Ancient biblical site to be opened to visitors
(22 Jul 2011)
AP Television
Nablus, West Bank - July 19, 2011
1. Wide of Tell Balata archaeological site at the ancient city of Shekhem
2. Pan right across map of ancient city
3. Wide of Dutch and Palestinian archaeologists working at site
4. Mid of female archaeologist working at site
5. Wide of Dutch and Palestinian archaeologists working at site
6. Tilt up across site
7. Mid of Van Der Jooit talking to reporters
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerrit Van Der Jooit, Leiden University:
Tell Balata is identified as a biblical place in fact, Shekhem or Sikkim, however it's pronounced, but that same name occurs also in external sources. And the most important source is the Amarna archive tablets, clay tablets, found in Egypt, and they date to the fourteenth century BC. And especially from those sources we know quite a bit about the king of this small kingdom, with the capital in Sikkim or Shakmu, as it's called there, who was trying to rebel against the Egyptian overlord.
9. Pan right from gate of ancient city to wall from the middle bronze age (1650 - 1450 B.C.)
10. Close of hole in wall
11. Wide of temple from ancient city
12. Pan left across foundations of temple
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerrit Van Der Jooit:
Through the 1970s and 1980s quite a few visitors came here, but on the other hand, at the same time it became neglected as well, that means it became a garbage area. And that of course will no longer happen. For one reason it will no longer happen because now the local population have started very well to understand the value of the site. Not only the historical value, but also the value for their own identity, because the local people have to feel themselves responsible for the archaeological heritage which is in their neighbourhood.
14. Mid of archaeologists working on site
15. Close of archaeologist clearing earth to expose stone
16. Tilt down from archaeologist clearing earth to hole which is believed to be a house from the Iron age (1200 - 600 B.C.)
17. Mid of Hamdan Taha, Director General of the Palestinian Department of Antiquities walking through site
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Hamdan Taha, Director General of the Palestinian Department of Antiquities:
The Department of Antiquities was established 15 years ago. It was a momentous event for the Palestinian people. Establishing a department of archaeology was an important event. It can be viewed as a revival of the Palestinian Department of Antiquities (which) ceased to exist in 1948. At the same time it gives Palestinians the opportunity to participate in writing or rewriting the history of Palestine from its primary sources.
19. Pan left across ancient site
20. Mid of worker hammering stone at site
21. Mid of stone steps
22. Wide of workers at site
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Hamdan Taha:
The role of archaeology should be preserved to understand the past, and we believe that archaeology can be also an important means for understanding, mutual understanding.
24. Various of the east gate from the late Bronze age (1450 - 1200 B.C.)
25. Wide of the city of Nablus
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In a Palestinian city rarely visited by outsiders, archaeologists are excavating one of the Holy Land's most important biblical sites.
The ancient city of Shekhem, in modern-day Nablus, was an important regional centre more than 3,500 years ago, but digging teams have only recently returned to the site after decades of neglect.
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A team of international archaeologists in the West Bank city of Nablus are working on an excavation that has been interrupted by two world wars and ongoing Middle East conflict since work began almost a century ago.
Van der Jooit says there is growing awareness of the importance of this site.
After that the site fell into disrepair.
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Shechem: Jacob's Well, Joseph's Tomb, Mt. Gerizim, Mt. Ebal, Christ & the Woman at the Well
See a video about biblical Shechem. One of the most important locations in the Holy Land.
Location
1. Biblical Shechem is also known as Sychar in the New Testament, and as Tel Balata and Nablus, today.
2. Shechem is located about 30 miles (48 km.) north of Jerusalem and about 30 miles (48 km.) northeast of Tel Aviv.
3. It was in the Samaria region of Israel in the territory of Ephraim during Bible times.
4. It was on a main north-south travel route that linked the northern and southern parts of Israel.
5. It was also on a main east-west route that linked the coastal plain of Israel with the Jordan Valley.
6. Shechem lies between the two famous mountains of Gerizim and Ebal.
Historical Background
1. Shechem had a significant role in the Bible and is mentioned 58 times.
2. God first appeared to Abraham in Shechem and gave him the promise that he would inherit the land.
3. Abraham and Jacob lived here.
4. Joseph’s bones are buried here.
5. The blessings and curses given on Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal took place here.
6. Joshua rallied all Israel and made a covenant with them in Shechem.
7. The nation of Israel became divided in Shechem.
8. Shechem became the capital of the northern tribes of Israel under King Jeroboam’s rule.
9. On top of Mount Gerizim are substantial ruins.
• The Samaritans first built a temple here for worship in the 5th century. Later, in the 2nd century, they built walls around the temple to protect it.
