Episode 83
How to Decorate a Philistine Temple, or, Flower Power Tell es Safi Style
This Week in the Ancient Near East
March 4, 202452m 43s
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Show Notes
Plant remains from the Philistine temples at Tell es Safi (aka Gat) have us asking questions. Sure they’re lovely seasonal items but were they tastefully displayed? How about those strong parallels in Greece? And for the very first time the listener stops by with an unexpected tale of a visit to tunnels beneath Nineveh, newly liberated from ISIS!