#PALESTINE: Palestinian History, Culture, Archaeological Sites

[AZPhoenix]

"Who are Palestinians and who are Palestinian ancestors? What religions do they follow? What language do they speak? Where Palestinian comes from? Do Palestinian have culture?

Many people are confused the name Philistine and the name Palestinian. Philistine is a sea people who settled in the southwest coast in the land of Canaan and the Palestinian mean anyone that are from the land of Canaan, including Israel, Judea, Philistine, Samaria, or Galilee. Palestinian comes from the land of Canaan known as Palestine (modern day Israel, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank.)

Palestinians have very strong European and Middle Eastern influences:

1. Paleolithic and Neolithic periods (1000000 - 5000 BCE)
2. Chalcolithic period (4500 - 3000 BCE) and Bronze Age (3000 - 1200 BCE)
3. Iron Age (1200 - 330 BCE)
4. Persian rule (538 BCE)
5. Hellenistic rule (333 BCE)
6. Roman rule (63 BCE)
7. Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire) rule (330-640 CE)
8. Arab Caliphate rule (638 - 1099 CE)
9. Umayyad rule (661 - 750 CE)
10. Abbasid rule (750 - 969 CE)
11. Fatimid rule (969 - 1099 CE)
13. Crusader rule (1099 - 1187 CE)
14. Mamluk rule (1270 - 1516 CE)
15. Ottoman rule (1516 - 1917 CE)
16. British Mandate (1920–1948)
17. Zionist rule (1948 - Present)

And yes today Palestine is still occupying by Zionist invaders.

Palestinians are considered Arabs today, but genetically they are a mix of people. Palestinian considered Arabs, because they are Arabized and live under the Arab league. However, many Palestinians trace their ancestry back to the time of the Canaanites, Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim, Amorites, Girgashites, Jebusites, Judean, Israelites, Samaritans or Samarians, Philistine, and thereby mixed with the many conquerers who settled and assimilated into the population.

Palestinian language is Levantine Arabic, although long ago Palestinians spoke Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek. Palestinian religions are Sunni Islam, Druze, Baha'i, Christianity (Orthodox, Catholicism, Protestantism,) and Judaism (Samaritanism and Orthodox Jew). Long ago, Palestinians were Jews and some of them were pagan before the Christ was born. Then everybody converted to Christianity and Islam.

Yes, Palestinians do have culture. Palestinian culture is most closely related to the cultures of the nearby Levantine countries such as Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. It includes unique literature, music, and cuisine. The culture of the Palestinian people has also flourished in the Palestinian diaspora.

Palestinian traditional dress varies slightly from village to village and the embroidery on Palestinian dresses is always structured in a specific way. The embroidery is arranged on a chest panel, on the sleeves, on the sides of the skirt, and in a rectangular panel above the hem at the back of the dress.



Both Jaffa oranges and olive trees serve as a symbols in the Palestinian folklore and literature. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Palestinian farmers were separated from orange groves and olive trees that their families had tended for generations. Palestinians were known for having the sweetest oranges and the best olive oil. For many Palestinians, Jaffa oranges and olive trees symbolize the bounty of what they view to be their lost homeland.
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Canaanite culture is still very much prevalent in Palestinian culture. We can see this through much Palestinian artwork. Many paintings feature a woman as the central figure. This woman, Anat, the ancient goddess of the Canaanites, symbolizes the soul and the strength of Palestine.


Here are several Palestinian archaeological sites and I will be posting more...

Amud Cave or Wadi el 'Amud)
The material from Amud Cave in Palestine consists of the fragmentary remains of a male along with 15 other specimens two-thirds of which are children or infants. This material has been dated by thermoluminescence to approximately 45-47 thousand years old.
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An ancient sarcophagus in Ashkelon.


Atlit Yam
The final Pre-pottery Neolithic B site of Atlit Yam in Palestine dates between 6900 and 6300 BC. Today, it lies between 8-12 m beneath sea level in the Bay of Atlit at the mouth of the Oren river on the Carmel coast. It covers an area of ca. 40.000 m2. Underwater excavations have uncovered rectangular houses and a well, which to date (2004) is the oldest in the world.


