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Later the Persian Empire put a monotheistic religion called Zoroastrianism into place as the state
religion. According to this prophet of the religion, human beings are on this earth to train for a
future life.
Who was Zoroaster?
This device utilizes the changes in patterns of magnetism in the soil to show human intervention
within more natural settings.
What is a magnetometer?
As would be expected of a barbaric people, the Scythians held this god in the highest respect in
their pantheon.
Who was Ares?
The plagues that God brought upon Egypt are recounted in this book of the Old Testament.
What is Exodus?
This noun describes the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and
meaning have changed over time.
What is Etymology?
Known in archeological circles as GPR, this technology is able to send bursts of radar that
penetrate the ground.
What is Ground Penetrating Radar?
This word means teasing and contemptuous language or behavior directed at a particular
person or thing, an absurd misrepresentation or imitation of something.
What is mockery?
Worldwide, many primitive house structures including those of Villanovan villages (Predecessors
of the Etruscans) were made of these types of construction with thatched roofs atop them.
What is wattle and daub?
This ritual of casting bread upon running water to represent the carrying away of sins is
performed the day after the Feast of Trumpets or Yom Teruah.
What is Tashlich?
The Etruscan Culture was a civilization that existed on this peninsula from around 800 B.C. until
defeated absorbed by the Roman Empire, sometime around the Third Century B.C.
What is the
Italian Peninsula?
Arcadia was supposed to have been the home of this mythological god who had a satyr or faun
manifestation; his body had the hindquarters of a goat, and he sported goat horns on his head
as well.
Who was Pan?
This word means that a religion is relating to or characterized by the belief that there is only
one God.
What is Monotheistic?
This feast of Esther is named after the lots that were thrown by Haman to determine the fate of
the Hebrew People.
What is Purim?
According to Zoroaster, form and aesthetics were important to a person’s spiritual journey.
Many of the elements common in these Islamic houses of worship were developed under his
influence.
What are mosques?
These nomadic people earned a reputation for being barbaric in their practices. These practices
included dismemberment of defeated foes and honorary slaughter of horses for ritual burial
with war heroes.
Who were the Scythians?
Arcadia was an ancient province of cities and towns located at the center of this peninsula of
Greece.
What is the Peloponnesus?
When these conquerors carried the Israelites away into captivity, the Edomites stood by and
cheered the captors on their way!
Who were the Babylonians?
This odious situation describes the condition of being imprisoned or confined.
What is
captivity?
The liberation of the Hebrew Slaves from their captivity in Egypt is remembered in this Mo’ed or
appointed time of God, which we observed this year.
What is Pesach or Passover?
The Etruscan people were fond of being buried with these ornate objects.
What are hand
mirrors?
Esau’s ancestors, the Edomites migrated into this region, located in what is now the desert of
Southern Israel. This migration happened as the Judeans who had occupied the land were
carried off to Babylon.
What is Idumea?
A rich farmland given to the Hebrews under the authority of Joseph.
What was Goshen?
This bold group of Jews rebelled against the tyrannical rule of Antiochus Epiphanes and
established the Festival of Lights or Hanukkah.
Who were the Maccabees?
Many times the Bible refers to this kingdom as Mizraim, named after one of the descendants of
Ham.
What is Egypt?
It is believed that the Scythians may have been the forefathers of this “race” of people.
Who
were the Aryans?