Ninja cats, definitely. The Kitteh Cult.
Posted on 07/01/2010 3:55:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Ancient Ashkelon, now quietly nestled beside the Mediterranean in the south of Israel, is shaped like a giant 150-acre bowl... Inside the bowl are buried at least 20 ancient cities, dating from about 3500 B.C. to 1500 A.D., a span of 5,000 years.... In 604 B.C., Philistine Ashkelon was destroyed by the neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadrezzar (neb-uh-kuh-DREZ-uhr; also called Nebuchadnezzar [neb-uh-kuhd-NEZ-uhr]), whose army soon thereafter (in 586 B.C.) destroyed Jerusalem, capital of the kingdom of Judah, together with its Temple. Thus began what is known in Israelite history as the Babylonian Exile. Less widely known is the fact that the Philistines too were exiled to Babylon... No record exists, however, as to what happened to the exiled Philistines. Those who may have remained in Ashkelon after Nebuchadrezzar's conquest apparently lost their ethnic identity. They simply disappear from history. Culturally, Ashkelon once again became Canaanite -- or, more precisely, Phoenician, as the coastal Canaanites are called at this time, having developed a culture of their own, supported by a far-flung commercial empire to the west.
(Excerpt) Read more at bib-arch.org ...
Because, even then, the Jews loved Chinese food? [ducks, runs]
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Ninja cats, definitely. The Kitteh Cult.
Maybe the philistines bought dog food from China.
Maybe they had an active PETA chapter.
Can I be on your ping list please. Interesting article, I went to Israel 9 years ago and was entranced with it’s beauty and soul..Thx
Dog gone if I know.
Ooh, that’s bad...
Could it have been a rampant case of ancient Parvo virus?
Maybe, just maybe, five, six, seven miles down, there’s a giant bone buried down there, and dogs from all over the world were drawn like magnets to this very spot. It was like a canine gold rush. Sadly, after days, weeks and months of fruitless digging, each crazed pooch, thirsty and exhausted, expired without reaching his goal.
Because they were dead?
Animal sacrifice.
What's their definition of "city?" My company has three buildings and parking situated on 78 acres. 20 cities on 150 acres? That's a subdivision in an affluent American suburb.
Great site. Thanks for reminding me about it.
Best reply yet.........
Then, there's this:
"The Native American Dog" "The American Dingo" " Southern Aboriginal Dog" "The Indian's Dog"
Still living Wild in the bottom land swamps and forests of the Southeastern United States. (For ~10,000 years)
When the Babylonians layed seige to the city the people ate their dogs trying to survive the famine inside the city.
canaanite= canine (sleepy time)........
sorry
Maybe... they were just “Cat” people. ?
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