#Jaffa Gate

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Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem, Palestine

British vintage postcard

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JERUZALEM / ISRAEL - Jaffa gate.

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What did Jerusalem’s main road look like about 1,500 years ago?

An archaeological excavation conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in 2010 near the Old City’s Jaffa Gate brought to life a 1,500 year-old map.

The Madaba Map is an ancient mosaic map that paves the floor of Saint George’s Church in the city of Madaba, Jordan.

The map, created in 6th-7th centuries CE, depicts the Land of Israel during the Byzantine period.

It clearly shows the entrance into Jerusalem from the west via a central single gate that led to the main street of the city.

In the past, the reliability of the map, which, among other buildings, provides the earliest visual description of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, has been questioned.

The excavation, located near David Street known to tourists as the terraced shopping street exposed for the first time, archaeological evidence of Jerusalem’s central street from about 1,500 years ago.

The salvage excavation, carried out in the wake of infrastructure works undertaken in the area and funded by the Jerusalem Development Authority, gave the archaeologists and the public a rare glimpse into archaeological remains underlying the asphalt and the paving stones.

Familiar with the Madaba Map, Dr. Ofer Sion, Director of the Excavation on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, suspected that the ancient main street underlay the modern road.

"After removing a several archaeological layers, about 4.5m below modern street level, we were excited to discover the large stone slabs, each about one meter long, that were part of the ancient street.

It’s great to see that today’s bustling David Street preserves the route of the Byzantine-period busy street from 1,500 years ago.”

The Madaba Map, whose extant part measures 16x5m, depicts the land of Israel as known to the mosaic artist.

Map encompasses the entire country, with emphasis on Jerusalem and its Christian sites.

It shows that many churches were first constructed in Jerusalem during this period, when city underwent a religious transformation from a pagan to a Christian city.

The churches can be identified by their red tiled roofs illustrated on the map.

© Israel Antiquities Authority

[jontycrane]

Jerusalem Old City

One of the holiest and most contentious places on earth, the Old City of Jerusalem is a hugely historic area, significant to Christians, Jews and Muslims. Visiting it can be overwhelming, in terms of the maze of streets and number of people, including many tour groups. There are four main gates into the Old City, and a number of smaller gates. The Damascus Gate was the original entrance to the…

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The Shol'va

I had a recent rush of inspiration to start painting portraits of characters from one of my all time favorite series. I started with the Shol'Va, Teal'c!

Do you have a suggestion for another Star Gate character you'd like me to paint? Share! If you have another series in mind, share too!

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some examples of palestinian women's dress c.1900-1920s, primarily ramallah and bethlehem. sourced from palestine remembered.

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ramallah women in traditional costume, c.1920s

woman from bethlehem, 1927

woman from bethlehem, c.1900-1910s

woman picking olives from tree, ramallah area, early 20th century

ramallah woman at gate, early 20th century

two bedouin women from beersheba-gaza-jaffa region, early 20th century

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Jerusalem The Jerusalem Clock at Jaffa Gate Palestine before it was removed and transferred in 1922 by order of General Allenby to the London Museum and then to the Big Ben Clock Tower where it still chimes every hour to this day 1922

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British officers entering Jerusalem in 1917 through the Jaffa gate. T.E. Lawrence easy to spot.

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Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem, Palestine

French vintage postcard

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Daniel Jackson Whump List: Stargate (1994), Stargate Sg-1, The Ark of Truth, Continuum, & Atlantis

The other whump lists I’ve found for Daniel have been quite minimal so I decided to make my own since he is my latest hyper fixation.

This is a work in progress. I’ll add seasons as I watch them. Only Atlantis and Continuum are left.