• In the latter part of the 2nd century, the Hasmoneans (Jewish rule from 165–63 BC) destroyed the Samaritan’s temple on Mount Gerizim and the city at the base of the mountain (ancient Shechem).
• During the Roman occupation of Israel, the Samaritans were given permission by the Romans to rebuild their temple and city.
• In 475 AD, under Byzantine rule, the Samaritan temple was destroyed, and a Byzantine church was erected. Later, a monastery was built as well.
10. Jesus met with a Samaritan woman (John 4) at Jacob’s Well in Shechem. Today, the well is inside the Church of St. Photina, which was originally built in 380 AD. Over the years, the church was destroyed a number of times by natural and military forces. The current church building is overseen by the Greek Orthodox Church, which obtained the site in 1893.
11. The Samaritans were a small group of unfaithful Israelites who remained in the land of Israel and intermarried with foreign unbelievers after the deportation of Israel by the Assyrians in 722 BC. They established their own religion at Mount Gerizim and built their own temple. They were despised and rejected by the Jews and considered unclean. The Samaritans, likewise, despised the Jews and had few dealings with them. The Samaritans only believe in the Torah (first 5 books of the Old Testament).
Places of Interest
1. Tel Balata
• Visitor Center
• Northwest Gate
• City Wall
• Fortress Temple
• Joshua’s Stone (Erected after Joshua made a covenant with the Israelites)
• Sacred Courtyard
• Houses
• Eastern Gate
2. Mount Gerizim
• 2nd-century buildings
• Fortified enclosure
• Citadel
• Courtyards
• 2nd-century mansion
• 12 Stone Altar
• Byzantine Church
• Byzantine Gate
• 2nd-century Gate
• Byzantine Monastery
• Eastern Gate
3. Mount Ebal
• Joshua’s Rectangular Altar
• Circular Altar below Rectangular Altar (possibly that of Abraham or Jacob)
4. Jacob’s Well (120 feet, 40 m. deep)
5. Joseph’s Tomb
6. Modern Shechem (Nablus)
Shechem
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Shechem
Shechem /ˈʃɛkəm/, also spelled Sichem (/ˈsɪkəm/; Hebrew: שְׁכֶם / שְׁכָם, Standard Š(ə)ḫem Tiberian Šəḵem, shoulder), was a Canaanite city mentioned in the Amarna letters, and is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as an Israelite city of the tribe of Manasseh and the first capital of the Kingdom of Israel.Traditionally associated with Nablus, it is now identified with the nearby site of Tell Balata in Balata al-Balad in the West Bank.
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00:02:54 2 Historical boundaries
00:04:40 3 Modern-time administrative regions
00:05:11 4 Geography
00:05:48 5 History
00:05:57 5.1 Ancient
00:07:40 5.2 New Testament references
00:08:46 5.3 Modern history
00:11:34 6 Archaeology
00:11:43 6.1 Ancient city of Samaria/Sebaste
00:13:22 6.2 Other ancient sites
00:13:59 7 Samaritans
00:15:17 8 See also
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Samaria (; Hebrew: שֹׁמְרוֹן, Standard Šoməron, Tiberian Šōmərôn; Arabic: السامرة, as-Sāmirah – also known as Jibāl Nāblus, Nablus Mountains) is a historical and biblical name used for the central region of ancient Land of Israel, also was known as Palestine, bordered by Galilee to the north and Judaea to the south. For the beginning of the Common Era, Josephus set the Mediterranean Sea as its limit to the west, and the Jordan River as its limit to the east. Its territory largely corresponds to the biblical allotments of the tribe of Ephraim and the western half of Manasseh; after the death of Solomon and the splitting-up of his empire into the southern Kingdom of Judah and the northern one of Israel, this territory constituted the southern part of the Kingdom of Israel. The border between Samaria and Judea is set at the latitude of Ramallah.The name Samaria is derived from the ancient city of Samaria, the second capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel. The name likely began being used for the entire kingdom not long after the town of Samaria had become Israel's capital, but it is first documented after its conquest by Sargon II of Assyria, who turned the kingdom into the province of Samerina.Samaria has been revived as an administrative term in 1967, when the West Bank has been defined by Israeli officials as the Judea and Samaria Area, of which the entire area north of the Jerusalem District is termed as Samaria.
