The Pilgrim of Bordeaux made his way to the Holy Land visiting various sites including Jericho.
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The Neolithic Jericho
Jericho held the title of the longest inhabited
settlement in history. It turned into a legend after its walls came tumbling
down through the sounds of trumpets of Joshua and the Israelites. Since then it
became a place of pilgrimage and later on of further study for development of
humanity during the Neolithic Age.
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| Jericho, 1931 |
Symbol of Lebanon in the Ancient World
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| Lebanese Flag |
Lebanon is a country located in the Middle East. It is surrounded by Syria to the north and east; by Israel to the south; and the vast expanse of the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Its flag has three horizontal stripes, two red stripes with a white stripe in the middle. At the center of the flag lies a cedar tree. But why a cedar tree placed in the middle of the flag of this Middle Eastern country?
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