rare 1,800 year old figurine jumpa kat jerusalem!!!

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Rare 1,800-year-old figurine found in Jerusalem
AP foreign, Thursday January 29 2009
By KAREN ZOLKA

JERUSALEM (AP)

An 1,800-year-old figurine believed to have originated from the eastern stretches of the Roman Empire has been discovered by archaeologists outside the walls of the old city, the Israeli Antiquities Authority said. The 2-inch marble bust depicts the head of a man with a short curly beard and almond-shaped eyes who may portray a boxer, the authority said.




An Israel Antiquities Authority worker holds
an ancient figurine found near Jerusalem's
Old City, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. Israeli
archaeologists say they have discovered
a rare 1,800-year-old figurine in a Jerusalem
excavation. Dating from the time of the Roman
Empire, the five-centimeter (2-inch) marble
bust depicts the head of a man with a short
curly beard and almond-shaped eyes.
(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)



"The high level of finish on the figurine is extraordinary, while meticulously adhering to the tiniest of details," Doron Ben-Ami and Yana Tchekhanovets, directors of the excavation, said in a joint statement released Monday. Nothing similar has ever been uncovered in Israel, they said, calling it a "unique find."

Carved from pale yellow marble, archeologists think the figurine was most likely carried to Jerusalem by a merchant.

Archaeologists believe the figurine was used as a weight for a hanging scale of a type common in the Roman period. Tiny holes drilled in its neck were likely used to attach it to the scale, and remnants of metal remain.

The miniature bust was found in the ruins of a building destroyed by an earthquake in the fourth or fifth century. The same dig outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City also recently yielded a well-preserved gold earring inlaid with pearls and a trove of more than 250 gold coins.

The dig is in a former parking lot in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, in east Jerusalem. It is part of broader archaeological excavations at the site, known to Israeli scholars as the City of David, after the Biblical monarch who is believed to have ruled from there some 3,000 years ago.



kalu figurine ni kat rumah aku... harus aku tak tidoq malam nih....  serem ler pulak....

kalu lah banyak benda2 bersejarah kat jerusalem... sampai bila pung malaysian tak dapat nak jumpa carik.... sbb tak leh nak pi sana....  baca kat news ajer ler.... tak apa..  sapa2 pung leh jumpa.. kita tumpang sejarah gak... ekkk  :victory:

saga2717

xboley g sane???kenape????act aku ni bute cikit psl negara luar ni...cite lah nape mlsian xley g sane????

Maxx

kenapa seram?

benda tu dipercayai digunakan sebagai pemberat timbangan kan

fatinnajwa

kan malaysian tak leh gi israel......satu2nya negara kat dunia yg tidak dibenarkan pegi.....

totokreturn

Originally posted by fatinnajwa at 15-4-2009 08:50
kan malaysian tak leh gi israel......satu2nya negara kat dunia yg tidak dibenarkan pegi.....

malaysian mmg takleh gi sana directly, tapi bleh pegi ikut mesir atau palestin...tapi kita takder kedutaan kat sana, jadi kalau pegi sana, kalu aper2 yg terjadi, tak ditanggung oleh malaysia...

diananisa

klu buleh g israel tu mmg aku nak pi...tp apakan daya....

hyie

kawan kpd kawan aku penah pegi Unibesiti kt sana, utk buat reaearch..dlm sebulan kot..

btw, mmg xde flight dr Malaysia yg direct ke israel..well, negara yg x diiktiraf oleh negara2 Islam kann..

nanat87

turkey, mesir, jordan, lebanon dan banyok lagi negara skitaq isrel iktiraf jah

myohmy

susah nak caye claim dr mereka

pasarmalam

Tonton kuliah Sejarah / Asal-usul Yahudi & Bani Israil

http://ribuanceramah.blogspot.com/search/label/Ustaz%20Abu%20Zulfiqar

Apa itu Yahudi?
Apa itu Israil?
Dari mana asal Bani Israil?
Ke mana mereka pernah berhijrah?
Apakisah mereka di bumi Kanaan, ke Mesir, dalam pelarian, di Palestin(zaman para ketua, zaman raja-raja & zaman kejatuhan), zamanpenaklukan Babylon, zaman Maharaja Cyrus, zaman Kristian, zaman Islamdan zaman kini?
Apa itu Zionis?