCE) Bes-Vessel was discovered in a large refuse pit in the City of David’s Givati Parking Lot dig, in Jerusalem [Credit: Eliyahu Yanai, City of David] According to Dr. Ido Koch of the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University, only around ten artifacts of this style have been found in Israel, in places such as Ein Gedi and Jerusalem, which appear to have been in use during the Persian period. The engravings on the clay seal represent two characters, and it may be a pseudo-epigraphic seal (bearing drawings designed to resemble letters). The size of the seal, around 8 cm in diameter, indicates that it was used to seal large objects. The finding of the seal and seal impression indicates that despite the city's dire situation after the destruction, efforts were made to restore the administrative authorities to its daily routine, and its residents continued to partially use the structures that were destroyed. Revealing these findings shed light on the city's structure during the period of the Return to Zion, knowledge we had so far from Biblical literature (the books of Ezra and Nehemiah). Source: Israel Antiquities Authority [July 01, 2020] Labels Archaeology, Israel, Near East TANN you might also like Newer Post Older Post

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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil. F. Scott Fitzgerald was the most celebrated chronicler of the Jazz Age. At the time of his death, he believed he was an alcoholic failure; but he received posthumous acclaim as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. This collection brings together some of his finest stories, including 'The Curious Tale of Benjamin Button'; 'Winter Dreams', a melancholy thwarted love story that anticipated The Great Gatsby, and 'Babylon Revisited', set the year after the 1929 stock market crash, when the Jazz Age sounded its last. 'His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings' Ernest Hemingway