The descendents of Japheth in Genesis 10:2-5 are speculatively identified as follows: Gomer Possibly they are the Cimmarians of southern Russia. They are mentioned by Heredotus, by Homer, and in Assyrian inscriptions. Magog This is probably a place name. In Ezeklal 38 and 39 there is a […]
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The Paphlagonians were among the oldest peoples of Asia according to early historians. The region included the triangle of land around Sinope (Sinop), Gangra (Çankiri), and Amastris (Amasra) bordering the Black Sea. One of their early leaders was Pylaemenes, the leader of the Paphlagonians in Homer’s Iliad. […]
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Recently the underground cities at Kaymakli Underground City and Derinkuyu Underground City near Nevşehir have been opened up for tourists. These also were early Christian centers and must have housed several thousand people in the eighth and ninth centuries. They extend downward in the earth for at least eight […]
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Antakya, also known as Antioch, Antioch-on-the-Orontes is the capital of Hatay Province, Mediterranean Turkey. It is not to be confused with Antalya, another city in Mediterranean Turkey, several hundred kilometers to the west. This city in the very south of Turkey was an important centre of early […]
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The area of Attalia (modern Antalya) is one of the most beautiful in all Turkey. It sits on sheer cliffs above the blue Mediterranean with a green plateau stretching behind the city to magnificent pine forests. To the west great mountains rise straight out of the sea. […]
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The Cave of the Abraham is known by Muslims as the Sanctuary of Abraham. Situated beneath a large rectangular Herodian era structure, the series of subterranean chambers is located in the heart of Hebron(Al-Khalil)’s old city in the Hebron Hills. According to tradition that has been associated […]
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About 90 kilometers southwest of Kayseri are the unusual towns of Ürgüp, Göreme, Avcılar, Ortahisar, and Üç Hisar with their troglodyte dwellings. Remains of early churches can be seen, complicated rooms hollowed out of the cones of volcanic ash. Several hundred churches are in this area, some […]
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The Seven Churches of Revelation Ephesus: Revelation 1:11; 2:1-7; Acts 18:19-28; 19:1-41; Ephesians Smyrna : Revelation 2:8-11 Pergamon : Revelation 2:12-17 Thyatira: Revelation 2:18-29; Acts 16:14 Sardis : Revelation 3:1-6 Philadelphia: Revelation 3:7-13 Laodicea : Revelation 3:14-22; Colossians 2:1; 4:13-16 The Seven Churches mentioned in The Revelation […]
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The first location of Cnidus was half-way along the Datca peninsula. The residents moved it to its present site both on the Island of Tropium and on the mainland in about 365 B.C. The island is now connected to the mainland by a low, narrow isthmus which […]
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The first location of Cnidus was half-way along the Datca peninsula. The residents moved it to its present site both on the Island of Tropium and on the mainland in about 365 B.C. The island is now connected to the mainland by a low, narrow isthmus which […]
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