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Peridot
Etymology & History
Peridot
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Ptolemy I The First Greek Pharaoh Of Egypt And Ex-General
In Alexander The Great's Army
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The High Priest Aaron Wearing
The Breastplate.
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The High Priest Aaron Wearing The Breastplate from
De gemmarum lapidumq; pretiosorum formis. Courtesy
of Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College,
Carlisle, PA.
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The Translation Of The 12 gems Over More Than 3000 Years.
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Breastplate & Ephod
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James 1 Of England Commisioned the 1611 Translation
Of The Old Testament
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A Reconstruction Of The Ephod &
Breastplate
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Peridot
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Spread Of Proto-Indo- European Language
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(Left): Mr G.F.Kunz
(Right): The High
Priest Aaron Wearing The Breastplate from De gemmarum
lapidumq; pretiosorum formis. Courtesy of Archives
and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle,
PA.
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G.F. Kunz's Interpretation Of The 12 Gems
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(Left): Ark Of The Covenant
Containing
The Ten Commandments Housed At Solomon's (First) Temple.
(Right): Plan Of The Second Temple
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(Left):
Emperor Vespasian
(Right): The Arch Of Titus Detailing Roman Theft Of
The Menora.
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The Roman Slaying Of The Second Temple's High Priests
(Notice The Breastplate)
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(Left):
Pliny the Elder
(Right): Roman Portrait Bust Of
Flavius Josephus |
Peridot
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Ptolemy II & Arsinoe His
Wife And Also His Sister |
Pliny the Elder
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Top: Zabargad
Bottom: White Tip Sharks In The
Red Sea Around Zabargad
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Nubian Slaves In Egypt |
Island Of Naxos In Greece
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Formation Of Volcanic Island
Due To Collision Of Tectonic Plates |
Peridot
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Pharaoh Ptolemy II And Wife |
Romans
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Templar Knights |
Page From 'De Lapidibus' Bishop Marbodus' Book On Medieval
Gems
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14th Century French Dictionary
Defining Peridot |
Greeks
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A 'lapidaire' of the 16th Century |
Olive Tree
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