Jordan ceded its claim to the area to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in August 1988. In 1994, control of Areas 'A' (full civil and security control by the Palestinian Authority) and 'B' (Palestinian civil control and joint Israeli-Palestinian security control) were transferred by Israel to the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Authority and the international community do not recognize the term Samaria; in modern times, the territory is generally known as part of the West Bank.
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00:08:04 5.2 New Testament references
00:09:16 5.3 Modern history
00:12:11 6 Archaeology
00:12:21 6.1 Ancient city of Samaria/Sebaste
00:14:32 6.2 Other ancient sites
00:15:13 7 Samaritans
00:16:34 8 See also
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Samaria (; Hebrew: שומרון, Standard Šoməron, Tiberian Šōmərôn; Arabic: السامرة, as-Sāmirah – also known as Jibāl Nāblus, Nablus Mountains) is a historical and biblical name used for the central region of the ancient Land of Israel, also was known as Palestine, bordered by Galilee to the north and Judaea to the south. For the beginning of the Common Era, Josephus set the Mediterranean Sea as its limit to the west, and the Jordan River as its limit to the east. Its territory largely corresponds to the biblical allotments of the tribe of Ephraim and the western half of Manasseh; after the death of Solomon and the splitting-up of his empire into the southern Kingdom of Judah and the northern Kingdom of Israel, this territory constituted the southern part of the Kingdom of Israel. The border between Samaria and Judea is set at the latitude of Ramallah.The name Samaria is derived from the ancient city of Samaria, the second capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel. The name likely began being used for the entire kingdom not long after the town of Samaria had become Israel's capital, but it is first documented after its conquest by Sargon II of Assyria, who turned the kingdom into the province of Samerina.Samaria was revived as an administrative term in 1967, when the West Bank was defined by Israeli officials as the Judea and Samaria Area, of which the entire area north of the Jerusalem District is termed as Samaria.
Jordan ceded its claim to the area to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in August 1988. In 1994, control of Areas 'A' (full civil and security control by the Palestinian Authority) and 'B' (Palestinian civil control and joint Israeli-Palestinian security control) were transferred by Israel to the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Authority and the international community do not recognize the term Samaria; in modern times, the territory is generally known as part of the West Bank.
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Samaria (; Hebrew: שֹׁמְרוֹן, Standard Šoməron, Tiberian Šōmərôn; Arabic: السامرة, as-Sāmirah – also known as Jibāl Nāblus, Nablus Mountains) is a historical and biblical name used for the central region of ancient Land of Israel, also known as Palestine, bordered by Galilee to the north and Judaea to the south. For the beginning of the Common Era, Josephus set the Mediterranean Sea as its limit to the west, and the Jordan River as its limit to the east. Its territory largely corresponds to the biblical allotments of the tribe of Ephraim and the western half of Manasseh; after the death of Solomon and the splitting-up of his empire into the southern Kingdom of Judah and the northern one of Israel, this territory constituted the southern part of the Kingdom of Israel. The border between Samaria and Judea is set at the latitude of Ramallah.The name Samaria is derived from the ancient city of Samaria, the second capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel. The name likely began being used for the entire kingdom not long after the town of Samaria had become Israel's capital, but it is first documented after its conquest by Sargon II of Assyria, who turned the kingdom into the province of Samerina.Samaria has been revived as an administrative term in 1967, when the West Bank has been defined by Israeli officials as the Judea and Samaria Area, of which the entire area north of the Jerusalem District is termed as Samaria.
Jordan ceded its claim to the area to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in August 1988. In 1994, control of Areas 'A' (full civil and security control by the Palestinian Authority) and 'B' (Palestinian civil control and joint Israeli-Palestinian security control) were transferred by Israel to the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Authority and the international community do not recognize the term Samaria; in modern times, the territory is generally known as part of the West Bank.
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Samaria (; Hebrew: שֹׁמְרוֹן, Standard Šoməron, Tiberian Šōmərôn; Arabic: السامرة, as-Sāmirah – also known as Jibāl Nāblus, Nablus Mountains) is a historical and biblical name used for the central region of ancient Land of Israel, also known as Palestine, bordered by Galilee to the north and Judaea to the south. For the beginning of the Common Era, Josephus set the Mediterranean Sea as its limit to the west, and the Jordan River as its limit to the east. Its territory largely corresponds to the biblical allotments of the tribe of Ephraim and the western half of Manasseh; after the death of Solomon and the splitting-up of his empire into the southern Kingdom of Judah and the northern one of Israel, this territory constituted the southern part of the Kingdom of Israel. The border between Samaria and Judea is set at the latitude of Ramallah.The name Samaria is derived from the ancient city of Samaria, the second capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel. The name likely began being used for the entire kingdom not long after the town of Samaria had become Israel's capital, but it is first documented after its conquest by Sargon II of Assyria, who turned the kingdom into the province of Samerina.Samaria has been revived as an administrative term in 1967, when the West Bank has been defined by Israeli officials as the Judea and Samaria Area, of which the entire area north of the Jerusalem District is termed as Samaria.
