One of the great tragedies of the twenty-first century has been the rise of religious intolerance and the disrespect of other faiths that has been associated with it. Around the world, bias, bigotry, religious venom, and violence have led to the wanton destruction of sacred shrines across the planet. Nowhere has this intolerance been as virulent as in the Middle East, which is the heart and soul of the three great Western religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In lands where millennia of peaceful of coexistence had, for the most part, prevailed, a rabid spiritual darkness of intolerance has fueled the wanton destruction of religious sanctuaries of all three of these children of Abraham. The hatred has not been limited to any one of the traditions. But there have been glimmers of hope, seen in the clandestine efforts of recovery and restitution of our collective past. Archaeologists have followed in the footsteps of military action against these religious fanatics, and in the process, they have recovered bits and pieces of everyones religious heritage. This is a story indicative of these efforts, although it is fiction. It can give hope to the future, when they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore (Isa. 2:4).
Minrose Gwin's The Queen of Palmyra is an unforgettable evocation of a time and a place in America—a nuanced, gripping story of race and identity.
Palmyra
The spirit of adventure callls Marcus Didius Falco on a new spying mission for the Emperor Vespasian to the untamed East. He's picking up extra fees from his old friend...
The spirit of adventure calls Falco on a new spying mission to the untamed East in search of the Emperor Vespasian .
Palmyra reveals the fascinating history of the place known as "the Queen of Canal Towns.
Paris: P. Geuthner, 1985. Dentzer, Jean-Marie, ed. Hauran I: Recherches archéologiques sur la Syrie du sud à l'époque ... Dohr n, Tobias. Die Tyche von Antiochia . Berlin: Gebr. Mann, 1960. Donahue, John F. “Toward a Typology of Roman ...
These three main topics will together highlight the ways in which this fascinating site has again and again captured the world's focus.Organized in nine chapters, this compact book will set out to provide an introduction for students and ...
PALMYRA 1885: The Wolfe Expedition and the Photographs of John Henry Haynes
The Pantheon of Palmyra
The Art of Palmyra