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Associate Professor and Director, Ancient Israel Program ... Perpetuity”, an honour bestowed on him by the Roman Senate in mid-February 44 BCE. On the reverse is his mythical ancestor Venus ...

Many varieties of ancient Greek healing herbs grow on "Asclepius Path," Mount Kerketion, where god of medicine, Asclepius, collected them.

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