Jordan ceded its claim to the area to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in August 1988. In 1994, control of Areas 'A' (full civil and security control by the Palestinian Authority) and 'B' (Palestinian civil control and joint Israeli-Palestinian security control) were transferred by Israel to the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Authority and the international community do not recognize the term Samaria; in modern times, the territory is generally known as part of the West Bank.
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Samaria (; Hebrew: שֹׁמְרוֹן, Standard Šoməron, Tiberian Šōmərôn; Arabic: السامرة, as-Sāmirah – also known as Jibāl Nāblus, Nablus Mountains) is a historical and biblical name used for the central region of ancient Land of Israel, also known as Palestine, bordered by Galilee to the north and Judaea to the south. For the beginning of the Common Era, Josephus set the Mediterranean Sea as its limit to the west, and the Jordan River as its limit to the east. Its territory largely corresponds to the biblical allotments of the tribe of Ephraim and the western half of Manasseh; after the death of Solomon and the splitting-up of his empire into the southern Kingdom of Judah and the northern one of Israel, this territory constituted the southern part of the Kingdom of Israel. The border between Samaria and Judea is set at the latitude of Ramallah.The name Samaria is derived from the ancient city of Samaria, the second capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel. The name likely began being used for the entire kingdom not long after the town of Samaria had become Israel's capital, but it is first documented after its conquest by Sargon II of Assyria, who turned the kingdom into the province of Samerina.Samaria has been revived as an administrative term in 1967, when the West Bank has been defined by Israeli officials as the Judea and Samaria Area, of which the entire area north of the Jerusalem District is termed as Samaria.
Jordan ceded its claim to the area to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in August 1988. In 1994, control of Areas 'A' (full civil and security control by the Palestinian Authority) and 'B' (Palestinian civil control and joint Israeli-Palestinian security control) were transferred by Israel to the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Authority and the international community do not recognize the term Samaria; in modern times, the territory is generally known as part of the West Bank.
Samaria | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:20 1 Etymology
00:03:28 2 Historical boundaries
00:05:35 3 Modern-time administrative regions
00:06:10 4 Geography
00:06:54 5 History
00:07:03 5.1 Ancient
00:09:06 5.2 New Testament references
00:10:24 5.3 Modern history
00:13:45 6 Archaeology
00:13:54 6.1 Ancient city of Samaria/Sebaste
00:15:50 6.2 Other ancient sites
00:16:33 7 Samaritans
00:18:06 8 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Samaria (; Hebrew: שֹׁמְרוֹן, Standard Šoməron, Tiberian Šōmərôn; Arabic: السامرة, as-Sāmirah – also known as Jibāl Nāblus, Nablus Mountains) is a historical and biblical name used for the central region of ancient Land of Israel, also was known as Palestine, bordered by Galilee to the north and Judaea to the south. For the beginning of the Common Era, Josephus set the Mediterranean Sea as its limit to the west, and the Jordan River as its limit to the east. Its territory largely corresponds to the biblical allotments of the tribe of Ephraim and the western half of Manasseh; after the death of Solomon and the splitting-up of his empire into the southern Kingdom of Judah and the northern one of Israel, this territory constituted the southern part of the Kingdom of Israel. The border between Samaria and Judea is set at the latitude of Ramallah.The name Samaria is derived from the ancient city of Samaria, the second capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel. The name likely began being used for the entire kingdom not long after the town of Samaria had become Israel's capital, but it is first documented after its conquest by Sargon II of Assyria, who turned the kingdom into the province of Samerina.Samaria has been revived as an administrative term in 1967, when the West Bank has been defined by Israeli officials as the Judea and Samaria Area, of which the entire area north of the Jerusalem District is termed as Samaria.
Jordan ceded its claim to the area to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in August 1988. In 1994, control of Areas 'A' (full civil and security control by the Palestinian Authority) and 'B' (Palestinian civil control and joint Israeli-Palestinian security control) were transferred by Israel to the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Authority and the international community do not recognize the term Samaria; in modern times, the territory is generally known as part of the West Bank.