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Chapters: Gardens in Israel, Jewish National Fund forests and parks, National parks of Israel, Masada, Caesarea Maritima, Achziv, Lachish, Shivta, Qumran, Beit She'an, Tzippori, Capernaum, Tel Megiddo, Mount Tabor, Hippos, Ein Avdat, Tel Hazor, National parks and nature reserves of Israel, Khirbat al-Minya, Herodium, Beit Guvrin National Park, Makhtesh Ramon, Ramat HaNadiv, Beit She'arim National Park, Eleutheropolis, Ein Gedi, Canada Park, Al Qastal, Palestine, Tel Arad, Montfort Castle, Jezreel, Yarkon River, Arsuf, Gezer, Nimrod Fortress, Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, Yatir Forest, Yarkon Park, Ashdod Sand Dune, Maresha, Mount Arbel, Belvoir Fortress, Wohl Rose Park, Ben-Gurion International Airport Garden, Terraces, Beit Alfa, Rosh HaNikra grottoes, Nitzana, Mamshit, Archaeological sites in Israel, Tel Be'er Sheva, Sidna Ali Mosque, Castel National Park, Ein Hemed, Garden of the King, Nahal Alexander, Island of Peace, Australian Soldier Park, Hurshat Tal, City of David National Park, Hamat Tiberias, Samaria, Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Jerusalem Forest, Neot Kedumim, Mazor Mausoleum, Ashkelon National Park, Alexandrium, Gazelle Valley, Gan HaShlosha National Park, Tel Shikmona, Migdal Afek, HaSharon Park, Ramat Gan National Park, The Garden of Mordy, Eshtaol Forest, Emek Tzurim National Park, Bar'am National Park. Excerpt: Location of QumranQumran (Hebrew: , Arabic: - Khirbet Qumran) is an archaeological site in the West Bank. It is located on a dry plateau about a mile inland from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, near the Israeli settlement and kibbutz of Kalia. The Hellenistic period settlement was constructed during the reign of John Hyrcanus, 134-104 BCE or somewhat later, and was occupied most of the time until it was destroyed by the Romans in 68 CE or shortly after. It is best known as the settlement nearest to the caves in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden, caves in the sheer desert cliffs and beneath, in the marl terrace. Since the discovery from 1947 to 1956 of nearly 900 scrolls in various conditions, mostly written on parchment, with others on papyrus, extensive excavations of the settlement have been undertaken. Cisterns, Jewish ritual baths, and cemeteries have been found, along with a dining or assembly room and debris from an upper story alleged by some to have been a scriptorium as well as pottery kilns and a tower. Many scholars believe the location to have been home to a Jewish sect, the Essenes being the preferred choice; others have proposed non-sectarian interpretations, some of these starting with the notion that it was a Hasmonean fort which was later transformed into a villa for a wealthy family or a production center, perhaps a pottery factory or similar. A large cemetery was discovered to the east of the site. While most of the graves contain the remains of males, some females were also discovered, though some burials may be from medieval times. Only a small portion of the graves were excavated, as excavating cemeteries is forbidden under Jewish law. Over a thousand bodies are buried at Qumran cemetery. One theory is that bodies were those of generations of sectarians, while another is that they were brought to Qumran because burial was easier there than in rockier surrounding areas. The scrolls were found in a series of eleven caves around t. The Cobra and Scarab A Novel of Ancient Egypt. Hidden for centuries by the shifting sands of the desert, scrolls are unearthed by an archeologist who believes his dream of discovering riches has finally come true. But his hopes of returning to England in glory are shattered when a Bedouin reveals that the ancient text does not hold monetary value, but instead shares the unknown truths of the beautiful Egyptian queen Hatshepsut, the treacheries of nobility, and the two men destined from birth to clash with her. The ambitious Hatshepsut is willing to become Pharaoh at any cost, even when the price must be paid with her body and with murder. Tetimas, rightful heir to the throne, is forced from childhood to watch his kingship stolen from him by Hatshepsut and her sadistic lover, Ashwan. Yet, despite his fears, Tetimass fate and Egypts power are destined to become one. Haunted by tragedy, Sakkara seeks solace in war, but is willing to risk everything to save his half-brother, the true king. In this gripping, classic historical tale, the hatred between two strong-willed leaders is about to boil to the surface. As a nation waits for the victor in a momentous struggle for the throne, a hidden history