Stargate (1994)

Dragged by his foot through the dessert by an alien horse, manhandled, captured by Jaffa, forced to kneel, shot and killed by staff weapon protecting Jack, brought back to life by sarcophagus, threatened, non-con face touching, shot at throughout ending battle

Season 1

1x01 - distressed, guilty, crying, thrown against a wall, imprisoned, held back, forced to kneel, held down, shot at by staff weapons

1x02 - emotional about losing Char’e

1x03 - threatened with a knife

1x04 - beat up by Jack, attacked by The Touched and infected, carried by Teal’c

1x05 - gun held to kneck

1x07 - shot and killed with staff weapon, brought back by the Knox

1x12 - kidnapped, pushed against wall, general intimidation, strapped to a table, memory searched painfully

1x13 - brainwashed/manipulated by Hathor and implied rape

1x15 - manhandled

1x16 - goes rogue, threatened with court martial

1x17 - violently thrown through gate, head injury, comatose

1x18 - knocked out with scanning device, duplicated, weak, falls through gate

1x19 - gun point, handcuffed, manhandled, sedated, detained, interrogated, shot with staff weapon

1x21 - injured by ribbon device

Season 2

2x01 - knocked out and blinded by stun grenade, imprisoned, shot with staff weapon, presumed dead, revived in sarcophagus

2x02 - gun to head, shot with zat gun

2x03 - violently thrown through gate, choked, passed out

2x04 - taken by an alien devices and put into a coma, repeatedly forced to watch his parents die, tries to stop it but his parents perceive him as a child so they won’t listen to him, distressed and angry, held back, handcuffed, confined

2x05 - captured by Jaffa, chained, forced to kneel, manhandled, forced labor, limping, crushed under rockslide, healed by sarcophagus, addicted to sarcophagus, strapped to bed, extreme withdrawal, escapes infirmary and gets into a pretty violent fight with Jack, emotional breakdown

2x06 - surrenders

2x08 - emotional throughout, forced to kneel

2x13 - knocked out with dart, confined

2x17 - body swapped into old man, in hospital bed near death, emotional (the old man as Daniel gets handcuffed and confined)

2x19 - emotional, angry/vengeful

2x20 - gun point, hands on head kneeling, detained

2x21 - wakes up in kryo tube, caught trying to escape, threatened with becoming Ga’ould host

Season 3

3x01 - threatened (Hathor brings up when she r*ped him) gash on leg from staff weapon, kneeling, hands tied, threatend with zat gun, generally looks very tired this whole episode

3x02 - gun point, forced to kneel, brainwashed by Seth, thrown by ribbon device

3x04 - hallucinations which get worse until he is institutionalized, passes out, forced sedation, general manhandling

3x06 - bloody scrape on his cheek, surrounded by Jaffa, kneeling, shot with zat gun

3x07 - runs face first into force shield, forced to surrender, gun point for most of the episode

3x08 - struck by zat lightning, caged, shackled, chained and left as sacrifice to the Unas

3x09 - shot by stun gun, threatened with stun gun

3x10- tortured with ribbon device, emotional, nightmares

3x11 - emotional from the death of Shar’e

3x12 - captured, kneeling, imprisoned

3x13 - imprisoned, kneeling, slapped, punched, knocked to the ground, interrogated

3x14 - drugged, gun point

3x19 - zapped unconscious by force field, hands tied, kneeling, blood sample taken, caged, interrogated, tazed with staff weapon multiple times, manhandled, Jack and Sam tortured to get information out of Daniel

3x20 - surrenders to Jaffa as a ploy

3x21 - sent out of phase by crystal skull, not really whump but I love to see Daniel frustrated and helpless

3x22 - Michael Shanks had an appendectomy so Daniel had one too

Season 4

4x02 - gun point

4x03 - alien device stuck on his arm, passed out, weak, falls through gate

4x05 - hit in the face and knocked over

4x06 - knocked out and captured by unas, wrists tied for entire episode, pulled along by rope, dragged, knocked over, cut on cheek, threatened, lots of flinching

4x08 - memory loss

4x09 - gun point, zip tied to chair, interrogated

4x13 - manhandled, choked, thrown to the ground, tortured with ribbon device, extreme headache

4x14 - laying under a floating bomb trying to disarm it

4x16 - shot and killed by laser weapons in the future

4x17 - passes out, in a coma

4x18 - suicidal, Jack talks him off his balcony, coma, flatlines, Jack fireman carries him through the gate, headache,

