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The History and Archaeology of Christmas (Part 2) - Chris McKinny and Kyle Keimer

Biblical World

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The East Is One of These Terms

There's no indication in the text that these were kings. There's also no clear indication how many ther there actually are. The homeland of frankincense and mur and even gold is is arabia, and even the horn of africa. And this fits nicely with a conceptual shift that we see from ancient worlds to ours. Whenwe look at a map to day, we orient up with north right is east. But in ancient world, you have to rotate it 90 degrees to your right. O what is up or what is forward? Well, that's the east. What is to your right, that’s the south, actually. You mean right right hand as is

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