is at last revealed. The Cobra and Scarab A Novel of Ancient Egypt. Hidden for centuries by the shifting sands of the desert, scrolls are unearthed by an archeologist who believes his dream of discovering riches has finally come true. But his hopes of returning to England in glory are shattered when a Bedouin reveals that the ancient text does not hold monetary value, but instead shares the unknown truths of the beautiful Egyptian queen Hatshepsut, the treacheries of nobility, and the two men destined from birth to clash with her. The ambitious Hatshepsut is willing to become Pharaoh at any cost, even when the price must be paid with her body and with murder. Tetimas, rightful heir to the throne, is forced from childhood to watch his kingship stolen from him by Hatshepsut and her sadistic lover, Ashwan. Yet, despite his fears, Tetimass fate and Egypts power are destined to become one. Haunted by tragedy, Sakkara seeks solace in war, but is willing to risk everything to save his half-brother, the true king. In this gripping, classic historical tale, the hatred between two strong-willed leaders is about to boil to the surface. As a nation waits for the victor in a momentous struggle for the throne, a hidden history is at last revealed. Objects and Spells: The Book of the Dead. If one should mention The Book of the Dead, what comes to mind? If you are like me, the first initial thought is the 1999 movie, The Mummy , in which the Book of the Dead is used to unleash a 3,000-year-old Egyptian priest who wreaks havoc on the living world. While a famous quote from the film “one mustn’t read from the book!” I assure you; it is certainly safe -and encouraged- to do so. What is the Book of the Dead? Ancient Egyptians believed that an essential part of every human personality is its life force, or soul, called the “ka,” which lived on after the death of the body, forever engaged in the activities it had enjoyed in its former existence. But the “ka” needed a body to live in, either the mummified body of the deceased or, as a substitute, a sculpted likeness in the form of a statue. The Egyptians developed elaborate funerary practices to ensure that their deceased moved safely and effectively into the afterlife. By the time of the New Kingdom (1539–1075 BCE), the Egyptians had come to believe that only a person free from wrongdoing could enjoy an afterlife. The dead were thought to undergo a last judgment consisting of two tests presided over by Osiris, the god of the underworld, and supervised by the jackal-headed god of embalming and cemeteries, Anubis. After the deceased were questioned about their behavior in life, their hearts—which the Egyptians believed to be the seat of the soul-were weighed on a scale against an ostrich feather, the symbol of Ma'at, goddess of truth, order, and justice. Family members commissioned papyrus scrolls containing magical texts or spells, which the embalmers sometimes placed among the wrappings of the mummified bodies. Early collectors of Egyptian artifacts referred to such scrolls, often beautifully illustrated, as "Books of the Dead." (Stokstad & Cothren, 2011, p. 49 & pp.76-77) Although ancient Egyptians referred to these scrolls as "Spells of Emerging in Daytime,” the modern title “The Book of the Dead” is also misleading because the texts are not about death but life: specifically, eternal life as a spirit. The purpose of the Book of the Dead is to aid the deceased in making a successful transition from death to eternal life as an “akh.” The newly revivified spirit was thought to live not in some distant paradise but in the world, it knew during life, though on a higher plane of existence. It could enjoy the best that the world had to offer without any of the attendant discomforts. Since it no longer had a physical body, it did not have to endure the heat or cold, sickness or death. It could enjoy food and drink, and even sex, and whatever work it might undertake-such as plowing or harvesting in the fields- would be done in comfort and without exertion. Furthermore, the book was meant to be read by the spirit and the “spells” within the scrolls were available in the deceased’s tomb to make a tranquil and comfortable eternal life. (Allen, 2010, pp.12-13) Permanent Collection at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science. Since Egyptians followed a fairly strict set of artistic conventions, often based on conceptual principles rather than on the observation of the natural world, the underlying conventions that govern ancient Egyptian art appear early, however, and are maintained with subtle but significant variations, over almost three millennia of its history.