Phoenician Religion [first Edition]
The names Phoenicia and Phoenician come from the Greek phoinikē and phoinikias, respectively. These terms were used by the Greeks to designate the coastal st...
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Phoenician Religion [further Considerations]
With regard to the mlk-sacrifice, both the definition of the word mlk and the nature of the actual sacrifice are still under debate. There was an underworl...
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Development of Seagoing Vessels in the Ancient World
Overview
The first seagoing vessels were developed by the Egyptians, followed by other peoples living on the Mediterranean Sea. These peoples devel...
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The curtains are drawn shut. Security guards are on constant watch, pacing the hallways and searching visitors. Bomb detectors, police armored vehicles and checkpoints monitor traffic outside. The ...
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Anti-Syrian lawmakers rattled by last week's assassination of one of their colleagues took refuge in a heavily guarded hotel Monday, a day before the deeply divided parliament convenes to elect a p...
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Beirut (dpa) - "The interview will be in my new office, which is
my home," said a high-ranking minister in the Western-backed
government of Fouad Seniora.
Mos...
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BEIRUT, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Lebanese lawmaker Hadi Hbeich has
barely seen daylight in a month, sheltered in a Beirut hotel
with other MPs behind tight security designed to stop them
joining a list ...
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