Wednesday Image Search – Pir

Welcome to another Wednesday Image Search where I pick a string of letters or a word and share some of the images I find in an image search of the blog.

Last week I searched for ‘kir’ and ‘nir’ so this week I will continue on with ‘pir’. There will be some gaps in this sequence as not all combinations will find images.

What images will I find?

The Assyrian Empire, Don Nardo, World History Series, Research Reading, LachishThe first image is the book Assyrian Empire by Don Nardo. This was a book I read while doing some research reading on the History of the Middle East. It is a book at the school age level, but these are often great to just get an overview of a topic.

The Empire of the Ants, H. G. Wells, Mysteries, BooksHere is another book. I picked this up at a book sale after the cover caught my eye. The Empire of the Ants (and Other Stories) by H. G. Wells has some good stories in it.

Captain of the Carribean, Antalya, Turkey, MediteraneanNext we have a boat that I saw in the harbor at Antalya, Turkey. It was interesting to see a Pirates of the Caribbean themed boat in a harbor on the Mediterranean Sea.

Spirograph Instruction Book, Spirograph, Kahootz Toys, Art ToyHere we have an instruction booklet for the original Spirograph.

Small Spirograph Set, Denys Fisher, Bruno Abakanowicz, Toys, MemoriesFinally we have a Spirograph set. This brings back many memories of making designs with one back where we were kids.

There were only a few ‘pir’ pictures to choose from, which is why the last two pictures are closely related. I hope you enjoyed my selections.

Which is your favorite of these pictures?

What should I search for next?  I will probably continue the ‘*ir’ series but not sure what the next letter will be since there are very few images for the next ones in the series.

Steven


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Tomb of Nicodemus

I was looking through some pictures tonight and ran across pictures that I took of a plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. church of the Holy Sepulchre, Nicodemus Tomb, tombs, Jerusalem, First CenturyThis old plan hung on the wall of a hotel where I stayed in Jerusalem. I don’t know how old the plan is, but it was full of detail.

church of the Holy Sepulchre, Nicodemus Tomb, tombs, Jerusalem, First CenturyThe plan helps to make sense of the site as it is complicated to navigate through and easy to get turned around and not know which direction you are going in.

church of the Holy Sepulchre, Nicodemus Tomb, tombs, Jerusalem, First CenturyHowever, I have been there several times, so could pick out different places where I have been in the building.

church of the Holy Sepulchre, Nicodemus Tomb, tombs, Jerusalem, First CenturyOne thing that caught my eye when I looked at the plan was the label on the 1st Century tombs that are back behind the Edicule. The tombs are just off of the Syrian Chapel, which is also known as the Jacobite Chapel. The label notes them as Tombs of Joseph and Nicodemus. The Joseph is Joseph of Arimathea and tradition holds that they are buried here. Of course there is also a tradition that Joseph of Arimathea went to England. It is just this, a tradition. However, the tombs are typical 1st Century Jewish tombs.

church of the Holy Sepulchre, Nicodemus Tomb, tombs, Jerusalem, First CenturyHere are the two tombs that are shown on the plan above. They are interesting to visit and to see what a 1st Century Jewish tomb looked like.

Steven


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