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breastplate of judgment

cherubim

construction and decoration

dedication

destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar, x

imitated by Church of

St. Polyeuctos

Jachin

King Hiram of Tyre in

National Treasure,
x; red heifers

restored by Cyrus of Persia

Table of the Divine Presence

treasures of

Temple of Peace, Rome: artwork

burns down

described by Josephus

excavations

Gallic rose beds

Hall of the Marble Plan

history library

Temple, Second, of Jerusalem: restored by

Judas Maccabeus

treasury looted by

Crassus

violated by Pompey the Great

Temple, Third, of Jerusalem

Ten Commandments

Theodora, Empress

Theodorus, Bishop of Petra: on Monastery of

St. Theodosius

Theodosius, Saint

Theodosius II, Emperor: Column of

doubles size of Constantinople

forum of

land walls

Theophanes Confessor: confirms Temple treasure in Constantinople

immorality of Eudoxia

relocation of Temple treasure to Carthage

Thrasamund, King

Thucydides, xii

Tiberius Alexander

Tiberius, Emperor

tick-borne relapsing fever

Tigris

Titus, Emperor: builds triumphal arch in Circus

Maximus

captures Jerusalem

celebrates triumph

on Colosseum inscription

First Jewish Revolt

menorah inscription, St. John the Lateran

in triumph of Rome

Tobias, sons of

Tower of the Winds

Tralles, Anthemius of

triumph, in Constantinople: Belisarius

honored route

Temple treasure

triumph, in Rome: Arch of Titus

(in Circus Maximus)

Arch of Titus (on Sacred Way)

Circus Flaminius

Circus

Maximus

Circus of Marcellus

Colosseum

cry of

triumpe

death of Simon Ben Giora

decoration of floats and shows

dress and behavior of the
triumphator

Field of Mars

history:Porticus of Octavia

rostra
(Orator's Platform)

Sacred Way

Temple of Peace

Theater of Balbus

Triumphal Gate

Tree of Life

Treasure of Rennes-le-Château

Trumpets, silver: on Arch of Titus, ix

blown in Jewish festivals, 130; on coins of

Simon Bar-Kokhba

form described on

Mount Sinai

history in

Legends of the Jews

origins in Paedagogues

in Revelation

seized by Antiochus IV Epiphanes in

Sibylline Oracles

sound of

Tutankhamun value

Tudela, Rabbi Benjamin Ben Jonah of

Tunis

Byrsa district

see also
Carthage

Tunisia: Bulla Regia

Byzacium

Caputvada

Grasse

Hermione

Tricamarum

Tuthmosis III, Pharaoh

Tyre

Underground Jerusalem

UNESCO

University of Cincinnati

University of Florence

 

Valens, Emperor

Valentinian II, Emperor

Valentinian III, Emperor

Vandals: culture of

described by Procopius

emigration from the Danube

history invasion of Rome

love of luxury

treasures found at

Tricamarum

Vatican: accused of imprisoning the Temple treasure

Angelo Sudano

West Wing

Basilica of St. Peter

letter from Israel's minister of culture

Paolo Liverani

secret archive

Vaux, Roland de

Venus

Vespasian, Emperor: builds Temple of Peace

celebrates triumph

coins of Peace

declared emperor

destiny fated

destroys Jerusalem

finances

Flavian dynasty founder

Jewish treasure spent by

Judaea

Capta coins

offends Nero

professional career

pulls down

Colossus of Nero

restores Rome

returns Nero's art to the public

tolerance of Jews

Victor of Vita: Vandal atrocities against Catholic

Church

Vandal devastation of

North Africa

Vincent, Père Louis Hughes

Virgin Mary

Visigoths

Vitruvius: on excellence of Rome's climate

 

Wakidi, al-: Arab conquest of Palestine

Waqf, Islamic

Ward-Perkins, Bryan

Warren, Charles

West Bank: Beit Sahour

Bethlehem

Deir Dosi

Hamas Mar

Saba Monastery of St. Theodosius

Ubeidiya

Western Wall, Jerusalem

Wood, John Edwin

 

Year of the Four Emperors

Yemen

Yohanan ben Pinhas

Yom Kippur

Yousef, Hassan

 

Zamzam Spring, Mecca

Zacharias, Patriarch

Zealots

Zechariah

Zedekiah

Zenodorus

Zerubbabel

Zeus

About the Author

SEAN KINGSLEY
is a London-based archaeologist with fifteen years' experience running excavations and surveys, from Montenegro to Israel. He specializes in the Holy Land, where he discovered and researched the largest cluster of ancient shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean. He is managing editor of
Minerva
, the International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology, and visiting fellow at the Research Center for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at Reading University. He writes for various popular magazines.
God's Gold
is his sixth book.

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