Beersheva National Park
The site was used from the Chalcolithic period, around 4000 BCE, through to the sixteenth century CE. This was probably due to the abundance of underground water, as evidenced by the numerous wells in the area. The settlement itself dates from the early Israelite period, around the tenth century BCE.
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Mosaic at Tabgha
Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and the Fishes. The mosaic dates back to the Byzantine period.
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Caesarea Maritima or Caesarea Palaestina
Caesarea Palaestina from 133 A.D. onwards, was a city built by Herod the Great about 25–13 BC. Today, the city lies on the Mediterranean coast of Palestine about halfway between the modern day cities of Jaffa and Haifa.
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Capernaum
The town is mentioned in the New Testament: in the Gospel of Luke it was reported to have been the home of the apostles Peter, Andrew, James and John, as well as the tax collector Matthew.
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Dor
The meaning "Dor", known as Dora to the Greeks and Romans, was an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, (Joshua 12:23) whose ruler was an ally of Jabin king of Hazor against Joshua, (Joshua 11:1,2). In the 1100s the town appears to have been taken by the Tjekker, and was ruled by them at least as late as the early 1000s BCE.
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Hippos or Zippori
Between the third century BC and the seventh century AD, Hippos was the site of a Greco-Roman city. Besides the fortified city itself, Hippos controlled a small port facility on the lake and an area of the surrounding countryside. Hippos was part of the Decapolis, or Ten Cities, a group of cities in Palestine that were culturally tied more closely to Greece and Rome than to the Middle East.
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Ancient city of David
David conquered ancient Jerusalem in approximately 1004 BC and it became known as the City of David.
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Lachish
It is a town located in the maritime plain of Philistia. The Israelites captured and destroyed Lachish for joining the league against the Gibeonites, but the territory was later assigned to the tribe of Judah.
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Masada
A site of ancient palaces and fortifications in the South of Palestine on top of an isolated rock plateau, or large mesa, on the eastern edge of the Judean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea. Masada became famous after the First Jewish-Roman War (also known as the Great Jewish Revolt) when a siege of the fortress by troops of the Roman Empire led to a mass suicide of the site's Jewish Sicarii fugitives when defeat became imminent. Today, Masada is a very popular tourist destination.
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Megiddo
In ancient times Megiddo was an important city state. It is also known alternatively as Tel Megiddo (Hebrew) and Tell al-Mutesellim (Arabic). According to some interpretations of the Christian Bible, this place will be the venue for Armageddon or the final battle between the forces of light led by Jesus Christ and the forces of darkness led by Satan or the Anti-Christ after the End of Days.
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Mount Carmel
The Mount Carmel region near the city of Haifa, Palestine contains several of the most famous Neanderthal sites in the middle east.
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Sepphoris
Sepphoris in Greek, was a Galilean capital city located in the Lower Galilee midway between the Mediterranean and the Sea of Galilee.
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Beersheva National Park
The site was used from the Chalcolithic period, around 4000 BCE, through to the sixteenth century CE. This was probably due to the abundance of underground water, as evidenced by the numerous wells in the area.
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Rehob
important Bronze and Iron Age Canaanite city and a large earthen city mound in the Jordan Valley of Israel, approximately 5 kilometers south of Beisan and 3 kilometers west of the Jordan River.
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Hazor
Hazor was an ancient city located in the Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee, between Ramah and Kadesh, on the high ground overlooking Lake Merom. During the Egyptian Second Intermediate Period and early New Kingdoms (together running between 18th century BC and 13th century BC), Canaan was an Egyptian vassal state, and thus 14th century documents, from the El Amarna archive in Egypt.
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The Herodium
One of several fortresses built in 24 BC by Herod the Great and the only one named after him. He was the king of Palestine.
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Vadum Iacob
A 12th century AD crusader castle built by the Knights Templar and destroyed by Muslim forces in 1179 AD


Jotapata
A fortress dating from the time of Joshua; it was among the towns captured by Tiglath Pileser III in 732 BCE.
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I'll post more Palestinian archaeological sites soon.

[Hebrewtext]

rubbish

you ignore the Jewish Hebrew kingdoms and self rule
from 1300 BCE till Jesus days.

all the Cnaanites people absorbed into the Hebrew ethnicity group and dissapear (except to the Philistines).

[Hebrewtext]

the people who lived and built Jerusalem Sepohris Scytopolis Caesarea in the pics you post
were Jews and spoke Hebrew so pay some respect.
the Hebrews exist from 2000 BCE till nowdays on the land of Israel ,which makes them the oldest preseved civilization on earth.

[metal gear]

PLS EVERYBODY DONT ANSWER BACK TO THE TROLLS (POLITE)
JUST IGNORE THEM, THEY ARE ON A MISSION TO DISTROY THREADS.

[Halawala]

Nice thread AzPheonix, gives us Palestinian history in a nutshell.

[Riyadhi]

Thanks AZPhoenix....

[metal gear]

ya reaaaaaaaaaaaaly good job azphonix............keep up the good work.

[smussuw]

great work

[Isr.il]

hehehe lol

[smussuw]

delete this post if u consider it unrelated

[AZPhoenix]

The Hebrew Bible period is under Iron Age (1200 - 330 BCE). No, the modern Jews that living in Israel are not Hebrew. Stop thinking you guys are from the Holy Land.

[Eyal]

Umm... yes we are. you're attempts to re-write history are pathetic.

[ZOHAR]

another rubbish

[ZOHAR]

Originally Posted by AZPhoenix

No, the modern Jews that living in Israel are not Hebrew. Stop thinking you guys are from the Holy Land.

so who are modern jews for u?alliens?

[DesertFalcon]

zohar you ashkenazi jews are from eastern europe you are khazar jews who have no relation to the hebrews and also khazar jews trace their roots to turkish/mongol roots so you guys should get out of palestine and forget it !!! you never belonged there! if you want turkey has its arms open for all kinds of turks even khazar/ashkenazi jews so stop wasting time and go where u belong!

[Isr.il]

Originally Posted by DesertFalcon

zohar you ashkenazi jews are from eastern europe you are khazar jews who have no relation to the hebrews and also khazar jews trace their roots to turkish/mongol roots so you guys should get out of palestine and forget it !!! you never belonged there! if you want turkey has its arms open for all kinds of turks even khazar/ashkenazi jews so stop wasting time and go where u belong!

ok

[metal gear]

whatever will be .......WILL BE

[Vixtro]

Originally Posted by DesertFalcon

zohar you ashkenazi jews are from eastern europe you are khazar jews who have no relation to the hebrews and also khazar jews trace their roots to turkish/mongol roots so you guys should get out of palestine and forget it !!! you never belonged there! if you want turkey has its arms open for all kinds of turks even khazar/ashkenazi jews so stop wasting time and go where u belong!

stupid comment, sfaradim and ashkenazi share similar genes

[DesertFalcon]

vixtro what are they dogs or rats? your full of **** this is bullshit about safardim and ashkenazi having same genes! stop lying its obvious!

[DG]

great thread, gives simple history of the holy land