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Caesareamodern Horbat QesariAncient seaport, Palestine. Located on the coast of present-day Israel south of the city of Haifa, it was originally a Phoenician settlement. Taken by the Romans and rebuilt in the 1st century BC by Herod the Great, it was renamed for his patron Augustus. The capital of the Roman province of Judaea in AD 6, it was the site of an early Christian church and was often visited by St. Paul. It later declined under Byzantine and Arab rule and was destroyed by the Mamluk sultan Baybars I in the 13th century. Caesarea an ancient port in NW Israel, capital of Roman Palestine: founded by Herod the Great How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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AMEX:ZN), of Dallas, Texas and Caesarea, Israel, announced today that the company has issued 118,557 shares of common stock in the third round of its initial public offering. Amex:ZN), of Dallas, Texas and Caesarea, Israel, announced today that Zion filed an application on January 31, 2007 with the Israeli Petroleum Commissioner for a petroleum exploration license, tentatively denominated the Asher-Menasseh License, on approximately 81,000 acres north of Zion's 99,000 acre Ma'anit-Joseph License. AMEX:ZN), of Dallas, Texas and Caesarea, Israel, announced today that the company has issued 286,873 shares of common stock for $2,008,111 in the second round of its initial public offering, bringing the total amount raised to $5,066,460 at $7. |
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