HISTORIC YEARS
A NEW KING IS ENTHRONED...AND STILL RULES
WHAT IS 1914
FIRST OF THE 3 GREAT JEWISH FESTIVALS, THE FESTIVAL OF THIS YEASTLESS BREAD, BEGAN ON THE 15TH OF NISAN 15 AND LASTED THROUGH THE 21ST
WHAT IS UNFERMENTED OR UNLEAVENED CAKE
WHAT IS WHITE
JOHN THE BAPTIST WORE A GARMENT MADE OF THIS, WHICH WAS TRADITIONALLY USED FOR TENTS AND CARPETS
WHAT IS CAMEL HAIR
ALTHOUGH NOT PROVEN, TRADITION RELATES THAT AMYTIS' YEARNING FOR THE FORESTED MOUNTAINS OF MEDIA LED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE, CONSIDERED ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD, BY HER CHALDEAN HUSBAND
WHAT ARE THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
HE CAME INTO EXISTENCE ON 4026 B.C.E.
WHO IS ADAM
DURING ITS CORRESPONDING FESTIVAL, THESE WERE CONSTRUCTED ON HOUSETOPS, COURTYARDS, PUBLIC SQUARES, AND EVEN ON THE TEMPLE GROUNDS. THIS WAS THE 3RD OF THE ANNUAL FESTIVALS.
WHAT ARE BOOTHS
BECAUSE OF ITS COST, THIS COLOR WAS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH OR SYMBOLIZED RICHES, HONOR, AND ROYAL MAJESTY
WHAT IS PURPLE
FOR EGYPTIANS, THESE SYMBOLIZED LIFE. THEY WERE MADE FROM COPPER OR SILVER DISKS POLISHED TO A SHINE.
WHAT ARE MIRRORS
WHAT IS TYRE
OCTOBER 6TH OF THIS YEAR, JW BROADCASTING IS LAUNCHED
WHAT IS 2014
THE "FESTIVAL OF THE JEWS" MENTIONED AT JOHN 5:1, REFERRED TO THIS ANNUAL CELEBRATION DATING BACK TO 1513 B.C.E.
WHAT IS THE PASSOVER
WHEN A MAN OR WOMAN DEVELOPED AN INFECTION OF THE HEAD OR CHIN, AND THE HAIR WAS THIN AND THIS COLOR, IT WOULD BE DIAGNOSED AS LEPROSY OF THE HEAD OR CHIN
WHAT IS YELLOW
HIS HAIR GREW SO ABUNDANTLY THAT WHEN HE CUT IT ONCE A YEAR, IT WEIGHED ABOUT 5 POUNDS.
WHO IS ABSALOM
DURING THIS PATRIARCH'S STAY IN EGYPT, HE MAY HAVE SEEN THE SPLENDORS OF THE LAND, INCLUDING ONE OF THE EARLIEST EXAMPLES OF MAJOR CONSTRUCTIONS USING CUT STONE, THE STEP PYRAMID OF KING DJOSER AT SAQQARA
WHO IS ABRAHAM
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON WAS LOOTED THIS YEAR AND THE ARK OF THE COVENANT WAS REMOVED
WHAT IS 607 B.C.E.
THE FESTIVAL OF WEEKS, WAS ALSO CALLED THIS IN JESUS' DAYS, MEANING "FIFTIETH" IN GREEK.
WHAT IS PENTECOST
THE COLOR IMPERIAL PURPLE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE PHOENICIANS. THIS DYE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THIS TYPE OF MOLLUSK. PILES OF EMPTIED SHELLS HAVE BEEN FOUND ALONG THE SHORE OF THE CITY OF TYRE.
WHAT IS MUREX OR PURPURA
CALAMISTRUMS, HOLLOW RODS HEATED OVER COALS, WERE USED TO DO THIS TO HAIR. WEALTHY WOMEN USED FANCIER AND EXTRAVAGANT STYLES, WARRANTING THE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM PAUL AND PETER TO "ADORN...WITH MODESTY"
ORIGINALLY CALLED THE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATER BECAUSE IT WAS COLLECTIVELY BUILT BY FATHER VESPASIAN AND SONS TITUS AND DOMITIAN, IT WAS BUILT USING TRAVERTINE LIMESTONE, VOLCANIC ROCK, AND BRICK-FACED CONCRETE
WHAT IS THE COLOSSEUM
DAILY
DOUBLEWHAT IS 1935
THIS FESTIVAL, IS NOW KNOWN AS HANUKKAH. IT IS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE AFTER ITS DEFILEMENT BY ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES
WHAT IS FESTIVAL OF DEDICATION
DAILY
DOUBLE
WHAT IS VERMILION
THE HIGH PRIEST'S BLUE SLEEVELESS COAT HAD A HEM OF GOLD BELLS AND THESE. A NAME DERIVING FROM MEDIEVAL LATIN MEANING "APPLE" AND "SEEDED"
WHAT IS POMEGRANATE
IN THE ATHENIAN ACROPOLIS, THE PARTHENON, MEANING THIS, WAS A TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE GODDESS ATHENA, BRINGER OF VICTORY. IT ALSO SERVED AS THE NATIONAL TREASURY
WHAT IS MAIDEN'S CHAMBER