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The Aqueduct of Willpower

By: Frank van Steenbergen To construct an aqueduct is a matter of both ingenuity and of will power: to get … Continued

The Canticle of the Sun by Saint Francis, 1225 Most High, all-powerful, good Lord, Yours are the praises, the glory, … Continued

By Frank van Steenbergen According to many stories of the beginning of the world, water existed before creation. Genesis … Continued

By Frank van Steenbergen This is the Harran Plain, with a biblical name unchanged in 4000 years. This is the … Continued

By Frank van Steenbergen Close to the old center of Urfa, at one time Edessa, and just above it there … Continued

By Frank van Steenbergen In the Eyyüb Peygamber Caddesi neighborhood of Urfa in Southeastern Anatolia, there is a place of … Continued

cultBy Frank van Steenbergen Postcard from Klotten on the Mosel River in Germany. With the statue of St Maximinus in … Continued

by Frank van Steenbergen In the Ulu Mosque in Sanliurfa – the city of prophets in Southeastern Anatolia – there … Continued

By Frank van Steenbergen The Kizilkoyun funerary in ancient Urfa has 133 burial chambers carved into the limestone rock. The … Continued

By Frank van Steenbergen, on a series of 3 blogs connecting biblical events with water. In Southeastern Anatolia the church … Continued

By Frank van Steenbergen On Mount Eliyah a little east of the Jordan River there is a well atop the … Continued

Viriditas Frank van Steenbergen August 26, 2019 She is one of the most remarkable persons of the 12th century, a … Continued