The world’s oldest crown, which was famously
discovered in 1961 as part of the Nahal Mishar Hoard, along with numerous other
treasured artefacts, are to be revealed in New York University's Institute for
the Study of the Ancient World as part of the 'Masters of Fire: Copper Age Art
from Israel' exhibit. The ancient crown dates back to the Copper Age between
4000–3500 BC, and is just one out of more than 400 artefacts that were
recovered in a cave in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea more than half a century
ago. The crown is shaped like a thick ring and features vultures and
doors protruding from the top. It is believed that it played a part in burial
ceremonies for people of importance at the time. The Nahal Mishmar Hoard
was found by archaeologist Pessah Bar-Adon hidden in a natural crevice and
wrapped in a straw mat in a cave on the northern side of Nahal Mishmar, which
became known as the ‘Cave of Treasures’. The 442 prized artefacts made
from copper, bronze, ivory, and stone include 240 mace heads, 100 sceptres, 5
crowns, powder horns, tools and weapons. Carbon-14 dating of the reed mat in
which the objects were wrapped suggests that it dates to at least 3500 BCE. See
pictures and read article at -- http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/6000-year-old-crown-found-dead-sea-cave-revealed-001436
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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