The Via Maris in Literary and Cartographic Sources
Many prominent archaeologists and scholars believe that the via maris (way of the sea) of antiquity was an ancient highway that arched across the Fertile Crescent and ultimately linked Mesopotamia and Egypt. However, this assertion rests on many claims and beliefs that are not factual. Evidence now...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholars Press
1991
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The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1991, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 65-75 |
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| Summary: | Many prominent archaeologists and scholars believe that the via maris (way of the sea) of antiquity was an ancient highway that arched across the Fertile Crescent and ultimately linked Mesopotamia and Egypt. However, this assertion rests on many claims and beliefs that are not factual. Evidence now shows that the via maris was a road that linked the town of Acco/Ptolemais/Acre, a port city on the Mediterranean, with Capernaum, situated on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee, on a generally east-west axis. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3210215 |