Секрет Евреев, почему этот народ выжил после уничтожения девяти древних столиц.

And here, before me, unfolded the fate of people who realized that to become truly immortal, they must learn to take their capital with them, within themselves. This scenario was achieved by overcoming my own historical snobbery—I had to immerse myself in eras and cities that are only briefly discussed in universities. But this story is worth telling. Sources of information: the works of the ancient historian Josephus Flavius ​​describing the siege of Jerusalem and the number of pilgrims for Passover; archival records of the Egyptian pharaohs mentioning the Shechem Pass; diplomatic reports from the Hittites on the trade routes of Canaan; the texts of the Song of Songs describing the beauty of the city of Tirza; clay shards with tax records from Samaria in the eighth century BCE; materials from joint excavations of Israeli and Palestinian archaeologists on Sebaste Hill in 2017; engineering analysis by American specialists from the 1960s on the retaining walls of Herod the Great; a decree of the Persian king Cyrus the Great on a clay cylinder from the British Museum; the UN resolution of 2023 on the oldest human rights documents; the official response of the Vatican in 2022 to the request for the return of the Menorah; bas-reliefs of the Arch of Titus in Rome depicting the removed temple relics; ancient Mishnaic texts from the city of Yavne