by Samuel Koltov | Aug 11, 2023 | Archaeology, Articles, History, Uncategorized
I wrote a post back in September last year (2022) about a visit to the Nabataean settlement Avdat. This wasn’t my last visit to the place, since then I’ve been there three times more, the last time a little more than a week ago. Avdat woke something in me. I wouldn’t...
by Samuel Koltov | Nov 4, 2022 | Articles, History, Islam, Religion, Religious Architecture
A closer look at al-Mawasin I recently published a photo project presenting the arches leading into the Dome of the Rock platform. It is an often overlooked part of the place and because of this, it stirred my interest. We don’t know a lot about these entrances, such...
by Samuel Koltov | Oct 21, 2022 | Archaeology, Articles, Christianity, History, Islam, Religion
Some Thoughts about Coexistence in Early Islamic Palestine I will be talking more about the city of Subeita, or Shivta as it’s known in modern Hebrew, in another post But I’ll add a short introduction, just for some context and clarification. Subeita, which is known...
by Samuel Koltov | Oct 14, 2022 | History, Introductions, Uncategorized
King Obodas II King Obodas II was a Nabataean king, who was deified and buried in Avdat, a settlement on the Incense Route in Negev, which was also named after...
by Samuel Koltov | Oct 14, 2022 | Archaeology, History, Introductions
The Nabataeans The Nabataeans were a pre-Islamic Arab people living in the south-western Levant and North Arabian Peninsula. They are mostly known for Petra, the desert capital found in Jordan, but had settlements along the Incense Route from Petra to Gaza, of which...
by Samuel Koltov | Oct 11, 2022 | Articles, History, Islam, Religious Architecture
What do we actually mean with Islamic Architecture? Considering that one of the subjects I will be focusing on quite a lot is Islamic architecture, I think it would be worth delving into how we should relate to this term and how to use it correctly. After all, while...
