ARCHAEOLOGY AND DECORATIVE ART:
Photos: The Ancient Ruins of Shivta in Southern Israel (Tom Metcalfe, Live Science). Shivta is the late-antique site in the Negev where an ancient drawing of Jesus' face was recently discovered.
Background
here. And some previous posts on Shivta are
here,
here,
here,
here, and
here.
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