Sep 1, 2024 · Ancient Pergamon perched atop a windswept mountain along the Turkish coastline and gazing proudly—almost defiantly—over the azure Aegean Sea

By: Sarah Yeomans Ancient Pergamon's strategic location along both land and sea trading routes contributed to its prosperity. Pilgrims from all over the Mediterranean region would flock to the city to engage in commerce or to visit the famous Asclepion, a center of medical treatments.

By: Sarah Yeomans Ancient Pergamon's strategic location along both land and sea trading routes contributed to its prosperity. Pilgrims from all over the Mediterranean region would flock to the city to engage in commerce or to visit the famous Asclepion, a center of medical treatments.

Jul 20, 2024 · I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth. —Revelation 3:15–16 Why does the author of the Book of Revelation call the church of Laodicea “lukewarm”? The church of Laodicea is the last of seven churches addressed in …

Jan 30, 2025 · Babylon’s famous Ishtar Gate was commissioned by King Nebuchadnezzar II, but was it completed during his lifetime?

At the end of the first century, John wrote letters to the seven churches of Revelation which were coping with similar problems of false teaching and persecution. Thus, we will also visit the seven churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamon, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.

Aug 31, 2024 · Paul’s first missionary journey took him from Cyprus into the heart of Anatolia. Why choose the treacherous path through Perga to Pisidian Antioch?

Mar 11, 2019 · Doctors, Diseases and Deities: Epidemic Crises and Medicine in Ancient Rome Watch Sarah Yeomans’s lecture delivered at The Explorers Club in New York

By: Sarah Yeomans Ancient Pergamon's strategic location along both land and sea trading routes contributed to its prosperity. Pilgrims from all over the Mediterranean region would flock to the city to engage in commerce or to visit the famous Asclepion, a center of medical treatments.

Aug 11, 2024 · The limitations of medicine in the ancient world contributed to a lower average lifespan. What did ancient cultures do to combat disease and injury, and did these methods have any real basis in science?