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Third Crusade site where Christian forces defeated Muslim army identified
Jerusalem Post ^ | August 2, 2020 | Rossella Tercatin

Posted on 08/06/2020 9:32:10 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

In 1187, Saladin managed to defeat the Crusader states and reconquer Jerusalem, prompting Richard to initiate another military campaign to regain Christian control over the Holy Land.

After Acre surrendered to him, the king started to descend along Israel's coast with his forces.

"Ultimately, Richard and the Crusaders wanted to reconquer Jerusalem, but first the monarch decided to march south to capture Jaffa," the archaeologist explained.

The march along the shore allowed the troops to be protected by the Mediterranean Sea on their right side and to receive the logistical support of their fleet. Lewis pointed out that Richard proved to have important leadership skills, keeping his forces united, allowing them to frequently rest near sources of water to recuperate both from the fatigue of a campaign conducted in the hottest period of the year -- August -- and from the constant incursions against them carried out by Muslim soldiers.

In order to identify the exact site where the major battle occurred, the scholar analyzed elements such as the number of hours of sunlight that troops could take advantage of to advance, also in consideration of factors such as at what time of the day the sun would be high enough in the sky to be out of the archers' eyes. The movements of the moon, the temperature and humidity and the winds direction were also taken into consideration.

Ancient maps and accounts from different periods provided insights to help reconstruct a landscape which looked very different from how it looks today, and especially the location of a long-gone oak forest where the battle is said to have taken place.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: acre; battleofarsuf; crusades; glilotjunction; godsgravesglyphs; middleages; renaissance; richardthelionheart; saladin; sharonplain; thecrusades
View of the Arsuf battlefield (photo credit: Rafael Lewis)

View of the Arsuf battlefield (photo credit: Rafael Lewis)

1 posted on 08/06/2020 9:32:10 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 08/06/2020 9:33:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hopefully there will some day be a radioactive crater identified where the final crusade ended with 5 meagtons in Mecca....


3 posted on 08/06/2020 9:42:31 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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To: RedStateRocker
More likely to be a warehouse full of 'fertilizer'.

4 posted on 08/06/2020 9:49:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Can we raise them back like in Scorpion King or LOTR?

We sure need their help now.


5 posted on 08/06/2020 9:51:02 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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To: SunkenCiv

Would love to spend a few days there swinging my metal detector.


6 posted on 08/06/2020 10:00:38 AM PDT by NorthWoody (Fifty percent of people are below average, and one in four are in the bottom 25%.)
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To: SunkenCiv

***and especially the location of a long-gone oak forest***

If I remember my history, the TURKS put a tax on all trees so the locals went out and cut them down. No tree, no tax.


7 posted on 08/06/2020 10:09:23 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: RedStateRocker
Hopefully there will some day be a radioactive crater identified where the final crusade ended with 5 meagtons in Mecca....

In the movie Pitch Black, a character tells how, after Mecca was nuked, Muslims decided that since the particles spread around the world the entire Earth was now Mecca.

8 posted on 08/06/2020 10:15:18 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
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To: SunkenCiv

Templar Knights Ping !!!


9 posted on 08/06/2020 10:19:57 AM PDT by 11th_VA (May you live in interesting times - Ancient Chinese Proverb)
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To: 11th_VA
"I'm Scott Wolter, forensic geologist..."

10 posted on 08/06/2020 10:37:23 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

That rock there is fake. The Kahlifs ransacked Mecca at least twice


11 posted on 08/06/2020 10:52:43 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: SunkenCiv

Interesting... However, I look forward to a 4th Crusade victory against the moslems of Dearbornistan and a 5th Crusade victory against the moslems of Minnesomalia...


12 posted on 08/06/2020 12:11:43 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: 11th_VA

Ah yes, the Templars. Do you know that they are still out there?


13 posted on 08/06/2020 2:59:57 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Still out there ? Well I know they introduced banking to Europe, and may have buried money somewhere.


14 posted on 08/06/2020 4:29:33 PM PDT by 11th_VA (May you live in interesting times - Ancient Chinese Proverb)
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To: 11th_VA

Look up b”Order of Christ”


15 posted on 08/07/2020 3:25:35 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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