The oldest known crown in the world, which was
famously discovered in 1961 as part of the Nahal Mishmar Hoard, along with
numerous other treasured artifacts, dates back to the Copper Age between
4000–3500 B.C. 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 ancient crown is just one
out of more than 400 artifacts that were recovered in a cave in the Judean
Desert near the Dead Sea more than half a century ago. Some of these
objects are like nothing ever seen anywhere else. See pictures and read
complete article at -- http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1384068-the-6000-year-old-crown-found-in-a-dead-sea-cave/
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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