THE PALESTINIAN HISTORY TAPESTRY

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Islam was brought to the region of Palestine during the Early Muslim conquests of the 7th century, when armies of the Rashidun Caliphate defeated the armies of Persia and the …

Sponsored by: Haj Hassan Family, Jordan The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is believed to have been built on the site at which Jesus of Nazareth is said to have …

Helena was the mother of Constantine the Great, who became Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Constantine honoured his mother by granting her the imperial title “Augusta.”

The aqueduct at Caesarea is on the coastal plain south of Haifa. The town and aqueduct were built by Herod the Great around 25–13 BCE, as the port city Caesarea …

The birth of Jesus of Nazareth in Bethlehem. “And so it was… that Mary gave birth to a son in a stable. She called him Jesus and wrapped him in …

Sponsored by: Chalmers Family UK The Roman conquest of Judea in 63 BCE was solidified when Herod was appointed King of Judea. In 132 CE, the Roman Emperor Hadrian joined …

Alexander III of Macedon (356-323 BCE), commonly known as Alexander the Great, created one of the largest empires in the ancient world. He conquered the Persians, who had earlier subjugated …

One of a pair of roosters, whose heads are turned backwards, straddling a doorway to the main tomb chamber at Tell Sandahannah, an excavated mound one mile south of Beit …

The first Jewish temple (Beit HaMikdash), was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II after the Siege of Jerusalem in 587 BCE.  The embroidery is based on an image by an unnamed illustrator …

Ba’al was a title and honorific meaning “lord” in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied to …