4x21 - duplicate Daniel captured, hands tied, kneeling, manhandled, head shot off by staff weapon

Season 5

5x01 - gun point , imprisoned

5x04 - gun point and disarmed, shot with zat gun

5x07 - shot with zat gun, imprisoned, chained by ankle, electrocuted

5x09 - captured, thrown by ribbon device

5x13 - shot by zat multiple times

5x15 - undercover as Goa’uld slave, manhandled, kneeling

5x16 - undercover as Goa’ould slave, knife to throat, punched and knocked to the ground, grabbed by the throat and threatened with knife, thrown to the ground

5x19 - thrown into bookshelf, arm twisted/injured, thrown to the ground, kneeling, emotional, crying

5x20 - burned hands, slowing dying of radiation poisoning, jumps through glass windows, emotional, ascends

Season 7

7x01 - wakes up in a field naked and with no memories

7x02 - captured by Jaffa, tackled by Jonas to keep him from being shot

7x06 - passes out, wakes up with multiple people in his mind, collapses, medical restraints (belt with cuffs that attach to it), lots of emotions in this one, angry, terrified, sad, etc.

7x07 - kneeling, intimidated

7x10 - woken up with a staff weapon in his face

7x11 - almost drowns in a tunnel complex, captured by guerrillas, hands zip tied, blindfolded, manhandled, locked in a shed,

7x12 - manhandled, food and water deprivation, interrogated, tortured (off screen unfortunately), dragged, weak/unable to walk, zip tied to chair, punched in the face, bloody mouth and cheek, shot in the leg, slams into tree, limping, on crutches

7x15 - Osiris manipulating his dreams, tortured with ribbon device

7x17/18 - if you like emotional Daniel you’ll like this, one of the best war drama story lines of the entire show

7x19 - wakes up on the ground after being knocked out

7x21 - Jack grabs him and pushes him against a wall

Season 8

8x03 - shot in the arm, arm in sling, shot with zat gun

8x05 - arm in a sling and shrapnel cuts on his face, grabbed by the collar and threatened with gun

8x06 - shot in a simulation multiple times

8x07 - threatened with sniper fire, kidnapped, handcuffed, manhandled, interrogated, forced to give up information to save a friend, shot with zat gun

8x10 - shot by zat gun, punched in the face and knocked to the ground

8x12 - shot with zat gun, zip tied to chair, interrogated, slapped, shot in the shoulder, punched in the face several times, kicked in the stomach, kneed in the face, head butted

8x13 - disarmed, held at gun point, hit in the stomach, choked

8x14 - manhandled, detained by the Russians, blood sample taken

8x16 - captured by Replicarter, pinned to the wall, mind searched

8x17 - interrogated by Replicarter, stabbed through the chest, dies again lol

8x18 - accended and the sent back to earth

8x20 - alternate timeline Daniel knocked out by stun grenade, punched in the face, manhandled, forced to kneel, tortured with ribbon device, implanted with Goa’uld off screen, killed by T’ealc

Season 9

(a lot of whump gets moved to Cam this season)

9x01 - gets alien bracelet stuck on his wrist, passes out

9x02 - manhandled, held back

9x03 - thrown and held against a wall, manhandled, punched in the stomach, chained, almost burns to death

9x04 - passes out, handcuffed as part of a ruse

9x06 - collapses

9x10 - manhandled, knife held to throat

9x15 - imprisoned, manhandled

9x16 - captured, tied up, tortured mostly off screen, cuts on his face, almost shot (I greatly dislike this episode because the whump potential was great but the terrible writing ruins it with plot holes and time skips, boooo)

9x19 - ‘possessed’ by Vala using the Ancient communicator device

Season 10

10x01 - captured at gun point

10x02 - infected with a sleep inducing parasite

10x07 - captured by Jaffa, hands on head, choked by Adria, kneeling, mind searched

