Archaeology

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Sepphoris

Sepphoris (Greek Σέπφωρις; Hebrew צִפּוֹרִי‎: important city in Roman Galilee and one of the main centers of early Rabbinical Judaism, modern Tzipori.History Synagogue Sepphoris means…

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Serdica (Sofia)

Serdica: Roman town, modern Sofia.History Roman baths and Rotunda Church Thracian town, named after the original inhabitants, the Serdi After 342/341 BCE: briefly occupied…

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Seriation

Seriation: a method of relative dating, in which artifacts are chronologically arranged. Seriation of Bronze Age axes In archaeological excavations, the older…

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Shushtar

Šurkutir: town in ancient Elam, modern Shushtar. The Roman bridge at Shushtar The ancient Royal road between Susa, the capital of Elam,…

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Sicily

Sicily: large and rich island opposite the Italian mainland. In Antiquity, it was settled by Phoenicians and Greeks, and contested by the Carthaginians, Romans, Ostrogoths, and Byzantines.Articles on Sicily Prehistory Polybius' decription of the Sicilian topography Homer on the Cyclops Colonization Thucydides on the colonization Polyaenus…

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Sicily (1)

Sicily: large and rich island opposite the Italian mainland. In Antiquity, it was settled by Phoenicians and Greeks, and contested by the Carthaginians, Romans, Ostrogoths, and Byzantines.Prehistory …

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Sicily (2)

Sicily: large and rich island opposite the Italian mainland. In Antiquity, it was settled by Phoenicians and Greeks, and contested by the Carthaginians, Romans, Ostrogoths, and Byzantines.Colonization …

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