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    Olive wood carving is an ancient tradition in Palestine that continues to the present day. It involves the skillful chiseling of olive wood and is most...
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  • Olive Wood (race horse), the 1917 winner of the Spinaway Stakes Cassine laneana, or Bermuda Olivewood, a species of large tree Olive wood carving in Palestine...
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    Sumud (category Culture of Palestine (region))
    connecting sumud with wider human values and circles of community. Olive wood carving in Palestine Psychological resilience Sisu, a Finnish concept somewhat similar...
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    soap-making, glass-making, weaving, and olive-wood and Mother of Pearl carvings, among others. Some Palestinian cities in the West Bank, particularly Bethlehem...
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    soap-making, glass-making, weaving, and olive-wood and Mother of Pearl carvings, among others. Some Palestinian cities in the West Bank, particularly Bethlehem...
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    original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2009. "Handicrafts: Olive-wood carving". Bethlehem Municipality. Archived from the original on November 21...
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    glass-making, and olive wood and Mother of Pearl carvings.[citation needed] In 2021 and 2022 respectively, joint nominations made by Palestine and other Arab...
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    glass-making, and olive-wood and Mother of Pearl carvings, among others. Traditional costumes Foreign travelers to Palestine in the late 19th and early...
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    Gaza Strip (redirect from Gaza, Palestine)
    that produce textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs. The main agricultural products are olives, citrus, vegetables, Halal beef...
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    Chorazin (category Archaeological sites in Israel)
    ancient village and depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion during Operation...
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    Rudi Lehmann (category Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine)
    sculptor and Wood carving artist. He was one of the pioneers of sculpture in the State of Israel. Rudolf (Rudi) Lehmann (1903-1977), born in Berlin, August...
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    Sycamore wood was used. Small furniture and delicate objects was created using Olive Wood. Olive wood was also one of the most common types in Ancient...
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    Ramla (category Arab Christian communities in Israel)
    Ramla developed as the commercial centre of Palestine, serving as a hub for pottery, dyeing, weaving, and olive oil, and as the home of numerous Muslim scholars...
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    Beit Sahour (category Municipalities of the State of Palestine)
    the manufacture of olive-wood carvings. Agriculture and work in Israel also play a significant role. The town had a prominent role in the Palestinian national...
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    Decoration in Ottoman architecture takes on several forms, the most prominent of which include tile decoration, painted decoration, and stone carving. Beginning...
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    Tadelakt (category Architecture in Morocco)
    (not Portland cement) in some cases, marble or limestone sand (but not other aggregates) natural soap (often "black" or olive oil soap) to speed carbonation...
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    Umayyad architecture (category Architecture in the State of Palestine)
    Umayyad architecture developed in the Umayyad Caliphate between 661 and 750, primarily in its heartlands of Syria and Palestine. It drew extensively on the...
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    activity seen in the region. The province is famous for cultivating olive trees and is responsible for approximately 67% of the olive oil made in the Kingdom...
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    symbolism. Color Symbolism in The Bible An in depth study on symbolic color occurrence in The Bible. Christian Symbol Wood Carvings Forty symbols at Kansas...
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    Petra (category Former populated places in Jordan)
    outstanding area for trade. Things that were traded here included wines, olive oil, and wood. Initially, the Edomites were accompanied by Nomads who eventually...
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    Ancient Egyptian artisans used stone as a medium for carving statues and fine reliefs, but used wood as a cheap and easily carved substitute. Paints were...
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  • Kitab al-I'tibar (category Libraries in Spain)
    ashes in olive oil and sharp vinegar. Treat the scrofula with them until the spot on which it is growing is eaten up. Then take burnt lead, soak it in ghee...
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    Evil eye (category Eyes in culture)
    the Troops? Phallic Carvings in the North of Roman Britain". In Parker, A (ed.). Ad Vallum: Papers on the Roman Army and Frontiers in celebration of Dr...
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    for their wood carving and elaborate masks, which are commonly used in traditional dances. There are two different kinds of wood carvings: shetani, (evil...
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    Eric Gill (category English wood engravers)
    works for the BBC, on site in central London.: 245  Carving in the open air up on scaffolding in the middle of London further increased Gill's public...
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    Yemen and the United Arab Emirates), Egypt, the Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan), the Maghreb (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania)...
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    Hammam (category Architecture in Iran)
    materials from other industries such as wood shavings from carpenters' workshops and olive pits from the olive presses. Some hammams were "double" hammams...
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    Mamluk architecture (category Architecture in Egypt)
    Minbars (pulpits), the only major furniture in mosques, were also usually ornate works of wood-carving and inlaid decoration featuring geometric motifs...
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    Arabs (category Ethnic groups in Africa)
    northern Palestine (Galilee) during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The Osroene and Hatran were Arab kingdoms in Upper Mesopotamia around 200 CE. In 164...
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    with renewed carving. The transition to composite sarcophagi made their use as a container for the body difficult, so burial was carried out in a sealed chamber...
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