10x08 - gun point, talks Vala down

10x09 - shot by zat off screen, hands tied behind back, hostage

10x10 - threatened by Adria

10x11 - uses Ancient downloading device, head aches, weak (this is a nice long scene) falls to his knees after trying to fight Adria, non-con face touching, thrown to the ground, cuts and bruises on his face, uses Merlin’s powers to let the team get away and is captured by Adria

10x14 - turns up as a Prior, shot by zat, strapped to a chair, weak from use of powers

10x15 - shot at by assassin, held at gun point

10x16 - tazed, unconscious

10x19 - thrown across the room, trapped in a room with toxic coolant leak, falls to the floor

Stargate: The Ark of Truth

Captured by Ori soldiers, captured again, dragged by guards, thrown into cell, cuts on his face, mentally tortured by Ori priest, shaking in pain, so weak he can’t sit up, crying/begging while speaking with Morgan Le Faye, thrown against a wall, holding his arm in pain (this movie also has plenty of Cam Mitchell whump if you like that kind of thing)

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The Kotel.

It was a cold and wet day in Jerusalem. It's poetic that this entire trip has been sunny and beautiful, and now that I have 24 hours left, it begins to rain.

The first picture is a mezuzah on Jaffa Gate made from bullet casings from the Israeli War of Independence.

There was a group praying for the hostages. In Tel Aviv And Jerusalem, there have been people crying in the streets most days and everyone knows why, and everyone feels their pain. Praying the Shemoneh Esrei here is distinctly different now in that when I prayed for peace for all of Bnei Yisrael, my heart broke because the hostages will live in terror and agony until we bring them home. Water was dripping down my face and it was like the sky was crying with us, too, at the Wailing Wall.

Shabbat Shalom everybody. I go home soon, but my heart will remain in Israel with everyone who is suffering. I pray this war ends soon with a hostage deal. I pray for all the victims. I pray for peace.

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Stargate SG-1 Review: The Nox

Our first glimpse of an advanced race outside of the Goa'uld! I love that the Nox are the living definition of "don't judge a book by its cover". These are a super advanced race (more so than we realise until we reach season 2's "The Fifth Race"), but they don't feel the need to show it off that they are. They live a simple life, at one with nature, and I think that's beautiful

The Nox have this almost fairy/nymph like quality to them, with their hair and costumes. The actress who plays Lya especially has this way of moving and expressions that are just beautifully otherworldly

This episode also serves as a reminder that the Goa'uld are still a threat out there. The last four episodes have focused on the exploration side of things, but as the annoying politician at the beginning of the episode reminds them, the Goa'uld are still a threat out there and they need to be able to defend themselves if they come calling again. Sure, they can't get through the iris of Earth's gate, but we know from the movie that they possess large space ships. So when Teal'c tells them of a planet with an alien that can turn invisible that might be interesting to study, they head off to try catch one. And surprise surprise, who should they bump into, but Apophis himself! The show does a good job of balancing fun, one-off exploration episodes with episodes that deal with the continuing threat of their enemy (although I'm sure there are those impatient souls out there who aren't used to the typical 20+ week by week episodes in a season that was common prior to streaming who would cry "filler episodes!!!" But you know what? Who cares if the episodes don't contribute to the overarching storyline! They're still fun and damn good television, not to mention you don't know that what happens might not be relevant later on down the track.)

Anyway, back to the episode. With the exception of Teal'c, all of SG-1 meet an early, unfortunate end at the hands of Apophis. Obviously, being so early in the episode and season, you know that somehow our heroes survive, but I'm wondering if, for funsies/science I should start making a tally as to how many times this happens, as poor Daniel especially has a nasty habit of having near death experiences (or just straight up dying). If we include the movie, Daniel now sits at 2, Sam and Jack are at 1, Teal'c staying strong with 0

Speaking of Teal'c, we get a better understanding of how strong willed he is for him to have been able to turn against Apophis the way that he did. We meet one of his former soldiers under Apophis, Shack'l, who he tries to recruit to join Earth in the fight against the Goa'uld and ooh boy, is the cult mentality strong in this one - he straight up refuses to believe that Apophis is anything other than a God, and believes Teal'c to be the ultimate traitor. (Understandable - they grew up in that environment, and we understand later in the season that Teal'c had significant help in shaping his opinions through his mentor, Bra'tac).

While we figured out in the first episode that Teal'c was obviously high up in the Jaffa ranks, we hear his title for the first time this episode - First Prime of Apophis. So you can understand, considering said high rank, why Apophis is a little miffed at him and wants him dead. But when they finally have that face off, even though Apophis appears to have the advantage, the way Teal'c stands unflinchingly in front of his former god and tells him "I die free" - oof!Even if Apophis had killed him, Teal'c would have been the winner here. He got to live his own life, trying to find a way to throw down his former oppressors, and Apophis can't take that away from him (and wow, this rewatch is really making me appreciate Teal'c in a way that I never did before. Amazing the things you pick up more as an adult. Is he becoming my favourite character?!?)

Final note: One thing that fascinates me is how Jack doesn't seem like your typical military commander. Not so much in his sarcasm and lax attitude towards protocol or chain of command (though this does endeeringly set him apart), but in his reluctant attitude to go in guns a-blazing. This is the second time in the span of three episodes where he has admitted that he doesn't like to fight/kill - he does it because he has to. I'm sure there are many military personnel in real life who have that attitude, but in movies and TV, especially in the decade that this show was made? Not that common (at least, not from the shows/movies I saw). Jack is very much a protector and feels morally obligated to protect those he feels can't protect themselves (although in that case, he learns his fear for the Nox was unfounded). Like Teal'c says, it is their way for the strong to protect the weak.

And as the Nox say, their way is not the only way...

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3x10 Forever in a Day

Fuckass hat: ✅

Strong opening! What’s this?? it’s CARTER w the GRENADE LAUNCHER!!

ImmEDIATELY followed by a shot of Jaffa just pouring over this hill in droves and Daniel desperately trying to reload his gun and fumbling it SO bad like

“The SGC will go on without me” Right. As evidenced by the two alternate realities you’ve been to that you weren’t in those were doin REAL well Daniel 🙄

LOVE that Daniel’s just like. Casually going nuts again and not telling anyone this time.

And speaking of, the déjà vu moment w Jack was GREAT, especially bc it didn’t hit me until later that it happened because Daniel’s been living the day over and over in cycles (Forever in a day, he keeps waking up and Sha’re keeps dying and they’ll never have any more time but like this they have all the time in the world, the doomed time loop of it all MWAH *chefs kiss*)

Sg1: *walks away for two seconds*

Daniel bolting for the gate:

AND THEN THE MOMENT OF ALL TIME???

ON HIS KNEES gazing up at her?? THIS IMAGE??

ART.

THE FINAL SHOTS OF THEM LAYING THERE, FACING EACH OTHER??? (OW???)

ART!!!

Love this ep WILL be revisiting in the future!

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Gates to be closed at night and walls. It was basically a Jewish ghetto needing armed protection from nearby Jaffa.

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Fun fact.

In the Stargate series, the Nazis lost WWII, however, the Nazis also survived WWII, having opened the gate, invading a world they called Himmel.

There they waged a long war against the Goa'uld Nirrti, sending thousands of German soldiers and equipment to fight, Nirrti allowed them to win, and colonize the world, reasoning that the survivors would create very good Jaffa in 100 years.

The Nazis spent the next 50 years waging war against the Himmelites, a native people who actually are very similar in their tactics and ideology to the Nazis.

The Nazis wished to enslave the Himmelites, to utilize them as a work force, while the Himmelites wished to genocide the Germans.

The Germans have built a very large city, inhabited by thousands of blonde haired blue eyes Germans, and those they consider pure, they have also successfully combined Goa'uld and Nazi tech in that 50 year span.

Now, this all comes from multiple Stargate SG1 RPGs, where you could play out the story, side with either faction, neither, or make peace with both.

You can inform the Germans that they lost the war, that Nirrti is dead, and so on.

I just find this scenario very interesting, it isn't canon, but it is fun to think about.